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.
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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
As I pointed out at the beginning of this review, large capacity mechanical hard drives are still an integral part of the ideal storage solution. Ideally you want an SSD for your operating system and applications but, capacity is going to cost you an a...
Very good 146 MB/s data transfer speeds, 3rdgeneration SATA 6Gb/s compliant controller, Massive 4Terabyte storage capacity across four platters, 64MB Cache buffer improves burst transactions, Lowpower standby conserves energy, 2Year Seagate product warranty, UEFI Systems can utilize all 4TB out of the box,
5900 RPM rotational speeds offer lower performance, 2.1TB Barrier not removed via native hardware instruction on older O/S's, Previous Barracuda XT series offered 5year warranty
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
Prices for hard drives are most definitely on the increase these days due to shortages, and that issue is expected to continue (though it may abate somewhat) through 2012. Costs for HDDs are also not especially consistent from vendor to vendor at the mom...
Throughout our tests, the Seagate Barracuda 3 TB exhibited a very good level of performance, beating both the comparison drives in almost all of the tests.In CrystalDiskMark, the Barracuda 3 TB showed the best level of performance in the Sequential test a...
The Seagate Barracuda 3TB hard drive beat out all 7200 RPM models in our overall performance index, topped only by the 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor 600GB. It excelled mainly in the file copy and application sections, particularly in tests that dealt wit...
Good sequential read and write, Low power consumption, 1TB platter, 4K advanced format, 3TB of storage space, Low cost per gigabyte
2 year warranty
The new 3TB Barracuda drive is able to yield a 10-15% gain over the old Barracuda XT. As our tests show, the new drive excels in the sequential read and write. However, the drive is a bit slower in the random write compare to the older drive. We belie...
The new 3TB Barracuda is a bit faster in sequential performance than the old Barracuda XT, at lower power consumption. In typical desktop workloads I think it's fairly safe to say that you wouldn't notice the difference between the Barracuda and Barracuda...
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
2.1TB Barrier not removed via native hardware instruction on older O/S's, Previous Barracuda XT series offered 5year warranty
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
