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Pros & Cons
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.
Highlights
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
- How are reviewers describing this item?
new, old and good. - 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.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I mean i cant complain its a cheap 4tb hard drive
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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
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I would not use these as a working hard drive or as a solo backup drive
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Bought an extra year warranty for 8 so altogether i saved around 120
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