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Pros

The n300 model is the only one i use for gaming on 2 different machines. True plug and play on my cloud device. Installed as an external drive, working well.



Cons

I am not at this time recommending toshiba as a vendor for storage, if their warranty is worthless. See vendor-specific attribute list for failed attributes. Offlinedata ( 120) seconds.

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Quality


Toshiba makes an excellent product and i have used their drives in many devices for both commercial and personal situations.


Resilvering went quickly and they are still working.


Runs a bit less noise (different sound vs toshiba when write/seek), just a bit faster random and consequently write/read and 2 ...  Read More


I bought twelve barracuda 8tb drives (which i expected to die) in order to make a zpool with the expectation to swap the garbag...  Read More

Price


Check with crystal disk info everything works nicely, 8tb still in this price is okay now, since the chia coin.


Price wise : toshiba 8tb was a bit cheaper ($175) and seagate ironwolf 8tb ($195 on sale, regular $205).

Shipping


Considering i have trouble getting us mail across town in that same time period.


I ordered these from the "smartbazaar" vendor (this link) on a tuesday night , they shipped on wednesday, from singapore(surpri...  Read More


Packaged well, after being sent, it arrived quickly.

Packaging/appearance


They were packed extremely well and all are happily at work in my new raid.

Competitiveness


Temperature wise, qnap shown that toshiba runs cooler about 2-3 degrees in celsius.

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    expected, new, packed and same.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 244.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 275 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 22 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Put it in a synology nas several months ago and its been spinning ever since


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Update came across with seagate exos 12tb helium filled


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Runs a bit less noise different sound vs toshiba when writeseek just a bit faster random and consequently writeread and 2 degrees celsium runs cooler


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But note regarding seagate warranty it starts not from date of purchase but from date retailers got it from seagate


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Producing same level of noise when reading recording data


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seagate was just 23 db louder


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Temperature wise qnap shown that toshiba runs cooler about 23 degrees in celsius


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Sata ciurentmax speed toshiba shown 6gbps seagate 3 for current and 6 for max

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