Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive OEM

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good strong hdds, by no means had a issue with any of them. i put them in every single construct i make for men and women. doesn't make me pizza rolls

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Worked out of the box, truly came in anti-static plastic bag. not for me It worked the initial attempt and is operating windows 7 flawlessly

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Functions. Nearly non-existent spin noise. Thin, light, and energy effective. All for a excellent price tag. I replaced a two year old 7200.ten, and the access noise (typical hard drive fast clicking noise) is actually louder than my old 7200.10. It's nonetheless very quiet general, but I was not expecting to go up in volume with a drive two generations newer. Fortunately the spin noise is particularly quiet and the drive is a lot more or much less silent when it's not being heavily accessed.My drive shipped with CC44 firmware, but the most up-to-date firmware available on Seagate's web-site is CC3e - which looks to be newer than CC44 despite getting numbered reduce. There are discussions dating several months ago comparing the CC44 firmware to CC34ቿ firmware and it's noted that the CC44 firmware decreased the drive's overall performance (in access occasions at least) and sank it fairly far from its advertised seek overall performance.I don't know no matter whether I need to stick with the CC44 firmware and "upgrade" to the CC3e and acquiring decent information from Seagate's internet site or forums is an physical exercise in futility. I was hoping to see a tiny improvement in overall performance more than my 7200.ten, but it's pretty a lot performing the precise very same in real globe apps. This is ok even though, as it's not the major explanation I got the drive.To my ears at least, Seagates are the quietest 7200RPM drives out there - even if this one is a little louder than my 7200.10

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I have installed two of these drives internally and am making use of a single as an application drive and a single as a scratch drive for Photoshop. Access occasions have been great and everything has been operating flawlessly with my installation of Windows 7.These drives are quite quiet and I can barely hear them in my case (build information integrated beneath). None encountered so far. Keep in mind to order a SATA II data cable in order to be in a position to connect this drive to your motherboard. The drive is shipped bare as it is an OEM solution.Bear in mind to check that you have an accessible SATA energy connection from your computer system's internal power supply so that you can energy this drive. You can also order a four-pin Computer energy to SATA adaptor cable if necessary.Develop details:- Intel i7-860 (quad-core 2.8GHz)- Intel P55 ATX motherboard (DP55KG)- 8GB RAM (DDR3 1333 dual-channel)- Radeon 4870 video card 鹀MB)- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB internal really hard drives 񣚠 RPM) (x2 for separate application and scratch disks)- Seagate Barracuda LP 1TB internal hard drives 񣆌 RPM) (x2 in RAID 1 configuration)- Plextor 24x DVD/CD writer (PX-880SA)- AFT PRO-35U all-in-one USB 2. card reader- Corsair 450W energy supply (CMPSU-450VX)- Antec P183 case- Windows 7

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I give them a 5 rating because they perform suitable now! I tested them in raid0 with win7 pro 64bit and no challenges. Using them as single drives now, but they each work, all I will need to have for a business enviroment. None however........unless you contemplate them not buttering toast a con. I likes em! I also likes pie. Pie also likes me, see my midsection? DOH! Get outta right here!

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7200.12 drive worked suitable out of the box, quickly , really, and doesnt take up a lot of space. NONE! awesome drive for a great value, would deffinitlly get it once more

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It sounds to be quiet thinking about I have 4 of these installed as RAID Absolutely nothing so far, reliability will display itself in the upcoming years

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Fast, stable, nevertheless functioning immediately after almost a year. Not an ssd.

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My sister-in-law's original 5+ year old Seagate 160 GB OEM drive started to get some physical errors so I replaced it with this drive. Much faster, but just as quiet as the drive it was replacing. As usually, Newegg's super quick service!!! None! Dell 8400 with Windows 7 64 bit P4 three. GHzthree GB RAMThis tricky drive!ATI X300 PCI-E DVI video card (no hardcore gaming)Hopefully added 3+ far more years to this Dell!!!

