I have used this drive in a build back in October as its primary drive. I had never used Seagate nor its Barracuda drives, but I had only heard good things so I decided to go for it. Installation was similar as with any hard drive, so it went in easily. 1TB is the most space I've ever had on a machine - and it is plenty! I have installed almost my entire Stea library onto this baby and it's nowhere near full yet. When it's operating, I cannot hear it at all over background noise - its incredibly quiet, which is a very nice plus and something I havent even considered! I've not had any problems with the drive yet - everything has been ...  Read the complete review

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB Hard Drive, SATA, 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache After reading many reviews online, I ordered this from Amazon the other month as I needed a hard drive for the new PC I was building. What's in the box? In the eco friendly box I got from Amazon, there was just the hard drive itself. It wasn't all that securely packaged and could have been knocked about during transit but it worked find when I tried it. Hardware and Setup This is a 3.5 hard drive which goes inside your PC. It uses a Sata connection and no Sata cable or screws were included. It took me a few minutes to put this in. I just plugged in the ...  Read the complete review