BarraCuda Pro 4TB Internal Hard Drive Performance HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 128MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC, Data Recovery (ST4000DM006)

I originally bought this drive to be my basic data drive and just hold things that didn't require extremely fast drive performance. At first, I didn't put many of my game library on there, but as my SSDs began to fill up, more and more of my games wound up installed there. Eventually, I even began putting more modern, high-performance games on this hard drive and I was blown away by how fast it was compared to my SSDs. Yes, my SSDs are still faster (Samsung 840 pro and 850 evo) but I was able to load into games in exactly the same amount of time as my friends who had those games installed on SSDs similar to my own. Read/write performance has so far been extremely stable and I can consistently get speeds up to around 200+ MB/s when I'm transferring a large number of files from one drive to another. I've had this drive for about a year and a half so far, so maybe some of the more recent bad reviews reflect some quality control issues with the drive.

Super fast and has a great amount of storage space. I use it as a gaming HDD and it is perfect for the role, it’s quiet and all of the games I installed on it fully load in seconds and it has enough space to fit all of my new games. Since games and all other forms of electronic media are taking up more and more space as time goes on, getting good quality, high capacity drives like this are essential for a good experience in the long run.

I do a lot of photography and therefore need a lot of storage. The 4TB HD offers a lot of storage. When I had this HD installed, I also had a 500GB SSD for the operating system and apps. With this combo the speed is pretty good. The only problem so far is an occasional noisy HD. Once the noise starts the only way to stop it so far has been to do a restart. While the noise does concern me, it can go months in between occurrences. With the performance so far I wouldn't hesitate to buy again for another PC. Just make sure you have a backup. I use a 6TB G-TECHNOLOGY 7200rpm HD as a backup. Also I have cloud backup as well.

No issues, solid drive and worth the purchase. too soon to tell how long it will last, but it installed with no issues and is storing data. access time's are respectable for a non-ssd drive

Despite the large 4TB capacity, this is possibly the quietest hard drive I've ever experienced. Solid build, extended 5-year warranty, well worth the extra money for this Pro version compared to standard Barracuda.

Amazon is really a good company. I have ordered a variety of items from them and they always shipped fast and packaged very good !. I even purchased a ridding lawn mower and it came in perfect condition. These drives are very fast I get transfer rates of up 204 mb/s and steady at 190 mb/s when transferring 600GB libraries. They are quite and stay pretty cool. I mainly use them for video and audio production libraries that need fast access speeds. They have a 5 year warranty so my hope is they last a long time. Keep up the good work Amazon. Thank you !

The hard drive I received works flawlessly and has been spinning for a few weeks 24/7 with no issues. I've had some of these drives before and if this purchase works out like the others, it will operate for years and years.

Went through 3 separate drives and all had the same issue of constantly clicking when on idle. The clicking sound is so loud that i can't even sleep through it. I even reformatted and only transferred 1 file to the drive. A couple minutes later it will make the clicking sound. Looking at SMART data, each drive had "g-sense" counter going up. I do have the normal barracuda drives that have no issues. The pro drives have given me nothing but headache. The 3 drives tested were manufactured in Thailand between March and April 2017. What could have caused mechanical issues is rough shipment. The only reason i bought the pros is due to Amazon Deal of the Day pricing and the 5 year warranty. No way i would stick with the drive if it wasnt running as normal. Pros: Drives were faster than the normal barracuda.