Seagate BarraCuda Compute ST1000DM010 1 TB

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In a new guise

Seagate's updated lineup of 3.5-inch consumer internal hard drives consists of four series: BarraCuda, FireCuda, IronWolf and SkyHawk. The first two series are designed for desktop PCs, while the second and third series are optimized for network storage and video surveillance systems. For a low-cost gaming PC, the terabyte of the younger BarraCuda series is best suited.

Speed indicators

The Seagate BarraCuda spins at 7200 rpm, which provides an average linear read and write speed of 180 MB / s. Small files scattered over the entire surface of the disk are processed much more slowly. This drawback is solved only in the FireCuda series (formerly called Momentus XT), equipped with a fast 8 GB SSD cache.

When volume is more important than speed

However, for games, the capacity of the hard drive is much more important than its speed. Modern games, at times, weigh 50-70 GB each (for example, GTA V and Battlefield 4 with all add-ons). And for the price of Seagate BarraCuda for 1 TB, you can’t even buy a 120-gigabyte SSD now, so the solution, in fact, has no alternative.