HGST Ultrastar He8 HUH728080ALE604 8TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5in 128MB 512e HDD (0F23668) (Renewed)

Installed easy and works well thus far! Will update if issue arises.

I've bought a few of these drives in different capacities. I lost one smaller drive years ago due to heat, but none have failed since removing the front cover of the enclosure to get better airflow. I've never lost any DATA. They've been very reliable in 4 drive RAID 5 arrays. Recently swapped four 4TB drives for four 8TB, and still use the 4 TB drives but for backing up files but now they are mounted in my PC.

Used IT server grade drive 8TB drive. HGST is the old IBM people who were bought ~2004. Low usage and treated well. This is a scratch pad drive I use for moving mass files around. I went 2x 12 TB used for mirrored RAID for my forever data. Price is up 50% from low. SERVER drives are locked inside a rack in Temp controlled lab and NOT seeking or power Up/Dn are a good bet. When money isn't tight they get replace just because 4 yrs old or a drive with 50% more size is available. HGST/Seagate provide >85% or more server drives. I've lost track #3 drive from ASIA

Buyer beware. Bought this drive about 10 months ago but hardly used on my PC and all of a sudden I get an error for bad sector. Aftor using disk utility I notice it had un uptime of 3 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. Bought this new in Febuary going to try and contact Amazon/seller will keep updating this BE WARNED

These drives offer excellent value, providing enterprise-level performance with 50,000 to 60,000 hours of use at a very reasonable price. Despite their long expected lifespan, there is some inherent risk in purchasing used drives. I ordered two drives, and while one failed a self-test, the seller promptly replaced the defective unit. Overall, I believe this is a tremendous value, but buyers should be prepared for the possibility of receiving a less-than-perfect drive.

Had this for a year now. It's a little noisy, so I placed it (in external case) on a foam pad, and that helped a lot. Performance is good, and I have no complaints.

Customer service is outstanding! Product arrived quickly, but wouldn't initialize; was issued a return number and postage paid return label. The replacement drive arrived quickly and I had some issues getting it to initialize and format properly. A quick message to the vendor provided 3 steps that I could try to remedy the situation. The first 2 steps worked flawlessly and the drive is working perfectly. Very impressed with the customer service. Will buy again when the opportunity arises.

Was detected by my build right away and it formatted perfectly. Has good capacity for a little-used, backup drive.