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Seagate Barracuda 160GB Drive ST3160318AS

US $10.00
ApproximatelyAU $15.45
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Condition:
Used
Drives tested and are in great working condition.
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Postage:
US $9.25 (approx. AU $14.29) USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box.
Located in: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Estimated between Wed, 6 Aug and Sat, 9 Aug to 94104
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No returns accepted.
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Item specifics

Condition
Used
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Seller notes
“Drives tested and are in great working condition.”
Drive Type(s) Supported
HDD
Product Line
Barracuda
Storage Capacity
160 GB
UPC
0715663213901

About this product

Product Information

The Seagate Barracuda 160GB hard drive offers high capacity in a package made from sustainable technology. This is accomplished via perpendicular engineering, which allows more data to be loaded into the drive. Each platter inside of the ST3160318AS has an additional layer of material underneath the recording media. When data is passed to the heads from the SATA interface, this hard disk transmits a magnetic field through both layers. Because this increases the storage density of the platters, the ST3160318AS offers a surprisingly light 160GB volume. These special components work with a monopole head to cut down on lag time when working with this unique design. These special considerations make this drive attractive to gamers as well. Intense online games can generate huge average write counts, which can quickly fill up the 160GB capacity. Seagate designed these platters to take that kind of abuse without slowing down. The 7200 RPM spin speed ensures that you have top-notch write and read performance speed, and it also helps you locate documents without lag. The high RPM rate even protects against delayed write errors. The Clean Sweep feature automatically calibrates your drive, and patented Seagate Directed Offline Scan technology runs disk diagnostics. With a world full of malware, spyware, and computer viruses ready to take your system down, protecting your data is more important than ever. These diagnostics automatically note any bad blocks that appear on the Barracuda. Once these blocks are discovered, this special software marks them in use. This prevents your system from writing precious information to them.If the Seagate firmware marked any block bad that already had data written to it, then the Barracuda would automatically move it to prevent further damage. Controller chips inside of the ST3160318AS read data back from the generous 8MB cache. The Barracuda then finds a clean block to write the data. These drives don't give up if they find multiple write failures. The hard drive controller chip will continue to repeat the process until all buffers are cleanly synchronized through the SATA interface.Enhanced G-Force protection defends against other types of data damage. Technologists from Seagate thought of many scenarios that could cause damage and then planned against them. The SoftSonic motor enables whisper-quiet operation, so this an ideal HDD for small form factor desktop machines. The Seagate Barracuda also offers excellent power numbers, which is an important factor to consider when choosing an internal HDD for these machines.Compatibility is another major issue that this hard drive tackles. Because they use the same SATA cables that most modern drives do, you won't have to replace existing wiring when installing them. This also makes networking easy. It is also compatible with adapters for machines that don't have native SATA interfaces. Because it supports both hard and soft links, you can use this HDD with almost any system software. It is compatible with Windows 10 and supports the NTFS file system. Apple users can boot OS X from an HFS+ partition. Seagate also ensured that it is compatible with newer Apple desktop machines. You can format it for the new APFS file structure ushered in by OS Sierra.

Product Identifiers

Brand
Seagate
MPN
ST3160318AS
UPC
0715663213901
Model
Barracuda 7200.12
eBay Product ID (ePID)
82815185

Product Key Features

Form Factor
3.5 in
Features
Hot Swap, S.M.A.R.T Technology

Dimensions

Weight
1.37lbs.
Depth
5.79in
Height
1.03in
Width
4in

Additional Product Features

Platform
PC Products
Enclosure
Internal
External Data Transfer Rate
300Mbps
Storage Capacity
160GB
Drive Interface
SATA II
Seek Time
8.5ms
Cache
8MB
Hot Swap
Yes
Designation
Desktop Computer
Rotation Speed
7200RPM
Internal Data Transfer Rate
125 Mbit/S
Type
HDD

Item description from the seller

About this seller

Kortek Solutions

100% positive Feedback854 items sold

Joined May 2000
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Kortek Solutions is an IT company in Las Vegas, Nevada. We sell new and used hardware from manufacturers such as Intel, Seagate, Maxtor, APC, Okidata, and HP. We test and validate all used equipment ...
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Seller feedback (284)

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  • r***s (146)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past 6 months
    Verified purchase
    Shipping was very prompt and quick, packaging was nicely packed in and professional keeping the drives intact. The items were as described and I feel as though I paid a really good value overall. I would buy from this seller again, highly recommend.
  • s***m (404)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past year
    Verified purchase
    Dealing with used items leaves a degree of chance that it will be faulty. This company is working hard to find an accurate replacement for a faulty item. Communication lines kept open. We will do business with them again.
  • 4***s (142)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past 6 months
    Verified purchase
    Item functions just as listed, thank you!

Product ratings and reviews

4.4
17 product ratings
  • 12 users rated this 5 out of 5 stars
  • 2 users rated this 4 out of 5 stars
  • 2 users rated this 3 out of 5 stars
  • 0 users rated this 2 out of 5 stars
  • 1 users rated this 1 out of 5 stars

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    I have built more than 200 computers over the last few years, and I have upgraded many more computers over the same time period. I often use Seagate 7200.12 series hard drives as boot drives, especially when upgrading an older PC. They are very fast for a spinning hard drive, and I have found them to be very reliable. Personally, I always upgrade the firmware to CC49 when I get used drives with the older firmware. I am a believer in the 7200.12!

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  • Used for PS2.

    I used this for my modded ps2. It works decently and I can fit about 45 games. Sea gate is a trusted brand.

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  • Perfect for my purpose

    I re-purpose and re-home old PC's as a pay it forward kind of thing, and $7 each for SATA 160GB drives is spectacular regardless of the not so perfect qualities of this drive, it is perfectly functional! Just not "Quiet" "Fast"(Considering alternatives, but good in it's class) or the most "Reliable"(Though better than some alternatives)... again $7 to my door in great packaging? I'll take a dozen!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: red-door-tech

  • Great value

    I use this Drive for running Mint as a second OS and it works great. The SMART reading shows that the disk was healthy and had a reasonable amount of power on time for a used unit. Very pleased with my purchased!

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  • Hard Drive Review

    Seems to work fine so far.

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