Seagates NEW 64MB Cache based 7200RPM Storage Weekend Deal!

Andrew Moore · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:25

Hello

Seagate have 3 New lines here at OcUK and to get them kicked off we are offering them at a reduced price to the "This Week Only" Price for this weekend.

The deal ends at 9AM on Monday the 23rd of Jan so if you want to save a few £££s, upgrade your storage to the latest performance HDD then now is the time

Check these out!

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM001) ** Special price ** @ £88.99 inc VAT

The new Barracuda ST1000DM001 hard drive from Seagate offers customers a compelling new storage choice for high-capacity, high-performance computing solutions. The new Barracuda ST1000DM001 drive is built on a full-speed, 7200RPM platform. Further turbocharged with a huge 64MB cache and the industry’s new, high-performance SATA 6Gb/s interface, the Barracuda ST1000DM001 drive is destined to set a new standard for high-speed desktop performance. Discerning high-performance PC users, multimedia development professionals and power users in general will appreciate the capacity, performance and flexibility the Barracuda ST1000DM001 drive offers.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 1TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 2 Years

Was £94.99 Inc. VAT

Only £88.99 inc VAT.

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Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) ** Special price ** @ £119.99 inc VAT

The new Barracuda ST2000DM001 hard drive from Seagate offers customers a compelling new storage choice for high-capacity, high-performance computing solutions. The new Barracuda ST2000DM001 drive is built on a full-speed, 7200RPM, 6 Head, 3 Disk platform. Further turbocharged with a huge 64MB cache and the industry’s new, high-performance SATA 6Gb/s interface, the Barracuda ST2000DM001 drive is destined to set a new standard for high-speed desktop performance. Discerning high-performance PC users, multimedia development professionals and power users in general will appreciate the capacity, performance and flexibility the Barracuda ST2000DM001 drive offers.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 2TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 2 Years

Was £134.99 Inc. VAT

Only £119.99 inc VAT.

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Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) ** Special Price ** @ £158.99 inc VAT

The new Barracuda ST3000DM001 hard drive from Seagate offers customers a compelling new storage choice for high-capacity, high-performance computing solutions. The new Barracuda ST3000DM001 drive is built on a full-speed, 7200RPM, 6 Head, 3 Disk platform. Further turbocharged with a huge 64MB cache and the industry’s new, high-performance SATA 6Gb/s interface, the Barracuda ST3000DM001 drive is destined to set a new standard for high-speed desktop performance. Discerning high-performance PC users, multimedia development professionals and power users in general will appreciate the capacity, performance and flexibility the Barracuda ST3000DM001 drive offers.

- Backwards compatible with SATA-II
- Capacity: 3TB
- Cache: 64MB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Spin Speed: 7200RPM
- Warranty: 2 Years

Was £194.99 Inc. VAT

Only £158.99 inc VAT.

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Secret_Window · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:27

64mb of cache, yummy!

King Damager · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:41

Out of interest when are you expecting the aftermath of the flooding for lower prices?

kd

233 · 20 Jan 2012 at 15:43

quite a saving on the 3tb

CaptainUnlikely · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:01

How much faster are these than the 7200.12?

Andrew Moore · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:24

CaptainUnlikely said:
How much faster are these than the 7200.12?

Around 15-20% depending on application which is quite good

The Cache and new platter design obviously make a sizable difference.

CaptainUnlikely · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:30

Andrew Moore said:
Around 15-20% depending on application which is quite good

The Cache and new platter design obviously make a sizable difference.

That's not bad at all. I didn't realise these were 1TB platter drives, that's pretty cool. Should be faster sequentially than the short-stroked 640GB platter F4 320GB then, and perhaps about on par with the 7K1000.D.
Definitely something I'll be considering when the prices drop back down to reasonable levels.

stu.artd · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:38

I've got a wd 3tb green hd and am looking to replace it as I'm fed up with the tick...tick...tick of the heads parking/unparking constantly. I think these seagates avoid this issue but can someone confirm ? Now I've built a quieter PC I can hear it all the time!

pastymuncher · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:41

Review of the 3TB version here.

CaptainUnlikely · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:44

stu.artd said:
I've got a wd 3tb green hd and am looking to replace it as I'm fed up with the tick...tick...tick of the heads parking/unparking constantly. I think these seagates avoid this issue but can someone confirm ? Now I've built a quieter PC I can hear it all the time!

Green drives generally do this. Any drive that isn't a green drive shouldn't park/unpark the heads anywhere near as much. If it really annoys you can change the time before it parks the heads instead of buying a new drive.

crinkleshoes · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:54

King Damager said:
Out of interest when are you expecting the aftermath of the flooding for lower prices?

kd

I too would very much like to know this... I was about to buy 10x 2TB drives the month the floods happened... my home server upgrade went from sub £600 to over £1500 by the time the paycheque came through

I can't stand the thought of paying this much for HDDs... so I'm waiting.

Andrew Moore · 20 Jan 2012 at 16:58

Drives have leveled out now. Some sites have old stocks on some lines but not others. Once these sell out it will be safe to say that drives are going to remain at around £70 for 500GB, £90ish for 1TB, £105-110ish for 5x00rpm 2TB, upo to £150 or so for 7200rpm 2TB, £150-160 for 3TB 5x00rpm and up to £190 for 3TB 7200rpm.

Thats a rough guide on where itll be with lines dropping as an average whole by perhaps 50p to a £1 every week or so. Prices could even go up or down by this amount too but the above pricing is about right.

crinkleshoes · 20 Jan 2012 at 17:02

Fair enough, thanks for the reply.

Gonna be a long wait

Just gonna have to manage the 9TB better! ... for now ... Blu-Ray rips really eat storage space

stu.artd · 21 Jan 2012 at 01:06

pastymuncher said:
Review of the 3TB version here.

Thanks. Looks like it does something similar but after 30 seconds instead.

Dinkas · 21 Jan 2012 at 08:03

stu.artd said:
I've got a wd 3tb green hd and am looking to replace it as I'm fed up with the tick...tick...tick of the heads parking/unparking constantly. I think these seagates avoid this issue but can someone confirm ? Now I've built a quieter PC I can hear it all the time!

I used an app called wdidle3 (from western digital) to disable that "feature" on my WD Green.

stu.artd · 21 Jan 2012 at 20:41

Thanks Dinkas. I've seen wdidle referred to, might give it a try. Would save a few quid!