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Seagate 500GB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST500LM030)

Style:BarraCuda 2.5-Inch  |  Capacity:500GB Versatile and dependable, Seagate barracuda 2.5-Inch drives are the latest generation of a super-re...

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Hdd

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Seagate

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Reviews around expect (5.00 of 5)

  • What's got me riled is that I looked at the specs for this drive and realized the whole SSHD moniker is pure bullsh!t
  • I use this in a generic USB 3 shuttle drive on my Macs and after formatting it for 4TB drives, it works as expected.
  • It works just as expected, couldn't ask much more of it than that.
  • Works as expected, having all games in one place is great and I believe does improve overall performance and speed
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Reviews around fit (5.00 of 5)

  • The answer is yes 7 mm hard drives do fit in the PS4 and it works perfectly
  • I will add though that this fit's fine in old macbooks and also ps4's and xbox ones if anyone is looking to upgrade there hard drive's
  • I personally put this in my NCASE M1, in the front compartment, and it *just* fits - a perfect fit
  • What's got me riled is that I looked at the specs for this drive and realized the whole SSHD moniker is pure bullsh!t
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Reviews around value (4.52 of 5)

  • Don't recommend putting programs and apps on it as it will run faster on your computer's memory, but it is still possible
  • My laptop's original hard drive was not working anymore because of a virus, so I decided to replace it with this one and my laptop is now working as if it were new.
  • An easy install and great value, the drive performs well with short file copies between the Barracuda and an SSD (Hynix).
  • Great hard drive no longer have to deal with running out of space as fast as i did
  • Great value product, but not getting acceptable read write speeds
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Reviews around advertise (4.32 of 5)

  • Don't recommend putting programs and apps on it as it will run faster on your computer's memory, but it is still possible
  • Great hard drive no longer have to deal with running out of space as fast as i did
  • Both R/W errors began to rise along with Reallocated sectors
  • What's got me riled is that I looked at the specs for this drive and realized the whole SSHD moniker is pure bullsh!t
  • copying files from my other hard drive using this as a backup got as slow as 90 kb/s.
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Reviews around upgrade (4.23 of 5)

  • screw in the screws in the thing that holds the hard drive, as this is in fact a smaller size(as in the item size itself not the storage) as the default hard drive, but the upgrade is wel worth it
  • I had constant crashes and blue light issues with this upgraded hard drive
  • Both R/W errors began to rise along with Reallocated sectors
  • My laptop's original hard drive was not working anymore because of a virus, so I decided to replace it with this one and my laptop is now working as if it were new.
  • Great hard drive no longer have to deal with running out of space as fast as i did
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Reviews around install (4.23 of 5)

  • I saved a lot of money doing my own hard drive installation and brand new fresh install of Windows 10 Professional with my Seagate 1TB BarraCuda!
  • Easy install, works like a charm, was well packaged and promptly delivered.
  • Don't recommend putting programs and apps on it as it will run faster on your computer's memory, but it is still possible
  • copying files from my other hard drive using this as a backup got as slow as 90 kb/s.
  • Installed in PS4, easy install and wow its fast and plenty of space!
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Reviews around issue (4.16 of 5)

  • Upgrade was easy and worked like a charm, so far no issues with HDD performance.
  • Replaced a failing drive and no issues to date.
  • I am completely satisfy, just in time, excellent condition well protected package no issues, truly recommended thank you so much.
  • copying files from my other hard drive using this as a backup got as slow as 90 kb/s.
  • Used this to upgrade the stock PS4 hard drive works perfect no issues everything is a lot faster now.
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Reviews around replacement (3.97 of 5)

  • Perfect as a replacement for a laptop hard drive that went bad.
  • Excellent replacement for my Dell Inspiron 15r 5521 drive
  • My laptop's original hard drive was not working anymore because of a virus, so I decided to replace it with this one and my laptop is now working as if it were new.
  • Did the Hard Drive replacement, reinstalled system software, reinstall games and works like a charm
  • Direct replacement for my daughter's ASUS, works perfectly, no complaints
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Reviews around hdd (3.81 of 5)

