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Answer» I am planning on getting a new desktop with an Antec 1200 case. I want lots of disk space, so I am thinking on getting the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11RPM 1.5TB hard drive. I've been finding a lot of complaints online about these hard drives freezing and dying after short periods of time. Some people have claimed that Seagate has released firmware updates to fix this problem, but that these updates slow down the performance of the hard drive. First QUESTION: Has this model of hard drive been 'fixed' as in no longer freezes? And does it still have good performance? Second Question: I want this new computer to last a long time, so I was wondering if I would need a hard drive cooler for this hard drive which has a high capacity and spins at 7200 Rpm? If so, does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks for any replies.Hard drives do not need more cooling. But you can install a tiny fan to blow over the top plate if you like. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=577&name=Hard-Drive-Cooling I don't see the point in paying $25 for a fancy fan. The lost cost model will do fine. If you have any doubts about this drive, go for a smaller drive you trust. Later add more storage when you need it. General rule is not to be the first in the club to try something new.The reviews on it look ok to me. But I would go for a wd 1tb instead. Do you really need even 1 tb of space? For your case, I would also go for the haf 932I installed a Seagate Barracuda 1tb hard drive #ST31000333AS in the PC I built March this year (in my specs). It's the only hardware I've had problems with and would not buy another. I've ALWAYS bought WD (including the WD Velocirapter hard drive in that same build} and had no problems with any of the WD's, 2 of which are 6 yrs old. I doubt I'll buy another Seagate but that's just me based on my own experience. wd is the best there is!I've usually GOT WD, but for my build I got a seagate. works fine for me. Almost out of space on thos 750GB though. time for more Hard drives!Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 17, 2009, 08:22:39 PM my build Your build is similar to mine. I haven't seen too many Q8200's. Quote Almost out of space on thos 750GB though. time for more Hard drives! You got a lot of stuff! Woa! What all do you have on there?! The problem Seagate drives were from awhile back and the issue has been addressed with a firmware update... They were no where near 1.5Tb in size so you should have no issues.iv always like the idea of downgrading and rather buying 2 drives.. it costs alot more but 1.5Tb is alot to lose if ur drive failsYou can use two 750GB hard drives, one 2TB hard, two 1TB hard drives, or three 500GB hard drives, instead of this hard drive that fails without a slow firmware update.if you do proper backups it won't matter what or how many hard drives fail. Trying to protect data by casually copying it to another internal drive is silly at best. This only protects from a random failure, not from the more likely cause of data loss, which is generally some form of electrical disturbance, or natural disasters. Quote instead of this hard drive that fails without a slow firmware update. what hard drive are we talking about? there is no drive being discussed that fails, nor one that requires a firmware update that is slow. Perhaps I should quote.... for some reason Patio's attempts to add reason to a discussion filled with unreasonable dislike for a company based on what more often then not has not been experienced personally by those involved seems to be lost in the haze of broken arguments presented in fragmented sentences, so: Quote from: patio on September 19, 2009, 07:34:02 AM The problem Seagate drives were from awhile back and the issue has been addressed with a firmware update... They were no where near 1.5Tb in size so you should have no issues. now, to paraphrase... the drives that had issues were from awhile back. they were addressed with a firmware update. NOW- ADD to that, that the firmware update ONLY APPLIED to those drives ALREADY distributed; that is, seagate likely then proceeded to make the firmware the default that was flashed initially. In effect it is not a problem with the drive but the firmware, and they fixed that, so presenting that as an inherent flaw is to present an erroneous argument based on ill-logic and opinion, neither of which constitute a rational stance. All that being said- the drives were nowhere NEAR 1.5TB, which is the drive in question, and therefore the entire argument is moot anyway, in addition to being illlogical and biassed. perhaps next time pay some heeds to his posts so I don't have to be so unusually blunt and forward when I am then required to reiterate.Thank you BC...

