Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC Laptop (ST4000DM004)

I recently purchased the Seagate BarraCuda Internal Hard Drive HDD and I must say that I am impressed with its performance. The hard drive is easy to install and offers excellent value for money. I have been using this HDD without any bad sectors, and it works perfectly.This Drive is designed to provide reliable and fast performance for your PC, whether you use it for gaming, music, video, photo editing, or any other computing task. It also features Seagate's Multi-Tier Caching Technology, which optimizes data flow and enhances read and write speeds.It uses the latest 6Gb/s interface and runs at 5400 RPM. It has a cache size of 256 MB and a data transfer rate of up to 190 MB/s. The product comes in various capacities, from 1 TB to 8 TB, depending on your storage needs and budget.----- My pros and Cons ------**Pros:**1- The HDD is an affordable storage solution that provides excellent value for money.2- The hard drive is easy to install and use.3- It offers a large storage capacity of up to 8TB.4- The hard drive is highly versatile and can be used for general school purposes, important business files, and overall general media files that we all have.5- It has a data transfer rate of 190 megabytes per second (190MB/s) and a load/unload cycle rate of 300,000.**Cons:**1 - The spindle speed is only 5400 RPM which is a considerably slow speed for external hard drives with this amount of storage and price.----Reasons to consider buying it:-----The Seagate BarraCuda Hard Drive is an excellent choice for anyone looking for an affordable storage solution that provides excellent value for money. It offers a large storage capacity of up to 8TB, making it ideal for storing all your important files, media files, and more. The hard drive is easy to install and use, making it an ideal choice for both novice and experienced users.----Potential reasons to avoid it:----The spindle speed of this Internal Drive is only 5400 RPM which is a considerably slow speed for external hard drives with this amount of storage and price.----Conclusion:----Overall, the Seagate BarraCuda HDD is a reliable and affordable storage solution that provides excellent value for money. It offers a large storage capacity of up to 8TB, making it ideal for storing all your important files, media files, and more. The hard drive is easy to install and use, making it an ideal choice for both novice and experienced users. I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for an affordable storage solution that provides excellent value for money.

This HHD works just as expected. It’s easy to install if you know what you’re doing and know your way around the inside of your PC.It’s very good quality which is why I love Seagate. It is quite heavy but that didn't cause any problems for me. It’s worth the price, with stuff like this it’s better to not go for the cheap stuff and go with a trusted brand. Overall 10/10 and i recommend.

Great device, very happy

I will start off by saying that the drive I received is a 4TB Seagate drive and does (after a full format and surface test) seem to work fine. S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics report the drive as "GOOD." However it was manufactured in May 2015 and has been used/powered on for 32,826 hours which is 3.75 years. The drive is a Seagate "Skyhawk" Surveillance drive model: ST4000VX000, with a quoted MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) of 1,000,000 hours. So, all being well, I could expect to have about 967,172 hours or 110 years of use out of it before it dies. For the price I paid this seems reasonable.However, it wasn't clear to me on Amazon (which may be down to me not reading things thoroughly) that I was purchasing a similar or equivalent drive to the BarraCuda, rather than an Amazon customer returned "like new" BarraCuda drive. If that is the case I think the seller could make make this clearer to customers.I sincerely hope the drive lasts for many years to come. However, if I do need to purchase a replacement from Amazon I will be paying very close attention to any 'returned', 'used' or 'like new' offers that might appear.

I'm very pleased with this 8TB HDD so far. It's set up as a single-drive Raspberry Pi4B NAS under my TV for storing movies, music, photos, and backing up other important files from my main PC across wired Gigabit Ethernet.Small file write speeds are a little slow as would be expected for an SMR drive, but large files can be written or read across the network at speeds that easily saturate the Gigabit connection even with the drive ~70% full.If you're familiar with the potential shortcomings of an SMR drive and don't see them as a significant downside for your use case, I'd highly recommend this one as it's also great value for money and very quiet in operation.

I purchased this hard drive as my current one used in our CCTV failed. It was easy enough to fit, with a few screws and two cables to plug in. It is generally quiet when in use but does occasionally makes a couple of low level noises. I work in the same place as the HDD and it doesn’t disturb me. I’m hoping it gives us the same length of service it’s predecessor gave us of 8 years.