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FireCuda 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive Performance SSHD – 2.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s Flash Accelerated for Gaming PC Laptop -...
Seagate★★★★★4.6
SSD
1TB
140MB/s
B
$149
Specifications
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reviews5394
UPC763649129166
Model #ST1000LX015
Weight0.2 lbs
Capacity1TB
FormSATA SSD
Form Factor2.5"
TypeSSD
InterfaceSATA
RPM7200
Read140MB/s
Write140MB/s
value0
Form Factor2.5"
PERFORMANCE
25%
Customer Reviews★★★★★4.8 · 5 reviews
★★★★★Decent value assuming they hold up
I use these as a bare drive in a drive dock to incrementally back up my two laptops (one Windows and another macOS). As with any hard drive, the marks of quality are longevity, speed and accuracy. So far, they have worked accurately as expected for a week. If they fail prematurely, I’m sure I will update my review. I thought the price was decent for a 7,200 RPM 2.5” 1TB HDD. It’s hard for me to buy into the “SSHD” branding - this is far from as fast as a real SSD, I don’t see any speed advantage with whatever small portion of the drive is solid state, and I would never use it as a primary gaming drive. For a backup drive operating in the background, it’s fine. (After using SSDs for so long, one forgets how slow HDDs really are. Maybe this is much faster than a standard 7,200 RPM HDD but my subjective frame of reference is so far off now. And I haven’t spent the time to objectively speed test them.) If I’m using a drive for any primary purpose, I’d pony up the extra cash for a SSD - the significant speed savings of a SSD is worth the extra money. The price on these drives seems to fluctuate more than most products on Amazon, so that plays into the value equation. Today, the cost is 30% more than when I bought them a week ago. That sort of increase would push me to look at alternatives, of which there are many. Plenty of people are very loyal to specific HDD brands due to good or bad past experiences. I’ve had both types of experiences with every brand around, so it usually comes down to price for similar specs unless there’s a clear manufacturing defect with a specific batch of drives. If I can get these at or under the amount I paid and they continue to hold up, I will probably keep buying them.
decadeindc · 2020-08-19 · via amazon
★★★★★Great Choice
I am not a gamer, unless you count solitiare, but I wanted a drive with some extra performance. At first i was about to return it. It felt warmer to the touch than some of my other HDDs and my external adapter was also warmer. I also did some reading and found that these types of drives do tend to run warmer. I decided to go ahead and clone my drive and give it a try. Using Seagate's utility the clone took 2.5 hours for 600gig. The utility was easy to use and their download was easy to find. Once done I dropped it in my laptop and aside from seeming to take forever on the first booth it came up fine. Performance is great. Doing a *.jpg in a folder with over 1,000 medium resolution jpg files was awesome. The files were found and thumbnails displayed faster than I have ever seen. I wiil probably buy more drives.
Placeholder · 2020-01-12 · via amazon
★★★★★Great Drop-In Upgrade For PS4
As a Dad's Day gift for my Son-in-Law (and fellow gamer, abeit a Console Peasant) I decided to repair his Sony Playstation 4. It had suffered stuffered a drive failure and he's not been in funds to make repairs (what with his paycheck going to pay for toys and oatmeal for my grandsons). So I thought for Dad's Day it'd be a nice surprise to source a replacement drive and put his PS4 back in service -- Call of Duty won't play itself, you know. This was as easy an install as I've ever experienced -- popped the left-side cover off, unscrewed the retaining screw holding the drive tray in, pulled out and swapped drives, and then reversed the process. Visited Sony.com and downloaded the latest firmware version to a USB thumb drive (NOTE: You'll want to grab the "New Drive" version, not the "Upgrade" version) and then installed it in a few minutes. According to my Son-in-Law, the speed on this thing is stupid-quick compared to the old version -- he's very pleased with the results, which is all to the good as far as I'm concerned. Good value for price, good performance, and he's able to game again. What's not to like? TL;DR: Great drop-in upgrade for the PS4, perfect fit, tons of room, speed to match.
Elvis Impersonator · 2019-06-22 · via amazon
★★★★★Install & go
Plugged right in, works great with no problems at all.
John Williams · 2026-01-21 · via amazon
★★★★★Wonderful Device for the price
I purchased two drives to setup for raid 1. After the setup, the drives would disappear. tried in different serves and same thing happened. Then tried in a work station. Worked perfectly and is very fast.
