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#1
DisMaster - Posted 5:36 pm PST 12/12/08 (105 Posts)
I have this drive and it is wonderful. I paid more than this for it but it is worth every penny.
#2
indori - Posted 5:41 pm PST 12/12/08 (36 Posts)
Newegg's reviews are not good, this looks like faulty drive.
#3
soccermomluv_ - Posted 6:03 pm PST 12/12/08 (177 Posts)
definitely, #2. newegg is the gold standard for industry testing. the 360 or so reviews on newegg for this drive are a perfect representative sample to test MTBF for the product. thanks for the tip.
#4
luckylane - Posted 7:01 pm PST 12/12/08 (73 Posts)
price is coming down
#5
P5-133XL - Posted 7:03 pm PST 12/12/08 (241 Posts)
Not a particularly good deal considering that 1TB drives have been in this price range recently.
Seagate AS drives tend to have reliability problems; Are not particularly fast.
If you buy OEM Seagate Barracuda drives now you will get the standard 5 Year warranty. That is about to change, as of 1/3/09, where it becomes 3 years.
Seagate AS drives tend to have reliability problems; Are not particularly fast.
If you buy OEM Seagate Barracuda drives now you will get the standard 5 Year warranty. That is about to change, as of 1/3/09, where it becomes 3 years.
#6
atomyc - Posted 7:17 pm PST 12/12/08 (43 Posts)
i have this hdd in my recent build and its working fine. its half full now.
#7
calebb - Posted 7:21 pm PST 12/12/08 (213 Posts)
Great drive - I have some 1TB 7200.11's. Make sure you flash to the latest firmware (from seagate.com), especially if you get a 1.5TB 7200.11!
#8
mrmorality - Posted 8:18 pm PST 12/12/08 (498 Posts)
#9
mitda - Posted 8:26 pm PST 12/12/08 (880 Posts)
#10
BestBuy Sucks - Posted 8:47 pm PST 12/12/08 (1074 Posts)
#11
monkieinabarrel - Posted 9:10 pm PST 12/12/08 (869 Posts)
oh well... drives that will die tend to die pretty early.
so quick question, seagate starts the warranty at purchase date rather than manufacture date? guess I should scan copies of all my seagate receipts.
so quick question, seagate starts the warranty at purchase date rather than manufacture date? guess I should scan copies of all my seagate receipts.
#12
palindrome - Posted 9:20 pm PST 12/12/08 (137 Posts)
#13
hairy_testicles - Posted 9:25 pm PST 12/12/08 (117 Posts)
love it! one of the best drives ive had in ages
#14
Santos - Posted 10:37 pm PST 12/12/08 (174 Posts)
#15
simpill - Posted 11:10 pm PST 12/12/08 (44 Posts)
good company
#16
Philster - Posted 11:34 pm PST 12/12/08 (802 Posts)
#17
enzoferrarifx60 - Posted 12:01 am PST 12/13/08 (318 Posts)
wish i can get a 1 TB for this price before Seagate reduce the warranty to 3 years
#18
ymccann - Posted 3:02 am PST 12/13/08 (70 Posts)
we should be able to get 1TB at this price.
#19
noneyet99 - Posted 4:09 am PST 12/13/08 (157 Posts)
They are doing the same thing Fry's did.
$80, you get a couple, then think... wait I need a spare for the RAID.. and a week later it is $10 more...
Thanks for the info on the warranty changing in a few weeks, that makes a difference in timing of the purchase to me.
$80, you get a couple, then think... wait I need a spare for the RAID.. and a week later it is $10 more...
Thanks for the info on the warranty changing in a few weeks, that makes a difference in timing of the purchase to me.
#20
Myself - Posted 5:09 am PST 12/13/08 (795 Posts)
#16, hardware failure rates follow a "bathtub curve", where a fair number of failures will occur early, in "infant mortality", then those that survive are pretty reliable for a while, and towards the end of the design lifespan the failure rate starts to climb again.







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