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

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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD (HUH721212ALE601, Refurbished: Excellent) on sale for $74. Shipping is free.

Thanks Community Member TheGrandWazoo22 for finding this deal.

Seller Note 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:
  • Previously known as Ultrastar He12 Series
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

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Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Includes 5-Year Warranty from Seller + 1-Year Allstate Warranty.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
    • Seller goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail has a 99.8% positive feedback rating with over 507K items sold.

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Written by TheGrandWazoo22
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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD (HUH721212ALE601, Refurbished: Excellent) on sale for $74. Shipping is free.

Thanks Community Member TheGrandWazoo22 for finding this deal.

Seller Note 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:
  • Previously known as Ultrastar He12 Series
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Includes 5-Year Warranty from Seller + 1-Year Allstate Warranty.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
    • Seller goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail has a 99.8% positive feedback rating with over 507K items sold.

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Written by TheGrandWazoo22

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DenMan
I got four of these on the last round. Ran full surface test, long smart test etc. No errors. Power on time was about 3-1/2 years for three of them, less than I expected. Running solid in two of my NASes, rotated into the raid arrays so they're pretty much 75% full from the beginning. No issues for the past month.

Probably need to snag a few as spares.

I think the headline here is that they offer a 5 year warranty on these. I've not needed to try this yet but I've read some other users say they've had good experiences getting this fulfilled.
ClunkClunk
Any 3.5" USB SATA enclosure should work fine. Choose USB-C if you have the option on your computer for a bit more speed, but USB 3.0 should be fine as well considering this is a regular spinning hard drive. Also FYI - these 3.5" size drives will require an external power brick, so it's not going to be something you can power via USB only.
munkle
Got one of these last sale for $74. Came well packed, no issues with it so far but only filled it 25%.

It's pretty quiet, other people say it's a loud drive, I think they say that because it vibrates more than other drives I have and depending on your case that could make a lot more noise from the case.

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Freak4Dell
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Quote from Wiznaz :
Same for me for their 16TB drive purchased from their website.
Ordered 9/1
Label created 9/3
Arrived at USPS 9/5
Weirdly, mine went straight from label created to arrived at my regional distribution center today. They're supposed to be delivered tomorrow. I guess it was weirdness with USPS and not the seller.
Sep 7, 2024
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m6284505
Sep 7, 2024
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Quote from Freak4Dell :
Does this company normally take a long time to ship? I ordered on 9/1, they posted tracking early on 9/3, but it's still just saying label created.
Sign up for Informed Delivery with USPS, you'll see when the label is created and the shipping information.
https://informeddelivery.usps.com
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ElevatorSky
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received. the power on hours count is 27843.
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m6284505
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Quote from MWink :
Yes, that's the test.
Last question. How does this look?
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m6284505
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Quote from ElevatorSky :
received. the power on hours count is 27843.
37,795 (3 years, 354 days) for mine.
Sep 8, 2024
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MWink
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Quote from m6284505 :
Last question. How does this look?
Did you save the Report (which lists the slow sectors)? Did you format the drive before running the test? Depending on how slow they were, I might spot test them. However, they're probably fine, especially if the drive was formatted.
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frugalbrutus
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Quote from pet1700 :
Thanks for that. I just ordered the DS224+ today (couldn't pass up the $239 price), and glad these work fine. I am going to order 2. I want to setup a NAS at home for photos and video backup from our phones and tablets.
I saw that DS224+ deal. I am SO tempted to buy a 2nd one, that is a GREAT deal. Congrats.

If you think you might install a lot of apps on it, I recommend adding memory. I am using this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F6N8L3S/

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frugalbrutus
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Quote from BayuU :
any recommendation for budget NAS? I want to retire my aging D-Link DNS-323, it's working perfectly but only able to take 2x 4TB HDD max with custom firmware, and only 100Mbps transfer speed. Or is it better just to build an ultra budget PC for this purpose? I have some old unused PC parts laying around.
if you want the hobby experience of building your own, maybe you can do it for less money, but my recommendation is the DS224+ deal posted in here for about $240. It is a fantastic unit. Highly recommend.
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m6284505
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Quote from MWink :
Did you save the Report (which lists the slow sectors)? Did you format the drive before running the test? Depending on how slow they were, I might spot test them. However, they're probably fine, especially if the drive was formatted.
No, I didn't think to save the actual report, just that screen shot. I ran the test just after initializing the drive in the disk management console (Win11) and I didn't format a volume before that.
Thanks for your help!
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samsungs70
Sep 11, 2024
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Please let me know what software to test if there are bad sectors on the hard drive. Thank you!
Sep 12, 2024
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samsungs70
Sep 12, 2024
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Per Crystal Disk Info, the health status is 'Good' but should I be concerned about these?
- Reallocated Sectors Count: 100 (current)
- Uncorrectable Sector Count: 100 (current).
Thank you.
Sep 14, 2024
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huaqiangbei
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Quote from samsungs70 :
Per Crystal Disk Info, the health status is 'Good' but should I be concerned about these?
- Reallocated Sectors Count: 100 (current)
- Uncorrectable Sector Count: 100 (current).
Thank you.
Yes, have them replace it. Reallocated sectors are no good
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lamah2024
Sep 18, 2024
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i don't know why my computer is not detecting it. my computer is about 11 years old, but it shouldn't matter. none of the hard drive utility is detecting it (hard disk sentinel, minitool partition, crystalinfo, WD acronis (the ebay receipt says it's a WD drive??)

Even my bios is not detecting the HD, i'm out of ideas, help?

UPDATE: using an external docking station, the utilities do detect the drive. not sure why direct connection doesn't work. i even used good cables from a DVD drive to make sure...

NOW new issue is the external docking station has a 2TB limitation...
Last edited by lamah2024 September 18, 2024 at 05:17 PM.
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Freak4Dell
Sep 19, 2024
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Quote from lamah2024 :
i don't know why my computer is not detecting it. my computer is about 11 years old, but it shouldn't matter. none of the hard drive utility is detecting it (hard disk sentinel, minitool partition, crystalinfo, WD acronis (the ebay receipt says it's a WD drive??)

Even my bios is not detecting the HD, i'm out of ideas, help?

UPDATE: using an external docking station, the utilities do detect the drive. not sure why direct connection doesn't work. i even used good cables from a DVD drive to make sure...

NOW new issue is the external docking station has a 2TB limitation...
Did you try using the extension cable they included in the box? It's possible your system doesn't support Power Disable Mode, and the cable will bypass that.

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Can someone please help me interpret https://ibb.co/RYCpg8g the https://ibb.co/1frb735 Results https://ibb.co/y5KZPSh I hit the third option (Smart Tests) from the tools option thanks!

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