Seagate 1TB Barracuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM049)

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Seagate 1TB Barracuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM049)

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Build Quality

Customers generally have a positive opinion about the build quality of the Seagate Barracuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s 1TB Internal Hard Drive, with some mentioning its affordability and quiet operation. However, a few customers noted that it is not as fast as an SSD but still incredibly fast for a traditional hard drive.

Durability

Customers generally have positive opinions about the durability of Seagate's 1TB Barracuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s Internal Hard Drive. Many have used it for years without issues, praising its longevity and reliability. However, a small number of customers have experienced drive failure within a short period of time, resulting in data loss.

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Sector Count Consistency

Customers have positive experiences with the increased speed and data storage capabilities of the drive, but some express concern about sector count consistency during cloning process.

Packaging

Customers have mixed opinions regarding the packaging of the Seagate 1TB Barracuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM049). While some received their drives well packaged and with no issues, others were disappointed by the lack of cardboard boxes and the use of plastic bags instead. The conflicting packaging experiences did not seem to affect the functionality or performance of the drives, but may impact customers' perception of the product.

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Quality

The introduction of the barracuda line just adds finish to an already impressive quality.

Replaced a damaged hdd in my hp 17z , easy to install and works perfectly.

The testing went on for three (3) days with two hosts having i5 processors pushing a known md5 load of data onto the 1tb hdd wi... Read More

Additionally, this plastic bag was not noticed upon the concrete front stoop until the morning after temperatures dipped down to 8.

Price

With the price $62 and it's a 128mb of cache, it really increase the speed of boot up, within 14s it has booted to windows 7 an... Read More

If you dont want to spend too much money on ssd it's a good choise.

I would recommend to anyone who want to buy if have budget around $64.

It's more expensive than the typical one because of the 5-year warranty.

Shipping

Drive arrived earlier than expected and was packaged well.

It did cost us the time and electricity to test 50% of the new hdd assumed to be fail vice success so buyers should be aware of... Read More

Working fine so far despite amazon mailing this bare drive in an envelope.

Packaging/appearance

This seagate hard drive came well packaged and was very easy to install.

Now the assumption would be that newly arrived hdd packaging such as this purchase would be fail vice success until tested otherwise.

All hdd were placed within another single larger cardboard box.

Amazon is done a good packaging to protect it.

Competitiveness

At this time i have no reason to give it less than 5 stars in all categories (although with it in a sony vaio i can't exactly t... Read More

There are many who claim that seagate is horrible, which is nonsense.

Similar quantities of the exact same 1tb hdd part number purchased one year ago.

They are much faster than competing hdds, however are rated for much tighter temperatures, and often exceed their specs, which ... Read More

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This product had a total of 772 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 3 2024.