Seagate: Barracuda vs Desktop

[alanps]

Hey there,
I bought a Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB yesterday and now I find out the same HDD but named Barracuda instead of Desktop.

Links here:
- Seagate Desktop 3TB
- Seagate Barracuda 3TB

I'm kinda worried and confused because I wanted to buy the Barracuda.

HelpppppppppmEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Thanks.

 

[Paul NZ]

Same thing

 

[Memhorder]

Those are the same drives except sold by different vendors. I have the ST3000DM001 and it is a baracuda. Check it out http://www.anandtech.com/show/5042/seagates-new-barracuda-3tb-st3000dm001-review

 

[alanps]

Same thing

Those are the same drives except sold by different vendors. I have the ST3000DM001 and it is a baracuda. Check it out http://www.anandtech.com/show/5042/seagates-new-barracuda-3tb-st3000dm001-review

Are you sure? Because check this picture, the 4TB says Barracuda and the 3TB says Desktop. Anyway I think I buy the right one.

 

[Paul NZ]

Barracuda is still seagate doesn't matter what others call it

 

[Memhorder]

Actually the 3 T says Baracuda and 4 t says desktop but if it's model ST3000DM001 then it's a Baracuda.

 

[beefpitas]

strangest thing. I have several barracudas of different capacities over the years. bought a new 2tb "desktop" took it home. even has the same model number as my 2TB barracuda. Plugged it in to a cheap kingwin 3.5" usb 3.0 enclosure and didn't work. same enclosure my 2tb barracuda is in.
put the desktop drive in my old g5, and shows up as uninitialized. i format it journaled, guid, put it back in the enclosure and plug it up to my mpb, still no dice.
it looks exactly the same, smells the same, requires the same voltages. can't see why it doesn't work with the kingwin. newer firmware perhaps?

 

[Elijas_1971]

It's a big difference. First model (3TB) ST3000DM001 where Seagate migrate to 1GB per plate was huge fiasko because overheating and high risk of failure. They named it Desktop.15, but in new version (from 2016.) they fix overheating and return name Barraduca to all Guardian series. New model is titled as ST3000DM008 and it's very quiet and extremely fast (according to userbenchmark.com where it's (among different 950 HDDs) on 5th place in terms of speed and reliability).