For those of you who are not aware of it, this drive has some kind of firmware problem that makes the drive chirp from time to time. Whatever the problem it, Seagate fixed it with a firmware update recently. In order to update the firmware, you need to set your hard drive mode in BIOS to IDE (not AHCI), then download the bootable iso version (I don't trust microsoft to get in between me and my firmware updates). Boot from the cd the iso created, select "d" for download new firmware. Wait 20 seconds or so. When it says it's done, turn off your computer. At bootup, enter BIOS and switch back to AHCI. You are done. I haven't had any chirping or any other problems with this drive.
It's 3 platters only, with 1TB each. This means is consumes less power than its brethren with more platters, and the performance is good. I have it hooked to a 6.0 GbPS SATA port. Runs great, quiet, etc.
In the past I've always bought Western Digital drives but in the wake of the flood, WD appears to be keeping its prices way high for a long time. even on their wimpy green drives. I mean, it was like 10 months ago or something, people! Good reason to switch to Seagate. Seagate, on the other hand, has lowered prices to something in the same ballpark as pre-flood levels--though they haven't progressed past where they were at the time.
Anyway, I have a 1 TB version of this drive in my main computer (the firmware update said it didn't need updating) and a 3 TB version (which I updated myself) in my home fileserver.
What I want to know is when is Seagate going to use these great 1TB platters in a 4 and 5 platter configuration. I already have a 4TB seagate drives (barricuda XT) that I pulled out of an external enclosure (for some reason they never sold the 4 TB version as a bare drive). It has 5 platters. Why not make 4 or 5 platter Barricudas using the 1Tb platters? It has to be trivial. I could use the space on my fileserver.
By the way at the time I bought this you could get the same drive in an external enclosure for $10 less. I was very tempted to buy that and then rip it out of the enclosure, as I did my Barricuda XT, but I decided $10 was enough to pay for a valid warranty and the option of returning it if it didn't work right away. Didn't end up needing that, but better safe than sorry.
I will check back in and mark it down if the drive goes down or misbehaves any time soon. If you don't see that, it's still working like a champ.
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So quiet, so much space...
To tell the truth I just got 4 of them yesterday so I will update this review down the road however I wanted to share my experience.Drives arrived well packaged in their individual frustration free box, no problems there and kudos Amazon for that.As I read reviews before purchasing these drives I knew that I might have to do a firmware upgrade. Drives got CC4B firmware and the most recent one is CC4H on the Seagate web site.So I went ahead and downloaded the program which allows you to update the firmware in Windows. Thinking it was working well and before putting these drives in my array I decided to check the firmware one more time... to discover that it never worked!I ended up downloading the ISO image, burnt a CD with it and boot out of it. This time, after each drives I got a "Success" message, which was nice to see. I doubled check the firmware again and all the drives got updated successfully, yeah! Please note that you can't upgrade the firmware if the drive is part of an array, in RAID mode or in a RAID controller. It has to be plugged directly to one of your motherboard SATA port set in AHCI or IDE.I then installed the 4 drives in my computer and using my 2720SGL and they were all recognized. Now I have to decide: RAID 5 or 10?As some reviews were good and bad on reliability, I decided to go with RAID 10 for now, which gives me a better piece of mind in case of a drive failing. Note though that a lot of people don't know either what they are doing or what they are talking about so take any review with a grain of salt and make your own opinion. I still get 6TB of storage which is plenty, at least for now.These drives replace 4*640GB WD Caviar Black and I'm happy that I have done the switch as the WD were so loud. The new 3TB drives are so much quieter, you wonder if they are spinning. Also they are cooler (86 to 91F, thanks to the 1TB/platter.PROS:Price ($99)Lot of storageSMART capability to monitor the driveCool and quiet operationFast transfer speedCONS:Firmware update is a bit trickyI wish I can get moreI wish I got them on BF for $892 years warranty rather than 3If reliability is good, I may buy more down the road.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2012
Capacity: 3TBVerified Purchase
To tell the truth I just got 4 of them yesterday so I will update this review down the road however I wanted to share my experience.
Drives arrived well packaged in their individual frustration free box, no problems there and kudos Amazon for that.
As I read reviews before purchasing these drives I knew that I might have to do a firmware upgrade. Drives got CC4B firmware and the most recent one is CC4H on the Seagate web site.
So I went ahead and downloaded the program which allows you to update the firmware in Windows. Thinking it was working well and before putting these drives in my array I decided to check the firmware one more time... to discover that it never worked!
I ended up downloading the ISO image, burnt a CD with it and boot out of it. This time, after each drives I got a "Success" message, which was nice to see. I doubled check the firmware again and all the drives got updated successfully, yeah! Please note that you can't upgrade the firmware if the drive is part of an array, in RAID mode or in a RAID controller. It has to be plugged directly to one of your motherboard SATA port set in AHCI or IDE.
I then installed the 4 drives in my computer and using my 2720SGL and they were all recognized. Now I have to decide: RAID 5 or 10?
As some reviews were good and bad on reliability, I decided to go with RAID 10 for now, which gives me a better piece of mind in case of a drive failing. Note though that a lot of people don't know either what they are doing or what they are talking about so take any review with a grain of salt and make your own opinion. I still get 6TB of storage which is plenty, at least for now.
These drives replace 4*640GB WD Caviar Black and I'm happy that I have done the switch as the WD were so loud. The new 3TB drives are so much quieter, you wonder if they are spinning. Also they are cooler (86 to 91F, thanks to the 1TB/platter.
PROS:
Price ($99)
Lot of storage
SMART capability to monitor the drive
Cool and quiet operation
Fast transfer speed
CONS:
Firmware update is a bit tricky
I wish I can get more
I wish I got them on BF for $89
2 years warranty rather than 3
If reliability is good, I may buy more down the road.
Drives arrived well packaged in their individual frustration free box, no problems there and kudos Amazon for that.
As I read reviews before purchasing these drives I knew that I might have to do a firmware upgrade. Drives got CC4B firmware and the most recent one is CC4H on the Seagate web site.
So I went ahead and downloaded the program which allows you to update the firmware in Windows. Thinking it was working well and before putting these drives in my array I decided to check the firmware one more time... to discover that it never worked!
I ended up downloading the ISO image, burnt a CD with it and boot out of it. This time, after each drives I got a "Success" message, which was nice to see. I doubled check the firmware again and all the drives got updated successfully, yeah! Please note that you can't upgrade the firmware if the drive is part of an array, in RAID mode or in a RAID controller. It has to be plugged directly to one of your motherboard SATA port set in AHCI or IDE.
I then installed the 4 drives in my computer and using my 2720SGL and they were all recognized. Now I have to decide: RAID 5 or 10?
As some reviews were good and bad on reliability, I decided to go with RAID 10 for now, which gives me a better piece of mind in case of a drive failing. Note though that a lot of people don't know either what they are doing or what they are talking about so take any review with a grain of salt and make your own opinion. I still get 6TB of storage which is plenty, at least for now.
These drives replace 4*640GB WD Caviar Black and I'm happy that I have done the switch as the WD were so loud. The new 3TB drives are so much quieter, you wonder if they are spinning. Also they are cooler (86 to 91F, thanks to the 1TB/platter.
PROS:
Price ($99)
Lot of storage
SMART capability to monitor the drive
Cool and quiet operation
Fast transfer speed
CONS:
Firmware update is a bit tricky
I wish I can get more
I wish I got them on BF for $89
2 years warranty rather than 3
If reliability is good, I may buy more down the road.
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