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expiredkakektypo posted Jul 1, 2024 6:16 AM

12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD (Refurbished)

$75

$100

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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD (Refurbished: Excellent) on sale for $74.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks community member kakektypo for sharing this deal.

About Refurbished Condition:
  • These HDD is used by Datacenter Servers for about 5 years period.HDD was refurbished and data wiped with DoD Standard.
  • It's fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test with ZERO Bad sectors!
  • Since this is a heavy duty enterprise HDD with 2.5M-hour MTBF rating.
Notable Specs:
  • Ultrastar He12 Series
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • Warranty:
    • Includes 5-Year Warranty from Seller + 1-Year Allstate Warranty
  • About this store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
    • Seller goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail has a 99.8 Positive feedback rating w/ over 499,000 items sold

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Written by kakektypo
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Update: This popular deal is still available.

goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD (Refurbished: Excellent) on sale for $74.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks community member kakektypo for sharing this deal.

About Refurbished Condition:
  • These HDD is used by Datacenter Servers for about 5 years period.HDD was refurbished and data wiped with DoD Standard.
  • It's fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test with ZERO Bad sectors!
  • Since this is a heavy duty enterprise HDD with 2.5M-hour MTBF rating.
Notable Specs:
  • Ultrastar He12 Series
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • Warranty:
    • Includes 5-Year Warranty from Seller + 1-Year Allstate Warranty
  • About this store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
    • Seller goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail has a 99.8 Positive feedback rating w/ over 499,000 items sold

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Written by kakektypo

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CoolMoney1870
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Good deal - Just keep in mind folks whether you buy new or used HDD it is always a good idea to protect your data by having multiple copies. Me being a computer nerd do all 3 of these below, but you should do at least one (preferably 1 local and 1 remote).

Locally you can do disk to disk backup
Locally you can use RAID and multiple drives
Remotely you can sync your data to a cloud provider like MS OneDrive, Amazon AWS, Google Drive, DropBOx, ect....
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RonSwansun
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I am sure they would accept another $5 bucks from you if you got it 5 bucks cheaper
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shigshag
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🎶 How low can you go, twelve terabyte limbo 🎶
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Jul 1, 2024 12:30 PM
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shigshagJul 1, 2024 12:30 PM
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🎶 How low can you go, twelve terabyte limbo 🎶
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Jul 1, 2024 12:47 PM
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CoolMoney1870Jul 1, 2024 12:47 PM
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Good deal - Just keep in mind folks whether you buy new or used HDD it is always a good idea to protect your data by having multiple copies. Me being a computer nerd do all 3 of these below, but you should do at least one (preferably 1 local and 1 remote).

Locally you can do disk to disk backup
Locally you can use RAID and multiple drives
Remotely you can sync your data to a cloud provider like MS OneDrive, Amazon AWS, Google Drive, DropBOx, ect....
Last edited by CoolMoney1870 July 1, 2024 at 06:21 AM.
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Jul 1, 2024 1:03 PM
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Hat-TrickJul 1, 2024 1:03 PM
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Anyone know how loud these are? Thinking of proactively replacing my Plex drives. Need quieter drives.
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Jul 1, 2024 1:03 PM
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dambargarJul 1, 2024 1:03 PM
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Shoot.. Got a couple of these during last sale at $84
Jul 1, 2024 1:07 PM
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vivekJul 1, 2024 1:07 PM
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I bought this at 82.99 and they sent me a WD ultrastar instead of HGST.
Go hard drive support said WD is just retail version of HGST which sells to Data Centers.
Jul 1, 2024 1:09 PM
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ajdetcJul 1, 2024 1:09 PM
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Quote from Hat-Trick :
Anyone know how loud these are? Thinking of proactively replacing my Plex drives. Need quieter drives.
There is a video on youtube comparing how loud against other drives. Just do a search. I think if it is inside a case, it should be quieter... I hope lol... for the price, it is worth to try one for me. If it is not too loud, I am going to get more of them.
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mctronJul 1, 2024 1:10 PM
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Quote from Hat-Trick :
Anyone know how loud these are? Thinking of proactively replacing my Plex drives. Need quieter drives.
Louder than wd whites, not as loud as than exos in my anecdotal experience, but either way I wouldn't want them going in my regular PC case. I would just assume any enterprise drive is going to be quite loud because obviously they are meant for data centers, servers etc. Good excuse to build a NAS
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Jul 1, 2024 1:27 PM
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digitaltranceJul 1, 2024 1:27 PM
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They are helium filled so it's quiet.
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Jul 1, 2024 1:33 PM
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KillerMazeJul 1, 2024 1:33 PM
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last week this was 5$ cheaper and I purchased it. Do you think they will honor the price difference if requested?
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Jul 1, 2024 1:38 PM
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JamesP8983Jul 1, 2024 1:38 PM
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Quote from mctron :
Louder than wd whites, not as loud as than exos in my anecdotal experience, but either way I wouldn't want them going in my regular PC case. I would just assume any enterprise drive is going to be quite loud because obviously they are meant for data centers, servers etc. Good excuse to build a NAS
Thank you for the info. Learned today that these are not meant for regular PC like I was thinking.
Jul 1, 2024 2:16 PM
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kelly58Jul 1, 2024 2:16 PM
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got one last week. mine also said WD on the outside. had to use the power adapter they ship with. hard disk sentinel is fine with it. no noise I can discern except some clicking when in use - but not the bad kind

Already loaded up about 6TB
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Jul 1, 2024 2:17 PM
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RonSwansunJul 1, 2024 2:17 PM
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Quote from KillerMaze :
last week this was 5$ cheaper and I purchased it. Do you think they will honor the price difference if requested?
I am sure they would accept another $5 bucks from you if you got it 5 bucks cheaper
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Jul 1, 2024 2:52 PM
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zyberwoofJul 1, 2024 2:52 PM
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Quote from kelly58 :
got one last week. mine also said WD on the outside. had to use the power adapter they ship with. hard disk sentinel is fine with it. no noise I can discern except some clicking when in use - but not the bad kind

Already loaded up about 6TB
Would this power adapter get in the way if this drive was used in a SATA hot swap bay? That would be a deal breaker for most NAS cases.
Jul 1, 2024 3:16 PM
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kpb321Jul 1, 2024 3:16 PM
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Quote from zyberwoof :
Would this power adapter get in the way if this drive was used in a SATA hot swap bay? That would be a deal breaker for most NAS cases.
I expect that any modern NAS won't need the power adapter but if that is the case the alternative is to tape over the right pins.

https://hwp24.com/articles/if_the...e_feature/

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Jul 1, 2024 3:19 PM
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utgotyeJul 1, 2024 3:19 PM
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Quote from kelly58 :
got one last week. mine also said WD on the outside. had to use the power adapter they ship with. hard disk sentinel is fine with it. no noise I can discern except some clicking when in use - but not the bad kind

Already loaded up about 6TB
Preventative wear leveling. Unavoidable fact on many enterprise drives.

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