34% OFF Reviews for Seagate Barracuda ST31500341AS Internal 1.5TB 3.5" Hard DriveSATA, 7,200 RPM, 32MB - MPN: ST31500341AS
$149.00 - $245.90
By member:
nspot
- Nov 24, 2008
Huge capacity at a great priceStrengths: Massive storage space, single drive, NCQ Weakness: Apparently bad in RAID setups This drive is an awesome deal for the price. Got it at TigerDirect for $150. I haven't run any actual benchmarks yet on it, but have not had any problems copying files to/from and streaming video off of it. Lots of people on newegg are knocking it for hiccups in RAID configs. Something to do with an error in the firmware. While I have yet to test NCQ functionality, as my MB doesn't support it, I have to say that for now that the drive has been great. If for single drive storage, probably a safe buy. If for a RAID setup, I'd hold off until people online start to get newer revisions. 94% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By anonymous - Jan 7, 2009
Decent drive - get updated firmware if neededStrengths: Massive storage in single drive Weakness: Needs updated firmware if early shipment. Most recent shipments from Mwave have newer version of drive with newer firmware. Older version can get firmware update for RAID issue. Seems to work ok so far. We have drives where we updated firmware and they worked for some iSCSI work. 83% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By anonymous - Mar 17, 2009
Didn't Work Right as an External Storage Drive w/My...Strengths: It's over 1 TB, price is good Weakness: Slows my WinXP Pro system to a crawl while in my SATA enclosure, causes frequent system freezeups and crashes, doesn't save data I had heard that there were issues w/this type of 1.5 TB drive, but mainly in using them in RAID arrays. As I was going to place it in an eSATA enclosure and use it as a storage/backup drive, I figured it would be fine. Unfortunately, it slowed my system to a crawl, froze it and locked it up every time I attempted to copy data over to it - so I had to return it after two days. :( 25% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
iromeo
- Mar 3, 2009
Re:Will not detect hard driveStrengths: My computer finally sees the hard drive. Hugh back up capacity. Allowed me to free up space on WD raptors so I could play more games, or just free up space on the other hard drives. Weakness: Had to have admin privileges to assign hard drive letter, and format the drive. Had this hard drive over a week, but only been able to use it the last 3 days. My computer had a hard time seeing the drive. Tried uninstalling drivers, and trying newer drivers but still would not work. Tried uninstalling hard drive and reinstalling it. No luck. Finally went into administrative options and was able to see hard drive and assign a drive letter and format the drive. Works great so far. I'm giving it a higher rating to off set the negative I posted a few days ago. I would purchase again knowing what I know now. 10% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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reviewgist.com - Dec 27, 2009
Best Hard Drive with Price Under $150 and Capacity Atleast 1024 GB
Performance is Good according to 6 Hard Drive experts. -- "superior performance"-tigerdirect.com -- "Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB combines voluminous storage and high-end performance"-pcworld.com -- "extensive performance analysis"-xbitlabs.com Read more to find expert opinions on more features like Technology, Noise, etc. Top
productwiki.com - Apr 9, 2009
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB
Introduced earlier this year into Seagates external hard disk know as the Free Agent Desk, the 7200.11 1.5TB is the largest capacity boost to computer hard disks since January 2007 when Hitachi hit the 1TB mark. Finally available to buy on its own, the 7200.11 1.5TB drive contains 4 375GB platters spinning at 7200RPM, and can supposedly reach speeds of up to 120MB/s - an impressive feat generally... Top
bestcovery.com - Jan 6, 2009
Best Performance Hard Drive
Bestcovery experts have rated the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Drive as the #3 Best Performance Hard Drive. This product has also been ranked as the Best Storage Hard Drive. Bestcovery's experts recommend the best products and services for a particular need based on extensive research and evaluations. Click below to see Bestcovery's full review of this product. Top
testseek.com - Nov 3, 2008
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA300 ST31500341AS
Testseek.com has collected 41 expert reviews for Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA300 ST31500341AS and the average expert rating is 88 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Testseek.com to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions. TopAdvertisement  
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Excellent Drive
Strengths: Fast 3mb/s sata interface. Great cost per Gigabyte.Excellent Warrantee.
Weakness: None
I have been using this drive continuously for the past 60 days with no problems.This is a superb choice for those who need to store large amounts of audiovisual material on their computers. This device runs on my continuously on network server. I would recommend it to anyone who requires large amounts of data storage.
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