Seagate BarraCuda ST2000DM008 2TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: For a 3.5 inch drive it is very thin Very quiet under load and idle No bad sectors or errors 2 year warranty isn’t too bad in case something goes wrong. Benchmark performance results are listed below: Crystal Disk Mark: • Seq Q32T1: Read = 220.73 MB/s, Write = 145.27 MB/s • 4K Q32T1: Read = 2.09 MB/s, Write = 1.454 MB/s • Sequential: Read = 216.63 MB/s, Write = 165.37 MB/s • 4k: Read = 1.18 MB/s, Write = 1.42 MB/s ATTO Disk Benchmark: • Read: 214.41 MB/sec • Write: 175.16 MB/sec HD Tune • Minimum: 105.8 MB/s • Maximum: 210.2 MB/s • Average: 171.0 MB/s • Access Time: 14.2 ms • Burst Rate: 239.63 MB/s Power Consumption • Idle = 4.8 Watts • Load Read = 6.9 Watts • Load Write = 6.4 Watts Maximum Temperature while testing: 93.2 °F

Cons: Write speeds are a bit low compared to the read speeds Despite many attempts the drive refused to enter its low power sleep state where the platters stop spinning and the head docks itself. Tried changing windows settings and bios settings but still couldn’t get it to sleep.

Overall Review: Overall this drive performed very well for a mechanical hard drive while running relatively cool. It’s good to see that mechanical drives are still improving and finally getting close to the SATA II (3 Gbps) barrier. Considering its low price, this is a great choice if you need a drive with more space than then your SSD. *All tests were conducted three times to ensure accuracy and repeatability of results.

Pros: - Arrived with no read/write issues - Noticeable performance improvement compared to old drive - No problems under GNU/Linux

Cons: - None

Overall Review: - Under Fedora Workstation 25, the drive benchmarks the following averages with a sample size of 10 MB: 155 MB/s read, 91.2 MB/s write, 14.36 msec access time - Testing done on a BIOSTAR A880G+ motherboard and Phenom II X4 - Drive ran continuously for 21 days with no signs of problem

Pros: Quiet Operation Low Price

Cons: None observed

Overall Review: I've had this drive for a few weeks and thus far it's been rock solid. This additional drive compliments the four drives I already have in my FreeNAS deployment. When this disk came in I added another and then dropped that pair in as an additional Mirror pair in my existing mirror stripe for a six disk "Raid10" in other NAS devices. With a total of 8TB of useable space this NAS provides a data dump of storage for my home lab environment. These disks are quiet and do not chew up a large amount of power. They also do not generate a shed load of heat either. Overall a solid purchase. Seagate has cleaned up their act and I won't hesitate to purchase more when the time comes.

Pros: Cost effective for an SATA III 6.0 7200 RPM drive. Slim design measuring just over three quarters of an inch thick ensures it will fit in most all desktop cases. Runs cool and quiet under medium duty use for me. For the price these are great drives for just about any machine. Would also work great for a small NAS setup, or even installed in a portable USB case for external storage if need be. This SATA 6.0 drive is also backwards compatible with older motherboards with earlier SATA (II) 3.0 or SATA (I) 1.5 ports. However, the maximum speed of the drive will be slower due to the lower speed limitations of the port. For those that may need some help when replacing/upgrading an older drive/system, check out the Seagate DiscWizard software available on their site for free. DiscWizard lets you quickly install your new disc drive with wizards that guide you through the processes of creating and formatting partitions on your disc drive, transferring data, and backing up your data. On Seagate’s web site this software can be found under the Support/Software & Apps section along with full instructions. Seagate also offers two larger drives in this Series, the 2TB 7200RPM with 64MB Cache, and the 3TB 7200RPM with 64MB Cache. At these prices its worth spending a little more for the larger capacity drives they offer, so check them out if you need more storage space! Bare drive comes UN-formatted and ready to set up, simple plug and play. Firmware Version CC46, and has a 2 year warranty.

