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ST31500541AS Barracuda 1.5TB Reviews

Hard drive - 1.5 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA-300 - 5900 rpm - buffer: 32 MB More product details

$79.99

This energy-efficient drive boasts of 44% power saving (techtree.com)

Die 2000-GB-Festplatte Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS soll sparsam, leise und schnell arbeiten... (pcwelt.de)

alaTest Review Summary for ST31500541AS Barracuda 1.5TB

We have collected and analyzed 5 expert reviews and 64 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 75/100 and users rate it 74/100. The average review date is July 18, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 89343 reviews from other Hard Drives. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE BETA 96

-60100

69 reviews

November, 2009

75 / 100

5 Experts

Product Age

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74 / 100

64 Users

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Expert Reviews (5)

IN

Seagate Barracuda LP 2 TB: Power Saving Drive

By Jayesh Limaye (techtree.com)

This energy-efficient drive boasts of 44% power saving

Very expensive, not very fast

Rating

80100

techtree.com

User Reviews (64)

US

Work as advertised

By listen_silent (newegg.com)

Good price and thus far solid reliability

These things are a bit slow sometimes

US

It died

By Guss (newegg.com)

This is an addendum to my earlier review I wrote a few days ago. Last night I heard the click-click-click of death and the drive was not readable. I have wasted a lot of time with this and am going to a different brand for my next purchase. I guess it is...

Cool and quiet

It died within two months

US

Great Drives

By N/A (newegg.com)

These drives work great, however, when I eventually replace them with larger drives what do I do with them? They're too big for desktop use as most of the space would be wasted. Oh well..

These drives are quiet, cool to the touch, and have a high capacity. I have three running in a RAID5 for over a month without issues. Read speeds exceed 165MB/s with an older CPU. Writes are CPU limited to around 35MB/s. That's all moot anyway because thi...

I've haven't found any real cons yet. They're not 1.5PB

Manufacturer's Description

The company that has provided the world with product innovation over 12 generations of desktop drives has turned its focus to the increasing customer needs for low-power drives. Meet the Seagate Barracuda LP family, the low-power drive with rock-solid performance and whisperquiet, super-cool operation.

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