Neither PB Tech nor Seagate's official spec sheet let on that this drive is a SMR (shingled magnetoresistance) model which means writing performance is awful beyond a couple of Gb, particularly random writes. See:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Seagate/comments/foach9/i_feel_cheated_by_seagate_barracuda_2tb_2016_vs/
Drive does work but 2 stars for Seagate trying to hide this. Don't even think about trying to RAID this.
If write performance is important to you, consider the Western Digital Blue WD40EZRZ 4Tb instead, which is a PMR drive (like older hard drives). Both manufacturers are sneaking SMR drives into their lineup though without disclosin...view more Neither PB Tech nor Seagate's official spec sheet let on that this drive is a SMR (shingled magnetoresistance) model which means writing performance is awful beyond a couple of Gb, particularly random writes. See:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Seagate/comments/foach9/i_feel_cheated_by_seagate_barracuda_2tb_2016_vs/
Drive does work but 2 stars for Seagate trying to hide this. Don't even think about trying to RAID this.
If write performance is important to you, consider the Western Digital Blue WD40EZRZ 4Tb instead, which is a PMR drive (like older hard drives). Both manufacturers are sneaking SMR drives into their lineup though without disclosing them, even some WD RED drives now.

Currently using this as bulk storage for all my Steam games (plenty big enough so far), and it's definitely fast enough to play said games from. Currently using this as bulk storage for all my Steam games (plenty big enough so far), and it's definitely fast enough to play said games from.

Nice drive, really big capacity, and a good price. Remember, if you want a partition larger than 2TB then the partition must be initialized GPT instead of MBR. Nice drive, really big capacity, and a good price. Remember, if you want a partition larger than 2TB then the partition must be initialized GPT instead of MBR.

This is a reliable storage product, not for gaming systems, there are faster drives for that, but for reliable storage with many read write operations this drive is ideal. Your motherboard has to be able to address 4TB if you want to use the entire drive as one but you can partition and run the partitions in RAID on older systems. This drive is quieter than previous models and lower profile. Performance is good. Price for capacity is excellent at the time of purchase. This will change of course and may not apply when you read this a year from now. Since backup is essential buy 2 and maintain a back up to safeguard your data. This is a reliable storage product, not for gaming systems, there are faster drives for that, but for reliable storage with many read write operations this drive is ideal. Your motherboard has to be able to address 4TB if you want to use the entire drive as one but you can partition and run the partitions in RAID on older systems. This drive is quieter than previous models and lower profile. Performance is good. Price for capacity is excellent at the time of purchase. This will change of course and may not apply when you read this a year from now. Since backup is essential buy 2 and maintain a back up to safeguard your data.

Purchased 4 of these so far. Advertised speed is incorrect should be 5400 not 5900 other than that they work fine for storage of large files. Purchased 4 of these so far. Advertised speed is incorrect should be 5400 not 5900 other than that they work fine for storage of large files.

it works great, has 4tb of storage, and for a hard-drive is reasonably fast. it works great, has 4tb of storage, and for a hard-drive is reasonably fast.

Great drive, I have bought 22 of these over the last 7 years only had to send 1 back and PBTech replaced it the next day. Great drive, I have bought 22 of these over the last 7 years only had to send 1 back and PBTech replaced it the next day.

It's a HDD. It works as described. It's a HDD. It works as described.

Good for low budget long term storage
I've managed to play and save games on it as well, just that an M.2 or SSD will give you more performance. Good for low budget long term storage
I've managed to play and save games on it as well, just that an M.2 or SSD will give you more performance.

Pros-
•Nice amount of storage space for the price.
•Excellent Cache size.
•Silent running.

Cons-
•Only 5400 RPM.
•Only 2 years warranty.
•Not a FireCuda drive. Pros-
•Nice amount of storage space for the price.
•Excellent Cache size.
•Silent running.

Cons-
•Only 5400 RPM.
•Only 2 years warranty.
•Not a FireCuda drive.

Good product, Good price, Fast delivery Good product, Good price, Fast delivery

Needed this HDD to create 4 GPT partitions of 1GB each for Win10; Win 2019 Server; Ubuntu and CentOS. Just what I needed to create a multi boot development PC. Performing smoothly. Needed this HDD to create 4 GPT partitions of 1GB each for Win10; Win 2019 Server; Ubuntu and CentOS. Just what I needed to create a multi boot development PC. Performing smoothly.