Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB

INTRODUCTION

Computer components are becoming more targeted at specific needs than they have been in the past. We're seeing "Green" components that don't contain as many heavy metals that damage the environment as past products, as well as parts that sip at voltage but still provide nice levels of performance. Far to many times we've heard of high end parts being used for external hard drives limited by USB speeds, Copiers with ultra fast drives that just don't need them. Network storage that tends to run in the 30MB/s range running an expensive 3.5 inch 10,000 RPM drive because they thought it would make it faster.

It's just a fact that in some cases power consumption is more important than raw speed. Take an HTPC which often stays turned on 24 hours a day, they don't need an ultra fast 10k RPM drive, they just need a drive that can handle recording one show while playing back a HD show. Putting a high power consumption drive into one of those just doesn't make a lot of sense.

Hard Drive suppliers have recognized this and have alternative "Green Drives" available for those that want to have good performance, tons of storage, and keep utility costs down. To that end we're going to take a look at the Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB 5900 RPM drive that consumes only 3.88 Watts Idle and 6.88 Watts during drive operations. The idle power consumption on this "Green" drive is barely more than some LED power lights you see on common electrical appliances (Some LEDS operate at 3.3w). Lower power consumption, great performance, entry level pricing, there's a lot to like about he Seagate Barracuda LP 2 Terabyte drive.

We bet your thinking low power "Green" drive it can't make me happy in the speed department. We think you'll be surprised how fast this drive really runs and with 2 Terabyte's of storage it won't be long before you realize the advantage of all that extra storage. Just how big is 2 Terabyte, on average full size DVD movies are 4GB, less if their in web format, so you shuld be able to fit approximately 400 full length DVD movies on this ginormous drive. Lets talk songs for the music addicts. The normal MP3 runs about 4MB so you can fit about 500,000 songs, seriously this is a lot of low power consumption storage space for a multitude of uses.