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Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK 1TB Internal 3.5-Inch SATA 32MB Cache Hard Drive | List Price: $239.99
Discount Price: $179.99
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Brand: Seagate
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 5 years warranty
Features: - Box Contents - Barracuda 3.5 1TB internal Hard Drive, SATA Interface Cable, SATA Power Adapter, CD with software and manual, Quick installation Guide, Mounting Screws
- Delivers the industry's highest capacity 1TB (1000GB) of Storage
- Serial ATA connection for fast 3Gb/s data rate transfer speeds
- High performance 32MB cache buffer and 7200RPM drive
- Seatools - Fast easy to use diagnostic software
Excellent performance and reliability [Posted on 2008-08-12]
This drive has been nothing short of amazing throughout the six months that I've owned and used it. It's very quiet, ultra-fast and extremely reliable. I've had two Western Digital HDD's and one Hitachi that failed very early. I'd like to get my jab in by saying that both of their customer support numbers and sites were worthless. I've never had to use Seagate's.
I currently have this HDD mounted in my Klegg MediaShare (I love this thing!) unit. I've backed up approximately 360 of my DVD's (ISO format) to it using DVD Fab Platinum and DVD Shrink 3.2 and can now downsize my storage space for the originals to four 100-disc spindles instead of three media cabinets. I highly recommend both products as they are both high quality. Seagate is the only brand that I've had truly had success with over the years and I consider myself a loyal customer because of their reliability and performance.
I never got what I bought [Posted on 2008-08-18]
I guess this was some sort of problem from the manufacturer. Really weird. I open the box and I saw all the cables and labels for a SATA disk. But it was really an PATA. The most strange thing was that the Hard Drive label said that it was a SATA drive, but the ports were PATA for sure. I can't really tell you if the disk is good or bad, but never in my life I've seen this. I return the item and bought another brand to make sure it won't happen again. I must say that this is not amazons fault, but the manufacturers. I'm waiting for my refund as we speak.
Big Storage [Posted on 2008-08-23]
After the failure of my external backup drive that I had owned for less than a year and losing all of my documents and pictures etc, I was on the market for a more secure storage solution. Started reading up on RAID 1 and found a nice enclosure http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012R3DMM here on Amazon that would do the trick. Started looking for 1TB drives to accompany it since I needed two. (RAID ain't cheap but the security of your precious data makes it worth it)Looked at some others but ordered this Seagate drive after seeing that they had a 5 year warranty. So if one drive goes down, my data is secure and I can just go through the RMA procedure and my array is back to normal.(If you are using just a single drive no matter what brand it is always advisable to BACKUP YOUR IMPORTANT DATA to avoid costly data recovery services since no warranty will cover these costs) It's the retail kit so you get the hard drive, an installation guide, a cd including the disc wizard software which allows you to clone your current hard drive a diagnostic program and info on the drive as well as registration and data recovery, a SATA data cable and a SATA to Molex power adapter and 4 mounting screws. I paid extra for the retail kit because of the uncertainty of packaging for OEM Hard Drives. (which usually contain nothing but the drive in an anti-static bag) Packaging was secure as the drive is in a sealed anti-static bag secured on the top and bottom by two essentially plastic covers that seem to be able to protect the drive from squeezing from any side. I would have preferred foam protection. Popped it into the enclosure and connected it to my pc to begin the format(it comes unformatted). I estimate the format to take between 3-4 hours(hey it's a huge drive) and at the end you get a 931GB drive(sorry to disappoint those expecting 1000GB). Seems to be working good so far.Highly recommended!
Who needs 1Tb of storage anyway? [Posted on 2008-09-01]
Is it even possible for a single human being to accumulate 1TB of digital stuff worth storing? Honestly, I'm not really sure what to do with this much hard-drive. I'll just have to start hording pornography and downloading pirated movies.
1TB is a huge capacity. Even our small office has yet to fill more than 250GB of our 1TB Server storage. Still, I've found its easier to buy more disk space than I'll need anytime soon and consolidating all my stuff on one drive. It's a little riskier, that's true, but if you have data you don't want to lose then you should be making backups anyway.
BTW, this is a great price for the product. The local BB had the 16mb cache version for $180.00, and I was about to grab it but I checked on Amazon first and found the 32mb cache for just a few dollars more. Sweet deal.
Seagate has a reputation as a reliable brand for storage drives, and I find they tend to run better than Maxtor and other "bargain" brands. That doesn't mean they won't crash on you, but it might improve your chances of getting a sturdy product.
If you're worried about shipping, just remember that these drives don't show up in your local retail outlet's receiving bay nestled on soft pillows held aloft by angels. The Seagate packaging is tight, and the Amazon box is the usual deal with the plastic air packets. Good enough.
Make sure you actually have a SATA connection. This is different from the usual 19-pin deal. Most new computers will use SATA, but if you're not sure what you've got then check it out before you toss this in the cart.
Work wonderfully! [Posted on 2008-09-08]
I bought 2 of these drives for my Drobo, and they work wonderfully! Plenty of space, quick, quiet, incredibly reliable - what more can you ask for in a hard drive?
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