Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200RPM SATA NCQ 16 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Desktop Hard Drive ST3500641AS-RK-Retail Kit
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Customer Review: quiet, fast, reliable
Summary: 5 Stars
I have two of these drives, one for video editing, one for a server. I've been completely satisfied with them; they were easy to install and their performance has been excellent. The SATA cables are a huge improvement over the old ATA ribbon cables, both for ease of installation and for improved airflow inside the computers. Windows recognizes SATA drives without a problem.
The disk comes with a CD that includes installation software (not needed, for me at least) and Seagate's BounceBack Express backup software.
Customer Review: Great Drive, Very, Very, Very Quiet
Summary: 5 Stars
I just purchased this drive and I cannot understand the reports that this drive is noisy. I think the noise must come from the enclosure vibrating and not from the drive.
It is so quiet I had to check to be sure it was powered up. I had to listen very carefully to even hear this drive during head seeks.
The DisWizard software, which is included, makes disk management and cloning the system so simple.
For the price, you cannot find a better hard drive!
Customer Review: 5 stars but be careful that you get what you paid for
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought four of these to use in a RAID. All four of the boxes had PN: 98D648 - 550 on the box. When I installed one of the drives it was smaller than the others. PN on smaller drive's label was 98J146 - 308 and it was called a Barracuda 7200.10. Larger drives were Barracuda 7200.11 9BX154 - 303 on the drive label. Returned it and will check the replacement when it arrives.
7/3/08 Received replacement drive and it was Barracuda 7200.11 9BX154 - 303.
Customer Review: Good but noisy
Summary: 4 Stars
I installed this drive three weeks ago and so far so good. The software provided by Seagate is good but didn't help me with transferring my system from my old drive to the new drive. The software does not support dynamic disks.
The drive is a bit noisy, but not enough to bother this guy. The drive comes with a 5 year warranty, something the competition doesn't come close to. This is an excellent drive for storing your movies and mp3 files.
Customer Review: Good drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this drive to replace a smaller backup drive in my desktop computer about a month ago. My operating system is Ubuntu. Selected folders are automatically backed up daily as a cron function using rdiff. The normal computer fans are loud enough to drown out the noise that this drive makes. My only experience is having it installed as a backup drive which is normally inactive but as such it runs quite cool which would indicate a small power draw.