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Pros

Seagate tb 2tb is a good value for money. Can be used as primary or secondary to store games. Good performance for an hdd.

Simple to install and set up. Well packaged on arrival. Fully flashed it on linux and windows detected it just fine. Upgrade my dell laptop with biggest hdd.



Cons

Seagate barracudas can't find or format a datum. Can't even attach it to repair the drive as as soon as attach it, it messes up my whole system. Failed ona new build, it's now over 24 hours and it still hasn't finished copying. This is now the 3rd sea...  Read More

Do not recommend. Not convinced by the quality either. Now being asked to cover warranty postage for a replacement refurbished drive.

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Highlights

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Quality


This 4tb was the natural choice a solid well made h it quite in operation and surprisingly compact (about ¾ height of old green...  Read More


So far so good, needed a replacement drive for my long time storage device, this drive is working great!


Nowloaded and running quieter and cooler with less power draw than the old green unit.


Plugged in and formatted it and worked straight off the bat.

Price


Unless you're in a hurry, it's often well worth waiting for an amazon special event or 'today's deal' on these drives - i've sa...  Read More


Will consider to get another one if it goes on sale.

Shipping


Arrived on time and was easy to install.


Prompt delivery and does what its supposed to do

Packaging/appearance


The product came well packed , i got the 2tb version, so far i'm quiet impressed i have transferred about 600gb of pictures and...  Read More


For the last couple of years these drives have shipped from amazon in mostly plastic-free packaging - cardboard boxes with prot...  Read More


Came in seagate strong box and at good price !

Competitiveness


There aren't many 'go to' brands in my life, but this is one of them!

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    good, old and easy.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 9099.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 114,349 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 17 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Initially frustrated as was unable to install


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You need to understand uefi and legacy system and their writing way e


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have about a dozen to use with usb drive readers and docks


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bought this hdd for 2 reason


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had a problematic disc where it was slowing down all my system


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had 6 hdds in my pc so i can merge 3 of them in one


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Will consider to get another one if it goes on sale

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