Pros & Cons
Pros
Great price, great low price, functions flawlessly. Fortunately there was no damage. Can't complain at all.
Cons
No hardware for mounting, not even scews, no user guide (as promised), no software or drivers. Including a couple of mounting screws would have cost the manufacturer next to nothing. Asus support is worthless regarding a firmware update. Not even goin... Read More
This product is defective and dangerous. Avoid this seller. Thanks amazon for a quick refund.
A bulk of these drives for some client builds were delivered in a loose shipping pouch, with zero protection. Sent loose in a box, enclosed in an open-ended/unsealed plastic bag. Replacement shipment was equally poorly packaged inside a non-protective... Read More
Somewhat noisy. Very strange. Same model. Grunts but doesn't spin.

Highlights
Quality
The price on this drive was reasonable and it took less than 10 minutes to swap out with the oem drive
I had a cd with the software and we got the data onto a single cd and a usb flash drive for good measure
If youre installing this in a new system it doesnt come with the mounting screws either
The same is with the operating reading or burning of the drive
Price
Good price right price what more could you want
Shipping
Fast ahead of schedule shipping great low price functions flawlessly
It arrived at my door in a plastic bag which was inside the amazon shipping envelope also plastic
Packaging/appearance
Amazons efforts to reduce packaging waste are admirable but there was not enough protection as this was an electronic instrumen... Read More
The bad news the packaging was inadequate
Competitiveness
Fired right upmy other one is dead
Overview
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- This product had a total of 9,430 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 5 2023.
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The bad news the packaging was inadequate
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Amazons efforts to reduce packaging waste are admirable but there was not enough protection as this was an electronic instrument with moving partsonly a paper wrap with a clear plastic envelopeno cushioning wrap
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If possible have recycle me printed on the protectivecushioning wrap
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i opened my mailbox and pulled out the plastic bag i could feel the shape of a disk drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Id never heard of any kind of disk drive ive ordered several of them before being shipped without a box
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The first thing i noticed is that the drive door opening was a lot noisier than i expected
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The drive door doesnt sound very precision
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have an lg drive for instance thats very smooth and quiet compared to this asus drive