| Brand | Seagate |
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| Product Dimensions | 12.45 x 5.85 x 13.05 cm; 626 g |
| Item model number | HD000111 |
| Manufacturer | Seagate Technology PLC |
| Series | ST3000DM001 |
| Colour | Grey |
| Form Factor | Motherboard |
| Standing screen display size | 3.5 Inches |
| Processor Brand | Gigabyte |
| RAM Size | 3 TB |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Hard Drive Size | 120 GB |
| Hard Disk Description | 3.5 inch internal hard drive with SATA III interface, 3TB and 7200RPM, suitable for personal use and gaming. |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 7900 RPM |
| Wattage | 8 watts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 626 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
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Seagate Desktop ST3000DM001 internal hard drive 3TB (8.9 cm (3.5 inch), 7200rpm, 64MB cache, SATA III)
- Transfer files from existing hard drive to new customer-supplied hard drive
- Removal of existing hard drive from computer and installation of new hard drive
- Validate successful data transfer
- Up to 500 GB data transfer
- If additional works are required, additional costs may be incurred
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| Digital storage capacity | 3 TB |
| Hard disk interface | Serial ATA |
| Connectivity technology | SATA |
| Brand | Seagate |
| Special feature | Hardware Encryption |
| Hard disk form factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard disk description | 3.5 inch internal hard drive with SATA III interface, 3TB and 7200RPM, suitable for personal use and gaming. See more |
| Compatible devices | Computer |
| Installation type | Internal Hard Drive |
| Colour | Grey |
About this item
- Product Type: Hard Drive
- Host interface: Serial ATA III, Hard drive capacity: 3000 GB, Hard drive size: 3.5".
- Power consumption (typical): 8 W, Power consumption (standby): 0.75 W, Power consumption (idle): 5.8 W, Data transfer rate: 6 Gbit/s.
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Seagate Desktop Hard Drives
The one drive for every desktop system need, supported by 30 years of trusted performance, reliability, and simplicity.
- Store as much desktop data as you need with multiple capacities up to 8TB
- Store data faster with SATA 6Gb/s interface that optimizes burst performance
- Rest easy knowing your drive delivers dependable performance with Seagate AcuTrac servo technology
- Have confidence with safe, fast, and easy drive retirement provided by Instant Secure Erase feature
- Protect your data with Seagate Secure models*
- Seagate Secure models are not available in all countries. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support.
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Computer Hard Drive Storage Technology- Industry's first 1 TB-per-disk hard drive technology. - SATA 6Gb/s technology maximizes performance. - Free DiscWizard software enables high capacities on legacy PC BIOS systems. |
Easy Transition Beyond 2TBAre you worried about moving beyond 2TB? You don't have to. The Seagate DiscWizard utility makes this transition a snap. - Free software enables Windows machines to utilize drives beyond 2TB. - Seagate DiscWizard provides you with a means to effectively utilize your high-capacity hard drives. |
Help Lower Hard Drive Storage CostsSeagate Desktop HDDs with 1TB-per-disk have advanced power modes to save more energy while in idle states—without sacrificing performance. Desktop HDDs are produced using the most sophisticated manufacturing process in the industry, with a focus on environmental stewardship. Desktop HDDs comply with the RoHS directive on hazardous materials and voluntarily restrict halogen compounds. 70% or more of the materials used to build Desktop HDDs are recyclable and have low power consumption. |
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| Ideal for | Everyday desktop computing and storage | Performance desktop, gaming and video editing | High performance data sharing for small business and home office, 1-8 bay NAS system | Enhanced video surveillance system reliability, cost savings and data analytics | Affordable active archiving, perfect for backup and Cloud storage |
| Performance | Mainstream performance | 5x faster than Desktop HDD, more capacity than SSD | Up to 25% faster than other brands | Surveillance-optimized for multi-drive, 24/7 systems | Optimized burst performance |
| Capacity | up to 8TB | up to 4TB | up to 8TB | up to 8TB | up to 8TB |
| Cache | 128 (5-6TB), 65MB (1-4TB), 256MB (8TB) | 64MB with 8GB NAND Flash | 64MB | 128MB | 128MB |
| ePower-on-Hours | 8x5 | 8x5 | 24x7 | 24x7 | 24x7 |
