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
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Going into the testing I was not sure that going to 1TB platters would offer up any additional gains in performance on a spindle based mechanical hard drive. Seagate has worked some magic inside the confines of that metal box that really drive perform...
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Seagate's 3TB Barracuda is a good performer and it provides a lot of space in a single hard disk package. We also found it to be a relatively cool and quiet performer. It will work best as a secondary drive in a typical PC, but a motherboard with a UEF...
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Abstract: When Seagate around 2011/2012 launched its new generation Barracuda 7200.14 hard disks, we were very impressed. The 2TB model we first tested performed great, as did the 1TB and 3TB versions. Hitachi and Western Digital introduced 4TB disks a long time ...
Maximum Read/WriteHD Video Read/Write SpeedsFile Copy TestsThe Seagate ST4000DM000 is designed primarily as a large storage drive, rather than a high performance model however as the Atto benchmark shows this is a surprisingly fast mechanical drive, in fa...
Abstract: Hitachi recently started shipping a pair of 4 TB hard drives. We can see that they're pretty expensive, but how do they compare to existing 3 TB models in other ways? It’s time for a comprehensive overview of today's high-capacity hard drive offerings....
