Seagate 3TB SATA 6Gbps Barracuda XT Hard Drive Product Details

Seagate ST33000651AS Barracuda XT Hard Drive
The Seagate ST33000651AS Barracuda XT Hard Drive offers customers a compelling new storage choice for high-capacity, high-performance computing solutions. Unlike other 3TB solutions, which require additional hardware to access full capacity, the Seagate ST33000651AS Barracuda XT Hard Drive can use DiscWizard software to easily configure your computer system to access the entire 3TB capacity—even on legacy Windows XP-based systems. Further turbocharged with a huge 64MB cache and the industry’s new, high-performance SATA 6Gb/s interface, the Seagate ST33000651AS Barracuda XT Hard Drive continues to set the standard for high-performance, high-capacity desktop storage. Purchase the Seagate ST33000651AS Barracuda XT Hard Drive today!

What It Is and Why You Need It:

  • 3TB
  • SATA 6Gbps
  • 7200 RPM

Features

  • Massive 3TB capacity provide plenty of room for downloading today’s storage-craving PC games or storing many hours of high-definition video content.
  • The first comprehensive, non-hardware solution to accessing 3TB of capacity by using Seagate® DiscWizard™ software
  • The 7200-RPM performance platform complements high capacity, delivering a powerful combination of extreme storage and top-end desktop performance.
  • A 64MB cache optimizes burst performance and reduces data throughput bottlenecks.
  • The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables the use of the industry’s newest and fastest hard drive controllers while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s systems.

Specifications

Performance
Drive Type Internal
Capacity 3TB
Interface Type SATA
Spindle Speed (RPM) 7200
Buffer Memory 64MB
Interface SATA 6Gb/s
Configuration/Organization
Form Factor 3.5"
Environmental
Temperature, Operating (°C) 5 to 60
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C) -40 to 70
Shock, Operating: 2 msec (Gs) 63
Shock, Nonoperating: 2 msec (Gs) 300
Hard Drives Additional Specs
Device Type Hard Drive
Capacity 3 TB
Form Factor 3.5"
Interface Serial ATA-600
Spindle Speed 7200 RPM
Buffer Size 64 MB

Customer Reviews

4.6 (5 customer reviews)

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Value
 4.4
Features
 4.6
Quality
 4.8
Performance
 4.6
Newest Customer Reviews
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Overall
5.0
Value
 5.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
Captain
Date:
Sep 04, 2011
great deal and price for big size

This is one great drive. Windows 7 pro auto recognize the full capacity of drive. It is extremely quiet and fast, fast. Let me tell you folks I love this drive. I would recommend it.

Overall
4.8
Value
 4.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
Jarrod
Date:
Jul 28, 2011
Very Big, Very Fast

I bought two of these drives and they run very fast. I was able to read the entire drive and I had no error. Keep in mind if you want to run these without addition software (and be able to see all 3TB), you will need a 64-bit operating system with a UEFI. Be sure to format with GUID and not MBR.

Overall
5.0
Value
 5.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
Ron
Date:
Jun 22, 2011
Excellent drive

This is an excellent drive. I have three at the moment. Setup was very easy but you have to know what your doing to get the full capacity. Defenitely recommend it.

Overall
5.0
Value
 5.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
brentdj
Date:
May 30, 2011
Do your research, Get what you need.

If you are running Vista or Windows 7 then be sure to initialize this hard drive using GUID rather than size limited MBR. We have all been though these HD size limitions at least a dozen times before in the past 20 years. Hopefully GUID is the end of that. GUID will format to 8ZB. 1024 terabytes is 1 petabyte. 1024 petabytes is 1 exabyte and 1024 exabytes is 1 zetabyte. Be sure also, that your motherboard actually has 6Gbps SATA plugins. I'm not a computer guy. I installed this on my home media server and its working great.

Overall
3.3
Value
 3.0
Features
 3.0
Quality
 4.0
Performance
 3.0
Reviewer:
scregl
Date:
Apr 09, 2011
Hard to install, didn't get all 3TB useable

The installation documentation did not show how to get all 3TB to be useful. PC's older than 2011 need a special program to get 2.75TB available. You must find the newest disk program to get more than 2TB available. The faster eSata speed was not evident.

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    Warranty provided by: Seagate
    Limited Warranty: 60 months parts; 60 months labor
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    Shipping Weight: 1.3500 pound(s)
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