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Pros

The drive is exactly as stated in the description and was packed professionally so it arrived in perfect shape. As usual, the drives were delivered in appropriate hard disk packaging.



Cons

The drive chirps every few seconds when the drive is idle. These aren't new drives.

Buyer beware. The drive doesn't seem to have a seagate warranty. And 4 years a warranty isn't the same 5.

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Quality


Absolutely silent drive with excellent transfer and search rates.


Great with a synology nas and 24/7 video recording on a raid 6 setup with hot-spare.


-first drive i owned that has a very weird sound when i turn it off, it sound like an f-16 shutting down its engines.


After less then 6 months of usage, i noticed that when restarting the pc, it takes 3 minutes for os to start, without the drive...  Read More

Price


Very good product at a reasonable price


For the cost, it's cheaper & just as dependable going with a 16tb hdd.

Shipping


Arrived when scheduled and worked with no problems.

Packaging/appearance


As usual, the drives were delivered in appropriate hard disk packaging.


I especially appreciated that there was no hard shell plastic to fight with; well packed in foam and seperate boxes, they took ...  Read More


The product i received was exactly as pictured and exactly as described.

Competitiveness


This has happened to me with another vendor in the past peddling a different brand so i believe it.


Apparently, like banks, seagate wants no written record.

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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 170 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 13 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its obviosly thicker than a 1tb drive but should fit


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It was a 34plug play34 installation with just the disk management wizard and it was done


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seems like people are just complaining about the warranty having shorter time than advertised


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Apparently its just a nuance of sellers on amazon they get the warranty from the manufacturer then resell the item so the warranty clock is already ticking


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If thats not a problem for you which it is not a problem for me then its easy to just move past that issue


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I also read someone received the incorrect product


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This has happened to me with another vendor in the past peddling a different brand so i believe it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you get a product that looks different than the one pictured and especially if it has data on it and is usedsoldasnew then return the product for a full refund immediately

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