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Seagate Barracuda Compute 8TB HDD

Physical Product · SSDs & storage drives · 8 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Storage-wise I usually use an hdd for media and old games, stuff that doesn't need a fast read speed, so I'll probably stick with that.
  • Storage | [Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qLRzK8/seagate-barracuda-compute-8-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st8000dmz04) | £199.99 @ Amazon UK
  • Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($187.74 @ Amazon)

Cons

  • Storage | [Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/2ycG3C/seagate-barracuda-compute-8-tb-35-5400rpm-internal-hard-drive-st8000dm004) (OOS)
  • No SSD - and a SMR drive as the OS drive, for that matter - is pretty rough. Insanely priced though they are, running an SMR hard drive as the only disk in the system is going to feel like you've got a PC from 2002 any time there's rando...
  • If you’re gaming, no point to an HDD unless you’re playing games form a decade or more ago. Some modern games won’t even properly run from an HDD.

Sentiment

3 positive (38%) · 1 mixed (13%) · 4 negative (50%)

Trust + time weighted score: -13% · raw score -12%

What redditors said (8 of 8)

Storage-wise I usually use an hdd for media and old games, stuff that doesn't need a fast read speed, so I'll probably stick with that.
positive · u/T****n · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 14, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Storage | [Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/2ycG3C/seagate-barracuda-compute-8-tb-35-5400rpm-internal-hard-drive-st8000dm004) (OOS)
negative · u/T****n · r/buildapc · Feb 13, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Storage | [Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qLRzK8/seagate-barracuda-compute-8-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st8000dmz04) | $169.99 @ Amazon
mixed · u/a****1 · r/buildapc · Feb 18, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Storage | [Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qLRzK8/seagate-barracuda-compute-8-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st8000dmz04) | £199.99 @ Amazon UK
positive · u/a****8 · r/buildapc · comment · Mar 25, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
No SSD - and a SMR drive as the OS drive, for that matter - is pretty rough. Insanely priced though they are, running an SMR hard drive as the only disk in the system is going to feel like you've got a PC from 2002 any time there's random writes going on.
negative · u/V****k · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 25, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
If you’re gaming, no point to an HDD unless you’re playing games form a decade or more ago. Some modern games won’t even properly run from an HDD.
negative · u/f****c · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 14, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
If you’re gaming, no point to an HDD unless you’re playing games form a decade or more ago. Some modern games won’t even properly run from an HDD. Get more SSD.
negative · u/f****c · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 14, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($187.74 @ Amazon)
positive · u/M****5 · r/buildapc · Mar 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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