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Seagate 3TB 3.5" SATA-600 7200rpm 64MB

  • 24-03-2012 03:31PM
    #1
    Walker34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭


    Hi,
    Thinking of upgrading my system to store more stuff, and came across this on Komplett

    Seagate 3TB 3.5" SATA-600 7200rpm 64MB....€169

    Anyone know of any major drawbacks with these drives apart from the obvious "all yer eggs in one basket" problem.....I think Western Digital have one also. Will I need additional cooling assuming my current system has large fans and good airflow. I know larger data volumes does not necessarily correlate with more heat. Anyone have any experience of these drives?


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  • #2
    Monotype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Seagate only have a single year's warranty.

    It's doubtful that you'd need extra cooling. HDDs do get a bit hot but really only if there's a load of them that are running continuously. Extra platters usually does correlate with more heat and it's likely that there's quite a few in that drive. Still not something that I'd be overly concerned about though.


  • #3
    oisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭oisin


    There can be problems with some machines recognising the full 3TB, some will only recognise 2.2TB. It can depend on OS 32 or 64 bit, BIOS etc. Have a look here:

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3tb_hard_drives.html

    or google "2.2tb limit"


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