Seagate BarraCuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: This thing is super fast, quiet and runs cool. Outpaces my Raptor 74 in every benchmark but random access. I bought this to replace my Raptor because 74gig fills up too easy...I am very satisfied with the choice.

Cons: Random access is surprisingly slow (18.0) but the average read (98.3) and burst (239.8) make up for it.

Overall Review: Here's a suggestion for anyone buying a hard drive, go with FedEx, the express saver is the cheapest. I know it cost more than UPS, and Newegg's "free shipping" isn't FedEx, but here's the deal: I have bought over 30 hard drives (Western Digital and Seagate) through Newegg in the past 2 years, 100% of the ones shipped FedEx are still running, 80% of the ones shipped UPS were either DOA or failed within 6 months. UPS beats the He11 out of their shipments, even their website states that every package is "subject to a 6 foot drop." Do the math, free shipping or cheaper UPS shipping isn't free in the long run. I ship my non-fragile items with the free shipping, but I do a separate order and use FedEx for hard drives and Motherboards.

Pros: Fast and runs cool. I thought I might finally review this drive since the ratings have not been altogether positive. I have had a great experience with the drive for the past several months. I will be picking up another 2 to make my raid 5 array.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: Newegg is the shining example of what all online retailers should be.

Pros: Ridiculously fast, runs cool, made my computer much more responsive. It seems that whatever problematic batch some of these drives were from is gone. I couldn't be much happier. To be on the safe side, I'd definitely recommend this for a system drive, but maybe not the sole drive storing one's invaluable data until we are sure the issue is fixed.

Cons: I'm not a big fan of uncertainty when buying something, but I've had over 15 seagate drives and the only one that died was in a laptop that hit the floor so I went for it.

Overall Review: Glad I went for it.

Pros: Great drive, tons of capacity. If you're upgrading from an older drive get ready for faster Windows load times. I play Counter Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 and I notice that levels load more quickly. I am very satisfied with these drives.

Cons: This is an OEM part and it comes with nothing but the drive. No cables, no screws, just the drive. Be sure you have everything you'll need so you can get it fired up right away.

Overall Review: I bought two of these and put them together in a RAID0 setup. Beware that RAID0 will cause total data loss if you lose any drive in the array. However, the performance can't be beat. Windows starts up faster, games load faster, (local) file transfers are quicker. Don't just buy one!

Pros: the ones that are still working are working fine and seem to quite fast

Cons: I bought 23 of these for my Lan Center and to run my business. I had two dead right out of the gate, warranty replacement was not complicated. I have had three additional failures now after 4 months. And I have will be migrating all 23 to a different brand of hard disk.

Overall Review: I hope Seagates future products are without such problems.

Pros: Slimmer than the previous 7200.10 generation...due to single platter...better for ventilation in my RAID array. The one I got directly from Seagate is working just fine.

Cons: The one I got from Newegg died after 2 days and is in RMA process. Hopefully they will sort this out and source a different lot.

Overall Review: Interesting note: If you ever RMA a drive back to Seagate your replacement comes in a foam rubber encasement with the specific instructions to send your original drive back in the same foam packing and specifically not to send back wrapped in bubble wrap and packing peanuts (which is how mine arrived from Newegg)or you void your RMA.

Pros: Good warrentee - have always had great drives from Seagate

Cons: Possibly bad batch of drives the 7200.11 series is new - Also every time that I order drives and they come UPS some are bad, Whenever the drives come FedEx all of then worked.... This has happened about 3 separate times now. I doubt its coincidence

Overall Review: For all the reviews that have claimed to have this drive for 6 months to a year be aware the the 7200.11 drives just started shipping in the last month or so and that these reviewers must be referring to their last gen 7200.10 drives

Pros: Supposed to be fast... when it works

Cons: I read the reviews complaining about drive failure, but I was under the assumption that Seagate had come out with a firmware fix. I was wrong. My drive died the second day I had it. The drive powered on and the platters were spinning, but there was a problem with the I/O. I suspect a bad controller. The thing that makes me angry is that when I first received the drive, I went on Seagate's website to see whether I needed to upgrade the firmware. I entered in the serial number and it said that the drive was not affected by the problem. The next day my drive died. Despite the supposed firmware "fix" that Seagate released, I suspect that the problem lies in the hardware. Don't gamble with your time and money, forget this drive.