Testseek.com have collected 222 expert reviews of the Seagate 3.5 inch Barracuda SATA600 ST-DM Series and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate 3.5 inch Barracuda SATA600 ST-DM Series.
October 2017
(88%)
222 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
1843 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Excellent sequential performance
Impressive 5-year warranty
Good (low) power consumption
Very quiet seeks
Most of which were nearly inaudible *
Build Quality (300WRL / 1 Million Hours MTBF)
Excellent Read & Write Performance
256MB Cache
10TB's Capacity
Temperatures / Noise Levels / Power
Top Of The Charts Performance (SATA)
12TB's Capacity
Fastest desktop HDD
Strong performance
Quality construction
Excellent warranty and support
Lots and lots of space
Excellent sustained throughput
5-year warranty with two years of data recovery
A whopping 12TB of capacity
Remarkable 250MBps sustained transfers
5-year warranty and 2 years of data recovery
Good performance
Massive Storage
Great included warranty and data recovery
SSD-like performance for an HDD
Intel Optane Memory reduces boot-up times
Available in 10TB storage capacity
Large 256MB cache buffer
Significant performance improvements
Fantastic Performance
Massive Capacity
5-Year Warranty
Power Efficiency
Delivers on promised read/write performance metrics
Industry-leading 5 year hardware warranty
2 year data recovery warranty
Extraordinarily quiet operation
The editors didn't like
Quiet seeks lead to moderate random / IOPS performance
Price is a tad on the high side
Price (For Some)
Only two years of recovery service
Not as fast as flash
No NAND duffer
Low IOPSperwatt
Expensive as a whole (cheap per GB)
Expensive
Especially if you mirror two for data safety
Price
Intel Optane Memory requires a certain setup
Additional investments in Optane-ready ecosystem
Seagate provides a 5year warranty and also a 2year of their Rescue data plan which might come in handy if something ever happens to the drive. If you're looking to buy a strong and reliable HDD to store all your digital stuff
Abstract: Last issue we reviewed Seagate's new IronWolf NAS hard drive, and now we have its new desktop product in the Labs. The Barracuda Pro comes in 6TB, 8TB and 10TB flavours, and with a 7,200RPM rotational speed it's quick – in fact Seagate is claiming it's th...
This is an absolutely fantastic hard drive. But 10TB is massive overkill for the average consumer. And data redundancy in the form of a $1,000 mirrored RAID pair is very pricey.Warnings aside. To heck with it—if the powers that be let me keep this drive...
Published: 2018-09-13, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Will hard drives ever hit a capacity limit? Perhaps, but they haven't yet. Case in point: Seagate's new $580 14TB BarraCuda Pro (and the new IronWolf Pro), which adds yet another 2TB of capacity and 10MBps of sustained throughput to the breed.Who needs 14...
Published: 2017-10-13, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Seagate's Barracuda Pro 12TB reminds us why at least some hard drives can remain relevant despite the swift encroachment of SSDs. Until we reviewed its predecessor the Barracuda Pro 10TB last year and tasted its 250MBps read performance, we hadn't given h...
Impressive Performance, Large 14TB Capacity, 5-year Warranty, Included 2-Year Recovery Service, Rated for 300TB/year workload and 24/7 usage,
Not having one, “Seagate shows us that traditional desktop drives aren’t dead. The BarraCuda Pro delivers performance, endurance, and safety – and now it does so with 14TB capacity.”, Seagate BarraCuda Pro 14TB Desktop HDD Review, We would like to thank,
I always enter a desktop HDD review with mixed feelings. Not because I expect something bad, but rather because I'm used to dealing with blazing fast NVMe drives and RAID setups daily. That said, the Seagate BarraCuda Pro 14TB doesn't need to hide from an...
Published: 2018-04-11, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
Despite the fact that there are only three hard disk drive manufacturers left, you have a lot to choose from when you're looking for a new drive. It is not just about prices either. Though SSDs have outperformed hard drives for a long time now, there are...
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Published: 2018-04-11, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
Despite the fact that there are only three hard disk drive manufacturers left, you have a lot to choose from when you're looking for a new drive. It is not just about prices either. Though SSDs have outperformed hard drives for a long time now, there are...
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Published: 2018-04-11, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
Despite the fact that there are only three hard disk drive manufacturers left, you have a lot to choose from when you're looking for a new drive. It is not just about prices either. Though SSDs have outperformed hard drives for a long time now, there are...
