Seagate – Barracuda 2TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for Desktops
$64.99
Last updated on September 6, 2024 5:10 am Details
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Seagate – Barracuda 2TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for Desktops
$64.99
MaltiAxel –
I am very excited, I already want to assemble the components and be able to assemble my first pc
roro –
This is a very common hard drive used amongst gamers. I have seen it in countless builds and decided to buy it for my own computer. I have a 500gb M2 SSD for my OS and most used programs and this HDD for my games library and large files. It works great, and it fast as far as hard drives go. It had worked great so far, and games load pretty fast. Going with a hard drive like this is great for games because the only thing it impacts is the inital loading time. After that, the game runs just like normal without any difference in speed.
JamMasterJ –
So far so good. Hard drive was easy to install and setup. Drive is fast enough for what i use it for, which is mostly for documents and storage. Would prefer the speed of an SSD, but they tend to fail suddenly without notice. With hard drives you can at least get some signs of pending failure (errors or clicking sounds) before the drive actually dies.
A revisit of this in 2yrs would be more accurate in terms of the reliability and performance.
McGannskiRules –
Nice basis SATA hard drive to increase the storage in a desktop computer. Not intended for DVRs/NVRs or NAS applications. It’ll fit, but it’ll likely fail a lot faster than some of the other alternatives that are made for those tasks.
It’s great for an extra data partition but if you’re considering this as an upgrade or a replacement for the only drive in your computer get a Solid State Drive instead. Everything will run quicker.
NotImpressed –
Yes it’s a platter drive but it’s 7200rpm for all those files you don’t care to load a little slower. It’s hard to beat for the $ to GB. SSDs do drop in price from time to time, but for my money I’d rather trust this old school tech than a subpar/budget SSD anyday.
ACvoltage –
This drive is not only quieter than Western Digital drives (as usual), but it is very fast for a HDD. This 2 TB drive is composed of just a single platter inside with 1 TB on each face. This means there’s less physical area that the data is spread-out over, so seek times will be quicker than drives with multiple platters. I upgraded an older Seagate BarraCuda C: drive from years ago. Booting up Windows 10 on a Dell XPS takes just a fraction of the time it used to.
The 256 MB buffer size is great for Windows/system drives that retrieve OS information regularly, making certain applications load much more quickly. With a decent desktop computer, this drive isn’t all that much slower than an SSD… not to mention hard drives inherently hold data for much longer (in my experience, lightly used hard drives last far longer than flash storage, which degrades in a few years).
Whether you’re building a new rig or just upgrading old components, I highly recommend this drive.
NOTE:
1. This drive’s model number is ST2000DM008, not …DMA08, if you want to look up the datasheet online.
2. Be sure the drive is formatted as a GPT disk (not MBR) if you plan on using this as your new C: drive (or boot drive).
Nathan –
This is a 2 TB hard drive, that is really all there is to say for that.
If you are looking for a hard drive, and this is available, then buy it.
It works perfectly for storage of photos and/or backups.
I am sure that there are other ones, but this one is a cool green.
Good luck.
David –
The hard drive was blank, it had no space for storage and I have already sent an email asking for a refund and have yet to receive an answer