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Pros & Cons
Pros
The hgst he8 is an excellent drive. The reseller warrants it for five more years, so i'm reasonably content with the age. Depending on the drives you get and how much time they have been used already, you're either in a moderately low risk zone or pot... Read More
Hgst ultrastar he8 huh728080ale601 refurbished hdd. No errors or other red flags. It's also extremely quiet compared to my old seagate drive, i hear my case fans more than my hdd and the gpu fan for mining.
Wd 2-bay nas raid has been running for several months with no problems. Moving 4tb of data with teracopy and that completed with no errors. Moving files from one computer was a snap with datalink transfer cable.
Cons
One great drive deal & one to throw in the lake. Description states that these drives have 3 yr use period. Surprising and to be honest pretty disappointing.
Highlights
Quality
Tests show green across the board speeds are expected temperatures are optimum and the power on time tested at 3
Mine has over 20k hours of use on crystal disk utility but works great and stays plenty cool
The head scraped across several tracks of system area files
And ive had several failures with wd red drives most recently a hard dead as a doornail failure on a drive just over 1 year old
Price
For a modest price that’s affordable way to go hgst
Great value for a fraction of the price of a pair of wd reds
This looks like a good deal but in reality its not
An inexpensive way to get piece of mind
Shipping
The drive was shipped rapidly and was received quickly
This shipped quickly and arrived 1 day early a pleasant surprise
Response was received from goharddrive customer service in less than 24 hours and i was shipping my rma in less than 48
Be sure to select the correct seller for this drive because originally i ended up with a different seller on this listing and w... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Pretty good packaging for the 4 together
There was packing material in the box that was intended to cushion the drive in transit but it hadnt been applied correctly
The boxes they are in have a 34seal34 which if broken is for the return center to not recirculate
Mine came in vacuum sealed bags in decent packaging
Competitiveness
Hgst hard drive is legendary it is better than some other brands new
I believe the seller is the same as goharddrive since they have basically the same address
I know this was a wall of text but buying a used hdd is less about the drive itself and more about the provider of the drivedrives
But price is good and 5 year warranty is better than the 2 year warranty of the manufacturer recertified drives off serverpartd... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
good, received, far, great and still. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 210 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 16 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I havent experienced the drive being 34noisy34 as others have reported at least so far knock on wood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hopefully ill have the same luck with any additional drives as i have had with this one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For the money i would say these are worth buying if you arent gaming or trying to set any speed records
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Note that the average life noted in pictures is not accurate as all 4 of my 8tb drives had power on time of over 53000 hours or 6 years so double the use noted in the description
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But price is good and 5 year warranty is better than the 2 year warranty of the manufacturer recertified drives off serverpartdeals and much cheaper so all in all just make sure you keep the warranty info and are using it only for nas with redundancy and usb backups
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I ordered two 8tb hitachi disks on 123023 and received them one day later
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are replacing two seagate 8tb disk from 2018 that started emitting smart errors
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