Testseek.com have collected 73 expert reviews of the Seagate 3.5 inch Desktop SATA600 ST-DM / STBD-400 Series and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate 3.5 inch Desktop SATA600 ST-DM / STBD-400 Series.
February 2012
(82%)
73 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(95%)
62 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
82010073
The editors liked
Offered in 4TB capacity
Drops power needs without sacrificing too much performance
Solid performance
Huge capacity
Price (comparatively)
Good sequential read and write
Low power consumption
1TB platter
4K advanced format
3TB of storage space
Low cost per gigabyte
1TB per platter
Fast and quiet
Very affordable.
Very good 162 MB/s read bandwidth with ATTO Benchmark
3rdgeneration SATA 6 GB/s compliant controller
Massive 3Terabyte storage capacity on three platters
Outstanding totalpackage value
64MB Cache buffer improves burst transactions
Lowpower standby conserves energy
2Year Seagate product warranty
Additional performance available via shortstroking
UEFI Systems can utilize 3TB out of
Very good 146 MB/s data transfer speeds
3rdgeneration SATA 6Gb/s compliant controller
Massive 4Terabyte storage capacity across four platters
UEFI Systems can utilize all 4TB out of the box
Blazingfast sequential reads and writes
Fast access times (for mechanical storage)
The editors didn't like
Lower performance due to 5
900 RPM spindle speed
2 year warranty is a bit low
2 year warranty
5
900rpm
2year warranty
2.1TB Barrier not removed via native hardware instruction on older O/S's
Previous Barracuda XT series offered 5year warranty
If you come across a Seagate ST5000DM000 5TB hard drive for sale you should understand that it was pulled from a backup enclosure or NAS and is being resold as an OEM drive. This means that you have no warranty direct from Seagate and that any warranty on the ...
Published: 2014-08-29, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
For a 4TB drive, this makes it a pretty good choice for a secondary storage drive- provided you need a lot of it and you can afford it. A single SSD and a single HDD- slap it in your mini-ITX rig and you get a lot of performance and storage space. Sinc...
Abstract: While SSDs are the best choice in roles that need high speed (mostly boot drives for the home user), many people need large amounts of storage space, and traditional hard drives still give the best value per gigabyte. Four-terabyte drives are the bigge...
Offered in 4TB capacity, Drops power needs without sacrificing too much performance
Lower performance due to 5,900 RPM spindle speed, 2 year warranty is a bit low
The Seagate Desktop HDD.15 provides users with a high-capacity 4TB energy-efficient drive that still provides enough performance for the typical mainstream consumer. ...
Seagate's new 3.5” Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 changes things up a bit in the company's desktop hard drive family compared to its predecessor, the Barracuda 7200.14. Most notably, the spindle speed is down from 7200 to 5900 RPM. The Desktop HDD.15 is the f...
The Desktop HDD.15 is an impressive hard drive. It packs four terabytes for only $190—by far the lowest asking price of any 4TB SATA offering. Seagate reaches that capacity with only four platters, which is a first in the industry. Competing solutions ne...
Abstract: Desktop PC sales might be down, but our storage needs are increasing at a rather fast pace. When building a PC many experts often tell people to find out how much storage space they need now, then double that number for growth and then double that number ...
Abstract: Desktop PC sales might be down, but our storage needs are increasing at a rather fast pace. When building a PC many experts often tell people to find out how much storage space they need now, then double that number for growth and then double that n...
” page can sometimes be difficult, but this isn't one of those times. This is a product that lives up to what's reported on its spec sheet; before testing, we had certain expectations, and after testing, those expectations were validated. For multiple re...
