Seagate BarraCuda Pro 8TB Internal Hard Drive Performance HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC Laptop, Data Recovery – Frustration Free Packaging (ST8000DM004)

I recently bought this Hard Drive from Amazon and have only just started using it. Installation was a breeze and the price fit my budget well. It's a little slower than a SS drive but it seems to work like a champ.

It performs great and will likely be the last mechanical drive I buy before SSDs take over. It makes a little noise when writing which is to be expected from a 7200 rpm. It isn't overbearing though and my external drive is much more annoying. You need to create a new partition in order to able to use it which you can look up how to do on YouTube but you don't need their software to do it.

The HDD that I got is not a NEW HDD, the warranty on it was already expired and using the Seagate Verify Tool I found that it was not the correct Drive either. It was stated as a SkyHawk 6TB 5400RPM drive and not the 8TB Barracuda 7200RPM drive.Make sure to use the Seagate verify tool when you get this to make sure you are getting a brand-new drive.

Too many pictures and I needed more room. Easy to install. Overall very quiet. It does have this quirky repetitive sound it makes. After doing so research it's common for these drives. I put this in my desk top system.

I use the 8TB version to consolidate some legacy external hard drives I had, plus keep my TimeMachine backups on it.

The Amazon description says this ST8000DM004 model is a 7200rpm drive, but most (not all) other sites list it as 5400rpm. Interestingly, the Seagate data sheet doesn't list rpm at all. (Why??) But I'm certain this is a 5400 rpm drive.How did I discover this? The seek time for this 8TB drive is significantly slower than the 2TB 7200rpm drive it replaced. At only about 25% full, It can take several seconds to access a file. (It makes a bit more noise too, but nothing serious.) It's too late for me to get a refund on this, so this is a word to the wise: If you want quick access to your files, don't buy this drive.

I purchased this drive to replace a 3Tb drive that was starting to show read/write errors. It provided more than double the storage, and quite frankly works just fine.However, I've found that the drive makes an annoying chirping sound about every 2 seconds. Other users have commented on the same issue. Apparently the sound comes from parking the heads when not actively reading/writing the drive, but I don't know why the sound is so continuous.I found a utility called KeepAliveHD that quiets the sound by issuing write/deletes as often as you choose. I've set it to write/delete every 2 minutes, which effectively stops the chirping.

Purchased a refreshed 8TB only to find it makes a constant, rhythmic chirp while running in my PC. Returned under RMA and was sent another drive that does the same thing.It will be impossible to use this drive in an office with humans with normal hearing.Passes non-destructive "SeaTools diagnostics". The previous drive passed the same. The PC in question has several other drives (mix of Seagate and other vendors). These are the only "pro's" installed. I disabled all backup, AV, any background software I could find running. The drive just keeps on 'tapping out a beat'.I hope to retask it as a NAS drive, place it somewhere else in my home (where people aren't present most of the time) so I can at least make use of the capacity. At this point it's a high capacity expensive mistake which I regret walking into.