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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The drive is very quiet, and initiation and configuration into a raid configuration are fast and painless. Installed in the nas unit as raid 1, i did a lot of files copy and backup, so far so good after 2 weeks use. Great hd. The most reliable hard dr...  Read More



Cons

I have no confidence in this seller's merchandise and will be returning all of the drives. This drive was shipped in a thinly padded envelope and a piece of the frame was broken off.

A new drive would be unformatted and have no need to be wiped.

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Highlights

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Quality


Wonderful product i always use hgst drives in my home network the oldest one i bought almost 5 years ago is still running fine ...  Read More


Appears to be a high quality drive


These are data center workhorses with a very low failure rate and i dont expect to have to replace this for a long time


I expect it to last a good while as i had the 1tb spinning for 10 years before it died and it did give warning signs before pas...  Read More

Price


I would totally recommend getting these especially at the price i may grab a few more while they last


It was a pleasure to buy a reliable brand of 4tb at this price point


Bought an extra year warranty for 8 so altogether i saved around 120


I bought the 4tb version for 35 in july 2023

Shipping


These two drives came on time as promised i installed in a nas enclosure in raid 0 configuration yes i am confident enough


Would be willing to pay an extra few bucks if they had an option to ship this in a real box so it’s not such a gamble on how it will arrive


Edit i received the replacement drive fast and had time to retest all three drives and they all completed the full nonquick for...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


Clean drives in fresh packaging and no sigh or refurbishment etc


The disk came new all seals intact very clean as a new product would


That style of packaging is fine for a thumb drive but is completely inadequate for a precision mechanical storage device

Competitiveness


Backblaze continues to rate the hgsts very highly if youre not familiar backblaze is a cloud storage provider that has huuuuuge...  Read More


Id like to buy a few more before they are gone as wd has bought the company and i dont think they are making them anymore

Overview

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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 145 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 12 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I mean i cant complain its a cheap 4tb hard drive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I built a gaming rig using ebay parts


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    So its only fitting to pop this hard drive it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was in a pinch due to a failure on a very old 2tb


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    These drives are likely not brand new probably refurbished and repackaged from a data center or something


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Manufacture dates on the drives i received varied from 20142015


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would not use these as a working hard drive or as a solo backup drive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Bought an extra year warranty for 8 so altogether i saved around 120

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