Reviews for Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive - 1 Pack

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: ultra-quiet operation. Fast (8MB cache). Good packaged documentation and cd.

Weakness: none.

Compared to my old IBM deskstar (60GB, 2MB cache), this HD is much, much faster, and barely makes any noise at all. I would highly recommend this drive if you can pick one up for cheap. Also, documentation was very good; it was completely straightforward (even for a novice) to move my stuff from the old HD to this new one.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Quiet operation, Large capacity, Great bundled software, 8MB cache

Weakness: ATA interface only, no Serial ATA (SATA) interface available

Seagate always has been one of the most trusted hard drive brand and this product does not disappoint. It is a very quiet drive with 8MB cache. It is reasonably priced - even better with various discounts and rebates. Highly recommended.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Speed (when used in RAID 0 or 1), RELIABILITY, DURABILITY, low cost of ownership, run on high or low quality environment.

Weakness: None

I own 2 of the 120GB drives and 2 of the 40GB of the same make and model and I'm very happy with their performance. Currently, my gaming pc runs two 120GB in RAID 0 and it performs amazingly fast. After running a performance test, the read and write speed improved by 38%. Even using the drive as a single will give you comparable read & write speed. However, do not use these drives as master/slave from the same EIDE cable because seek time will increase significantly due to the capacity increase.
I use a couple of simple EIDE RAID cards which I bought for $19 each from Newegg. I have tried both RAID 0 and 1, as well as have tested RAID 0+1, however, I’ve gotten the best performance in RAID 0. The only factor you need to consider when running RAID 0 is to backup your image every one or two months and prevent the bitter feeling of having to deal with a damaged image. Fortunately, I have not had such an experience with these drives yet, which brings me to the point: reliability. These drives are very reliable as they take any abuse you throw at them. I have imaged these drives for over 30 times and created new images based on different needs and these drives have never let me down. Because I work in a fast paced environment, I've managed to even drop them several times but they never failed to come back to life ever after sustaining 3 to 4 foot drops. The other factor to consider is your pc environment. These drives will run with little or no air flow. You do not need to have a fan blowing at them constantly. Therefore, they will keep your cost of ownership low while demanding a simple case with just 1 fan.

My overall conclusion; buy these drives if you're looking to save money and gain capacity, durability and reliability at a very low cost of ownership. These drives will significantly improve read & write speeds if put on a RAID 0, and improve read speed in RAID 1 (write speed remains the same due to drives behaving as a single drive (mirroring)).

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Speed, capacity, Reliability

Weakness: ATA-100, instead of 133

I bought this drive from a brick-and-mortar store a few years ago becasue it was $60 after rebates, and you can't beat $.50 a GB. This drive has had no problems, and neither have any of the other seagate drives I've owned. This one in in a computer that is usually left on 24/7, and it performs great. The 8MB cache makes a big difference over comparable drives with 2MB. 120GB is more than I'l need for a long time, so I hope to be using this drive for a while.

It has always been my experience that Seagate quality can't be beat.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: quiet, easy installation with upgrade CD, fast 7200RPM, 8MB cashe

Weakness: ATA100 not ATA133 but it is ok.

This drive comes with upgrade kit CD and it is very easy to upgrade my PC. It is very quiet. It is ATA100, not ATA133 but I think we cannot recognize the difference, it is fast enough.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Price,Speed,5 Year Warranty

Weakness: None

Great drive for the price. Has a 5 year warranty which is great. I'm using this for audio/video files and I like it much better than my WD drive. I've also had my last 2 WD drives fail me out of the box, so it was nice not to have that problem this time. Will be sticking with Seagate drive now. Included software is also very good.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Quiet, huge, cheap, nice looking, reliable, no bad sectors

Weakness: could have been larger

One of the most well known and reliable comppanies:Seagate..long time since I wanted to get one..and am happy I got one finally...no bad sectors..no sound...great..fast..good buffer size...

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Easy install for g3 imac.

