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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 829 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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94%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers love the ample storage and impressive performance of this 3TB hard drive, frequently citing its ease of installation and reasonable price. Many appreciate its quiet operation and large capacity, ideal for various storage needs. However, some customers express concern regarding the shorter warranty period offered. A few also mention that the drive can generate noticeable heat under heavy use.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great HDD.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great addition to my gaming rig. You can never have to much HDD space. Easy to install. All hardware included is a plus.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The drive has room to spare, been running non stop for 6 month. No issues!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    3 TB Hard drive was just what I needed!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Running lots of programs and needed lots of memory. This was a great choice. My computer runs like a charm now!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good price, good hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I picked mine up in store, decent price for the storage pace. I've used wd in the past and have had no problems .

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good Product, Good Price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was a good purchase as the product was exactly what I was needing to replace a drive that had died in my desktop. I did cross check it against the Western Digital brand as well as some others, but as far as capacity, speed, and price, this was more or less the best of all three.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Quick Install

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a great internal hard drive and you really can't beat the price! If anyone seems to have problems once everything is attached to the motherboard please be sure to go into your hard ware system properties and to format the drive! It won't work when it's set up before its formatted! A simple google search on how to format a new internal hard drive will provide you with the simple steps on how to format it based on your operating system.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this product because of the storage space and its ability to work hard and last long

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Exactly what I wanted to find

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The music collection filled up the vacation-home computer's drive, and I needed to add storage without wasting vacation time. I've been satisfied with the performance, reliability, and lifetime of Seagate Barracuda family fixed head disc drives for many years, and I was pleased to find this unit available in the near by Best Buy store. It's also great that the cost for large amounts of commodity storage is absurdly low.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Storage

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Huge capacity. Great Price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Replaced my 1 TB drive with this 3 TB monster. Not as speedy as some newer hybrids, but a lot of drive for the dollar.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    good solid drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    so far so good. stable, fast and reliable. I rely on my computer and up time is key.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Trouble with Windows

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this drive as extra storage on a 6 years old Dell desktop computer with Windows 7 Home. I can only get my computer to create a 746 GB partition. I have not been able to figure out how to get my bios and Windows to recognize the whole 3TB. I have an identical 3TB HDD in an external enclosure for extra storage on my Xbox One and it recognized the whole 3TB right from the gitgo. It's an excellent HDD. Very quiet. Very fast read/write times.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Operator Error goofiness

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this to replace another 3TB hard drive (same make and model) that I thought had quit on me. Turns out the problem was not the product but operator error. I somehow had messed up my "Permissions" and was unable to boot the old drive. Fixed the problem on an external port and got up and running again. Kept the new drive because I know, from doing photo RAW files, I'll need another soon.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great hard drive for the price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great hard drive. It's 3 terabytes and only little over $100 can't go wrong

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    easy to install

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Real easy to install and transfer data. Decent transfer rate and good price

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good choice

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have several network access storage devices and try to add various manufacturers drives all at the same time in an effort to avoid a multiple simultanious drive failures. The thinking that two drives made at the same time with identical use might fail at the same time due to similar materials and age. this is one of the drives I usualy throw into the mix. I trust Seagate.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to setup. Connects fast usb works great Eberything needed included

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Very Easy to install

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    this was an easy to install drive. I would have given it 5 stars except for the fact that it gave me some formatting troubles. only 2tb shoed up, and I had to download a program to be able to get the full 3tb of space. I also had trouble when I had to reformat my computer, and had to reinstall this program in order to read the data on the drive. I don't like that. aside from this however, the drive has worked just fine.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Storage

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Extra spacegiver

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Installed in my pc for extra space since my old 2TB died on me. Big fan of Seagate brand.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    For being a mechanical drive, great for what it is

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great and fast mechanical drive, while it doesn't have the capabilities or speed of a hybrid or full ssd hard drive, it is a great drive, basically the fastest you can get for a mechanical hard drive, 64 mb cache 7200 rpm sata-600 S.M.A.R.T., and I have always had really great luck with seagate hard drives so yes I would recommend this to a friend :-)

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love Seagate!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great value drive with excellent performance and easy installation.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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