This Seagate Barracuda internal hard drive offers a massive 8TB storage capacity, with a rotation speed of 5400 RPM and a transfer rate of 190 Mbps. It is compatible with both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and features hot plug support for easy installation. The drive is designed with a low noise level, making it ideal for quiet environments. The hard drive has a SATA III interface and supports HDD drive types. It has a cache size of 256MB and measures 20.20mm in height and 101.85mm in width. The model number is ST8000DM004 and it belongs to the Barracuda product line. This silver coloured hard drive is perfect for desktop computers and offers reliable storage for all your files.
Fast Enough For Any Normal Use PC And 8TB Is A Fantastic Size For All Your Files
This SATA Disk works well and is fast despite only being 5400rpm.
As long as you use a SATA3 cable you will get a fast transfer writing/reading speed.
If the disk has not been used for a while sometimes there is a slight lag before it responds when reading from the disk. However when writing to the disk it seems fast enough for any day-to-day PC use.
All in all value for money for 8TB of space if paying around £130.
I purchased this from Japan and had to pay an additional £25 import tax, so if you can buy from the UK.
I personally don't think spending a lot more money for the 7200rpm drive will get any real sense of extra speed if you use your PC for day-to-day office applications or watching a movie file.
I would recommend this disk especially if using it as archive storage.
I've only had the disk running for a few weeks and has been reliable so far, but you would not expect anything else from a Seagate product.
Built into my sons computer. Seem to be ok for now, only time will tell about its reliability. Have used lots of Seagate hard drives before with no problems.