Seagate Barracuda LP

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Let's hope these drive down the prices for those WD 2TB drives :)

5900rpm is interesting, I wonder what the prices will be like.

"The Barracuda LP drives deliver on low power consumption. But low power no longer means slow power. Benchmark performance results prove the 5900-RPM spin speed advantages (when compared to competitor drives’ 5400 RPM). And these drives are cool and easy on the PC, often requiring fewer fans, a smaller power supply and lower maintenance costs. It’s the definition of energy efficiency.

Barracuda LP drives are available in capacities of 2 TB, 1.5 TB and 1 TB and are ideal for desktop applications, such as USB, eSATA, low-power PCs, FireWire external storage, and SOHO NAS markets.
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http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/desktops/barracuda_hard_drives/barracuda_lp
 
Has anyone had any experience with this drive? I'm thinking of using it instead of the WD Caviar Green. I was reading the manual, don't the LP also park their heads while 'sleeping', which was what people worried about the WD drives.
 
Yeah, but except for Newegg, and a comparison between the LP and GP 2TB version there are no other review/user experience for this drive.
 
I just ordered 4 of the Seagate 1.5TB LP drives which should be here early next week. It will take some time to really determine how well they perform.
 
cavediver said:
I just ordered 4 of the Seagate 1.5TB LP drives which should be here early next week. It will take some time to really determine how well they perform.
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how did those drives perform? let me know because the 1tb is on sale now. how fast does it transfer files (compared to 7200rpm)
 
cavediver said:
I just ordered 4 of the Seagate 1.5TB LP drives which should be here early next week. It will take some time to really determine how well they perform.
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I was thinking about ordering some of these for a backup enclosure as they are on sale for a decent price. However, the unusually high amount of newegg comments about drive failures have scared me off a bit. It's impossible to discern if the LP version has a higher or lower failure rate than the regular Seagate 1.5TB drives (7200RPM's). I have about 6 of those and have only had issues with one so far. I'd look at 2TB drives but the sweet spot for cost is really the 1.5TB drives right now.

Thoughts anyone?
 
pirivan said:
I was thinking about ordering some of these for a backup enclosure as they are on sale for a decent price. However, the unusually high amount of newegg comments about drive failures have scared me off a bit. It's impossible to discern if the LP version has a higher or lower failure rate than the regular Seagate 1.5TB drives (7200RPM's). I have about 6 of those and have only had issues with one so far. I'd look at 2TB drives but the sweet spot for cost is really the 1.5TB drives right now.

Thoughts anyone?
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The Seagate LP drives are new. It's going to take quite a bit of time to determine long term reliability.
 
cavediver said:
The Seagate LP drives are new. It's going to take quite a bit of time to determine long term reliability.
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Very true. In a perfect world, it would be nice if hard drive manufacturers were required to report failure rates to-date on drives. That would make hard drive purchase decisions very easy (which is exactly why they don't).
 
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