Seagate Barracuda 7200 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST3500418AS-Bare Drive

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Seagate Barracuda 7200 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive...

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Easy Installation

Customers have reported that installing the Seagate Barracuda 500GB internal hard drive is an effortless process, with many expressing satisfaction in its smooth installation and seamless integration into their systems.

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Reliability

Customers have mixed opinions on the reliability of Seagate Barracuda 500GB hard drives. While many report no issues and long-term use, a significant number have experienced failures within a year or less, resulting in data loss for some. Seagate's customer service was not always responsive to these reports.

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Quality

Works great and was easy to install.

Very easy to install and works like a champ.

Cloned a failing wd drive to it, and now my plex server boots like normal again.

I purchased this because it was the same as the one that failed.

Price

Everything i could ask for at a very reasonable price.

I only picked this up to meet budget requirements, but it does perfectly for it's uses.

Fortunately, amazon has a seller who had exactly what i needed at a very agreeable price.

But i'd recommend jumping up to a 1tb drive for that extra few bucks, or even a 2tb drive for another $10 over the 1tb.

Shipping

Otherwise it was shipped promptly, arrived adequately packed.

It took a while, but this was expected.

Packaging/appearance

Despite the fact they were seagate drives, the inside of the boxes was branded "wd".

They came in sealed anti-static bags in generic brown boxes with a sticker outside stating the model number of the drive, and t... Read More

Competitiveness

Glad seagate quality hasn't gone down like some competitor drives.

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Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 384.

Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 787 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 15 2024.