  • Within 30 minutes of receiving this hdd, I removed dead hdd from my laptop and had Windows 10 up and running in 30 minutes.
  • Extremely good HDD, I highly recommend it over the comparable WD drives as they seem to be more reliable and the fact that its smaller and puts out less heat is a plus in my book.
  • The swap process was quick and painless (neither here, nor there) and this HDD has been working great ever since
  • I was expecting a 7200 RPM HDD not a sluggish 5400 RPM HDD
  • It was supposed to give me 2 Terabytes of storage - after multiple attempts at formatting it gives 1.81 TB.The new version was supposed to be faster but it is as slow as my older HDD.
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Reviews around performance (3.77 of 5)

  • Don't recommend putting programs and apps on it as it will run faster on your computer's memory, but it is still possible
  • If you have a lot of games you can use the yellow partition as well for good performance
  • Both R/W errors began to rise along with Reallocated sectors
  • and I feel like the performance of this is good enough to create a nice desktop experience in
  • Replaced the stock PS4 drive with this one, outstanding performance.
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Reviews around speed (3.55 of 5)

  • Good hard drive, very secure, good write speeds and reliable warranty.
  • Harddrive works great, speed of laptop improved with new drive.
  • Works great in my laptop and the speed is not too bad for a spinning disk hard-drive.
  • At least Amazon now put the speed in the description after I wasted $74
  • Really Awesome and compact hard drive perfectly fast and great speed for transferring files.
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Reviews around work (3.46 of 5)

  • Hard drive crashed within a few months, lost all my work, wasn't worth dealing with the BS to retrieve, I got another one but got a external drive I backup with the idea that it may do it again.
  • Drive is not working properly with strange soundOther drives I own have also failed with the same symptoms
  • I have only had this HD for 2 months and it seems to be working great.
  • The drive itself had zero hours in the SMART data and is working great in my network video recorder.
  • Seems to ve working well so far, only using this as a portable drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure.
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Reviews around seagate (2.76 of 5)

  • It works as it should and easy to install with no problems so far
  • Seagate is always reliable and I have counted on them for many years
  • Thank you Seagate for a job well done and hope that you'll keep doing the awesome work that you guys are doing I'll recommend this to anyone
  • I did a PS4 hard drive swap with this Seagate Hard drive.
  • In the past, I've had huge problems getting Seagate to honor warranties.
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Reviews around failure (2.73 of 5)

  • I understand that the hard frive failure rates are high
  • My laptop's original hard drive was not working anymore because of a virus, so I decided to replace it with this one and my laptop is now working as if it were new.
  • Failure of the hard drive caused the laptop to slow down, freeze, and eventually prevented it from booting into Windows
  • I got a warning on bootup to backup as soon as possible, as a hard drive failure was imminent
  • It works as it should and easy to install with no problems so far
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Reviews around tb (2.12 of 5)

  • This 2TB Hard drive is perfect for any extra space you need, i was looking for more space to add to my PS4 Slim and it works perfect for what i need, i ordered the laptop 2.5mm version and haven't had any trouble
  • 2 tb working but not for long time maybe about 1 month only !!
  • Worked for a month on my PlayStation and then just broke on me does anyone know about other 2tb hard drives that would work??
  • By putting 2 of these drives plus 2 - 1 TB solid state drives in my
  • It is good in shape and JUST be careful: it is THICKER than any other hard drive 2TB or less
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Reviews around ps4 (2.01 of 5)

  • I transferred my files over from my other PS4 hard drive and have had no issues.
  • I did a PS4 hard drive swap with this Seagate Hard drive.
  • The PS4 is working great with this new HDD, more TB for more games!
  • Now every time I hear at least one beep and the PS4 PRO has gotten very hot
  • I bought it to upgrade my PS4 slim internal hard drive and it works great
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Reviews around drive (1.93 of 5)

