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Data Sheet Barracuda® 7200.12 The industry's leading combination of capacity, performance and reliability 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB, 160 GB • 7200 RPM • SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ Key Advantages • Sustainable technology for a green world: - Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive is recycled. - Complies with the RoHS directive and several non-regulatory restrictions. • 12th generation of the world's most popular desktop hard drive • Ships with the most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording technology • Delivers high performance: - 125-MB/s maximum sustained data rate - Up to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst - 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB and 320-GB drives, 8-MB cache on 250-GB and 160-GB drives Best-Fit Applications • Workstations • Desktop RAID • Gamer PCs • High-end PCs • Mainstream PCs • USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage

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1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB, 320 GB, 250 GB, 160 GB
7200 RPM
SATA 3Gb/s with NCQ
Key Advantages
Sustainable technology for a green world:
– Typically 70 percent or more of the materials used to build
the drive is recycled.
– Complies with the RoHS directive and several non-regulatory restrictions.
12th generation of the world’s most popular desktop hard drive
Ships with the most reliable and proven perpendicular magnetic recording
technology
Delivers high performance:
– 125-MB/s maximum sustained data rate
– Up to 3-Gb/s instantaneous burst
– 32-MB cache on 1-TB and 750-GB drives, 16-MB cache on 500-GB and
320-GB drives, 8-MB cache on 250-GB and 160-GB drives
Best-Fit Applications
Workstations
Desktop RAID
Gamer PCs
High-end PCs
Mainstream PCs
USB/FireWire/eSATA personal external storage
Barracuda
®
7200.12
The industry’s leading combination of
capacity, performance and reliability
Data Sheet