Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 Go 2008


Capacité	500 Go
Interface	USB 2.0
Vitesse de rotation	5400 rpm
Taille du cache	NC
Débit en écriture	NC
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Débit en lecture	NC
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Pierre-Jean Alzieu
Test date: February 04, 2009

Seagate Manager

Software comes with this external disk drive, but instead of coming on a CD or DVD, it is installed directly on the drive. When you first link it up to your PC, you'll be asked to install it. It is a thorough piece of software. You can use it to program synchronisation of files, data encryption and even set power supply parameters, such as for example turning itself off after 5 minutes of inactivity. Make sure you back it up on your computer before you format the drive!

Here’s the 500 GB version of the new Seagate FreeAgent Pro. Nothing has changed in terms of design. The casing is thin. It is parly in aluminium, with a band of plastic on the side. The metal part makes it more robust and serves as a heatsink. In terms of connectivity, there is only one USB 2.0 socket and no FireWire 400 or eSata.

The transfer rates are far behind the competition

With the 250 GB version, the tests didn’t go well. It was last in our product survey comparison. The 500 GB doesn’t fare any better. The speeds on medium-sized music type files are down on the 250 GB. It gives a read average of just 26.9 MB/s and 22.1 MB/s for write speeds, which is far behind the competition.

USB 2.0 (MB/s)