Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003, 1TB SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Disk Drive - (6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache)

Seagate have been one of the few drive manufacturers that I have good luck with and I have to say this Barracuda still proves that. I've used it for nearly 6 months and the speeds are great, having seen average read/write speeds when copying hit about 155-160mb/s. It's quiet and doesn't provide a lot of vibration compared to my other WD drives. I've not had any SMART errors with the drive (as should be expected) and it has been thrashed with quite a few spin ups and some continuous 24/7 use for a couple of months on end while doing replications of one of my dedicated servers - more than average home use. So far so good and I'm pretty hopeful for Seagate's acquisition of Samsung - the last two drives I bought after the Samsung takeover (see my other review) have given stellar performance and reliability!

I have been running a Netgear Ready Nas duo v2 for the last 9 years continuously , with a pair of Seagate ST3000DM001 hard drives. I needed to replace one as it failed the other day. Before Buying I read up about recent NAS specific hard drives and the fact this particular model suffered a high degree of failures. In the end I decided that I wanted a matched pair of drives so it was simpler to just replace like for like. As I say I have had 9 years service out of the last one before it failed , it’s always been quiet and this replaced the old one without any fuss and seems to be working ok . time will tell how reliable it is but if it last another 9 years i will be happy. So Based on the old one lasting 9 years , reasonably good value and the fact its quiet I'im going to give it 5 stars.

Fast delivery, well packed, nice drive and good value for the size and speed and silent well built drive you get? Brought it for a brand new 64 bit verion AMD gaming version of PC which also will be used for 3D design work and media work? Can't tell you how great it is in the new PC as after receiving the new PC it had somewhere in it a fault which stopped me fro using it with this great 3TB drive which I know work ok as: I tested it in my older 32 bit xp home gaming PC and although it only showed up as a drive of 746.5 Gb because the 32 bit system is not upto reading any drive bigger than a 1.5 TB one so I been told? it still only showed as a 746.5 Gb size drive? But I just have to wait for the company which sent me the new 64 bit based AMD gaming PC to pick it up now I re boxed all the parts as they were when I got them? ( note here for you buyers > when you buy a item always if possible take photographs of the unpacking steps of the items you got using a digital camera like I do? that way if you need to send it back if it is faulty, you will be able to re-pack it as it came? ) Also another tip I tell you byers of tech, if the item works ok, always if you can carefully scan the user manual pages for it on a flatbed scanner into a folder named for it onto your PC and save a copy onto a usb memory pen too for later use in case you loose or damage the original manual? So just wait now for the replacemnt new 64 bit PC and I can use the 3TB drive at last? I recommend this seller totally as a great seller to use?

I have had this item for around a week now but only managed to get access to the full 3TB today. I bought this hard drive to put in a USB enclosure for data backup and I met some issues which I though I should share. On first connecting this hard drive via USB, my Windows 7 was only recognizing ~746GB. At first I was concerned the drive was faulty but being a PC techy I suspected it could be down to software/firmware of the caddy (Icy Box) as I have owned this for the last 6 years now. So I started searching the net. It seems that the limitation in storage can be the result of 2 things: 1) In case the hard drive is connected via USB - The caddy is a bit old and with the current firmware, the USB-SATA bridge can only access storage of hard disks with ~2.2TB or less. 2) In case the hard drive is connected directly in a PC - The Intel's Rapid Storage Technology Driver needs to upgraded 10.1 or newer. Following this link to see how - [...] Not knowing the above 2 scenarios I first updated the driver (as shown in number 2) thinking it would solve my problem. It didn't. Then I found it was due to the fact that I was connecting via USB and not SATA (as shown in number 1). I scoured the internet to find a firmware or driver update to solve my problem but could not find one. When I thought my only option was to buy a newer caddy which would recognize the full 3TB, I noticed my ICY BOX has also a SATA output at the rear together with the USB. So I thought, what would happen if I had to bypass the USB-SATA bridge and connect via SATA directly? So I ordered a SATA to e-SATA cable from amazon so I could connect my caddy via SATA as I was blessed that my laptop has an e-SATA input. I got the cable today and hey presto! As soon as I connected the cable I could access the full 3TB! I was delighted as I did not need to send the hard drive back! Please note that for this option, one would also need to upgrade the Intel's Rapid Storage Technology Driver since now the laptop is recognizing the drive as being connected via SATA and not USB! Unfortunately, if you have tried to connect the drive via an old USB enclosure, met this limitation and could not find a firmware update for your caddy nor have a SATA output from your caddy, then you would need to buy a new enclosure. Sorry for the lengthy review but tried to go in as much detail as possible. Hope this helps someone ease some headaches I went through! With regards to packaging, it was very well wrapped in bubble wrap and 2 carton boxes and was safe crossing the continent to another country. In the meantime I am really happy with my Seagate (my 3rd one now) on the first day and would say it is extremely silent and fast! Hope it stays that way!

Siempre que busco discos duros me voy de entrada por Seagate, cuyos precios siempre son baratos a comparación de la competencia. Compré este de 4 TB adicional ya que mi disco de 2 TB (igual Seagate) me empezó a quedar pequeño. Sin problemas al darle el formato NTFS en estilo GPT con el administrador de discos de Windows. Hasta el momento llevo casi 2 años con él y ha ido perfecto, pero bueno, siempre he confiado en Seagate, mi viejo disco de 2 TB aún funciona después de más de 6 años conmigo.

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I bought one of these to use as a backup drive for my home devices. I don't boot an OS off of this drive; however, i sometimes use it for VMs. It is definitely a little bit slower performing read/write than I'm used to on my main drives, but they are also SSDs. This drive does excel at its primary purpose of backing up both my machine (locally), and a few other laptops over my network. I was expecting to see some performance latency while writing new backup data; however it does not seem to impact performance. I can't say how great this drive would be for a main boot drive, but it is great for storing and moving data.

I have used Seagate desktop hard drives for a long time. They have always performed well and have surpassed expected life expectancy every time. I expect that this drive will do the same. While some have commented that the drive they received was a refurbished unit, mine had only a few hours on it which I attribute to manufacturing and final testing. It also has a current date code. So far this drive has met my expectations. The drive arrived properly packed and performed right out of the box. I couldn’t ask for anything better. I recommend this drive with 5 stars as there is nothing that I don’t like about it. The price is right and the performance is there!