| Gaming & Video Editing | ✓ | ||||
| DVR & Video Surveillance | ✓ | ||||
| Network Storage, RAID Support, Rotational Vibration Tolerance | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Data Rescue Plan Option | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Warranty | 2 years | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years |
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| Delivery | — | Get it as soon as Friday, Dec 6 | Get it as soon as Saturday, Dec 7 | Get it as soon as Friday, Dec 6 | Get it 6 – 9 Dec |
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| Sold by | KREADO LTD | ManxData | Amazon | JV SALES | SURPLUSDRIVESUK LTD |
| storage capacity | 3 TB | 3000 GB | 4 TB | 4000 GB | 1 TB |
| hardware interface | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | solid state drive | sata 6 0 gb |
| compatible devices | Computer | Desktop | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
| form factor | Motherboard | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | M.2 | 3.5-inch |
| write speed | — | 300 | 180 | 6600 | — |
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| ASIN | B006KCX0UE |
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| Customer Reviews |
4.2 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | 56,274 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories) 166 in Internal Hard Drives |
| Date First Available | 24 Nov. 2011 |
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Customers like the speed, quality, and value of the computer drive. They mention it's fast, a solid performer, and provides good value for money. Customers are also satisfied with its quietness and storage capacity. However, some customers dislike the drive reliability. Opinions differ on its functionality and reliability.
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Customers like the speed of the computer drive. They mention it works great, is fast as usual, and has good performance. Some say it has a reasonable amount of time for such an active drive to last.
"Fast delivery, well packed, nice drive and good value for the size and speed and silent well built drive you get?..." Read more
"...on the first day and would say it is extremely silent and fast! Hope it stays that way!" Read more
"...Pros: Decent read/write speeds, simple to use as a storage drive, plenty of space...." Read more
"...They perform well enough for my needs, with read/write speeds where you'd expect them to be..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the drive quality. They mention it's a solid performer and quiet. Some say it's the cheapest drive they have found at 3TB.
"...It's been a solid performer and quiet too. Just what I would expect...." Read more
"Fast delivery, well packed, nice drive and good value for the size and speed and silent well built drive you get?..." Read more
"...between price and capacity, but it's also proven itself to be a solid performer these past 18 months, so it seems seagate finally got their act..." Read more
"...Hooray! it spins up and is lovely and quite. With great anticipation I'm off to disk management, wait a minute 734gb where's the rest??..." Read more
Customers like the quietness of the computer drive. They mention it's fast and absolutely quiet.
"...the old one lasting 9 years , reasonably good value and the fact its quiet I'im going to give it 5 stars." Read more
"...It's been a solid performer and quiet too. Just what I would expect...." Read more
"...problem regarding noise is every once in a while it will make a faint chirp noise, if there is any background noise then it probably won't bother you..." Read more
"...packed, nice drive and good value for the size and speed and silent well built drive you get?..." Read more
Customers appreciate the value for money of the computer drive. They say it's cheap and not much more expensive than a 2TB drive.
"...So Based on the old one lasting 9 years , reasonably good value and the fact its quiet I'im going to give it 5 stars." Read more
"Fast delivery, well packed, nice drive and good value for the size and speed and silent well built drive you get?..." Read more
"...these drives seem to be doing what I wanted them to do and at a reasonable price given the performance." Read more
"...Cheap and easy! It runs relatively quiet (much quieter than the stock drive) and data transfer speeds (over wireless) have been good...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the storage capacity of the computer drive. They mention it has a large size and is convenient for big files. Some say the full capacity was instantly recognized and it's suitable for network storage boxes.
