Very nice drive. Confirmed new with zero hours when I installed... it, it is not as fast as an SSD but it is a reliable brand proven to last many years. Also 4TB for under $100 is a deal. This drive is on the fast end of HDD technology however. I compared it to a 1tb drive I had and this one is marginally faster.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This is the best hard drive I've ever had ...(more than 20 other owned). Extremely quite and cool-running - only very-slight warming detected after 1 TB of data transferred at once. Very fast file-list- and data access under Windows 10 environment. Not especially tested under performance-testing programs - just compared at normal use to other 5 (Hitachi, WD, Seagate; 1-2 TB each) hard drives on the same PC.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Slow drive. This is the Seagate Constellation ES3 (Dell... branded) 4TB and compared to my older Seagate Barracuda Pro 4TB, which cost me about the same, it is noticeably slower. 162,476KB/s vs 361,103KB/s. No biggie for me as this drive is for backups only, but if you were trying to access system files or data files in real time, this could be an issue.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I have ...now purchased tree of these drives. All Seagate, All Constellation class drive. All perfect! they are for 24 hrs of daily use for long term 10 years are expected. design is heavy construction and reliable operation. Mine ran warm the first couple days then cooled right down. Not really what I call quite, but not louder than average noise from hard drive operations. GREAT drives - BUY ONE!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Got it fast, installed it, had to figure out how to... format it, and give it a name. Works good now. I'll see how long it'll last. The constellation has a great reputation.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned