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Pros & Cons
Pros
Both drives are quiet and average around 130 mb/s in hdtune with 10 second access times.
I figure it got a very good 30 hour workout after which everything checked out fine.
Cons
I am not sure if it is a surveillance system thing, or if these drives and just junk, but i would guess the latter. It also make my computer laggy and crush.
Highlights
Quality
This is exactly the same as the hgst sold from amazon renewed
Go hard drive has always been a very good company to do business with
They have made a couple of follow up inquiries to make sure im happy and problem free with the product
At idle theyre all reading 4445 degrees celsius even with the active cooling and reached 57 degrees celsius at one point under load
Price
Something im willing to deal with for the price
Packaging/appearance
The packaging was very good and the drive came sealed in a antistatic bag
Each drive was in a box with packaging to minimize the drive being damaged if dropped or abused in shipping while the other two... Read More
Competitiveness
Dont know how long these will last compared to a brand new drive but considering the prices and the warranty i thought it was a... Read More
I ordered 4 of these drives for my synology ds420j nas and everything seems to work great so far
I have a synology nas that i absolutely love but after 4 years one of the drives started failing
I ran a 50mb file test and it was much faster due to the cache so if you are reading or writing files around 5060mb at most you... Read More
Overview
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 426 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 12 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So i was only able to get the drive to run at 3
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Anyhow this drive is mainly for bulk storage of media files
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The crystaldiskmark times are not horrible but this is definitely not the kind of drive you want for an everyday readwrite situation
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I ran tests at 1gb and 4gb but with only 64mb of cache it was probably moot
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hwinfo showed it was a 7200rpm and despite what others said mine was only slightly louder than my system fans
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The smart counts were reset drive showed 0 hours use 1 start when i ran it the first time
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I really wish resellers would not do this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It just strikes me as a bit deceptive like they are hoping if it does crash you fail to keep your information or dont bother with a return
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