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I am planning on getting a new desktop with an Antec 1200 case. I want lots of disk space, so I am thinking on getting the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11RPM 1.5TB hard drive. I've been finding a lot of complaints online about these hard drives freezing and dying after short periods of time. Some people have claimed that Seagate has released firmware updates to fix this problem, but that these updates slow down the performance of the hard drive.

First QUESTION: Has this model of hard drive been 'fixed' as in no longer freezes? And does it still have good performance?

Second Question: I want this new computer to last a long time, so I was wondering if I would need a hard drive cooler for this hard drive which has a high capacity and spins at 7200 Rpm? If so, does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks for any replies.Hard drives do not need more cooling. But you can install a tiny fan to blow over the top plate if you like.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=577&name=Hard-Drive-Cooling
I don't see the point in paying $25 for a fancy fan. The lost cost model will do fine.

If you have any doubts about this drive, go for a smaller drive you trust. Later add more storage when you need it. General rule is not to be the first in the club to try something new.The reviews on it look ok to me. But I would go for a wd 1tb instead. Do you really need even 1 tb of space? For your case, I would also go for the haf 932I installed a Seagate Barracuda 1tb hard drive #ST31000333AS in the PC I built March this year (in my specs). It's the only hardware I've had problems with and would not buy another. I've ALWAYS bought WD (including the WD Velocirapter hard drive in that same build} and had no problems with any of the WD's, 2 of which are 6 yrs old. I doubt I'll buy another Seagate but that's just me based on my own experience. wd is the best there is!I've usually GOT WD, but for my build I got a seagate. works fine for me.

Almost out of space on thos 750GB though. time for more Hard drives!Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 17, 2009, 08:22:39 PM

my build

Your build is similar to mine. I haven't seen too many Q8200's.

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Almost out of space on thos 750GB though. time for more Hard drives!

You got a lot of stuff! Woa! What all do you have on there?! The problem Seagate drives were from awhile back and the issue has been addressed with a firmware update...
They were no where near 1.5Tb in size so you should have no issues.iv always like the idea of downgrading and rather buying 2 drives.. it costs alot more but 1.5Tb is alot to lose if ur drive failsYou can use two 750GB hard drives, one 2TB hard, two 1TB hard drives, or three 500GB hard drives, instead of this hard drive that fails without a slow firmware update.if you do proper backups it won't matter what or how many hard drives fail.

Trying to protect data by casually copying it to another internal drive is silly at best. This only protects from a random failure, not from the more likely cause of data loss, which is generally some form of electrical disturbance, or natural disasters.
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instead of this hard drive that fails without a slow firmware update.

what hard drive are we talking about? there is no drive being discussed that fails, nor one that requires a firmware update that is slow. Perhaps I should quote.... for some reason Patio's attempts to add reason to a discussion filled with unreasonable dislike for a company based on what more often then not has not been experienced personally by those involved seems to be lost in the haze of broken arguments presented in fragmented sentences, so:

Quote from: patio on September 19, 2009, 07:34:02 AM

The problem Seagate drives were from awhile back and the issue has been addressed with a firmware update...
They were no where near 1.5Tb in size so you should have no issues.

now, to paraphrase...

the drives that had issues were from awhile back.

they were addressed with a firmware update. NOW- ADD to that, that the firmware update ONLY APPLIED to those drives ALREADY distributed; that is, seagate likely then proceeded to make the firmware the default that was flashed initially. In effect it is not a problem with the drive but the firmware, and they fixed that, so presenting that as an inherent flaw is to present an erroneous argument based on ill-logic and opinion, neither of which constitute a rational stance.

All that being said- the drives were nowhere NEAR 1.5TB, which is the drive in question, and therefore the entire argument is moot anyway, in addition to being illlogical and biassed.

perhaps next time pay some heeds to his posts so I don't have to be so unusually blunt and forward when I am then required to reiterate.Thank you BC...

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