Productinformatie The Seagate BarraCuda is a 3,5 inch hard drive for PC gaming and a storage capacity of 12TB. The Seagate Barracuda has a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, rotational speed of 7200 RPM and 256MB cache. The hard drives in the BarraCuda series come equipped with Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC) for better performance, so applications and files can be loaded quickly. By applying intelligent layers of NAND Flash, DRAM and media cache technologies, BarraCuda delivers improved read and write performance by optimising data flow. The most suitable applications for the BarraCuda drives are in desktop- or All-in-One PCs, home servers, creative pros systems or Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) devices.
Productinformatie The Seagate BarraCuda is a 3,5 inch hard drive for PC gaming and a storage capacity of 12TB. The Seagate Barracuda has a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, rotational speed of 7200 RPM and 256MB cache. The hard drives in the BarraCuda series come equipped with Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC) for better performance, so applications and files can be loaded quickly. By applying intelligent layers of NAND Flash, DRAM and media cache technologies, BarraCuda delivers improved read and write performance by optimising data flow. The most suitable applications for the BarraCuda drives are in desktop- or All-in-One PCs, home servers, creative pros systems or Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) devices.
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Prices last updated 21 Mar 2026.
Seagate ST12000DM0007 Barracuda Pro 12TB SATA HDD
Productinformatie The Seagate BarraCuda is a 3,5 inch hard drive for PC gaming and a storage capacity of 12TB. The Seagate Barracuda has a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, rotational speed of 7200 RPM and 256MB cache. The hard drives in the BarraCuda series come equipped with Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC) for better performance, so applications and files can be loaded quickly. By applying intelligent layers of NAND Flash, DRAM and media cache technologies, BarraCuda delivers improved read and write performance by optimising data flow. The most suitable applications for the BarraCuda drives are in desktop- or All-in-One PCs, home servers, creative pros systems or Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) devices.
Productinformatie The Seagate BarraCuda is a 3,5 inch hard drive for PC gaming and a storage capacity of 12TB. The Seagate Barracuda has a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, rotational speed of 7200 RPM and 256MB cache. The hard drives in the BarraCuda series come equipped with Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC) for better performance, so applications and files can be loaded quickly. By applying intelligent layers of NAND Flash, DRAM and media cache technologies, BarraCuda delivers improved read and write performance by optimising data flow. The most suitable applications for the BarraCuda drives are in desktop- or All-in-One PCs, home servers, creative pros systems or Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) devices.
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Seagate 12TB 3.5-inch Barracuda PRO SATA3 HDD. (ST12000DM0007) 5 Years Warranty by Ramcity
Delivery between 25–30 Mar $12.90
originally posted on cclonline.com
Purchased a pair of these drives to form a mirrored RAID for storing a large, and ever growing, number of digital images from a camera that creates large files.I opted for a software RAID implementation and, despite a lot of research beforehand, have to an extent been learning as I go. There have been a few teething problems with that...….my fault not the drives. The drives themselves have been great, and four months in I'm extremely pleased.I chose Seagate Barracuda drives because they seemed to consistently get the best reviews and backed by the manufacturers included 2 year data recovery plan (which you can pay to extend at the end of that time, if desired) plus a 5 year warranty, I felt that made for a great package.Really pleased with my purchase and ... MorePurchased a pair of these drives to form a mirrored RAID for storing a large, and ever growing, number of digital images from a camera that creates large files.I opted for a software RAID implementation and, despite a lot of research beforehand, have to an extent been learning as I go. There have been a few teething problems with that...….my fault not the drives. The drives themselves have been great, and four months in I'm extremely pleased.I chose Seagate Barracuda drives because they seemed to consistently get the best reviews and backed by the manufacturers included 2 year data recovery plan (which you can pay to extend at the end of that time, if desired) plus a 5 year warranty, I felt that made for a great package.Really pleased with my purchase and would recommend these drives without hesitation.In terms of the supplier (CCL Computers) not only are they fairly local but I've found them to be a helpful, knowledgeable team of people and they are my first port of call when looking for new components. I mail ordered my drives and had them delivered to work and again, cannot fault their mail order service either.So why only 4 stars?......they are a pair of hard drives that have met my expectations, I feel I got a great product from a fantastic, reliable supplier.....but my expectations haven't been exceeded so no 5 stars.
originally posted on ebay.com
All drives worked perfect. All in their own electrostatic bags with bubble wrap around them. Thank you.