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very rapid does precisely what I necessary as a second drive for my games. none so far

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Its a Segate there are too a lot excellent items to say about it! Functions like its supposed to and is sooooooo quick NONE! Properly cost but New Egg takes care of that well Utilized to be a DIE Tough WD fan until I tried Segate. Either one will do you fine but I have completely switched more than.

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Great drive. Incredibly quiet. None so far.

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It looks like a Tricky Drive. I've had to acquire numerous of these drives in the past various years, they dont final and very good luck receiving your income back from Seagate. Warranty? These drives are ONLY valuable if you know how to juggle them.. Otherwise look at another manufacturer.

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Paperweight Dead on arrival, ordered all new hardware/case. Almost everything was fine till I turned on my machine and no difficult drive could be located. Turns out it was dead, would not spin.. But emitted heat, good hand warmer. Returning it tomorrow. I will under no circumstances go with seagate yet again, initial and last expertise.

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Excellent valueQuietSensible overall performance It's just a common desktop difficult drive Got this on sale. It's a spare in situation any of my customers have a tough drive failure. I usually do some testing to make confident a tough drive isn't DOA. This 1 tested out fine. No errors, no difficulties, and it's extremely quiet.For the value it's a extremely excellent mainstream enterprise desktop difficult drive. If you're storing vital facts on it then I generally advise two drives in RAID 1. It appears that none of the HDD manufacturers is 100% trusted anymore.

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Newegg's RMA procedure is speedy and painless (except for return shipping of the defective product). DOA I got a replacement from Newegg. Been employing that for a week now and all seems ok.

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Straight away appropriate out of the box a really trustworthy drive at a killer price. None to report I use this as my major tricky drive, so it didn't want to be outrageously huge. The only thing that sits on right here is Win7 Pro 64bit and numerous applications and files in transfer in between it and my secondary drive.

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i have just ordered this drive and going to be obtaining in a handful of days , its a faster drive then my bad western digital( really slow 7200rpm) its taking way as well long to be shipped, its been saying its charged and its not being packageing or shipped and i ordered it over a day ago, -2 eggs just for that content to be getting it!

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Have two of these in a Raid . Run fantastic, solid performance. Swapped out for older Seagate 250s that had been themselves solid. I have these operating Win 7 with a AMD quad core. They aren't SSD speed, but they are quiet, no seek sounds or something. Run cool, no excess heat. five.9 rating from Win7 testing. None hence far. Seagate has excellent consumer service (from my encounter) so if there is a challenge, I'm sure to get taken care of. This is not my three or 4th Seagate hard drive. I personal 10 Seagate drives with only 1 ever getting a challenge, but Client Service at Seagate was in a position to get me going quickly. I also own 2 WD Green Drives, but compared to my Seagate LPs, the WDs are slow and noisy. A loyal Seagate owner I shall stay.

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Truly cheap drive that worked on the 1st attempt and for some purpose each and every other critique i have read about this drive stated that for some cause they were getting dings and scratchs and some times dents in theres. Yes the drive is wrapped in no static bagging and the wrapped in bubble wrap but mine came fine and windows 7 and my ASUS M4A785-M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard picked it up just fine no prob. None Rapidly

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Functions like a charm out of the box None The value is correct for any construct

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I was shocked at how thin and light this thing was out of the box. I've had it operating now for just over a week, and it is just as quiet, fast and cool as promised. I'm organizing on getting a different 1 of these for a data drive. I utilised to be strictly WD, but Seagate has hit a homerun with this 1. I didn't buy two at once. We'll see how it continues to carry out. But so far I'm happy with the drive.

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fits in my tool-less hp server set upworked excellent wasnt 1tb, but cant complain for the cost its a 16mb cache 7200rpm seagate... cant beat for the price tag

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Incredibly, quite rapidly and great for the cost. It's also super quiet. Bear in mind it comes with no chords, just the bare drive.

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Drive runs rapidly, quiet, and cool.Serves it's intended purpose perfectly. None. I bought this drive at the exact same time I purchased a Western Digital 320gb Caviar Blue.In every single respect, the Seagate is a superior drive.