Review on Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD ST1000DM003 by Wiktor Getka ᠌

Name: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD ST1000DM003
Item: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD ST1000DM003
Rating: 4

May 13, 2023

Not a bad buy, well worth the money.

Scanning in MHDD gave the following results: Blocks < 3ms = 7640875, Blocks < 10ms = 19272, Blocks < 50ms = 105, Blocks < 150ms = 632, the distribution trend of < 150ms blocks was in the first half of the disk, I do not exclude that this was caused by the hostility of the MHDD program to a high density of 1tb/plate, because the utility was written when such algorithms did not exist in nature. Smart monitoring in real time displays a complete picture of the state of the drive, while drives from other manufacturers often fail with an ideal smart at first glance. I don’t regret buying, but I don’t jump up to the ceiling with happiness, either. could have been better. The disk came with FW: CC44, P/N: 1CH162-301, assembly China, disabled parking in the Windows scheduler: hdparm -B 255 /dev/hda (the last letter of your disk number in the system).

Pros

Thin, takes up less space in the basket than WD, due to this, better ventilation and airflow inside the PC case is provided, quiet (the movement of the heads is almost inaudible if you just put the drive to your ear, unlike WD), where seek even in the case , faintly but audible, fast single-pancake disk, maximum speed 203.1 MB/s, minimum 89.3 MB/s, access time ~ 14 ms, low heating 29-32 degrees, airflow ~ 1200 rpm.

Cons

The score was withdrawn due to the presence of slight vibration in the work, there are few flat metal sections on the side of the printed circuit board, for attaching a temperature sensor, the packaging spreads right in the hands and was slightly smeared with black paint, it’s good that only the packaging, a short warranty period of 24 months.