The Seagate FireCuda is a well-designed mechanical hard drive that delivers the performance you expect and comes with Seagate’s excellent warranty. Seagate didn’t compromise on this design, combining high-performance CMR technology with a spindle speed of 7200 RPM. It also offers a sweet spot of 8 TB of capacity at an affordable price per TB, making it ideal for general desktop use. If you’re concerned about cost, heat and noise, there’s a reason to go all the way down to 5400/5640 RPM and that’s where 8TB WD Blue comes in. However, FireCuda offers the best all-around package available today.
Seagate hasn’t had a very good reputation for HDD reliability in the past, but warranty flaws are hard to find. The Seagate FireCuda has a standard 5-year warranty that includes Seagate’s 3-year Rescue Data Recovery Services, which includes his one data recovery attempt (Seagate claims a 90% relatively good claims to have a strong track record of recovery). Seagate also offers software that covers the most common storage processes, making FireCuda a drop-in solution. It’s not the fastest drive on the market, but its performance is more than enough for general storage use. The biggest drawback is probably that it doesn’t come in large quantities.
specification
| product | Seagate FireCuda HDD |
| capacity | 8TB |
| model # | ST8000DX001 |
| Pricing | $145.99 |
| Cost per TB | $18.25 |
| interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
| form factor | 3.5 inch |
| technology | CMR |
| number of revolutions | 7200 |
| Sustained transfer speed | Up to 260MB/s |
| cache | 256MB |
| operating power | 9.0W |
| noise | 32dB |
| Workload rate limit | 300TB/year |
| MTBF | N/A |
| guarantee | 5 years (3 years data recovery) |
of 8TB Seagate FireCuda now on sale for $145.99, or $18.25 per TB, remaining competitive. Both the 8TB Seagate IronWolf and Toshiba X300 are similarly priced. FireCuda comes with a better than both 5-year and 3-year Rescue Data Recovery service warranty and outperforms IronWolf at sustained transfer speeds of up to 260 MB/s. All three drives have 256MB of cache, which is more than enough for this capacity.
The 8TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD is slightly cheaper, but it’s not a direct competitor as it uses the slower and less versatile SMR technology and runs at 5400 RPM. The 8TB WD Blue is a true budget alternative, but it only has a 2-year warranty on his and a low spindle speed of 5640 RPM for poor performance.
Software and accessories
Seagate’s FireCuda HDD includes Seagate DiscWizard software for cloning, partition management, data backup, and more. You can also download SeaTools software to monitor drive health and update firmware. These are basic features, but it’s nice to have a full support suite.
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The FireCuda has an attractive label design, but otherwise it’s what you’d expect from a standard 3.5-inch 6Gb/s SATA hard drive. Seagate does not use flash technology in this drive like WD does. red proSo internally, it has a typical spindle and drive controller plus a 256MB DRAM cache.
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