Cons: NONE!

Pros: The drive worked like a charm. Installation was a breeze, as with most internal SATA drives. Boot and access time seem fast. Cheap and decent drive. Hopefully it lasts a while.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Seems to be a good drive for the price.

Pros: Does exactly what it needs to. No frills drive with barebones packaging but that's exactly what I need for some builds and I don't want to pay extra for accessories I don't end up using. Runs cool and quiet so it should have good longevity. I've been using BarraCuda drives for years without a problem so I expect this one to be the same. I see there are already a bunch of benchmarks uploaded so I'll skip that part, but the performance is pretty much what you would expect from a hard drive.

Cons: Price could be a little more competitive for the capacity. It's not too hard to find a bigger drive or an SSD for a few bucks more on sale. If you are building an absolute budget machine though and can't spare any more cash, this definitely fits the bill. I would avoid using used hard drives too, even if they're cheaper unless you're ok with losing whatever is on it- you never know what kind of abuse they've been put through. You're not going to get close to SSD performance out of it obviously but I put it into a PC that will be used pretty much just for web browsing so for that it's perfect.

Pros: Standard green 500gb SATA hard drive. It came well packaged and didnt have any problem with benchmarking it or formatting it. My overall results were an average read speed of 150 megabytes/ second and the write rate varied more depending on the file size Larger files I was able to get write speeds of near 100 megabytes/s With the smaller files it would vary more and was closer to 50 emgabytes/s which is typical of mechanical drives overall the performance is what you would expect from a mechanical green drive. Not spectacular but good enough for your average computer OS or for just storage.

Cons: Not sure what the target market is for this drive. The only thing i could think of would be an average office workstation. But at the price point you would be able to get a small ssd and the average office workstation would become a more productive machine for the employee.

Overall Review: Overall it's a good drive for what it is but at this point the size is somewhat pointless. 500gb while might be nice to have i don't see why the average consumer would be buying it. I would rather have a 64/128gb ssd over a 500gb mechanical drive and the prices are still very similar.

Pros: Pro ++Very Quiet +Pretty fast ++Great Value I benchmarked this drive when it was blank and after putting many Blu-ray movies on it. Here are the numbers using HD tune Pro Empty Read Min 100 MB/s Max 215.9 MB/s Avg 172.3 MB/s Access time 15.3 Ms Data Read with Crystal Mark AVG 115 MB/s Read 109MB/s Write This drive performs very well and is super quiet and not noticeable over normal fan noise. I am using this drive for my Plex Streaming service, and it works great. It probably is a little fast for that job but works great. The Value of this drive is amazing, you really cannot go wrong with these new Seagate drives. I cannot comment on the longevity of the drive at this time as that will be much further down the road. I will, however, add a comment if the drive fails. I am baffled at all the bad hard drives people get out of the box, as this has NEVER happened to me. I have blown up a couple and had a couple fail after many years of service, but NEVER bad out of the box.

Cons: Cons None at this time.

Overall Review: Overall There are some things many people forget about today to keep your drives performing optimally. Clean them out and Defrag them weekly. When a drive is fragmented, it can cut down performance by 2/3rd's. I like Perfect Disk for this task. Also, you should never exceed 80% capacity of a Hard Drive. Otherwise, you cannot Defrag. Honestly, I have many Seagate drives now, because Western Digital thinks too highly of their drives and keeps prices way too high. I have had many of the Seagate hybrid drives and overall, they are lower than average in performance due to the slower RPM, and since they only put on 8GB Nand Flash it is not enough to be useful. They do have newer Hybrids but I was not willing to go that route again. I almost migrated away from Seagate and bought a 5TB Toshiba drive. that was a HUGE mistake. I felt like I was transported back to the 1980's, the drive was a VERY noisy pegging out at +35 dB when random seeking. That is simply unacceptable in today's market. Now, I am back with Seagate because they offer the best value for hard drives on the market. I think they have fixed their reliability issues with these new line of drives, but only time will tell.