originally posted on newegg.com
I have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make ... MoreI have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make spin-up noise when the PC is powered up, but the Seagate is a bit louder and you can hear the drive head moving about for a couple seconds, then it is quiet. Once Windows 7 loads up, the Seagate drive is as quiet as the Hitachi, as there isn't an "oscillating spin sound" like I get on WD Black and RE drives. But when I preform some read/write operations and run some benchmarks, then I can hear a "thumping" sound coming from the Seagate (most likely the heads moving), even though the Hitachi 2TB drive is silent on its read/writes. Since I have never owned a 10TB drive, and this one is filled with Helium, I am not sure if the "thumping" sound during read/writes is normal for this Seagate drive, but it doesn't sound like the drive is going bad or is damaged. The other NewEgg review on here from Patrick S says he is hearing a soft ticking sound that is consistent, but mine does not do that. One review I read on another site (that is named after a river) said theirs kept making a "chirping" sound every 3 seconds, so that may be the same sound that Patrick S is hearing...but I do not hear a "chirping" on this one that was sent to me from NewEgg for review...only the "thumping" sound with read/write. Here are my CrystalDiskMark scores: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v99gnyelgz62pu/seagate%2010TB%20A.jpg?dl=0 Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro HDD: 256.7 MB/s Read, 216.5 MB/s Write Hitachi 2TB DeskStar HDD: 123.1MB/s Read, 141.4 MB/s Write Radeon R7 480GB SSD: 551.3 MB/s Read, 521.0 MB/s Write So as you can see, the Seagate 10TB drive is twice as fast as my 2TB Hitachi for Reads, and 75MB/s faster on Writes. So this is a noticeable improvement on speed. But it still can't replace a Solid State Drive with over 500MB/s read and write speeds. At this point, I would recommend this Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro drive for those individuals looking for the largest SATA HDD on the market. It works fine in my home-built Windows 7 PC environment, and should also work well for backing up data and with NAS. It is faster than any other HDD that I have used, including my current 2TB Hitachi, and some WD Black and RE drives that I had a few years ago, but it will not replace a quality SSD boot-drive for speed. Also, the price of the Seagate 10TB drive is about $500 right now, so that is a bit pricey for some people, but considering it is a single 10TB drive, the price is not too bad. I just hope the quality of this drive will last without issues, and Seagate learned from their mistakes a few years ago with their 3TB drives that I had problems with.
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Seagate 12TB 3.5-inch Barracuda PRO SATA3 HDD. (ST12000DM0007) 5 Years Warranty by Ramcity
Delivery between 25–30 Mar $12.90
Purchased a pair of these drives to form a mirrored RAID for storing a large, and ever growing, number of digital images from a camera that creates large files.I opted for a software RAID implementation and, despite a lot of research beforehand, have to an extent been learning as I go. There have been a few teething problems with that...….my fault not the drives. The drives themselves have been great, and four months in I'm extremely pleased.I chose Seagate Barracuda drives because they seemed to consistently get the best reviews and backed by the manufacturers included 2 year data recovery plan (which you can pay to extend at the end of that time, if desired) plus a 5 year warranty, I felt that made for a great package.Really pleased with my purchase and ... MorePurchased a pair of these drives to form a mirrored RAID for storing a large, and ever growing, number of digital images from a camera that creates large files.I opted for a software RAID implementation and, despite a lot of research beforehand, have to an extent been learning as I go. There have been a few teething problems with that...….my fault not the drives. The drives themselves have been great, and four months in I'm extremely pleased.I chose Seagate Barracuda drives because they seemed to consistently get the best reviews and backed by the manufacturers included 2 year data recovery plan (which you can pay to extend at the end of that time, if desired) plus a 5 year warranty, I felt that made for a great package.Really pleased with my purchase and would recommend these drives without hesitation.In terms of the supplier (CCL Computers) not only are they fairly local but I've found them to be a helpful, knowledgeable team of people and they are my first port of call when looking for new components. I mail ordered my drives and had them delivered to work and again, cannot fault their mail order service either.So why only 4 stars?......they are a pair of hard drives that have met my expectations, I feel I got a great product from a fantastic, reliable supplier.....but my expectations haven't been exceeded so no 5 stars.
All drives worked perfect. All in their own electrostatic bags with bubble wrap around them. Thank you.
