Seagate BarraCuda 8TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch Sata 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC – Frustration Free Packaging (ST8000DM004)

Features

• Store more, compute faster, and do it confidently with the proven reliability of BarraCuda internal hard drives
• Build a power house gaming computer or desktop setup with a variety of capacities and form factors
• The go to SATA hard drive solution for nearly every PC application from music to video to photo editing to PC gaming. Ax. Sustained transfer rate OD: 190MB/s
• Confidently rely on internal hard drive technology backed by 20 years of innovation
• Enjoy long term peace of mind with the included 2 year limited warranty

Description

Store more, compute faster, and do it confidently with the proven reliability of BarraCuda internal hard drives. Perfect for designers, musicians, photographers, and video editors using multiple applications at once, these solutions offer uninterrupted performance, optimized read/write caching technology, and a variety of capacities and form factors to choose from. The result is a seamless experience backed by a two-year limited warranty and 20 years of hard drive innovation.

Brand Name Seagate

Series ST8000DM004

Item model number ST8000DMZ04/DM004

Hardware Platform PC

Item Weight 14.7 ounces

Product Dimensions 5.79 x 4 x 0.79 inches

Item Dimensions L x W x H 5.79 x 4 x 0.79 inches

Flash Memory Size 8 Unknown modifier

Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA

Hard Drive Rotational Speed 5400 RPM

ASIN B07H289S7C

Customer Reviews 4.6 out of 5 stars 10,954 ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank #6 in Internal Hard Drives

Date First Available September 10, 2018

abunda_amazon_reviews I returned the 1st one because it wouldn't detect. I had the same problem with the replacement one. I had to go seagate's sight and download their disc wizard. After that it worked. There are NO instructions that come with it just a warranty paper, so you just have to know enough figure that out on your own. No other hd of mine has needed this.;;Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2019;;3.0 out of 5 stars;;Must download software first;;David;;;I chose this product because the description said it was a 7200 RPM drive. As you can see by the picture I have uploaded it is only a 5400 RPM drive. I would have gone with another brand had I known this. The drive does work and is silent so I give it 4 stars, I took one away because I was lied to about the speed.;;Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2019;;4.0 out of 5 stars;;Not 7200 RPM;;Joshua M. Robinson;;;To me, "easy to install" would include that the drive comes with the simple instructions needed to set it up. It does not. And the "User Manual" on the product also does not include them. Very frustrating to those of us who install a new drive once every 5 to 10 years and don't remember what was required the last time.;;Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2019;;3.0 out of 5 stars;;Be sure to read the instructions at Seagate's website for setting up this drive.;;Dan;;;Terrible distracting vibrations as the head seeks. A loud (faster spinning) drive would mask that noise a bit, but this one being otherwise quiet really slaps you in the face with the noise when the drive is active. According to their technical specs, this thing is dead silent, but mount it to a case and the vibration turns it into a speaker, amplifying the head noise. You really need to suspension mount it with foam or similar. Performance would start okay for quite a while, then go horribly, horribly slow for a long stall out, before getting back to normal speeds again. I've tracked it down to the software I have probing the drive's temperature. Either there's a bug in the drive electronics, or it's just so underpowered that requesting that SMART data while the drive is quite busy reading/writing will stall out the drive for up to a couple minutes at a time. It's horrid, and not something I've had any issue with, with other brands of drives. The read/write performance is pretty disappointing. An 8TB WD Red (not "pro" either) with similar RPM rate, reads/writes 33% faster than this 8TB Segate. That's no small difference, but a huge bottleneck when backing up or restoring your data. I'd put up with it, if not for all the other problems. The warranty terms are pretty nasty, too. Not only is it just a 2 year warranty, but they have strict limits on how much data you can read/write to your drive in the warranty period. If you happen to backup your drive a lot, or regularly zero/scrub it for secure data deletion, or anything else like that, you can find your warranty void much earlier, for no good reason. And you'll only discover that after having paid to ship your drive back to them. And for all these drawbacks... Seagate drives are barely any cheaper than WD drives. I have no affiliation with either WD or Seagate. I used to prefer Seagate drive, many years ago, but they seem to have really given up and fallen behind their one major competitor. Even as I have issues with WD drives and decide to try Seagate again, I find they've only gotten worse along the way. AVOID!;;Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2019;;2.0 out of 5 stars;;Noisy, slow performance, buggy, etc.;;RC;;;Excellent drive! Can’t even hear it over my near silent case and cpu fans. This will almost certainly be the last spinning disk drive I buy in my life, and I am happy to be finishing up in style.;;Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2019;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Quite quiet & quick;;Steve X;;;I have used 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and now 4TB BarraCuda drives. "ALL" of them are still functioning fine. These are excellent hard drives.;;Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Excellent hard drive;;Carl J Krause;;;Purchased a refurbished computer with all the latest specs - except for the drive. Came with an old Hitachi HHD from 2012. The HHD worked great, but it was so noisy. Not the something-wrong-with-it clicking or beeping noise. Just a louder-than-normal soft ticking whenever it would read/write - which was quite often. It may have been a normal noise for some drives, but I was not used to it - all of my drives have been quiet - including other Hitachi drives. It was to the point where I would put my computer in sleep mode or shut it down to get some quiet. Seagate to the rescue. I already had experience with Seagate external harddrives - fast and efficient. So, I purchased this, cloned it, and into the computer. Started it up - smooth, quiet, all the way. The noise is gone and it is so quiet like my old computer used to be. Very happy. Thanks again, Seagate.;;Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2019;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Quiet Again, Thank You, Seagate;;Amazon Customer;;;Seagate is my go-to brand for hard drives. Using this one in an external RAID enclosure for backups.;;Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Great brand of hard drives.;;sebehk