---
product_id: 283534
title: "(Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001)"
brand: "seagate"
price: "$321.55"
currency: USD
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reviews_count: 7
category: "Seagate"
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---

# SATA 6Gb/s blazing interface 3TB massive storage 64MB cache for smooth multitasking (Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001)

**Brand:** seagate
**Price:** $321.55
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💾 Unlock epic storage power with Seagate’s 3TB desktop drive — don’t get left behind!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** (Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) by seagate
- **How much does it cost?** $321.55 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ec](https://www.desertcart.ec/products/283534-old-model-seagate-3tb-desktop-hdd-sata-6gb-s-64mb)

## Best For

- seagate enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted seagate brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **64MB Cache Boost:** Smooth performance and quick access to frequently used files.
- • **Proven Reliability:** Trusted by professionals for years of dependable desktop and RAID performance.
- • **Massive 3TB Capacity:** Store your entire digital life without compromise.
- • **Blazing Fast SATA 6Gb/s:** Experience rapid data transfers that keep up with your workflow.
- • **Eco-Friendly Efficiency:** Power-saving design that reduces your carbon footprint without sacrificing speed.

## Overview

The Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD (ST3000DM001) is a high-capacity 3.5-inch internal hard drive featuring a fast SATA 6Gb/s interface and a 64MB cache. Designed for desktop PCs, RAID arrays, and gaming rigs, it delivers reliable 7200 RPM performance with energy-efficient technology. Ideal for professionals seeking dependable storage with excellent price-to-value, this drive supports large data workloads while maintaining quiet operation and a small eco-footprint.

## Description

By now the world knows that Seagate Desktop 7200 drives, from the world's premier storage provider, deliver years of reliable service and high performance. The ideal choice for workstations, desktop RAID, gaming PCs, high-end PCs, mainstream PCs and USB/FireWire/eSATA external storage. After years of pioneering research at Seagate, perpendicular recording is now a proven technology. It increases capacity and dependability by storing data vertically, rather than horizontally. And vertically stored data bits mean increased data density which means higher performance to increase productivity. This drive delivers excellent power savings without sacrificing drive or system performance, giving customers the ability to manufacture PC systems and external storage systems that meet energy savings requirements. Seagate hard drives have long been produced with the environment in mind, and not just with low power consumption. With Seagate and the Desktop drive, our customers can have the best of both worlds, top hard-drive performance and the satisfaction of knowing they are using a high-capacity drive with a very small eco-footprint.What's in the box: Seagate 3 TB Desktop 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (7200rpm) and 2 Year Limited Warranty.

