Seagate Barracuda LP 1.5TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive W/ 5900RPM 3 Gb/s 32MB Cache - ST31500541AS

The brand new Seagate Barracuda LP (low-power) family is here, designed and built by the desktop performance leader, but with the primary focus on a low-power, cool and quiet drive at an entry-level price. This drive allows users to do more while using less power. The Seagate Barracuda LP drives deliver on low power consumption. But low power no longer means slow power. Benchmark performance results prove the advantages of a 5,900-RPM spin speed (when compared to competitor drives that spin at 5,400 RPM). Seagate Barracuda LP drives are cool and easy on the PC, often requiring fewer fans, a smaller power supply and lower maintenance costs.

Vital Statistics

• Model Number: ST31500541AS
• Capacity: 1.5TB
• Speed: 5900 rpm
• Random Seek time: <8.5ms
• Cache: 32MB
• Interface: SATA 3Gb/s (NCQ)

Performance and reliability for everyone
Working with huge files has never been easier. That's because the Seagate Barracuda LP drive is incredibly fast, and offers all the storage space you need. Best of all, Seagate reliability is built in. The Seagate Barracuda LP 3.5-inch Internal Drive is perfect for replacing or expanding your desktop drive capacity in Desktops PC/MAC, NAS Storage, Home Servers and USB Strorage.

Key Features

• Super-low power consumption reduces power costs over the life of the system up to 50% over those of standard desktop drives
• Leading performance in the low-power category
• Cool drives provide long-lasting benefits to the PC or external drive, reducing some component and maintenance costs
• True greenness without a performance trade-off
• Built to exacting Seagate green standards:
  • Compliance with RoHS directive
  • Typically 70 per cent or more of the materials used to build the drive can be recycled
  • Designed, built and delivered using best-in-class, environmentally friendly processes
• Engineered by the world leader in desktop hard drives with 13 generations of technology advances

What the Seagate Barracuda LP Can Store:

• Up to 300,000 digital photos
• Up to 375,000 songs (MP3)
• Up to 37,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
• Up to 110 hours of Digital Video (DV)
• Up to 570 hours of DVD quality video
• Up to 180 hours of HD video