Good disk for archival purposes, but shouldn't be used as a general purpose hard drive for many use cases.

This drive uses SMR ("shingled" magnetic recording) that makes it unsuitable for sustained write loads. The drive can experience severe pauses (e.g. for upwards of 60 seconds) if the CMR zone fills up, making it fail during "resilvering", so should not be used for RAID. You shouldn't put these disks in e.g. a NAS box. Unfortunately, the manufacturer has chosen not to explicitly mention the disk uses SMR in their specifications. Good disk for archival purposes, but shouldn't be used as a general purpose hard drive for many use cases.

This drive uses SMR ("shingled" magnetic recording) that makes it unsuitable for sustained write loads. The drive can experience severe pauses (e.g. for upwards of 60 seconds) if the CMR zone fills up, making it fail during "resilvering", so should not be used for RAID. You shouldn't put these disks in e.g. a NAS box. Unfortunately, the manufacturer has chosen not to explicitly mention the disk uses SMR in their specifications.

This HDD failed me three times. Constant ticking noise (ticks every 3-5 seconds) when it's in idle status will drive you mad if you're trying to concentrate in a quite room.
Highly not recommended unless you're ok with tick/beep noise.
wasted petrol/time - had to get it replaced three times and each one of them were making noises. Got it refunded at the end but it was such a bad experience overall This HDD failed me three times. Constant ticking noise (ticks every 3-5 seconds) when it's in idle status will drive you mad if you're trying to concentrate in a quite room.
Highly not recommended unless you're ok with tick/beep noise.
wasted petrol/time - had to get it replaced three times and each one of them were making noises. Got it refunded at the end but it was such a bad experience overall

Not impressed. Read errors and less than two years old.
Died at power-on hours: 10142, makes horrible clicking sounds. Not impressed. Read errors and less than two years old.
Died at power-on hours: 10142, makes horrible clicking sounds.

Expanding storage space. Warranty only 2 years. What happened to the 5 year warranites? Would have got 5 stars if it had 5 year warranty. Expanding storage space. Warranty only 2 years. What happened to the 5 year warranites? Would have got 5 stars if it had 5 year warranty.

Great price, easy to use in external HD enclosure and fast shipping to welly. Great price, easy to use in external HD enclosure and fast shipping to welly.

Bought this hdd as it was this best for the price but when I put it in it made a weird noise because the header ended up being broken, once I got it replaced and put the new one my pc it was fine for a couple weeks but has just started making the same sound. I will be getting a refund and not buying this brand again. If you arent happy replacing a few times I would recommend spending a little more on a better brand. Bought this hdd as it was this best for the price but when I put it in it made a weird noise because the header ended up being broken, once I got it replaced and put the new one my pc it was fine for a couple weeks but has just started making the same sound. I will be getting a refund and not buying this brand again. If you arent happy replacing a few times I would recommend spending a little more on a better brand.

Good storage option for your pc Good storage option for your pc

This brand has long been my go-to for storage, zero issues and great price. This brand has long been my go-to for storage, zero issues and great price.

HDD's aren't the fastest, but you cant argue that price and capacity. Seagate has the best follow up service I have ever received. HDD's aren't the fastest, but you cant argue that price and capacity. Seagate has the best follow up service I have ever received.

I was running out of space on my pc and as a poor student I wanted to find a cheap HDD with plenty of space, of course PB tech supplied with this 2tb HDD from Seagate, I have no issues, and so much space I don't know what to do with it anymore I was running out of space on my pc and as a poor student I wanted to find a cheap HDD with plenty of space, of course PB tech supplied with this 2tb HDD from Seagate, I have no issues, and so much space I don't know what to do with it anymore

great product have purchased a few of these Seagate HDD's . Pros , basically plug and play , good transfer speeds and very reliable . Good value for money.
Cons , none that I have come across .
Great service and quick delivery . couldn't ask for anything else. great product have purchased a few of these Seagate HDD's . Pros , basically plug and play , good transfer speeds and very reliable . Good value for money.
Cons , none that I have come across .
Great service and quick delivery . couldn't ask for anything else.

Great purchase for the price. Installed successfully into my new computer and runs great for storing multiple files & games. Great purchase for the price. Installed successfully into my new computer and runs great for storing multiple files & games.