Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST4000NM0033 4 TB Hard Drive - 3.5 Internal - SATA

I bought two of these for two older Linux systems I have. They're working. It was rather comical though because I'm running AlmaLinux on each of these and both systems pegged the original 2 TB disks as having errors and close to failure. I could believe that because they're probably 14 years old. So I bought the first one, got it installed in the system and reinstalled AlmaLinux. Same deal - it said the disk was ready to fail and now I don't believe it. In fact, looking online, other people are experiencing the same erroneous messages. Guess I should have looked it up online first, but I needed the storage for each of the systems anyway. These disks perform well and are just fine for older systems like I described that don't need super fast performance that you'd get out of an SSD or NVMe.

Charles R. Whealton · 2026-01-12 · via amazon

Contrary to some reviews here, the four Seagate Constellation 4TB drives I recieved were fresh and solid. I tested them using CrystalDiskInfo and they all passed with zero Power On Counts, zero Power On Hours, and zero Attribute issues. They initialized and formatted without a hitch and are working as expected.

Galactic Kegger · 2026-04-19 · via amazon

This product performs fast and very well for older style technology. Provides an economical way to store a lot of data. The drive was recognized immediately by Operating System. Remember that drive needs to be Initialized by your operating system before it can be formatted. Suggest you initialize as GPT drive since this will result in one large 4 TB drive. If you initialize it as MBR, the drive will be split into two partitions of 2 TB each (max size for MBR)

Noel Kohl · 2020-04-30 · via amazon

My husband just opened and installed this drive we bought years ago. This is a counterfeit Hard Drive. NOT a real Seagate drive. Verified by the hours not matching on SMART and there is no F.A.R.M. data on this drive.

Starr L Mister · 2026-02-16 · via amazon

Not what the pic looks like. But it is same model but older which tells me it could be a used drive. I did get one warning from my drivedx monitor stating reloaded sector count. Which could be an issue later on. The drive is working so far as it should. The price was right. Packed professionally

jay C · 2026-01-08 · via amazon

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VALUE SCORE

Cap

128

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550MB/s

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NVMe

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128

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550MB/s

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NVMe