Review: Excellent for home Raids/NAS/Server/Other -- cheap! - To the point : Buy these drives! Excellent for home Raids/NAS/Server/Other. Price per value unbeatable at the moment. It is cheap! Sale price I have seen personally on desertcart ($89/$99/$109) elsewhere I have seen it for $119. All of these are great price per value if you catch the sale. Detail review: These drives to not have TLER (built-in time-error recovery). TLER is usually available on enterprise drives which are far more expensive than these model/similar type drives. That said, there is no reason why you should not consider this drive model or any non-enterprise type for any home built system/NAS/Server/Raid setup. I have two custom-built servers; A Raid-5 NAS (Five 2TB Green WD drives) and a backup server where I used twelve of these 3TB seagate drives for my backup server in Raid-6. Regardless of what other reviews will say, the only reason you should consider enterprise drive is if you really have a business or corporation to have this extra layer of redundancy in place or if you have the money for these type of drives. But if you are trying to save a buck and are on the ledge of if I should buy an enterprise drive or not? ... go for the non-enterprise-drives. For home usage, non-enterprise drives will work just as well with the same performance. Don't read into the hype you need raid specific drives. Unless you are a DBA managing tons of data you do not need it. Yes, drives do fail but no less than an enterprise drive. I got twelve of these drives from desertcart for the price of $99.00/$109.00. The drives went down to $89.00 during the lightening sale but I missed out on that. The price/value is worth it... so shop around when there is a sale. At the time, desertcart limited one drive sale per account. I called in some favors from a few friends to order the drive for me as a gift. If needed, I can return the item in the case of DOA. This is the best way to take advantage of the one item per account bind limitation sale. All drives of all brands has the potential to fail or DOA regardless of where they are made. Anyone says different have no idea what they are talking about. These are sensitive hardware with precision moving parts... you would be surprised how items are bounced around during shipments. You really can't blame all DOA's on shipping but its something to take into consideration. There is also user fault for failed drives as well as many other viable reasons. Of the 40+ drives I have ordered across 2 decades from multiple brands I never had one failed. Does this means or verify anything? No! but maybe people should not get too worked up about failed drives. RMA the drives for a free replacement in most cases. You must not have done something correctly if you cannot RMA for a replacement drive. Annoyed that you have to RMA a drive because it was DOA or failed? ....Knowing the nature of drives or any equipment for that matter there is the potential it can be DOA ...and if the thought never came up that the item could be DOA/defective? you are delusional and should not pretend you know what you are talking about. These drives and my other branded drives are working 24/7 without breaking a sweat. The random reads and write speeds are 112MB/sec for Raid 6. This is without any sort of tweaking... just a straight raid-6 setup without any SSD cache. For the raid 5 setup I am using software raid. For the 12-drive array I am using an Adaptec 16-port raid controller. Some tweaking it will be easy to bump up the random reads and writes. For those that complain they are seeing less space on drives when installed: All drives will have less usable space than advertised. For example, without going into too much detail a 3TB once installed will grant you just over 2.7 TB of usable space. Also be sure your Mobo can support/see larger drives over 2TB.
Review: Works great, very quiet but not made in Thailand! - I bought 2 of these 3TB Seagate drives with the intent of populating my Synology DiskStation 2-Bay DS212j. I was using a pair of WD 1TB Caviar Black drives in a Raid 1 configuration. I was simply running low on room and opted to make a jump to 3TB in Raid 1. I chose these Seagates which were stocked and fulfilled by desertcart. More on that later. I was opening the anti-stat bags and noticed the prominent sticker "The Content is Made in China". Well that was a surprise. I wasn't aware of countries other than Malaysia and Thailand. I just flipped it over a couple of times to check the drive out and verify that yes, the label confirmed what the wrapper stated. Other than that, the drive looks much like any other hard drive. I followed the Synology Raid capacity increase procedure and within a couple of hours, both drives were installed and running. Moment of truth when I examined the system information and verified that yes, the system now had 3TB of storage. That upgrade went smoothly. Thanks Synology! Now for the packaging. I've ordered quite a few drives in the past but usually from a well known online competitor. Problem is that I don't think they are quite up to par with their shipping and packaging - namely protecting the drive in shipment. It is typically wrapped in bubble wrap and the open space filled with crumpled heavy brown paper. When the drive gets to me, one side of the bubble wrap is completely flattened which indicates pretty rough handling and the drive's cushioning failing. Western Digital had an interesting way of shipping their RMA drives from quite a few years back. The drive is suspended at each of the narrow ends by sliding it into a form fit piece of flexible plastic and then placing it into a box sized to body of the the plastic suspension holders. What this does is protect the drive in all directions and withstands and cushions against all but the most abusive impacts. I was excited to say that these drives (and two Western Digital drives in the same order) were packaged in this manner. Two thumbs up for desertcart and their packaging! All 4 drives are up and running. So, no DOA from shipment and no premature failures. So, if it makes a difference to you, I recommend that if available, select the stocked and fulfilled by desertcart as chances are they will use this packing technique for their bulk OEM drives. The Seagates run extremely quietly and no hotter than the previous WD or the ones in my 4 bay unit. Fast, cool, quiet, working and yes, made in China. Still, I can't knock it as it works just fine in a Raid 1 configuration. I give this product 5 stars and desertcart 2 thumbs up for listening to customers and responding in a way to lower the chances of a DOA drive. Thanks Seagate and desertcart.