"...As soon as I connected the cable I could access the full 3TB! I was delighted as I did not need to send the hard drive back!..." Read more
"...Pros: Decent read/write speeds, simple to use as a storage drive, plenty of space...." Read more
"Reliable, great for storage and quick enough for general gaming use...." Read more
"...system drive with the operating system installed to it but for storage it is excellent. It is absolutely silent and runs cool...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the functionality of the computer drive. Some mention it works pretty nice as a back-up drive, while others say it has failed.
"...quiet and this replaced the old one without any fuss and seems to be working ok ...." Read more
"...drive showing its running at 100% with simple small file transfer / reads / writes. This is causing a very slow boot as well...." Read more
"...this drive installed for just over a month and there have been no issues whatsoever. It's been a solid performer and quiet too...." Read more
"...more which are now installed and so far at least they are working well as a mirrored pair...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the reliability of the computer drive. Some mention it's reliable, while others say it broke down and has a 43% failure rate.
"Reliable, great for storage and quick enough for general gaming use...." Read more
"...Seagate 3TB hard drives have up to a 43% failure rate which is insanely high, so high in fact that the company faced a class action lawsuit over the..." Read more
"The hard drive arrived very quickly and in perfect condition...." Read more
"...Not only loud, it actually sounded like it was going to break, and maybe it would have...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the drive's reliability. They mention it's known to fail and report bad sectors after 2 years. Some say the Seagate drive is worse than most for reliability.
"...22/03/2014 Update, unfortunately this drive died. I requested and received a refund, no problem...." Read more
"...floods in Thailand have allowed a ramping of production the quality is hit and miss...." Read more
"...year and 2 months since buying this item, it has unrecoverable reads. Now out of warranty. I should have known better than to buy a Seagate...." Read more
"...one at Christmas and it worked okay at first but then the partition got corrupted. Fortunately I was able to recover the files from the old drive...." Read more
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Before Buying I read up about recent NAS specific hard drives and the fact this particular model suffered a high degree of failures. In the end I decided that I wanted a matched pair of drives so it was simpler to just replace like for like. As I say I have had 9 years service out of the last one before it failed , it’s always been quiet and this replaced the old one without any fuss and seems to be working ok . time will tell how reliable it is but if it last another 9 years i will be happy. So Based on the old one lasting 9 years , reasonably good value and the fact its quiet I'im going to give it 5 stars.
Before buying it I read a lot of reviews on here and one thing that really frustrates are some of the comments about reliability - not just in relation to Seagate but any brand of hard drive. Reading those reviews it's very easy for readers to fall into a false sense of security thinking they've picked a reliable brand/model and nothing will go wrong (or at least it will be very unlikely).
REMEMBER All makes of drive and models of drive are prone to issues and you should never ever trust a drive so much that you store the only copy of your valuable videos, photos and documents on it. This is a disaster waiting to happen. Always assume that the worst and that a drive issue is just around the corner. Store a second copy of those valuable files on a separate drive or use some type of RAID etc. Having purchased this drive the next thing I did was to purchase an external Seagate drive for storing a second copy of my priceless holiday videos.
Assume the worst and don't listen to the reliability hype of reviews. You are less likely to go wrong.
Brought it for a brand new 64 bit verion AMD gaming version of PC which also will be used for 3D design work and media work?
Can't tell you how great it is in the new PC as after receiving the new PC it had somewhere in it a fault which stopped me fro using it with this great 3TB drive which I know work ok as:
I tested it in my older 32 bit xp home gaming PC and although it only showed up as a drive of 746.5 Gb because the 32 bit system is not upto reading any drive bigger than a 1.5 TB one so I been told? it still only showed as a 746.5 Gb size drive?
But I just have to wait for the company which sent me the new 64 bit based AMD gaming PC to pick it up now I re boxed all the parts as they were when I got them?