I have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make ... MoreI have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make spin-up noise when the PC is powered up, but the Seagate is a bit louder and you can hear the drive head moving about for a couple seconds, then it is quiet. Once Windows 7 loads up, the Seagate drive is as quiet as the Hitachi, as there isn't an "oscillating spin sound" like I get on WD Black and RE drives. But when I preform some read/write operations and run some benchmarks, then I can hear a "thumping" sound coming from the Seagate (most likely the heads moving), even though the Hitachi 2TB drive is silent on its read/writes. Since I have never owned a 10TB drive, and this one is filled with Helium, I am not sure if the "thumping" sound during read/writes is normal for this Seagate drive, but it doesn't sound like the drive is going bad or is damaged. The other NewEgg review on here from Patrick S says he is hearing a soft ticking sound that is consistent, but mine does not do that. One review I read on another site (that is named after a river) said theirs kept making a "chirping" sound every 3 seconds, so that may be the same sound that Patrick S is hearing...but I do not hear a "chirping" on this one that was sent to me from NewEgg for review...only the "thumping" sound with read/write. Here are my CrystalDiskMark scores: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v99gnyelgz62pu/seagate%2010TB%20A.jpg?dl=0 Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro HDD: 256.7 MB/s Read, 216.5 MB/s Write Hitachi 2TB DeskStar HDD: 123.1MB/s Read, 141.4 MB/s Write Radeon R7 480GB SSD: 551.3 MB/s Read, 521.0 MB/s Write So as you can see, the Seagate 10TB drive is twice as fast as my 2TB Hitachi for Reads, and 75MB/s faster on Writes. So this is a noticeable improvement on speed. But it still can't replace a Solid State Drive with over 500MB/s read and write speeds. At this point, I would recommend this Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro drive for those individuals looking for the largest SATA HDD on the market. It works fine in my home-built Windows 7 PC environment, and should also work well for backing up data and with NAS. It is faster than any other HDD that I have used, including my current 2TB Hitachi, and some WD Black and RE drives that I had a few years ago, but it will not replace a quality SSD boot-drive for speed. Also, the price of the Seagate 10TB drive is about $500 right now, so that is a bit pricey for some people, but considering it is a single 10TB drive, the price is not too bad. I just hope the quality of this drive will last without issues, and Seagate learned from their mistakes a few years ago with their 3TB drives that I had problems with.
Can't complain about the price, it'll probably be fine in my home use running raidz1. Drive are high read/writes, and power on hours, but my sunseted 4tb had more hours than these puppies.
This is presently the "Sweet spot" in terms of "price per byte" for hard drives, and this is the best quality consumer-level drive out there at this size.If your system can handle drives this large (older systems often can't), and want to upgrade a drive, at the moment this is your best option.I replaced a 6TB Western Digital Black drive with this one. I have always favored WD Black drives, but they don't go to this size range. And the 6TB drive has issues with occasionally not being detected properly... which this one doesn't exhibit.All in all, a great drive. Fast, large, and (so far) quiet and reliable.Remember, though, folks... this is for "desktop/gaming" use... not for "always on, always running" use. If you plan to set up any form of network-based ... MoreThis is presently the "Sweet spot" in terms of "price per byte" for hard drives, and this is the best quality consumer-level drive out there at this size.If your system can handle drives this large (older systems often can't), and want to upgrade a drive, at the moment this is your best option.I replaced a 6TB Western Digital Black drive with this one. I have always favored WD Black drives, but they don't go to this size range. And the 6TB drive has issues with occasionally not being detected properly... which this one doesn't exhibit.All in all, a great drive. Fast, large, and (so far) quiet and reliable.Remember, though, folks... this is for "desktop/gaming" use... not for "always on, always running" use. If you plan to set up any form of network-based storage, don't use this drive. It's not designed for that purpose. "Enterprise grade" drives, or "network attached storage" drives, or even "surveillance" drives, are more what you'd be looking for, as each is intended to run continuously. My own NAS has multiple 12TB Western Digital RED NAS drives installed, for example.