Installed easily into my G3 imac. It has been mentioned that you should only go with 5400rpm for that era imac but with improvements in cooling technology it seems the 7200rpm works just fine.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Idle Acoustics of 25 dB; Average Seak Time of 8.5ms; 8MB Cache; Warranty; Price (on sale during the Holidays)

Weakness: none

I wanted to upgrade my hard drive. Being a novice I didn't really know what to look for aside from capacity, but I knew one thing is on the top of my priorities and that is noise level. Seagate has the lowest acoustics out of all the major brands. Barracuda’s 25 dB is amazing, considering the other brands reside around 35 or 30 dB!!! This saved so many headaches. Performance wise this is the fastest seek time (8.5 ms avg) I’ve seen in this price range and rpm, most of the other brands have theirs at 8.9ms or 9ms. Warranty is great. If you are buying a bare drive (OEM), please check out Seagate’s web support. They have great documentation on replacing or adding hard drives.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Price Reliability

Weakness: none

I already own a seagate 40 gig hard drive. Never had any problems in 4 years. So I opted for a larger one. Very easy to install. Detailed instructions.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Great installation software. Very quiet. Comprehensive documentation. Fast.

Weakness: None found yet.

The installation program that came with the drive worked great. Just plugged in the drive. It configured it, copied all files, programs, operating system, boot records, to the new drive, and changed any references to the old drive. Documentation was very complete, came with installation poster and detailed manual on CD. As advertised, it is very quiet. Unlike the old one (IBM Deskstar) I can't even hear it over the case fans (which you can hardly hear in the first place) when idle. Slight churning noise when active, but again, hardly noticable. The 8MB cache also caused a noticable increase in the speed at apps load, more so than you would expect just from a hard drive upgrade.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Extremely quiet. Lowest noise of any hard drive I have owned over the past 20 years

Weakness: None

The drive is very quiet, as I expected. I used WD drives for many years but found myself in a small space where noise from the unit became a factor. I tried Maxtor and won't buy anything else.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Very fast and quiet.

Weakness: None that I know of.

I wanted to upgrade to a faster and reliable hard drive. I looked at product reviews and this Barracuda was at the top of the line. This drive has extremely low noise! Access time is incredibly fast. The tools on the CD were great. You can get it now for around $70. If you are looking for one last drive to fit the W98/ME partition limit, this is it. Warranty is very extensive. Also great tech support from Seagate.

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Seagate exceeds the need

Strengths: Speed, ease of installation and configuration.

Weakness: None.

The drive is fast and silent and runs cool. 'Drivetools' configuration and included drive cloning software are effortless to use. Great value. The five year warranty is a clincher. Five star storage solution.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Good C/P rating, quiet operation, 5 year warranty

Weakness: None

I purchased this drive to build a MythTV PVR box. The driver is quiet during operation although it's still audible. No obvious drawback comparing to other brands. 5 year warranty is known the longest in the market.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Fast; 5-year warranty; easy to set up

Weakness: None

I bought it about a month ago, but I really like it. It only took me 10 minutes to set it up. Now It's working flawlessly. I never had a Seagate before. And I'm thinking of buying another Seagate. The 5-year warranty puts Maxtor or Western Digital in shame.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: ATA 100, 8MB Cache, Very Quite Hard Drive, 5 Years Warrenty

Weakness: N/A

This drive is super quiet, and with an 8MB cache, it is extremely quick and responsive. I don't use it in a PC or Mac, so I don't know for sure how it performs for those, but it has got to be even better. I used this drive to replace my XBOX HDD since it decided to crap out on me about 4 months ago.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Price?

Weakness: None... so far...

Well... not much to tell... since anyone who needs a hard disk drive, knows pretty much what they need from it... I mean... requirements for the purpose of the disk... so, I just bought this one to replace another one (damaged mostly 'cause spyware)... and... so far, working great... working as a hard disk drive. ;)

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Fast and quiet.

Weakness: Nothing that I have noticed.

