Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

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7200 RPM 64MB Cache
SATA 6.0Gb/s

Seagate Desktop HDD Technical Specifications

	4TB¹	3TB¹	2TB¹	1TB¹	500GB¹	320GB¹	250GB¹
Model Number	ST4000DM000	ST3000DM001	ST2000DM001	ST1000DM003	ST500DM002	ST320DM000	ST250DM000
Model Name	Desktop HDD	formerly Barracuda	formerly Barracuda	formerly Barracuda	formerly Barracuda	formerly Barracuda	formerly Barracuda
Interface Options	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ	SATA 6Gb/s NCQ
Performance
SATA Transfer Rates Supported (Gb/s)	6.0/3.0/1.5	6.0/3.0/1.5	6.0/3.0/1.5	6.0/3.0/1.5	6.0/3.0/1.5	6.0/3.0/1.5	6.0/3.0/1.5
Cache, Multisegmented (MB)	64	64	64	16	16	16	16
Spindle Speed(RPM)	5900	7200	7200	7200	7200	7200	7200
Special Features
Seagate OptiCache Technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Seagate Acutrac Technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Seagate SmartAlign Technology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No²	No²	No²
How Much Will it Store?
Digital Music (Songs) Based on 4.096MB song,128kbps bit rate,11:1 audio compression ratio	1,000,000	750,000	500,000	250,000	125,000	80,000	62,000
Digital Photos (Files) Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG mode	819,200	614,400	409,600	204,800	402,400	65,536	51,200
HD Video (Hours) Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate	493	370	247	123	62	39	31
¹One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. ²Seagate ships this drive in both 4K- and 512-byte sectors. SmartAlign technology is included on 4K sector drives. Both drives are functionally and physically equivalent.

Reliable Performance Seagate Barracuda delivers every capacity point from 250GB to 3TB on full 7200-RPM, SATA 6Gb/s platform and includes a host of refined technologies to further boost performance. Seagate OptiCache technology further exploits big 64MB cache sizes and improved microprocessor capabilities, helping boost overall performance by as much as 45% over previous generation.
Maximizes hard drive storage densities Barracuda 1TB-per-disk technology incorporates 340,000 unique tracks in the width of a single inch. This incredible storage density drives new capacity possibilities and lowers your total storage costs. Seagate AcuTrac technology enables new storage densities with accurate reading and writing to nano-sized tracks that are only 75 nanometers wide! That’s about 500 times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.
Green where it counts Barracuda desktop drives are produced using the most sophisticated manufacturing process in the industry, with a focus on environmental stewardship. Compliant with the RoHS and using less power, these hard drives not only save the world but also save your cost–without sacrificing performance.
No-hassle transition to 4K sectors Are you worried about moving to Advanced Format 4K sector technology? You don’t have to be with Barracuda drives. Seagate SmartAlign technology makes this transition a snap: no utilities to run, and no extra integration steps to take up your time.

Learn more about the Seagate ST1000DM003

Model

Brand: Seagate

Series: Barracuda

Model: ST1000DM003

Packaging: Bare Drive

Performance

Interface: SATA 6.0Gb/s

Capacity: 1TB

RPM: 7200 RPM

Cache: 64MB

Average Latency: 4.16ms

Physical Spec

Form Factor: 3.5"

Features

Features: Double your capacity and drive down costs with the industry's first 1TB-per-disk hard drive technology.

SATA 6Gb/s interface optimizes burst performance

Seagate AcuTrac servo technology delivers dependable performance, even with hard drive track widths of only 75 nanometers.

Seagate OptiCache technology boosts overall performance by as much as 45% over the previous generation.

Seagate SmartAlign technology provides a simple, transparent migration to Advanced Format 4K sectors.

Free Seagate DiscWizard software allows you to install a 3TB hard drive in Windows, including XP, without UEFI BIOS.

Quick Info

Warranty

Limited Warranty period (parts): 2 years
Limited Warranty period (labor): 2 years

