The speed my NAS now has is incredible.

Upgrade from the Barracuda "computer" version to these bad boys on my QNAP NAS. Was very surprised at the increased speed I now can access my Network files. Good purchase.

The Seagate NAS drive is worth the extra money. I have had a 3TB Seagate NAS for a while now. I ran out of space. It runs smooth and quiet. The new 4TB runs almost as smooth as the 3TB. My older 500gig Seagate is still running smooth and quiet as a backup drive.

Losing 3 or 4 TB's worth of stuff and having to re-download things like your Steam, Ubisoft and Epic games, ect. is not worth saving a bit of cash and going for a cheaper drive. I am glad i didn't cheap out because your data is worth way more than the cost of the drive.

Not SMR

Returned the 2 red SMR garbage drives from the other brand that my array kept marking as failed. These are CMR as they should be for a NAS. Vibration detection and lower price too.