  • I was then able to reinstall it as an internal hard drive
  • I did a PS4 hard drive swap with this Seagate Hard drive.
  • but now, after less than a year, the hard drive has failed
  • Well I have only had this hard drive for less than two months
  • Solid, reliable internal hard drive that I use in my laptop.
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Reviews around computer (1.88 of 5)

  • What's got me riled is that I looked at the specs for this drive and realized the whole SSHD moniker is pure bullsh!t
  • Then the drive would just hang my computer for long periods of time
  • " Drive works well and took care of what was essentially a dead computer
  • My computer seems faster with this new, much MORE memory, hard drive....
  • With the old drive the computer was lagging and freezing up all the time, cloned it over to this drive and popped it
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Reviews around disk (1.65 of 5)

  • Excellent for my PlayStation hard disk upgrade, runs perfectly
  • I need this hard disk replaced!Update, the second drive had a failure too!
  • Gone are the days of noticeable vibration from faster spinning disks, which I'm personally grateful for
  • It’s all what you can expect from a good working hard Disk
  • and when I turned my PS3 on, my TV reads, "The installed hard disk is not supported
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Reviews around click (1.63 of 5)

  • Noisy (constant clicking), not overly loud, but haven't had a drive that sounded this noisy in over 10 years.
  • I replaced the bad drive with this and it keeps making clicking and grinding noises
  • While it seems I can reliably read and write data to it right now, the clicking is definitely not reassuring
  • thank you for the product pretty quickly came, but the disc initially had noisy clicks (i did not attach importance), eventually all the data was lost 2018-03-25 the disc became faulty(
  • I am unwilling to live with audible clicks and unwilling to put critical data on a drive that makes noise right out of the box.
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Reviews around noise (1.54 of 5)

  • Makes very quiet noises that are almost nothing.
  • I replaced the bad drive with this and it keeps making clicking and grinding noises
  • Oddly enough diagnostics repeatedly said the hard drive was fine but drive keeps making constant clicking and grinding noises
  • I notice the drive making strange noises and now it's locking my computer left and right
  • and it doesnt make as much noise as my last hard drive.
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Reviews around sector (1.29 of 5)

  • Began to fail (bad sectors) approximately one year after purchase
  • One drive developed two bad sectors, a reformat mapped them out
  • Wipe it, verify all sectors good, write data to it.
  • They historically will not accept return of a drive that will not 'stay' bad after having all its bad sectors rewritten
  • But now there are a bunch of bad sectors and corrupted data
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Reviews around inch (1.29 of 5)

  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048) are a nice storage choice when configured as a RAID 0, 1 or 10 Volume
  • This is a amazing 2.5 inch 5tb drive, I can see many applications for this as well as the other 15mm drives , just make sure your device weather it be a enclosure , laptop etc.. will take a 15mm drive if so this is the one to get !!
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048)I decided change from western digital to seagate baccacuda 1TB. hard drive
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048)
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048)
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Reviews around mb (1.00 of 5)

  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048)
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048) are a nice storage choice when configured as a RAID 0, 1 or 10 Volume
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048)
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM048)"It's Fast For A 5400 RPM
  • 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive (ST500LM030)
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Reviews around ecc error (1.00 of 5)

  • Unable to read everything due to uncorrectable ECC errors
  • Both R/W errors began to rise along with Reallocated sectors
  • Both R/W errors began to rise along with Reallocated sectors
  • Both R/W errors began to rise along with Reallocated sectors
  • Leave it alone for a month and it can't read some of it (uncorrectable ECC errors).
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Reviews around boy (1.00 of 5)

  • I swapped out the CD Rom from my laptop and put this bad boy in a caddy and slap that in
  • Slapped this bad boy into a PS4 and watched in awe as all 23 games could be downloaded with 500 gigs left
  • Perfect for storage, got two of these bad boys for laptop.
  • After installing this bad boy he has tons of space to load games

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  • Style:BarraCuda 2.5-Inch  |  Capacity:500GB Versatile and dependable, Seagate barracuda 2.5-Inch drives are the latest generation of a super-reliable product family Spanning 20 years
  • Count on barracuda drives for all your PC needs - working, playing and storing your movies and music.