Product DescriptionSeagate Barracuda (ST3500630AS) 500GB SATA300 7200RPM Hard Drive
The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 desktop hard drive features innovative perpendicular recording technology and is the first drive on the market to provide capacities up to 750 GB. Barracuda 7200.10 hard drives deliver superb performance, efficiency, speed and durability for all your application needs.
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Rating: - A great drive undone by Amazon's negligent packaging
As noted in other reviews this is a bare drive, wrapped only in a thin plastic anti-static bag. In stark contrast to every other hard drive that I have ordered over the Internet, Amazon provides almost no protective packaging for the drive in shipment.
When I opened the package from Amazon, tossed on my front porch by the UPS driver, I noticed a few air-packs on top of the drive and ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX. In other words, the ... Read More
Rating: - Drive works fine
Currently being used in my ReadyNAS which hosts all our company data as a raid drive.
Rating: - A great drive...with a lot of noise
This drive has been working great for the month I've had it so far. But, as other reviewers have noted...this drive can be noisy. At first, I didn't have this problem when I had the drive in my USB enclosure. However, when I put the hard drive in my Dell machine, I had to mount the drive on its side...and that's when I heard the noise. You can hear the data accesses...even with the side of the case on. Thankfully, I usually have some music on in the background so it's not very noticable.
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Rating: - A good 500GB hard disk
This is an OEM version which doesn't come with cable and screws. It worked in my Netgear Readynas Duo flawlessly. The 5 year Seagate warranty is so good that I don't need to worry about long term reliability. I have two of them in the DUO on Raid 1. So it's next to impossible to lose data and money with the warranty, LOL. It gets warm but not hot compared to other hard drives I had. I highly recommend it if you can get one at a good price.
Rating: - very good
This is a little early for a complete review but so far very good product and very good service from Amazon.
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Electronics : Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200 RPM Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST3500630AS
- A great drive undone by Amazon's negligent packaging
- Drive works fine
- A great drive...with a lot of noise