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Reviews for Seagate Barracuda 300 GB Internal Hard DriveIDE Ultra ATA/100 ATA-6 - 7200 rpm - 8 MB Buffer - MPN: ST3300831A
$40.00 - $90.00
By member:
twbutler
- Dec 3, 2005
Nice, spacious, quiet driveStrengths: Very quiet Lots of storage space Weakness: None I have been using the Barracuda 7200.8 300 GB ATA100 drive for about a week now. It installed like a charm in my new MythTv linux system, and is very quiet and relatively cool. The only curious comment I would make is that the drive will occasionally go through short periods of "ticking" - I have read somewhere online that these are internal diagnostics that are supposed to end within a few days of use. They have not ended yet, though... Otherwise, a very nice drive for the money. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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rogersoles
- Oct 21, 2005
Seagate 300GB PATAStrengths: Price, size, performance, reliability, warranty Weakness: Warranty return procedure Seagate has become one of the absolute best drives in the industry -- and they stand behind their products with a 5 year warranty. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
T Bear
- Sep 12, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 300 GB HDStrengths: Cost at Circuit City after rebates: $99.00 plus tax. VERY fast and very quiet. Works with ADS Technologies Dual Link Combo Drive Kit USB 2.0. Great for backing up data via USB 2.0. Weakness: Not a one (it could be free). Outstanding value. Cost $99.00 plus tax at Circuit City. Installed in ADS Technologies Dual Link Combo Drive Kit USB 2.0 for external backup of 4 computer home LAN. HD and DLX185 are super quiet and fast. Complete format of HD in NTSF via USB 2.0 in about 6 minutes. 86% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
rebthor
- Dec 7, 2005
300 GB PATA DelightStrengths: 5 year warranty 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Weakness: "Only" 8 MB cache I picked this drive up because I needed a HD fast and this was the best deal that a local store had. Not that I mind at all as this 300 GB Barracuda has great bang for the buck with 133GB platters, (uses 2.5 in this case), a 7200 RPM rotational rate (which should tranfer into faster average seek times) and a decent 8 MB of cache to help keep more oftenly used data closer to the rest of the computer system. This doesn't even take into account Seagate's best in class warranty as they offer 5 years. From my experience as well, Seagate's reliability is above average. 83% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
CoryBlackman
- Mar 2, 2006
These Drives Are Total Failures...!Strengths: Holds data...but just for a few months. Weakness: Loses partitions, data, and MBR. I have bought two of these particular 300GB Seagates and both have degraded to useless, of course i can return them to Seagate for refurbished drives, that sucks. Seagate says there is no recall on these, but two failures for me indicates something is quite wrong. Beware of massive data loss when using these drives. i've never seen anything like this, it is like a continuous total head and surface failure! have very good recovery tools on hand, all other drives on the systems are doing fine, it was just these drives, something is defective about them. they were purchased separately within 1 month of each other, they have become useless within 3-4 months. Avoid this drive or manufacture, sorry to say. 80% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: mrphster
Mar 9, 2006 You are absolutely correct! I had a drive motor failure after 4 months. I have just lost my 3rd Recertified Hard Drive within 2 months. The first replacement wasn't recognized by my system. The second wouldn't finish a format. The current third cannot be read by SpinRite v6 and Seagate SeaTools could not see the drive in DOS. After booting up the system suddenly sees the drive, the partition is there and it says it's healthy"cough". I copied 48GB of games over to it, only to have my system blue screen. Don't buy it. The warranty means nothing if you keep losing your data. Recertified Hell!
Reply by member: mrphster
Mar 9, 2006 My 3rd recertified drive failed. They verified that it was my 3rd, and are sending me a 400gb replacement. They initially told me that they were going to send me a 4th ST3300831A. After squawking, they agreed to send me a ST3400632a. ATA but the one I currently have runs great. 16mb cache helps quite a bit. I use it just for storage. I run 2 73gb Raptors striped which cook.
