Seagate Barracuda LP ST3500412AS 500 GB Reviews
Product Type: Seagate hard disk drives
Description:Model ID ST3500412AS /
Newest Review: ... and would crash fairly regularly - all signs that it was on its last legs. This Seagate drive worked perfectly until without ... more
... any warning the pc stopped recognising it. Given the good reviews and my good experience to date I am willing to put this down to a one off and my replacement drive has already been ordered and will also be a Seagate.
One word of warning - the drive requires a Sata interface on your motherboard - be careful here if you have an old pc as many of these will only accept IDE drives.
You can pick up one of these on Amazon for around £35 but if you are considering doing that I recommend you spend fifteen quid extra and g...more
Customer Seagate Barracuda LP ST3500412AS 500 GB Reviews (3)
by - written on 29/09/10 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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Three years ago I decided to upgrade the harddrive in my desktop as I was running out of space only my old 100g drive. I plumped for the Seagate 500gb hard drive due to the many reviews that I had read that praised it for its reliability and quietness. True to form the drive did not disappoint. I had been used to my old drive clunking away but the noise from this one is barely audible and it appears to kick out a lot less heat than my previous drive. Speed wise, it was great when I first bought it although at 5900rpm it does seem a little slow compared to more modern 7200rpm drives. Until yesterday the reliability has been great. I did not have a single ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/08/10 (Very useful, 34 readings)
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I have always been partial to Seagate products ever since my bad experience of dead on arrival hard drives from Wester Digital and Samsung. My trust in Seagate is not unfounded or misplaced, they have delivered reliability and performance hard drives with their range of products. I used to run this as a backup secondary drive to store photos, music and videos. The tough question is whether or not 500GB is enough and to answer it all really depends on how much you stash trash. To break it down according to my personal use; nearly 3/5th of the 500GB (thats 300GB) was used up for videos - and lots of them too as I record at every opportunity. The rest is an ... Read the complete review
by - written on 08/08/10 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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Looking to add some more space to your PC for any purpose? Then look no further then this, ideal as both a primary OS drive as well as a secondary hard drive. Now I use my PC for a lot of gaming, video editing and photo editing so space is always proving to be an issue for me, so far I've been using this for just that. After shifting my Steam folder to this drive, game load times have been significantly reduced as well as the frequent updates that come with using such a service. Instead of me having to wait for videos to load in After Effects, I now find my technical abilities are now the only thing taking the most time. With so much space I doubt that it ... Read the complete review
Technical Details for Seagate Barracuda LP ST3500412AS 500 GB
| Product Description | Seagate Barracuda LP ST3500412AS - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300 |
| Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 500 GB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" x 1/4H |
| Interface | Serial ATA-300 |
| Data Transfer Rate | 300 MBps |
| Buffer Size | 16 MB |
| Spindle Speed | 5900 rpm |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2 cm |
| Weight | 415 g |
| Microsoft Certification | Works with Windows Vista |
| Designed For | BlackArmor NAS 400, NAS 420, NAS 440 |