Don't expect a factory warrantied or one that is "new". Mine had a 6 month warranty that expired in 2019. I called the seller who said these were new drives puchased from Hong Kong and that they would warranty the drive for 5 years. They have been around 7 years so lets hope that is true. These drives are hard to find. Large capacity drives are now mainly made for NAS, data centers, or surveillance. I tried a Seagate EXOS and they are LOUD. Sounds like a rock in a sardine can. This drive formatted and installed fine. Runs pretty warm and slower than the exos but still fast. It's a lot of storage and Pro's are SMR not SMR. Drive is VERY quiet. * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) ... MoreDon't expect a factory warrantied or one that is "new". Mine had a 6 month warranty that expired in 2019. I called the seller who said these were new drives puchased from Hong Kong and that they would warranty the drive for 5 years. They have been around 7 years so lets hope that is true. These drives are hard to find. Large capacity drives are now mainly made for NAS, data centers, or surveillance. I tried a Seagate EXOS and they are LOUD. Sounds like a rock in a sardine can. This drive formatted and installed fine. Runs pretty warm and slower than the exos but still fast. It's a lot of storage and Pro's are SMR not SMR. Drive is VERY quiet. * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 196.073 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 203.668 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1.304 MB/s [ 318.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1.463 MB/s [ 357.2 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.427 MB/s [ 348.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.659 MB/s [ 405.0 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 0.574 MB/s [ 140.1 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 1.797 MB/s [ 438.7 IOPS] Test : 1024 MiB [D: 41.6% (2436.2/5858.7 GiB)] (x3) [Interval=5 sec] Date : 2020/11/10 8:44:34
I notice the middle mounting holes on the sides and bottom are missing most likely due to the internals and the case. If you need those mounting areas this could be a issue. Most rack or tray you can use the front and back mount points. Formats to 9.08TB which was expected per Microsoft formula. ATTO 234 read 239 write Starting at 4kb it maintains the above speeds thus very consistent. CDM Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 250.972 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 213.326 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 50.222 MB/s [ 12261.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3.939 MB/s [ 961.7 IOPS] Sequential Read (T= 1) : 263.015 MB/s Sequential Write (T= 1) : 227.929 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 26.739 MB/s [ 6528.1 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 4.307 ... MoreI notice the middle mounting holes on the sides and bottom are missing most likely due to the internals and the case. If you need those mounting areas this could be a issue. Most rack or tray you can use the front and back mount points. Formats to 9.08TB which was expected per Microsoft formula. ATTO 234 read 239 write Starting at 4kb it maintains the above speeds thus very consistent. CDM Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 250.972 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 213.326 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 50.222 MB/s [ 12261.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3.939 MB/s [ 961.7 IOPS] Sequential Read (T= 1) : 263.015 MB/s Sequential Write (T= 1) : 227.929 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 26.739 MB/s [ 6528.1 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 4.307 MB/s [ 1051.5 IOPS] Test : 100 MiB [V: 0.1% (6.5/9313.9 GiB)] (x9) [Interval=5 sec] Date : 2016/08/03 OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 10586] (x64) HD Tune. Minimum 110mb Maximum 243mb Average 190mb Burst 408mb The curve is smooth, no drops or variations. Personally I would not trust 10TB of data on a single drive thus it's critical to either run these in raid1 with spare or backup your content to another drive, NAS or the cloud. For what it's worth I have never had a Seagate drive fail on me going all the way back to a Barracuda IV 80GB PATA drive and the 8+ drives since. Simply put this is the largest and fastest 7200K consumer drive on the market at the present time.
I didn't realize this was a refurbished product. I never thought of hard drives being refurbished because files that were written to it by the previous owners never really go away. That could explain the missing 1TB. The only possible way to erase them forever is to smash them with a sledgehammer or pour acid on them. I just purchased a new one to see if I can get the full 10TB. I will return this if once the verdict is reached that refurbished is broken and sent 1TB into space. The only thing about a computer that is worth salvaging is the motherboard, CD drive, memory/graphic card, and power supply. Certainly not any storage drives.
I just bought my brand new (not the "reconditioned" one) one of these from Home Essentials Direct, and it's making the clicking sound people are complaining about. What do I do? It's driving me nuts and I am using this in a recording studio so I am very sensitive to sounds. What should I do? I am afraid if I return mine for a replacement, the replacement one will have the same problem or maybe even worse. I don't know what other 10TB hard drive I should buy, since I was under the impression the Seagate BarraCuda Pro is supposed to be the best on the market? I am really frustrated. I bought a pair of new Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drives (used as a RAID) 3 years ago from Home Essentials Direct, and I haven't had any issues with those. Should I return my BarraCuda Pro ... MoreI just bought my brand new (not the "reconditioned" one) one of these from Home Essentials Direct, and it's making the clicking sound people are complaining about. What do I do? It's driving me nuts and I am using this in a recording studio so I am very sensitive to sounds. What should I do? I am afraid if I return mine for a replacement, the replacement one will have the same problem or maybe even worse. I don't know what other 10TB hard drive I should buy, since I was under the impression the Seagate BarraCuda Pro is supposed to be the best on the market? I am really frustrated. I bought a pair of new Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drives (used as a RAID) 3 years ago from Home Essentials Direct, and I haven't had any issues with those. Should I return my BarraCuda Pro and just get an IronWolf Pro hard drive and just use that one as a single hard drive (not as a RAID)? Someone tell me what to do.
Finding the right balance between quiet and fast isnt always easy. I love the open concept of my condo, but it means that sound travels and is not easily concealed. Fortunately, these drives are the tight balance of noise to speed. I need my drives to be fast, especially for data heavy media such as 4K films. I need my data to be quiet because my media servers are in the same room as my projector. I dont have to crank up the volume on my home theatre to drown out the sound of the chugging drives with BarraCuda Pro drives. I currently have about 100 TB of storage distributed on 11 drives. The BarraCuda Pro are my absolute favourite when it comes to marrying size, speed and quiet.
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