Seagate Barracuda ST3500418AS 500GB SATA II Hard Drive Video Review

Today we are looking at the Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA-II hard disk drive. This particlar drive comes with a 3 year warranty, is quiet whilst not ruling out being very quick too. Lots of hard drives on the market are quicker, but you compensate by having a noisy drive. This drive has all the features you would want, from a trusted manufacturer.

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If you’re looking for a suitable hard drive, either for storage or for your operating system, then look no further than the Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA II hard drive. This set of hard drives from Seagate have used a tried and tested method for storage. This is the latest 7200.12 model encorporating the latest technology for including the fastest SATA speed, and 16mb cache buffer. For the money, this is fantastic value and is an extremely fast drive whilst maintaining a quiet operation. That’s why i’m giving it 5 out of 5 stars.

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Pros

• 3 year warranty
• Reliable manufacturer
• Quick performing drive
• Quiet operation

Cons

We have rated this 5 out of 5 stars

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4 Responses to “Seagate Barracuda ST3500418AS 500GB SATA II Hard Drive Video Review”

1. Anledai says:

   October 12, 2009 at 20:13

   If a hard drive lasts the 3 years it will most likely last the 5 years, so whats the problem?

   Alot of people completely forget about warranty a couple years down the line anyway and will just buy a new product, as getting a warranty replacement doesnt mean you will get a brand new drive, it will probably be reconditioned/refurbished.

   Had those at work plent of times and thats for RMA replacements for brand new drives that were never used, just doa on delivery. :O
2. Andy Ruffell says:

   October 9, 2009 at 16:42

   Typo has been fixed, sorry.

   Ignore the 5 year warranty bit in the video. Sorry, my fault

   Andy
3. panicatak says:

   October 9, 2009 at 16:35

   These drives only have a 3year warranty not a 5 year one!
4. Gub says:

   October 9, 2009 at 02:57

   There is one big issue in your review, the warranty is not 5 years, but rather 3. Seagate had made this change more than a year ago. Essentially all OEM notebook and desktop drives are 3 years, while OEM enterprise drives and retail drives (be it notebook or desktop) still carry the 5yr warranty.
   For Example, according to seagates warranty checker, the drive in the images, warranty expires Jun 1, 2012 (assuming that I read the serial# right as 6VM29S31)

   For more details, please see:
   http://www.seagate.com/www/en-gb/support/warranty_&_returns_assistance/oem_warranty_statements/

   and

   http://www.seagate.com/www/en-gb/support/warranty_&_returns_assistance/warranty_statements/