Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB Cache – Frustration Free Packaging (ST2000DM008/ST2000DMZ08)

Very hesitant on Seagate but cheap and for original xbox. So far so good

This is my 2nd time buying one of these hard drives. And the 3rd one that Ive owned. These things are as reliable as they can get

Returned! Packaging was very nice. Too bad it didn’t work for me

I bought this drive due its capacity and for it being rated among the quietest HDs in use. I really do not hear it at all.

This good

Bought 3 of these for my media server and they work well. Not super fast but fast enough for storing and playing large videos. Seems quiet enough. Out of the three, one failed to initialize with an I/O error right off the bat. Rest worked good and reliable after 6mo of 24/7 usage. They do not spin down or if they do, they start up fast enough so there is no lag compared to some other drives that take a few seconds to start up.

Not much to say.. If you need more storage for your PC, just buy it!

I purchased three drives for data since they were on sale. There are lots of reviews here about documentation not giving them a step-by-step walkthrough on how to install these drives. Not bashing them or anything but as my title states please know what you are buying. This drive is completely blank and its like that for a reason. The reason there is no documentation on how to install it is because there are hundreds of different uses for it. The internet is a wonderful thing! For me though, everything worked great! Popped my drive into my hard drive enclosure loaded up disk management through windows formatted and there were no issues. As far as noise goes, its almost non-existent compared to my old 7200rpm WD blacks. Honestly cant even hear the ramp up. Speed is the thing that surprised me the most. Amazons store page states that the 4TB version has a sustained transfer rate of 190MB/s and I was actually achieving that. Usually, they push the numbers up a bit to look fancy but I was 180-190 through most of my transfers. The only reason I knocked off a point is because nowhere on the site does it actually mention the drive is SMR. As stated, you should know what you are buying, and not having that listed in the drives information/specs is kind of crummy. It literally takes two seconds to find it out on your own, but not being presented with all the important information about the drive is definitely an issue. Sorry I rambled...

Buen producto, muy buena capacidad.

Great quality product @ a great price ! Item as described. Prompt delivery. Very satisfied customer.