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.

got this drive for my HP Z600 to replace a way too small boot drive. Easy to install and nice and quick. Good value for the price. got this drive for my HP Z600 to replace a way too small boot drive. Easy to install and nice and quick. Good value for the price.

Working well considering that I've had it for about a year now. Lots of storage for back up files and games. Working well considering that I've had it for about a year now. Lots of storage for back up files and games.

This has lots of space for games and runs faster than a 5400rpm hard drive. Ordered it online and when I received it was very well packaged to prevent damage from static and vibrations. This has lots of space for games and runs faster than a 5400rpm hard drive. Ordered it online and when I received it was very well packaged to prevent damage from static and vibrations.

Great service, great product. Great service, great product.

Had this installed into my new PC by PBTech, it was a really easy process to get it done. It's a great price for the amount of space it gives. No cons I can think of, it does what it's supposed to. Had this installed into my new PC by PBTech, it was a really easy process to get it done. It's a great price for the amount of space it gives. No cons I can think of, it does what it's supposed to.

Not much to say other then the fact that its quiet, fast and definitely worth spending a bit more cash on for some more storage - to which extent, I wouldn't recommend many other hard drives then this one. Not much to say other then the fact that its quiet, fast and definitely worth spending a bit more cash on for some more storage - to which extent, I wouldn't recommend many other hard drives then this one.

The storage space you get for the price of this hard drive is next to unbeatable. I purchased it as an add-on to my new PC. I installed it myself which was pretty easy. Unfortunately, and the reason this review gets 4 stars not 5, is, it didn't come with the screws required to secure it within my new PC. I ended up having to scavenge parts from a friends old PC, just so I could install it correctly. I was really surprised to find that it didn't come with the screws which was a huge pain. Overall, good hard drive, good bang for buck and easy enough to set up, just make sure you ask for some screws when you get it. The storage space you get for the price of this hard drive is next to unbeatable. I purchased it as an add-on to my new PC. I installed it myself which was pretty easy. Unfortunately, and the reason this review gets 4 stars not 5, is, it didn't come with the screws required to secure it within my new PC. I ended up having to scavenge parts from a friends old PC, just so I could install it correctly. I was really surprised to find that it didn't come with the screws which was a huge pain. Overall, good hard drive, good bang for buck and easy enough to set up, just make sure you ask for some screws when you get it.

quiet enough in operation too quiet enough in operation too