## Features

- 3TB storage capacity with SATA 6Gb/s NCQ Interface

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B005T3GRLY |
| Best Sellers Rank | #973 in Internal Hard Drives |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (3,197) |
| Date First Available | September 22, 2011 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1.38 pounds |
| Item model number | ST3000DM001 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Seagate |
| Product Dimensions | 4 x 1 x 5.8 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Seagate
- **Color:** Silver
- **Compatible Devices:** Desktop
- **Connectivity Technology:** SATA, USB, eSATA
- **Digital Storage Capacity:** 3 TB
- **Hard Disk Description:** Mechanical Hard Disk
- **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 3.5 Inches
- **Hard Disk Interface:** Serial ATA-600
- **Installation Type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special Feature:** Backward Compatible

## Images

![(Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31UaYbEBRNL.jpg)
![(Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51--NhhM6QL.jpg)
![(Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/614X4hi1Y+L.jpg)
![(Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61MaLsuGnPL.jpg)
![(Old Model) Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001) - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61UhHN+AmLL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: what is bare drive?**
A: I am sorry if I didn't get your question correctly but If you mean what does "bare drive" mean, in means that it's the drive only. You have to put it in your PC Case and connect the cables. bare drive vs. external drives which come with a case and you connect them usually through a USB cable. If you mean the capacity I got the 2 gig version = 1.8 gb

**Q: Do these come with SATA III cables to connect to your motherboard or do you have to purchase those separately?**
A: **Note** There is no distinction between SATA I/II/III cables. Any SATA cable (quality, not junk) will work with all 3 standards, just as fast: http://www.serialata.org/documents/SATA-6Gbs-Fast-Just-Got-Faster.pdf

**Q: how do you get it to boot or install a OS on it when it says**
A: With the drive installed and a SATA line plugged in along with the power connector you then turn the power on.  As the machine powers up you will be given the opportunity to get into the BIO's by hitting the DEL key.  Once there make sure that the drive is recognized by the BIO's and that you have made the changes to date and time and that you DVD/CD player/recorder is recognized.  Place your WINDOWS or LINEX operating system disk in your DVD/CD then follow the directions.  The operating system disk will format your hard drive.  PS don't forget to set the BOOT order so that your system will boot off of the DVD/CD drive.  Set your hard drive as second boot device.  Once the operating system is installed power down and then back up so that you can reset the hard drive to 1st device to boot from and the DVD/CD to 2nd boot device.

**Q: It's pictured without a cover to somewhat seal the hard drive discs. Does it come with the cover?**
A: The hard drives arrive fully enclosed and ready to use. Not sure why the photo is posted the way it is, however you will have no issues.Hope this helps.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent for home Raids/NAS/Server/Other -- cheap!
*by R***E on December 16, 2012*

To the point : Buy these drives! Excellent for home Raids/NAS/Server/Other. Price per value unbeatable at the moment. It is cheap! Sale price I have seen personally on Amazon ($89/$99/$109) elsewhere I have seen it for $119. All of these are great price per value if you catch the sale. Detail review: These drives to not have TLER (built-in time-error recovery). TLER is usually available on enterprise drives which are far more expensive than these model/similar type drives. That said, there is no reason why you should not consider this drive model or any non-enterprise type for any home built system/NAS/Server/Raid setup. I have two custom-built servers; A Raid-5 NAS (Five 2TB Green WD drives) and a backup server where I used twelve of these 3TB seagate drives for my backup server in Raid-6. Regardless of what other reviews will say, the only reason you should consider enterprise drive is if you really have a business or corporation to have this extra layer of redundancy in place or if you have the money for these type of drives. But if you are trying to save a buck and are on the ledge of if I should buy an enterprise drive or not? ... go for the non-enterprise-drives. For home usage, non-enterprise drives will work just as well with the same performance. Don't read into the hype you need raid specific drives. Unless you are a DBA managing tons of data you do not need it. Yes, drives do fail but no less than an enterprise drive. I got twelve of these drives from Amazon for the price of $99.00/$109.00. The drives went down to $89.00 during the lightening sale but I missed out on that. The price/value is worth it... so shop around when there is a sale. At the time, Amazon limited one drive sale per account. I called in some favors from a few friends to order the drive for me as a gift. If needed, I can return the item in the case of DOA. This is the best way to take advantage of the one item per account bind limitation sale. All drives of all brands has the potential to fail or DOA regardless of where they are made. Anyone says different have no idea what they are talking about. These are sensitive hardware with precision moving parts... you would be surprised how items are bounced around during shipments. You really can't blame all DOA's on shipping but its something to take into consideration. There is also user fault for failed drives as well as many other viable reasons. Of the 40+ drives I have ordered across 2 decades from multiple brands I never had one failed. Does this means or verify anything? No! but maybe people should not get too worked up about failed drives. RMA the drives for a free replacement in most cases. You must not have done something correctly if you cannot RMA for a replacement drive. Annoyed that you have to RMA a drive because it was DOA or failed? ....Knowing the nature of drives or any equipment for that matter there is the potential it can be DOA ...and if the thought never came up that the item could be DOA/defective? you are delusional and should not pretend you know what you are talking about. These drives and my other branded drives are working 24/7 without breaking a sweat. The random reads and write speeds are 112MB/sec for Raid 6. This is without any sort of tweaking... just a straight raid-6 setup without any SSD cache. For the raid 5 setup I am using software raid. For the 12-drive array I am using an Adaptec 16-port raid controller. Some tweaking it will be easy to bump up the random reads and writes. For those that complain they are seeing less space on drives when installed: All drives will have less usable space than advertised. For example, without going into too much detail a 3TB once installed will grant you just over 2.7 TB of usable space. Also be sure your Mobo can support/see larger drives over 2TB.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works great, very quiet but not made in Thailand!
*by G***G on October 22, 2012*

