Seagate ST3500641AS-RK Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA NCQ Internal Hard Drive
The Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB Internal SATA Hard Drive has the advanced features and blazing performance you need, for better storage and memory performance. It's exceptionally easy to use and gives you better storage for your film, video and audio files - and even the latest memory-intensive games. DiscWizard software simplifies installation SATA connection Includes cable, disc utility CD, quick-installation guide and mounting screws Operating Systems - Windows 98SE, NT, Me, 2000 and XP
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Seagate ST3500641AS-RK Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA NCQ Internal Hard Drive Reviews
These are satisfactory in that regard. I've tried all the brands over the years, both IDE, SATA and SCSI, and nobody makes failure proof disk drives. You will probably be looking at 1TB models after summer 2008, but there are some heat and noise issues some report with those units. I've sent back drives to everyone. I have six of these in various machines and they're quite satisfactory. Seagate stands behind this product with a 5 year warrantee. SCSI will last you much longer with better performance, but at a much higher price point. SATA is an improvement in some respects, but not hugely different in performance from IDE on most machines.
The DisWizard software, which is included, makes disk management and cloning the system so simple. It is so quiet I had to check to be sure it was powered up. I think the noise must come from the enclosure vibrating and not from the drive. For the price, you cannot find a better hard drive. I just purchased this drive and I cannot understand the reports that this drive is noisy. I had to listen very carefully to even hear this drive during head seeks.
Strangely enough, the drive that failed before this one was a Maxtor (which is also manfactured by Seagate). I purchased this drive in September '08 and it crashed less than two months later. I was shocked because the Seagate name was highly recommended by a friend. No warning signsdrive just failed. Sure, the drive had an extra-long warranty and sure this could happen with any brand, but still a major pain in the ### dealing wih the aftermath. Seagate's customer service was not very helpful. Fortunately I had all of my info backed up on an external HD. Less than two months out of this drive is ridiculous, after all, this is not a no-name company.
I may be building an external storage array in the near future, and I'll probably buy this drive again. I needed a second drive for my workstation, and it was pretty much a choice between Western Digital and Seagate. This one seemed the best in terms of value and size.
The drive comes with a 5 year warranty, something the competition doesn't come close to. The software provided by Seagate is good but didn't help me with transferring my system from my old drive to the new drive. The drive is a bit noisy, but not enough to bother this guy. The software does not support dynamic disks. This is an excellent drive for storing your movies and mp3 files. I installed this drive three weeks ago and so far so good.
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