Thread: Seagate Barracuda ST32000542AS LP harddrive

With the Barracuda LP 2 TB Seagate ST32000542AS emphasized ecological aspects. The LP in the product name stands for "low power" and to the low power consumption of the 3.5-inch hard drive to highlight. The Seagate achieved by reducing the rotational speed: data disks of the ST32000542AS rotate with 5900 instead of 7200 revolutions per minute. Rotates the spindle motor is not so high as to automatically reduce power consumption.

The Seagate Barracuda 2 TB LP in the field tests showed a checkered performance. Very good transfer rates reached the Seagate model tests in reading, writing performance was good during the copying of data proceeded slowly. Thus the need for copying ST32000542AS 1000 MP3 files with a total size of 5 GB, almost two and a half minutes. Especially fast drives like the Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS create this test in about a half minutes.

The Seagate Barracuda 2 TB LP offered for a 2000 GB drive low consumption levels between about 5 and about 7 watts. Even the quiet operation of the 3.5-inch hard drive offered no reason for criticism - even under load, the Barracuda model performed almost inaudible his service. However, exceeded the operating temperature of the LP Barracuda 2 TB under load, the critical limit of 50 degrees Celsius - though scarce.

The Seagate Barracuda ST32000542AS LP showed an excellent resting value of almost inaudible 20.2 dB (A) respectively, 0.2 sone. It will join the Barracuda LP to number 4 of the quietest drives in the test between the Ecogreen and Caviar Green's models of competition. When accessing the noise of the Seagate hard drive, but then increased to a disappointing 27.9 dB (A) or 0.8 sone. Even more upsetting is that the AAM function of the Seagate drive the level of 27.2 dB (A) respectively, 0.7 sone could not hear for pressure.