[US] $70 down from $90 - 10TB 3.5" WD DC HC510 HDD Refurbished at Newegg

[iGPR3]

Looking for cheap HDDs and found this, doesn't seem too bad at $7/TB

 

Here:

https://www.newegg.com/hgst-ultrastar-dc-hc510-10tb/p/1Z4-001J-00DA4?

[dizmo]

Good price, but I don't think I'd ever trust mass storage to a refurb drive.

[Paul Rudd]

12 hours ago, dizmo said:

Good price, but I don't think I'd ever trust mass storage to a refurb drive.

While I heavily agree with you on this, upon further glance, have you by chance looked at the pictures and reviews? I would describe both as surprisingly favorable. And even the top rated third party seller located in California known as GOHARDDRIVE STORE has a 4.5/5 star rating from 100 reviews.

 

And if you buy this same drive on Amazon here you get a 5 year warranty for $8.88. This third party seller also located in California is known as Worldwide Product Importer with a 4.9/5 star rating from 344 reviews.

 

I'm a huge fan of hard drives in general and I remember paying $75 for a 3 TB 7200 RPM HDD 5 years ago and seeing this price now for a 10 TB HDD very similar to mine is a super considerable deal for someone looking to obtain mass storage. I have quite a few HDD's that are still going strong in my personal PC, can't recommend them enough.

[dizmo]

4 hours ago, Paul Rudd said:

While I heavily agree with you on this, upon further glance, have you by chance looked at the pictures and reviews? I would describe both as surprisingly favorable. And even the top rated third party seller located in California known as GOHARDDRIVE STORE has a 4.5/5 star rating from 100 reviews.

 

And if you buy this same drive on Amazon here you get a 5 year warranty for $8.88. This third party seller also located in California is known as Worldwide Product Importer with a 4.9/5 star rating from 344 reviews.

 

I'm a huge fan of hard drives in general and I remember paying $75 for a 3 TB 7200 RPM HDD 5 years ago and seeing this price now for a 10 TB HDD very similar to mine is a super considerable deal for someone looking to obtain mass storage. I have quite a few HDD's that are still going strong in my personal PC, can't recommend them enough.

Pictures and reviews don't matter to me. I simply wouldn't trust data I find important to a refurbished drive. Period. 

 

Warranty means nothing if the data is gone. 

 

A new 8TB drive is only $110. 

[Paul Rudd]

5 hours ago, dizmo said:

I simply wouldn't trust data I find important to a refurbished drive. Period. Warranty means nothing if the data is gone.

It ain't goin' nowhere.

5 hours ago, dizmo said:

A new 8TB drive is only $110. 

$40 more and take away 2 TB?

 

$110 for 8 TB isn't bad but $70 for 10 TB is a steal.

5 hours ago, dizmo said:

Pictures and reviews don't matter to me.

Some reviews could be fake or lies, so this is understandable. Hell, maybe the 5 Newegg reviews are fake, who knows. I just know I've never had a single HDD mess up on me. Every single one is still alive and kicking. I dunno if it's because of how I use them or what but I love em'. And I've left a 5 star positive review for each one.

 

The only con I've experienced from an HDD is boot time when the power goes out during an online competitive gaming session. When the power goes out and I'm forced to turn on my PC after it's been powered off from the power outage, it takes a good 4-6 minutes to get back into the game before my team loses because it's 4v5.

 

Boot time when first turning on my PC any day of the week is not a con though because each night I just put my PC to sleep. So when I turn it on, it's the same 10 seconds an SSD is.

 

And for this reason, my personal PC still has Windows installed on my 1 TB HDD. People tell me to get an SSD for it all the time for it, I never do.