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Looks like the price went up to 37.99 now.
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Same here I just checked the shipping info and its also regular USPS, so that 2 day shipping is misleading bullshit, mine is coming from Anaheim CA, and will be here by Saturday.I got mine at the $29.99 price but it was standard shipping, not the 2 day. Oh well. It should arrive on the 25th
mine was shipped from anaheim to west virginia with 2 day USPS priority and i paid nothing extra. sorry?Same here I just checked the shipping info and its also regular USPS, so that 2 day shipping is misleading bullshit, mine is coming from Anaheim CA, and will be here by Saturday.
People bitching about the free shipping not being expedited on a $29.99 2TB drive... comedy.
In any case, these drives never went back to the manufacturer to be "refurbished". They were data center pulls. The seller can state "manufacturer refurbished" because there's nothing stopping them doing so, no independent verification and most people don't know the diff anyway. A real manufacturer refurb means SMART is wiped among other telltale signs like new labeling.
I guarantee this company doesn't even power-on test them, much less surface scan them. They decide it's cheaper to deal with replacing/refunding the exception dead drives than spending time testing all of them. Hitachi's happen to be reliable as hell so they're able to get away with this.
How much do these usually retail for brand new?
How much do these usually retail for brand new?
it's not like it matters what speed it connects at.I ordered one of these and after a few days it appears to be a healthy drive. 13k power on hours with a power cycle count of 29. The spin up time is ridiculously high however in HD tune (3 billion or so) . Has anyone else encountered this? Took 4 hours to scan, and found no bad sectors and seems to be working just fine. It is much louder than the 7200.10 seagates it replaced.
The label says 6gb/s sata but it only connects at 3gb/s. HD tune reports it as sata 2.6. My motherboard has 2 sata 6 ports, is it possible it is limited to one device?
I was on the fence, and waited until the price went up but i am happy even at 37$.
it's not like it matters what speed it connects at.
I ordered one of these and after a few days it appears to be a healthy drive. 13k power on hours with a power cycle count of 29. The spin up time is ridiculously high however in HD tune (3 billion or so) . Has anyone else encountered this? Took 4 hours to scan, and found no bad sectors and seems to be working just fine. It is much louder than the 7200.10 seagates it replaced.
The label says 6gb/s sata but it only connects at 3gb/s. HD tune reports it as sata 2.6. My motherboard has 2 sata 6 ports, is it possible it is limited to one device?
I was on the fence, and waited until the price went up but i am happy even at 37$.
These run hot! Mine reached 48-50C in Sabrent USB 3.0 Dock during an extensive 4 hour SMART Scan.
Its an open air dock, not one of those closed ones, that said HDD is now going into my Corsair 800D with excellent airflow, I have total of 10 case fans, maximum positive air pressure, cpu never breaks 50C, gpu heats up to 70C, SSD&HDD 30-35C. I take good care of my hardware!No kidding - its a 7200RPM server harddisk intended for high-flow servers, and you've got it in a dock with zero ventilation. That said, 48-50C isn't hot.
No sooner do I get some funds available than this deal disappears... Oh well. I wanted to purchase 8 for my new NAS.
so how loud is 'loud' ? Clanking when seeking? audible from more than 2 feet away while installed in case?