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

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.

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.

Does what its supposed to. Saves things Does what its supposed to. Saves things

Very Happy with it Very Happy with it

It's alright, and has a great storage size for the price! My only complaint is that it's a bit slow in my opinion, but does the job. It's alright, and has a great storage size for the price! My only complaint is that it's a bit slow in my opinion, but does the job.

By: NoahBall 08/04/21

Verified Owner

Easy to install and now i have 2tbs of extra storage :) Easy to install and now i have 2tbs of extra storage :)

I am avoiding these particular Seagate drives after a pattern of reproducible failures from them. I am avoiding these particular Seagate drives after a pattern of reproducible failures from them.

Best of the best , great service and friendly people
PB Tech had all the equipment that I needed under one roof
Thank you Best of the best , great service and friendly people
PB Tech had all the equipment that I needed under one roof
Thank you

Now to my surprise, for this price, this HDD out performs itself. I have tested it, and I'm getting 229MB/s write, and 215MB/s reads, which is roughly half the speed of my SSD (551MB/s, 415MB/s). This HDD is a beauty, and such a low price. I would by this HDD 10 times out of 10, it's a steal at this price, and at these tests.

I've tested this with many benchmarks, all returning similar, if not the same speeds. The current range is on average, between 220MB/s - 240MB/s for writes, and between 200MB/s - 230MB/s for reads, so in the range of these values. I will undoubtedly be buying some more of these in the near future. Now to my surprise, for this price, this HDD out performs itself. I have tested it, and I'm getting 229MB/s write, and 215MB/s reads, which is roughly half the speed of my SSD (551MB/s, 415MB/s). This HDD is a beauty, and such a low price. I would by this HDD 10 times out of 10, it's a steal at this price, and at these tests.

I've tested this with many benchmarks, all returning similar, if not the same speeds. The current range is on average, between 220MB/s - 240MB/s for writes, and between 200MB/s - 230MB/s for reads, so in the range of these values. I will undoubtedly be buying some more of these in the near future.