Seagate BarraCuda Pro 500GB Internal Hard Drive Performance HDD – 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 128MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC Laptop, Data Recovery – Frustration Free Packaging (ST500LM034)

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Seagate BarraCuda Pro 500GB Internal Hard Drive Performance HDD – 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM...

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

This model is very upgradable, so installing an additional hard drive isn't difficult even for those who has never disassembled a laptops before. Went into a dell all-in-one device to augment a 1tb ssd with hdd for external backup in conjunction with ... Read More

Cons

Seagate uses every trick in the book to try and inconvenience you out of processing your rightful warranty. I read many stories of the warrantied hard drives being replaced with refurbished that fizzled out not long after. Not recommended for gamers e... Read More

The sata cable is loose and doesn't click in. It's unclear if this is because of a bad disk or a loose cable.

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Quality

Good hard drive, ran tests and the product performs as expected with no defects.

Very easy to install into a computer or console it is literally only one cord you plug in and it works instantly.

This model is very upgradable, so installing an additional hard drive isn't difficult even for those who has never disassembled... Read More

To make a long store short the two that was installed stop working after one week.

Price

It comes at a nice competitive price too.

It had the best price out of all of them i looked at, as well as just really good quality.

For the price, it's unbeatable for sure!

The drive was just like any old hard drive, bought it purely for the capacity on the cheap.

Shipping

Product arrived within 2 days with prime, was properly packaged, and worked perfectly.

Packaging/appearance

Very easy to install had not problems at all also very well packaged

My first one was a combined order (hdd + some other items from amazon) and that time i was seriously dissatisfied with the pack... Read More

Really not sure that you can call it a "frustration free packaging".

Very happy with the packaging and with it not being a resold oem drive, but a proper retail version.

Competitiveness

Much less failure prone than other brands.

The dvr reformatted the hard drive to work with tablo.

It isn't fast as as a ssd or sshd, but it is slightly faster or at least just as good compared to the original ps4 pro hdd when... Read More

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This product had a total of 16,035 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 2 2024.