Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200 RPM Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST3500630AS

Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200 RPM Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST3500630AS
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Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200 RPM Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST3500630AS
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Manufacturer: Seagate
Model: ST3500630AS
Product features:
  • Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
  • Capacity: 500 GB
  • SATA 3 GB/s
  • 16 MB cache; 7200 RPM
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Digital camera reviews of Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200 RPM Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST3500630AS

Digital camera Review: A Good Basic Hard Drive
Summary: 4 Stars

A pretty standard drive, I've had one of these in my main machine for over a year now. The drive is fine, a tad hot and makes some noise, but I've had no issues. I treat my stuff kind of hard sometimes and it takes it all in stride. No bad sectors, no weird noises, just a reliable workhorse.

I picked up a second one for an external hard drive, but though I'm thinking maybe that was a mistake. I don't think it gets nearly hot enough to hurt the drive or the enclosure even on a hot day, but it does get noticeably toasty. Sometimes I'll run a fan across the enclosure to drop the temp a little. I'm thinking one of the WD Green drives might be a better option for a passively cooled external hard drive enclosure. For an internal system though, I fully recommend this one.

While louder than some drives, the noise on these things isn't that bad; I for one kind of like hearing when it is reading/writing.

Summary of Seagate 500GB 16MB 7200 RPM Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST3500630AS

With more than 16 million drives shipped, the Barracuda 7200.10 drive family offers the industry's flagship perpendicular recording product and provides a best-in-class combination of reliability, capacity and performance.

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