Manufacturer Contact Info

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Filter Results Last 2 Weeks (11) Last 6 Months (256) All Reviews (585) 63% (367) 14% (81) 5% (28) 4% (24) 15% (85) Verified Owners Video Reviews Mfr. Responses keyword Go page SubmitTopPaginationForm of 59 previousTopPaginationForm\| nextTopPaginationForm
N/A 6/17/2013 2:09:34 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Great HDD Pros: Very fast, only slightly slower than my SATA II ssd, which is still pretty blindingly fast. Extremely quiet. Cons: well, its quiet until you really spin it up, and it gets only slightly less quiet. Other Thoughts: great buy for the price. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/15/2013 8:24:06 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 1/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 3/5Watch Compatibility Pros: It works fine by itself. Cons: It will not work as a mirror to conventional format hard drives. Windows Server 2013 spit it out. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Bean Dip 6/15/2013 8:04:11 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5It's a Seagate Barracuda. Pros: I have six of these. Reliable, fast, as advertised. Hard to beat! Cons: I cannot think of any cons. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Endlesspath 6/15/2013 3:22:40 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 3/5Good product, but absolutely ZERO mfr product support. Pros: Great HDD, is what is advertised (speed, capacity, etc.). Cons: Absolutely ZERO product support. Website continually has 404 errors on attempting product related downloads, and attempts to contact Seagate product support on the website results in a no contact loop on final case submission page. Other Thoughts: If for whatever reason you plan on/believe you need to do a firmware update.. forget it. Though the general manufacturer website is functional, with some generic hdd tool/manual downloads, you will be unable to obtain any hdd specific firmware. This has been an ongoing problem from MAR to current JUN 2013 date. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/13/2013 12:23:47 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5 Pros: Price and great newegg service Cons: none Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Rock 6/12/2013 2:11:18 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Does the Job, Great Reliable Stable HDD Pros: It's really hard to make a pro list for an HDD, but for the price this is an excellent choice. It is a 7200 drive for the price of a 5400. Barracuda is a tried and true solid option for an HDD. I never doubt Seagate when it comes to HDD's. Cons: It's just as hard to make a con list unless you have had problems with your drive, which I had none. Other Thoughts: I bought this drive to replace a failing boot drive in my son's computer. I used some cloning software to copy the old drive to this one, and it has been running flawlessly for a few months. This is an easy recommendation for a drive, especially for the price. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/7/2013 9:35:08 PM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 1/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5worse of the worse Pros: i got it the next day. Cons: the first thing i noticed was that it took forever to format it then after it finished every time i try to install a program or save some videos it crashes. i buy most of my stuff in newegg and i never had a problem with it but this just got me really mad. Other Thoughts: i don't recommend nobody to buy this product its really a waste of money and time. 0 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/6/2013 5:28:49 PM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 3/5Batting 500 Pros: Inexpensive. Cons: Bought two. One was DOA. Newegg was not gracious about warrantying it, but eventually they did send a replacement. Other Thoughts: I can't buy hard drives from the internet retailers anymore. Newer hard drives from all brands are not reliable enough to justify the risk of return shipping, downtime, etc. I am going to buy locally where I have better return / exchange options. Newegg has been great, but I can tell they're trying to cut their losses dealing with warranty issues on junky drives. Their inspection department said I damaged the DOA drive even though I didn't. I have read of this situation in other drive reviews. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
jon 6/6/2013 2:02:33 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/52 different part #'s Pros: cheap. 6 cents per gigabyte. passed the LONG Test in SeaTools for DOS and i zeroed the drive. getting 100+ MB/s in windows explorer when copying/transferring files. i don't really care about synthetic benchmarks that won't occur in real world usage. so far i haven't had any clicking/chirping noises. windows is installed on my ssd and this drive is being used as a secondary storage drive. i'm guessing this helps with the APM/head parking issues and they would be more prevalent if this was the primary drive with windows installed on it. more on this in cons. Cons: i bought the drive because i was under the impression that the issues were resolved with the newest firmware CC48. my drive came with firmware version CC46 and i was unable to update it to CC48. the problem is the hdd i got is part # 1CH162 and seagate only offers firmware CC48 for part # 9YN164. this begs a few question. whats the difference between the 2 part #'s? does part # 1CH162 have the same problems as part # 9YN164? if so why is seagate only offering firmware CC48 for part # 1CH162? if there is a difference why are they selling both part #'s under the same model #? so customers don't know what they are actually buying. i tried asking these questions on the official seagate forums and surprise surprise i didn't get a single response. this does make me question what i bought and if these issues were fixed or if they will appear sometime in the future. i really wanted to give it lower then 4 eggs but i have had the drive for over a month with no issues so far. Other Thoughts: i know for the 2TB version of this drive seagate is selling 2 different part #'s under the exact same model #. one version has 2 platters and the other has 3 platters. this is shady and inexcusable and they should have 2 different model #'s. people will see the benchmarks for the 2 platter version and assume thats what they are buying. they will be unaware that there is a chance they will be sold an inferior drive for the same price. now that seagate and wd have their monopoly on hdd's they can do stuff like this. 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/6/2013 8:53:30 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5don't bother Pros: Cheap. Cons: I've had 3 bad ones Other Thoughts: I got 2 of these in a bundle with a Netgear ReadyNAS. One was DOA. The RMA and the other have both failed in less than three months. You get what you pay for. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
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