Seagate Barracuda 7200 1.5 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 32MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31500341AS-Bare Drive
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Customer Review: Quite Happy
Summary: 5 Stars
Much like everyone else, I read many of the reviews but made the decision to buy the drive anyway. I used the drive for the first month and was not experiencing any issues. However, I had read much of the talk about access problems and the recommendation to turn off Journaling on the that drive under when running OSX. I will admit, once I did it did "appear" to be quicker, but since I'm not running any real measurable performance metrics, I can't say for sure. Regardless, I left Journaling disabled on that drive for what risk it may (or may not) be (supposedly good for rebuilding the file tables in case of power loss during system writes?).
For reference, I'm running this in my Mac Pro as my "Home" drive for users. It is not my main system drive (as it doesn't need that much space). So I am accessing it quite often. I'm considering purchasing a second for backup purposes. Since most of the users that have run into issues note that they are in RAID configurations, I'm not planning on putting it into my system as a RAID of my current 1.5tb, but attached externally.
I can't responsibly tell anyone not to be cautious, but I did want to leave my experience and impressions as, from my perspective, the drive seems to be getting a bad rap. It may have issues in certain configurations, but as I'm using it, it's working quite well.
Customer Review: Good for media
Summary: 5 Stars
Not sure what the other two reviewers were having problems with. Maybe something running in the background or not enough free resources on their systems.
I am able to push 1080p HD video with no stutter no stopping or starting no problems.
I have this drive in an external enclosure using Firewire 400 and Firewire 800.
Both move 1080p video with no problem.
Moving files or data it is obviously faster with the Firewire 800 cable rather than the Firewire 400.
I dont think this drive even breaks a sweat playing an mp3.
With 32 mb of cache it has no problems what so ever.
Buy it you wont be disappointed.
We are also testing this drive as a media drive holding approximately 500 movies that have been ripped to it. Some in 1080p HD others in 720p and some in standard def. The test drive is able to stream over a network to 5 different apple tv's and 1 other HD Media Player. The drive is in an external enclosure that has a gigabit network connection and works flawlessly. In our testing while playing all 5 apple tv's and the other hd player all 6 users reported absolutely no stuttering or cacheing of the file or data.
Its that fast.
So again not sure why the other reviewers had problems with this drive stopping and starting or stuttering or re cacheing.
Customer Review: Amazon is shipping CC1H drives, and they're awesome.
Summary: 5 Stars
Generally speaking, you just can't go wrong buying a Seagate drive, and this one is no exception.
Rather than jump in the fray of "OMG I GOT ONE WITH BAD FIRMWARE AND I HATE THE WORLD", I'll just let the world know how things worked out for me, because there are more than enough reviews to tell you that this is the speediest, hugest SATA drive you can buy... and that it's the worst drive ever. More likely than not, you've already decided if you're going to roll the dice, and just want to know what to expect if you order from Amazon instead of another vendor. So... here goes...
I bought two of these drives from Amazon (not the third party links), and the packaging was incredible, especially for an OEM drive. A box with layers of foam protecting the drive... in another box with packing material. They totally blew NewEgg out of the water here.
As far as the drive itself, they came with CC1H out of the box, so no firmware flashing was necessary. The conventional wisdom is that CC1H is the magic firmware that fixes the problems people were having with older iterations of this drive.
I've been using the two drives I bought in a RAID 0 configuration on one of my Macs for nearly two weeks now, without so much as a hiccup.
Customer Review: The "naked" drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this drive as an external hard drive by putting it in a docking station. This is wonderful since it is hermetically sealed, but exposed to the air, eliminating the need for a fan to cool it. The lack of a fan reduces the noise. And I'm a bit of a minimalist -- believing that anything with moving parts will eventually break, thus if the fan can be eliminated by eliminating the unnecessary enclosing case, I like it. The simpler, the better.
I'm trying to develop a virtual library with all the music, movies, audio books I would ever need (if I were sent to work at a remote, desolate island, I would be equipped). I want a complete library that I can put in my carry on and take with me on every temporary assignment, having all my beloved documentaries, movies, music, audio books on my laptop set up in a hotel room anywhere.
This naked drive is about the size of a man's hand -- its perfect to fit in my carry one with my laptop and allows me to keep my life close at hand.
The only problem is that I need about 5 or 6 TB. I hope they can keep working on this until they can double or triple the memory enclosed in the marvelous little box.
Customer Review: Excellent value for Top-performance disk drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I run 24 Web sites in addition to being the author of several books.Land of Childhood's Fears - Faith, Friendship, and The Vietnam War, The Lie Detection Manual,A Synthesis of the Russian Brainwashing Manual on Psychopolitics,EntertainingAngels-Color,Romance In The War Zone - from Land of Childhood's Fears,A Book Of Sermons-Vol1, aqmong others.
With all the revisions, edits, artwork, and photos, I need LOTS of reliable storage space, and this drive fits the bill perfectly. It is quiet, fast, and reliable. I am "banging away" on this drive CONTINUOUSLY, and it performs flawlessly.