Oh Barracuda

[Rambo]

Are these drives any good?they seem fast..:salute:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Seagate-2TB-2000GB-SATA-3-Internal-Hard-Drive-64MB-3Yr-/360347683805?pt=AU_Components&hash=item53e6654bdd

[jake_]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Is the title of this supposed to be Heart reference? :p

[Rambo]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Yep wasnt sure how to type the "oh" part tho

Excellent rifft!!! no?

Now back to the hard drive lol

[[MyIS]Dan]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Not sure if it was these drives, but there was a problem with Barracuda (i think) that needed a firmware update right away, else bye bye data.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Not sure if it was these drives, but there was a problem with Barracuda (i think) that needed a firmware update right away, else bye bye data.

It was an older series about two years back. It was also very specific to a certain serial number on the hard drive.

Crunch

[[MyIS]Dan]

Re: Oh Barracuda

I recall seeing it in early January, a post on these drives on HOTUKDeals, users said they had problems hence some were going really cheap.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Oh Barracuda

That could be. I just remember the one a year or two ago.

I went to Seagates site and it doesnt seem to be on the list:

http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931&NewLang=en

http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=213891&NewLang=en

Crunch

[Rambo]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Well the 2T isnt listed thanks Crunch.


Would you guys buy one or stay away?Solid state better?recomendations.
6G is fast but would that bottle neck through my motherboard?

vvv see specs

[Rambo]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Going to make my decision tom nite because im going to win7 before shogun TW.thinking about taking the risk.

I assume its the circuit board on the bottom of the drive that makes it faster and it seem only seagate(not my ideal brand) has only got this technology?

should i take the risk because this is claimed at 6G speeds?.help me decide guys.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Oh Barracuda

All hard drives have that circuit board, its the controller. There are other 2TB drives out there.

I usually dont give advice on hard drives as it usually doesnt matter. The thing is that the drive you are looking at is 5900RPM. The "gaming" standard is 7200.

If it was me, I would wait. I wouldnt buy a lower RPM drive, especially sinc Seagate makes the exact same model in a 7200.

Crunch

[Rambo]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Its sata 3 and my board has only sata 2,I plan to upgarde when i do mobo eventually but it should still work on my board just slower right.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Oh Barracuda

Yes, it would still work.

Crunch