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Looking for a recent quick, silent plate which is reliable and does not get hot, I came across the Seagate ST3500418AS. The only negative point is the somewhat higher price, but it seems reasonable if everything else is right.

Here are the current values ​​of the HDTune Seagate ST3500418AS

Transfer Rate Minimum: 64.7 MB / sec
Maximum transfer rate: 131.6 MB / sec
Transfer rate Average: 103.3 MB / sec
Access Time: 14.2 ms
Burst rate: 198.6 MB / sec
CPU Usage: 2.3%

for comparison, a somewhat aged 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ

Transfer rate minimum: 4.5 MB / sec
Maximum transfer rate: 81.4 MB / sec
Average transfer rate: 59.5 MB / sec
Access Time: 14.3 ms
Burst rate: 149.4 MB / sec
CPU Usage: 1.6%

and also the current 2TB drive Seagate ST32000641AS

Transfer Rate Minimum: 66.3 MB / sec
Maximum transfer rate: 135.9 MB / sec
Transfer rate Average: 109.5 MB / sec
Access Time: 13.8 ms
Burst rate: 164.6 MB / sec
CPU Usage: 2.4%

As you can see, this plate with the 2TB version is on
Par.