Great for data hoarders and media servers.

Great for data hoarders and media servers.  Read Less

Capacity as advertised (assuming 1tb = 1 billion bytes, of course).

Capacity as advertised (assuming 1tb = 1 billion bytes, of course).  Read Less

This drive is significantly more noisy than my 10 year old wd red and even in a sound dampened case i can hear it clicking away.

This drive is significantly more noisy than my 10 year old wd red and even in a sound dampened case i can hear it clicking away.  Read Less

This test reveled several bad sectors and after two more runs with a write in between the bad sector count had somewhat strange...  Read More

This test reveled several bad sectors and after two more runs with a write in between the bad sector count had somewhat strangely decreased but was still there.  Read Less

As a bonus i managed to snag a discount; amazon were offering a 20% off voucher and so i got the 4tb model for just under £82, ...  Read More

As a bonus i managed to snag a discount; amazon were offering a 20% off voucher and so i got the 4tb model for just under £82, which wasn't bad.  Read Less

Instead you need to print off *3* copies of the supplied proforma invoice, include 2 of them in a clear document pouch on the b...  Read More

Instead you need to print off *3* copies of the supplied proforma invoice, include 2 of them in a clear document pouch on the box (not in the box!  Read Less

It would have been nice if amazon's packaging had been better, a single layer of bubble wrap in one of those amazon book mailer...  Read More

It would have been nice if amazon's packaging had been better, a single layer of bubble wrap in one of those amazon book mailers isn't adequate, but that said it arrived without dents or obvious external damage.  Read Less

I went with the latter although probably should have just arranged collection; i'm not sure what was going on but i got the imp...  Read More

I went with the latter although probably should have just arranged collection; i'm not sure what was going on but i got the impression the store really didn't want to take the package even though it was small.  Read Less

I usually buy western digital drives but given their recent anti-consumer practices (secretly supplying shingled drives where i...  Read More

I usually buy western digital drives but given their recent anti-consumer practices (secretly supplying shingled drives where it used to be cmr, drives which issue a smart failure after 3 years of operational time regardless of their actual condition and most recently the issues with their ssd subsidy sandisk where rather than recall defective ssd's they simply cut the price in half in an apparent attempt to get rid of them) i decided to try another brand.  Read Less

The acceptable number of bad sectors on a new drive is zero, and given i probably wouldn't be getting that deal again i decided...  Read More

The acceptable number of bad sectors on a new drive is zero, and given i probably wouldn't be getting that deal again i decided to avoid returning it and instead raise a warranty claim with toshiba.  Read Less

However for around £100 less than the competition they are great value for money.

However for around £100 less than the competition they are great value for money.  Read Less