( note here for you buyers > when you buy a item always if possible take photographs of the unpacking steps of the items you got using a digital camera like I do? that way if you need to send it back if it is faulty, you will be able to re-pack it as it came? )
Also another tip I tell you byers of tech, if the item works ok, always if you can carefully scan the user manual pages for it on a flatbed scanner into a folder named for it onto your PC and save a copy onto a usb memory pen too for later use in case you loose or damage the original manual?
So just wait now for the replacemnt new 64 bit PC and I can use the 3TB drive at last?
I recommend this seller totally as a great seller to use?
I bought this hard drive to put in a USB enclosure for data backup and I met some issues which I though I should share. On first connecting this hard drive via USB, my Windows 7 was only recognizing ~746GB. At first I was concerned the drive was faulty but being a PC techy I suspected it could be down to software/firmware of the caddy (Icy Box) as I have owned this for the last 6 years now. So I started searching the net.
It seems that the limitation in storage can be the result of 2 things:
1) In case the hard drive is connected via USB - The caddy is a bit old and with the current firmware, the USB-SATA bridge can only access storage of hard disks with ~2.2TB or less.
2) In case the hard drive is connected directly in a PC - The Intel's Rapid Storage Technology Driver needs to upgraded 10.1 or newer. Following this link to see how - [...]
Not knowing the above 2 scenarios I first updated the driver (as shown in number 2) thinking it would solve my problem. It didn't. Then I found it was due to the fact that I was connecting via USB and not SATA (as shown in number 1). I scoured the internet to find a firmware or driver update to solve my problem but could not find one.
When I thought my only option was to buy a newer caddy which would recognize the full 3TB, I noticed my ICY BOX has also a SATA output at the rear together with the USB. So I thought, what would happen if I had to bypass the USB-SATA bridge and connect via SATA directly? So I ordered a SATA to e-SATA cable from amazon so I could connect my caddy via SATA as I was blessed that my laptop has an e-SATA input.
I got the cable today and hey presto! As soon as I connected the cable I could access the full 3TB! I was delighted as I did not need to send the hard drive back!
Please note that for this option, one would also need to upgrade the Intel's Rapid Storage Technology Driver since now the laptop is recognizing the drive as being connected via SATA and not USB!
Unfortunately, if you have tried to connect the drive via an old USB enclosure, met this limitation and could not find a firmware update for your caddy nor have a SATA output from your caddy, then you would need to buy a new enclosure.
Sorry for the lengthy review but tried to go in as much detail as possible. Hope this helps someone ease some headaches I went through!
With regards to packaging, it was very well wrapped in bubble wrap and 2 carton boxes and was safe crossing the continent to another country. In the meantime I am really happy with my Seagate (my 3rd one now) on the first day and would say it is extremely silent and fast! Hope it stays that way!
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Lo recomiendo amplia mente.
Note tecniche: l'hard disk potrebbe risultare in parte inutilizzabile per i possessori di pc particolarmente vecchi che non vedrebbero più di 2TB sui 3 previsti. Per questo motivo la Seagate ha reso disponibile un programma proprietario (DiscWizard) scaricabile qui: [...]
il programma funge perfettamente, semplice ed intuitivo, permette anche di partizionare il disco e quindi è una valida alternativa al programma di Windows. Ricordo che dopo la formattazione andranno "persi" qualcosa come 300GB, quindi dagli originali 3000GB ve ne trovate 2700 circa. Lo so che sembra un enormità ma è perfettamente normale e quindi non preoccupatevi perché è così che funziona e non avete sbagliato niente. Dovete pensare alla formattazione come ai quadretti su un foglio bianco, prima di essere formattato l'hd è un grande foglio bianco, per poterlo utilizzare serve la formattazione e lo spazio andato perso sono appunto i "quadretti".
Ventajas: Capacidad, no excesiva sonoridad, rendimiento.
Desventajas: Todavía el precio y quizás que no haya por ese dinero uno de 4 Tb, ¡que poco dura el espacio libre!
