I bought this drive for a new computer I built. Easy installation and hasn't caused a problem yet. I'm actually thinking about buying another for data backup. Even though its only a ATA 100 drive I don't believe you are going to see a big speed difference between it and a ATA 133.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Fast and quiet

Weakness: cost more

I'm used to buying western digital drives. I've been trying maxtor and seagate. I like this seagate drive the best. For one thing they give you a 3-5 year warrenty. while maxtor and wd only give you 1 year. Tells you a lot about how they think about their drive. I have dead wd drives all over the place yet no seagate drives dead. This drive is fast and quiet. It does take longer to format but It seems to work perfectly. I recommend this drive over others.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Good ammount of storage, very quiet

Weakness: Not as fast as other newer hard drives.

Hard drive has a good ammount of storage for a lower priced hard drive. It's very quiet while it runs, unlike older hard drives I had. So if you wand a good ammount of storge for cheap get this.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: quiet, cool packaging

Weakness: none

I hooked this HD up to a Macally PHR-100 AF Firewire external enclosure. It took less 10 minutes to hook up. Everything runs great with my PowerBook G4 DVI. I can't believe how quiet it is. I was worried 'casue the enclosure I got doesn't spin down the drive. You can't tell it's on anyway.

I've burned video form the drive without a problem. I haven't captured to it yet, but i'm sure it will do okay.

The dirve in my set-up is a tad slower then my OWC Mercury Pro Firewire drive according to Intech Bench Marks. I think it has to do with the firewire enclosure and not the drive.

Overall i'm pleased because i'm on a budget and $52 ($45 AR for the drive and 6.99 for the Enclosure after signing up for a Amazon CC) is a steal.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Large storage for a low price.

Weakness: Not as fast as other newer hard drives.

This hard drive has a large ammount of storage for a lower priced hard drive. It is also very quiet while it runs, unlike the previous older hard drives I had. So if you wand a good ammount of storge for cheap get this.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: FastEasy Install

This was an update from a 40 gig drive. Everything was very simple. Set up instructions were very easy to follow and went smoothly. Drive seems to operate flawless and is much faster than my old one. Wouls purchase another.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Quiet. 5-year warranty.

Weakness: Strange jumper setting for a new Seagate user.

The hard drive is very quiet. The pefermance is very good. I chose it mainly because of its 5 year warranty.
However, as a new user of a Seagate desktop hard drive, at first I was really confused about the jumper settings, although I found it also simple later.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Easy installation, very fast, very quiet.

Weakness: None

Installed in my Dell 4100 as the primary drive. I didn't bother with the updated drivers. The capacity seems to be adequate for a home computer with lots of photos and videos and kid games. Reading through the reviews I noted some reliability issues with other brands which led me to purchase this drive. So far the drive has operated flawlessly. Coming out of what is most likely out of the infant mortality stage (10 weeks of installs, reinstalls, optimizations and regular maintenance checks/scans) I'm confident that it was a good purchase.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: 5 year warranty, easy installation, quiet performance

Weakness: I havent found one yet

I use this as an external drive. It was easily detected in the external enclosure. And easy formatting with the discwizard software provided. Works like a gem now and no worreies for 5 years!!! And i guess after that I will be dealing in tera bytes!!

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: 1. Five years warranty 2. The diagnostic tools come with the hard disk is easy to use and very helpful. 3. Very helpful technical support. 4. Comes with all cables and screw you need

The seagate 120 GB hard disk drive provides enough storage for normal home user. With 7200rpm and 8mb cache, the hard disk drive is really fast. Complete with all necessary cables and screw so no need further purchase of IDE cables etc. Complete out of the box so very easy to install. Very user friendly. Disk is backed by 5 yrs of warenty so you can be assured of its reliability. Strongly recommend to all gamers, home pc user!

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Very fast and affordable. Quiet and reliable. They go on sale all the time.

Weakness: None.

Just enough space for someone who stores an average amount of music and pictures on their computer. Comes with easy setup information. The CD's help you get your hard drive up and running quickly. 8MB cache doesn't hurt either.

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Relatively low cost per gigabyte; speedy, silent.

Weakness: confusing documentation

I bought this HDD to backup my documents.Seagate Barracuda ST3120026A 120GB Hard Drive is better than i expected. You can find faster data transfer. And also 8 MB buffer is enough for this HDD.. Seek Time: 8.5ms is very nice.. I have tried other brands and i won't buy orther brand..

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