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Seagate Momentus 5400.6 Hard Drive - 500 GB - 5,400 rpm - 8 MB - SATA (ST9500325AS)
8.5 out of 10

Seagate Momentus 5400.6 Hard Drive - 500 GB - 5,400 rpm - 8 MB - SATA (ST9500325AS)

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Reviews and Problems with Seagate Momentus 5400.6 Hard Drive - 500 GB - 5,400 rpm - 8 MB - SATA (ST9500325AS)

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Overall 6
6.0

no problems yet

hardsell, Amazon
9 January 2013
  • Summary: I found some videos showing the replacement procedure, and that worked fine, it fit fine, the laptop booted up fine the windows install worked fine the packaging was
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Overall 6
6.0

Not a big fan

M. Roeser "MRR045", Amazon
13 December 2012
  • Summary: I am not a big fan of 5400RPM drives but this was a replacement for a friend. So far they have not had any complaints about speed or anything.
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Overall 6
6.0

Worked for 2 years

Newegg
7 August 2012
  • Pros: Gave me enough space for a good price.
  • Cons: Drive is showing signs of failure. SMART tests couldn't complete and usually failed within a few seconds after starting. Had a BSOD once and ever since, many bad secto...
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Overall 6
6.0

Bad sectors from start..

Newegg
3 August 2012
  • Pros: I will give the drive I have some credit. While it still functions 7-8 months later, it is showing bad sectors. It shows only a few, but due to them being bad, I'm rep...
  • Cons: The only real con that I have is the bad sectors. Still functions, but just do not trust it anymore.
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Overall 6
6.0

Lasted a little over half a year..

KnowledgeBroker, Newegg
3 August 2011
  • Pros: It worked as a harddrive should, at least for a while
  • Cons: It only lasted from January 1st till almost August
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Overall 6
6.0

Kinda Noisy

Andi, Newegg
26 May 2011
  • Pros: Spins great - you can put a data load on it with almost no sound
  • Cons: The spinning itself is a bit noisy for my taste - I was replacing a hitatchi and that one spun a lot quieter. Unless you are super crazy about noise i would reccomend ...
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Overall 6
6.0

LOUD

ibelouis, Newegg
2 February 2011
  • Pros: works fine out of the box on my ps3 after formatting and reinstalling firmware (backed up my data to a usb before removing old)
  • Cons: i'm partially deaf (98% without a hearing aid) maybe 50-60% with, and let me tell you. this thing is LOUD, if im anywhere near the system all i hear is the humming fro...
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Overall 6
6.0

Roll the dice

Michael, Newegg
8 November 2010
  • Pros: I bought this drive to put into a new laptop which only had a 250g drive in it. Partitioned it so that Win7 would have plenty of 'elbow room', and have more room for m...
  • Cons: Shortly after installing, I started hearing occassional clicks, and yesterday while doing a drive check on it, it actually got 'stuck', and only a hard reset would fix...
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Overall 6
6.0

Ok drive

t_wilson, Newegg
6 April 2010
Overall 6
6.0

Great capacity VERY SLOW speed

Jnathus, Newegg
12 January 2010
  • Pros: Great capacity in a very small drive.
  • Cons: I bought this drive to upgrade my PS3 from 160 GB to 500 GB. After 3 months, several PS3 lockups, and one corrupt Assassin's Creed I've ended up sticking my 160 GB dri...
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