Save the planet, buy a hard drive? Recently, Seagate sent out a press release about their new environmental friendly "low power" hard drives. These new "LP" hard drives are suppose to reduce the power cost over the life of the system by as much as 50%. The LP drives are considered "green" because Seagate says that "typically 70% of these hard drives can be recycled". I'm not what you would call an environmental activist and my carbon footprint is probably the size of Texas, but if there is a product out there that can help me save money while delivering the same amount of performance, then I'm all for it. On the other hand, I will not sacrifice system performance to save a buck no more than I will I park my 350 horsepower SUV to drive a 20 horsepower electric mini. Call me a spoiled American, but I would have to say that the majority of computer enthusiasts feel the same way. We like our power and speed and we are not about to give that up. So with that said, let us take a closer look at the Barracuda LP to see if this GREEN hard drive is worth our GREEN dollars.

Key Features & Benefits

▪ 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.

▪ Delivers true greenness without a performance trade-off

▪ Built to exacting Seagate green standards:
     - Complies with RoHS directive
     - Typically 70 percent 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

Best Fit Applications

▪ Personal Attached Storage - USB / Firewire / eSATA

▪ Small office and home data storage appliances

▪ Low-Power PC's

Barracuda LP Datasheet

Barracuda 7200.12 Specifications