14TB WD/Seagate Manufacturer Recertified 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drives starting $129.99

BramA2307

Mar 31, 2023 5:17 PM

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BramA2307Mar 31, 2023 5:17 PM

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There is nothing indicating the power on hours these drives have had. Assuming these have been on 24/7 for probably at least 2 years, why would anyone buy these if you can just shuck a $200 14TB model? Penny wise, pound foolish.

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Treyshadow

Mar 31, 2023 5:42 PM

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TreyshadowMar 31, 2023 5:42 PM

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Quote from BramA2307

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There is nothing indicating the power on hours these drives have had. Assuming these have been on 24/7 for probably at least 2 years, why would anyone buy these if you can just shuck a $200 14TB model? Penny wise, pound foolish.

Depends on your use case. These enterprise drives may be used for media by the user. They will write to it once and let it keep spinning online. In that use case these drives will last well over 5 years. So it outlived the warranty on the $200 shucked drive.

If you are buying 5+ drives that could be 2 more for redundancy and $80 still in your pocket.

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Weaponx3

Mar 31, 2023 6:23 PM

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Weaponx3Mar 31, 2023 6:23 PM

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I have a very stupid question. Do these old school hard drives get heavier the bigger the hard drive is?

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Identibrain

Mar 31, 2023 8:32 PM

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IdentibrainMar 31, 2023 8:32 PM

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Why did the server farms sell these drives? Because they're worn out?

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Weltweit

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Mar 31, 2023 8:35 PM

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Weltweit

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Mar 31, 2023 8:35 PM

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Quote from luddite_cyborg

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Some of us just want SD restored to a better quality site.
These 3-4% discounts shouldn't be constantly posted, especially when "everyone" knows about SPD already and all their subsidiaries and shady practices.
$130/14TB is their current normal price.
$120/14TB is when a post will get more appreciation from home-server folks.

l don't think everybody knows about this. I didn't. And if they get cheaper why not post it?

So far my own experience has been exceptional. The packaging of the drive they ship you is about as good as it gets.

Do you have reference to the shady practices?

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luddite_cyborg

Mar 31, 2023 10:07 PM

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luddite_cyborgMar 31, 2023 10:07 PM

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Quote from Weltweit

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l don't think everybody knows about this. I didn't. And if they get cheaper why not post it?

So far my own experience has been exceptional. The packaging of the drive they ship you is about as good as it gets.

Do you have reference to the shady practices?

It's not really cheaper, $130/14TB is normal price ($135 was actually a temporary price increase). Plus places like goharddrive have same WD drive for $100-110.

I had "everybody" in quotes since anyone on the lookout for drives on SD has surely become familiar from the many SPD posts. And home server folks are familiar with all the refurb places generally.
I've purchased from SPD before, no complaints about packaging, it's great.

As far as shady practices (marketing/spam specifically), that's less common knowledge but picked up from haunting the homelab/datahoarder-type subreddits. All evidence points that Server Part Deals is also Tech on Tech, Water Panther, Server Tech Solutions, and perhaps other e-commerce stores (same physical location/address/phone). Water Panther is banned some places for egregious spam and deception (relabeling used drives as new).
It's fine to do business with these refurb places generally, but novices should be warned that the drives need thorough testing.

My main point was that the price has been pretty much holding steady. It was good of you to share the existence of SPD with the broader SD community, but now let's wait for SPD to have a real sale.

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ErnieE1622

Mar 31, 2023 10:09 PM

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I had an issue with one of their hard drives and they never returned my email or followed up when I filled out their form for issues. Buyer beware !

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khalid7412002

Mar 31, 2023 11:52 PM

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khalid7412002Mar 31, 2023 11:52 PM

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what am i missing here?

Isn't the NEW 14 TB DC HC530 at $121 a better deal than than $130 for the Recertified version?

https://serverpartdeals.com/produ...hard-drive

Also, it shows 3 year warranty but on WD directly, it shows this drive as a 5 year warranty?

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TheRealSlickWilly

Apr 1, 2023 12:03 AM

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TheRealSlickWillyApr 1, 2023 12:03 AM

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Picked up one of the WD 14TB when they were $5 more, working fine.

Last edited by TheRealSlickWilly March 31, 2023 at 07:50 PM.

TheRealSlickWilly

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Quote from .khalid7412002

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what am i missing here?

Isn't the NEW 14 TB DC HC530 at $121 a better deal than than $130 for the Recertified version?

https://serverpartdeals.com/produ...hard-drive [serverpartdeals.com]

Also, it shows 3 year warranty but on WD directly, it shows this drive as a 5 year warranty?

Yea I would think new would be the better deal, almost looks like a price mistake

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durvasa

Apr 1, 2023 12:15 AM

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Quote from datlaziboi

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I have this for my synology 4 bay. I came from a brand new 6 Tb red plus from WD. Noise level were the same. I was happy with my purchase. No issues so far and it's been over 2 months.

I have a qnap 4 bay ts431....is it a good buy for this. I have wd 4tb red plus and all space has run out.

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durvasa

Apr 1, 2023 12:17 AM

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durvasaApr 1, 2023 12:17 AM

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Quote from TheRealSlickWilly

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Yea I would think new would be the better deal, almost looks like a price mistake

Will the ultrastar hc530 work I'm a qnap 4 bay nas?

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fatfluck

Apr 1, 2023 2:04 AM

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fatfluckApr 1, 2023 2:04 AM

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Would this be suitable in my home PC for storage, photos etc pls? Also, is this around about the best current deal for 14tb? I did read the post earlier, it seems this is a decent price point for this amount of TB.

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TheRealSlickWilly

Apr 1, 2023 2:43 AM

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Quote from fatfluck

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Would this be suitable in my home PC for storage, photos etc pls? Also, is this around about the best current deal for 14tb? I did read the post earlier, it seems this is a decent price point for this amount of TB.

Yes will work like any other hard drive, other than the ones that require the extra power adapter if your on an older system.

fatfluck

Apr 1, 2023 2:44 AM

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fatfluckApr 1, 2023 2:44 AM

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Quote from TheRealSlickWilly

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Yes will work like any other hard drive, other than the ones that require the extra power adapter if your on an older system.

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