Reply by member: MiltonOS
Mar 9, 2006 I hope my 300 GB 16MB cache one doesnt have the same problems. So far it has been running fine but =/......
By member:
razakanjee
- Jun 6, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 300 GB Internal Hard DriveStrengths: Fast and reliable Weakness: None I bought this to replace my old 80gb hard drive. Installed and was detected by the bios with out any problems. Installed the operating system 20% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Knightrid
- Sep 5, 2005
Ultra ATA, not Serial ATAStrengths: Seems stable and fast. Installation disk made setup a snap. Weakness: Not sure whether I can use this when I upgrade my computer next year. Tried transfering OS from my 60Gb to this harddisk but failed because NTLDR missing. Bought this to replace my 60GB harddisk. So far no complaints except that I couldn't transfer my OS due to missing NTLDR. Kit came with screws and ribbon. 0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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qwerty23993
- Aug 17, 2007
Avoid SeagateStrengths: none Weakness: reliability return policy Seagate used to have a good reputation. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
hughnile
- Dec 31, 2006
Drives failed within a couple of weeksStrengths: Works fine, is quite, 5 year guarantee--reason I bought it Weakness: 2 out of 10 of these have failed within a couple of weeks of operation. I bought 10 7200.9 drives in the last 6 months. I bought a 250 GB from Tiger Direct. It failed after a couple of weeks of use--Seagate replaced it. I then bought 9 300 GB Baracuda from Fry's. These were for a NAS now one of these has failed after running only a couple of weeks. Sounds like there is a problem in Seagate land..... Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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SDTechDeals
- Jan 3, 2006
Awesome drive for the money!Strengths: Lots of storage space; current sweet spot in terms of $/GB; quiet; 5-year warranty Weakness: None!! I used to be a WesternDigital afficianado, but after numerous returns (which were painless, in their defense), I decided to give my business elsewhere. This is my second Seagate drive, and so far I am sold! I just love the fact that they have a 5-year warranty! Indicates to me that they stand behind their product. Note that I have not had to deal with a warranty return, so cannot comment on whether this is as painless as it is w/ Western Digital. I use this for external storage of MP3s & pictures, so speed is not really an issue. There is a version out there that has a 16mb cache, but have not seen a need for it. Perhaps if it was your main C: drive, this might make sense. It sits in an external enclosure, right on my desk, and its as quiet as can be! Fantastic value in terms of GB per dollar, particularly if you can find some rebates out there. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Multirate
- Nov 29, 2005
Seagate Barracuda 300GB Ultra ATA HDStrengths: Large size, very good performance, amazing 5-years warranty Weakness: none 8MB buffer provides more stability and increases the read/write speed. 7200rpm could also offer neat performance. 5-years warranty also give us the relevant quality assurance. Seagate also has the prestigious brand name in the HD industry. I like it!!! Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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mrjamzz
- Nov 2, 2005
Seagate GOOODStrengths: big and fast Weakness: none It was a tough choice but the rebates were great. this is a great product and its backed with a 5 year, yeah, 5 years worth of backing. 300 gigs is a nice size amount for everyday life. I highly recommend this hard drive unit. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? TopCompare PricesAdvertisement  
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Great Drive, Great Price
Strengths: Quiet, HUGE, nice 8MB cache.
Weakness: ATA/100 instead of 133.
Found this bad puppy on sale @ Fry's for $70 the day after Christmas. Slapping on the $5 bonus rebate from PriceGrabber is just icing on the cake!! The drive is quiet, much more so than my Maxtor 160GB, although the Maxtor is ATA/133, so it serves as my boot drive. I put this 300GB monster in an external case, so now I can back up multiple systems. Highly recommended.
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May 12, 2006
What hard drive case did you end up going with?
Thanks,
Paul
May 12, 2006
Hi there, I actually replaced a drive in a WD external case. It wasn't pretty. You can read my review about the experience here:
http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/masterid=4805976
I suggest you visit the following link for advice on external cases:
http://www.fatwallet.com/t/28/496281
Good luck!