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Quality

So far i am happy with the purchase, sometimes i wish they would be less noisy but in comparison with my old 1tb external usb d... Read More

The product listing shows hdwn180uzsva (with n) but the disk that arrived was hdwg180uzsva (with g).

I am shocked at the noise of these drives when accessing, they clank about terribly.

Price

Definitely louder than the pair of 4td wd reds they replaced, but the price was good, and they work great in the mycloudmirror (gen 2)

Ticks all the right boxes and the price was decent too (pre chia mining at least).

Packaging/appearance

Packaging for a hard drive wasn't the best but better than some i have experienced.

Great product, i’ve bought many to expand a server rack, though the packaging is very poor, box is oversized for the product wi... Read More

I'm sure the original packaging wouldn't have qualified.

Competitiveness

Maybe i'm just lucky, but the two drives i received have reasonable noise level for a nas drive, and they are a lot quieter tha... Read More

These are also 7200 rpm as opposed to the wd 5400 rpm 2tb units they have replaced.

- good sustained speeds (a 20gb dummy file from an nvme drive had sustained speeds of 260mb/s to each drive, according to terac... Read More

The synology software warns me that it may not be compatible when i install it.

Overview

How are reviewers describing this item?
good, two, noisy, red and quiet.

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Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 1,367 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 25 2021.