I bought 2 of these 3TB Seagate drives with the intent of populating my Synology DiskStation 2-Bay DS212j. I was using a pair of WD 1TB Caviar Black drives in a Raid 1 configuration. I was simply running low on room and opted to make a jump to 3TB in Raid 1. I chose these Seagates which were stocked and fulfilled by Amazon. More on that later. I was opening the anti-stat bags and noticed the prominent sticker "The Content is Made in China". Well that was a surprise. I wasn't aware of countries other than Malaysia and Thailand. I just flipped it over a couple of times to check the drive out and verify that yes, the label confirmed what the wrapper stated. Other than that, the drive looks much like any other hard drive. I followed the Synology Raid capacity increase procedure and within a couple of hours, both drives were installed and running. Moment of truth when I examined the system information and verified that yes, the system now had 3TB of storage. That upgrade went smoothly. Thanks Synology! Now for the packaging. I've ordered quite a few drives in the past but usually from a well known online competitor. Problem is that I don't think they are quite up to par with their shipping and packaging - namely protecting the drive in shipment. It is typically wrapped in bubble wrap and the open space filled with crumpled heavy brown paper. When the drive gets to me, one side of the bubble wrap is completely flattened which indicates pretty rough handling and the drive's cushioning failing. Western Digital had an interesting way of shipping their RMA drives from quite a few years back. The drive is suspended at each of the narrow ends by sliding it into a form fit piece of flexible plastic and then placing it into a box sized to body of the the plastic suspension holders. What this does is protect the drive in all directions and withstands and cushions against all but the most abusive impacts. I was excited to say that these drives (and two Western Digital drives in the same order) were packaged in this manner. Two thumbs up for Amazon and their packaging! All 4 drives are up and running. So, no DOA from shipment and no premature failures. So, if it makes a difference to you, I recommend that if available, select the stocked and fulfilled by Amazon as chances are they will use this packing technique for their bulk OEM drives. The Seagates run extremely quietly and no hotter than the previous WD or the ones in my 4 bay unit. Fast, cool, quiet, working and yes, made in China. Still, I can't knock it as it works just fine in a Raid 1 configuration. I give this product 5 stars and Amazon 2 thumbs up for listening to customers and responding in a way to lower the chances of a DOA drive. Thanks Seagate and Amazon.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by マ***ー on November 21, 2013*

WDの1TBが音楽ライブラリーでいっぱいになったため購入いたしました。購入してもうすぐ1ヶ月ですがSMART上は問題なく動作しています。回転数がWDより早いのに静かでアクセススピードも比べものにならないくらい早いです。大量のライブラリーをお持ちのヘビーユーザーにおすすめです。

## Frequently Bought Together

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