Pros: Single platter 1TB drive for under $100. Light weight, allows for excellent handling for file compression.

Cons: Update---Drive's I/O interface failed after four years of use. The dirve motor was still running but the I/O would not work. This should not happen after only four years. I have never had a WD drive fail like this before. Some of my WD drives are nine years old and still healthy and going strong. As such, will not buy Seagate again.

Surprisingly difficult to format. Bought two of these for my server (one as a primary and one back up drive). Neither would successfully format on my server (Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition) Had to attachment them to an XP box to get them to complete a good format. Once formatted, my server recognized them and all is good. Found that very strange.

Other Thoughts: First time in a long while I have bought Seagate. I usually buy WDs for their reliability and performace. Bought these as they were nearly $20 cheaper for the same size, cache and performance as the WDs. (HDD prices are too high anyway, they need to come down). Gave it three stars due format problems and that fact I can't comment on reliability yet. Will in about two years. The drives they replaced were 6 years old which were WD Black editions.

Pros: I have Windows a few other essential programs get up on an SSD and my games library on a raid 0 array with two of these drives, they work great.

Cons: None

Pros: - The price.

Cons: N/A

Other Thoughts: - I would recommend this HDD to anyone needing inexpensive internal storage.

Pros: great little power-plants. We use solely Seagate at my work because they are easier to get a hold of. I currently have 2 of the 1tb's in a RAID 0 and it pulls about 250 Mb/s read and 240 Mb/s write speeds which is great for when I am recording my gameplay. I also have another 2tb in the same model that is just a basic storage drive and it works well.

2 YEAR UPDATE : I have bought several more of these over the years for a home NAS that I made. I had two old ones from my earlier review and purchased 6 more for an 8 drive ZFS pool. I recently had one fail, manufactured Oct 2014 and failed March 2016. I entered the RMA information and Seagate already sent me the replacement, total took about 5 business days from me dropping mine in the mail to getting their new drive. Great RMA, did it all online and didn't have to call or jump through any hoops. A+ in my book. Also the two drives I bought in 2013 are still kicking just fine, read and writes are great still and I keep them spinning 24/7/365 in my server so they take a good amount of abuse. You cannot go wrong with Seagate of WD in my book, I just prefer these because they are a bit cheaper and when buying 8 of them a little goes a long way.

Cons: none

Pros: They are on the faster side of mechanical hard drives.

Cons: It is inevitable that these seagate drives will fail. I have worked in the PC field for over 10 years and 80% plus of the dead hard drives i see are seagates.... Most of the time it is not that the drive fails mechanically, but rather the board on it becomes faulty causing the drive to lose its place and scramble it's own brains. Basically it seems as though they are designed to fail.

Pros: When it works, it works well.

Cons: First drive starting failing a few months after I bought it. RMA'd it and 2 days later the second drive is now failing! Seagate is earning its reputation for unreliability.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Josh,

We apologize for the problems experienced with your 1TB Desktop drive and would like the opportunity to talk with you to determine an available resolution.

A support case (#05510471) has been created that will reference your review and our response. Please contact us directly using the following link and reference your case number:

http://support2.seagate.com/

Best Regards,
Seagate Support

Pros: saves my files
cheap
easy to install

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: i mean its a hard drive?

Pros: Works well after 2 years.

Cons: None.

Pros: -Works

Cons: -None so far (Almost 2 years now)

Pros: Working so far

Cons: Drive has a severe grinding noise, I expect it to fail soon.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Michael,

Certainly your 1TB Desktop drive should not be making a severe grinding noise. We would like the opportunity to talk with you to determine an available resolution.

A support case (#05491791) has been created that will reference your review and our response. Please contact us directly using the following link:

http://support2.seagate.com/

Best Regards,
Seagate Support