Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Great Price for capacity and specs.

Cons: I have owned this drive for 9 Months and have began to lose sectors. SMART test fails.

Other Thoughts: This drive was originally purchased with 2 year warranty as stated by description. Seagate states these drives only come with a 1 Year Warranty. Both Newegg and others show 2 years. Something smells well a little fishy. Lucky or maybe unlucky mine failed just under 1 year. I own three of these drives. I am giving three eggs because Tech support was very helpful.

Pros: This one I've owned only a couple of weeks... but I also own three 1TB units (524AS, DM001 x 2), installed dozens in customers rigs, and also refreshed 4-5 units at work that had 30 000 hours + in very poor conditions (but not much job, files are on the server, and the stations are restarted only once a week). Only one which stats indicated it was in early decline - still running Win 7 after six months though, without a single fail.

I sent back one unit in my entire life... it was deemed under warranty even though it was a couple of months off period as to the production date. Had no proof of purchase whatsoever. Process may seem systematic and cold (of course) and will leave you doubting, but in the end they replaced the unit with a refurb (524AS), I paid shipping one way, and that became my sole HDD in my PC along two SSDs, its primary purpose is "Downloads" and "Movies", though it held the OS in the beginning. Running a year and a half now... Other ones I own are in the HTPC.

The branded "DM" series are dirt cheap... they're worth every dollar and beyond.

In my experience they're faster than their "Caviar Black" counterpart, which are supposed to be higher end. The Blacks will reach higher read/writes peaks, but will also go down way under Barracudas, and the average is usually a couple of mbs in favor of Seagate, which have more of a straight line regarding reads/writes.

Cons: If I ever find one...

Other Thoughts: Usually, when I refresh an old rig for a customer, Seagate Barracuda drives are reusable... I couldn't say as much about that other renowned brand I've discussed, I've had to ditch many of their units...

Pros: Works great responds quick.

Cons: none

Pros: When they work the work, but when they don't...
NewEgg RAM process works very well. Thanks Newegg!

Cons: Bought two of these drives at the same time. One seems to be working very well. The other was DOA. As soon as I plugged it in it sounded like a dump truck and it was not recognized by the computer.

Other Thoughts: I don't get who does the quality control on these drives. How in the world can they leave the factory broken ?!?!?

Pros: First and foremost, huge kudos for newegg's exceptionally speedy and safely packaged delivery service. Seagate's stability has been a treasure. Since 1995, it has been Seagate that has given me numerous reasonably stress free experiences. Though I did have to install Seagate's DiskWizard for reasons that are outside of my understanding, once Seagate's DiskWizard recognized the drive, I utilized the Disk Management of Windows 7 to do a full format. This drive had zero issues and is being used for back up. Currently it's on an eSata external connection and it is purring.

Cons: No cons. I am not at all a wishful thinker..So if this drive or any of my drives die, I will be forever grateful for taking the time to make back ups. Costly as backing up data is, it is worth it.

Other Thoughts: Having recently experienced the exceptional speed of a 120GB SSD by Kingston, how quickly it is that I forgot how long it takes for a traditional drive to undergo a full and thorough format. Sheesh!

Pros: none

Cons: It was dead as soon as i realize it . >< "
bad packaging !

Pros: fast, easy to install. 2TB Hard Drive great warranty. reputable company, works great in my custom Gaming PC

Cons: None so far, will update if it changes.

Other Thoughts: Works great with my custom system
SPECS:
MSI Z77a-G45 Gaming Motherboard
16GB Crucial 1333MHz DDR3 ram
EVGA GTX660ti superclocked
i7-3770k@ 3.9GHz
MSI Nighthawk Case
Corsair GS800 800w power supply
Asus DVD drive

Pros: This One Works

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: After having 2 of them die within a week, this one survived. I will keep you posted.

Pros: Good price (At the time)
Works well to this day

Cons: None that I found

Other Thoughts: Too bad the prices went up since I bought it.

Pros: I own 4 of these, no raid or anything special but they are definitely running fine without any issues. I use one as my Program Files folder paired with an SSD for the OS, i dont even notice the difference in performance since they have the load taken off of them with the SSD. I use the others as libraries for my regular folders as well. Would recommend these to anybody over bare drive WDs.

Cons: they should be on sale again!

Other Thoughts: I went with Seagate mainly because the drives i was using for the past 8 years were all seagate and STILL WORKING. Seagate 250GB hard drives from at least 2005!

Would recommend these to anybody over bare drive WDs. I bought a few green bare drive WDs before i decided to go with seagate and they all arrived DOA or like what happened to my brother, they die after a period of time.