Is it safe ?

[AirtightChunk39]

Hi guys,
i found on amazon refurbished Seagate HDD and i want to know if it safe to buy refurbished hard drives from amazon...? 
because i need something like 3 of them and they are sold for good price....

[rhyseyness]

How much do you care about your data and what kind of environment are they going to be in?

If we're talking about a 24/7 mission critical server, definitely not.

If it's just for your steam library, will probably be fine.

[RS2007GOD]

is it safe probably, is it a risk yes. seagate fail more often than wd drives

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, rhyseyness said:

How much do you care about your data and what kind of environment are they going to be in?

If we're talking about a 24/7 mission critical server, definitely not.

If it's just for your steam library, will probably be fine.

yes the drive will be for steam library and web browsing...

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, RS2007GOD said:

is it safe probably, is it a risk yes. seagate fail more often than wd drives

right now i have Seagate 160GB HDD and he working good for 8 years...

[RS2007GOD]

1 minute ago, AirtightChunk39 said:

right now i have Seagate 160GB HDD and he working good for 8 years...

my 320gb seagate from 2005/6 is still going strong to but theres always topics around complaining about failing seagate drives

[manikyath]

5 minutes ago, RS2007GOD said:

seagate fail more often than wd drives

so wrong you should go sit in a corner until you realise what you did.

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on topic: refurb drives arent something you'd use on a high workload machine, or for important data storage (unless if you want to have several backups of the data, then it's less of a risk.)

[rhyseyness]

5 minutes ago, AirtightChunk39 said:

yes the drive will be for steam library and web browsing...

So the data isn't that important, so I'd say go for it.

Worst case the drives fail and you have to re-download your steam library

[RS2007GOD]

Just now, manikyath said:

so wrong you should go sit in a corner until you realise what you did.

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on topic: refurb drives arent something you'd use on a high workload machine, or for important data storage (unless if you want to have several backups of the data, then it's less of a risk.)

why is it i always see people saying they wont touch seagate drives and dont see the same about wd? ill sit but wont change my view on them

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, RS2007GOD said:

my 320gb seagate from 2005/6 is still going strong to but theres always topics around complaining about failing seagate drives

ok so i have right now 2 160GB hard drives one from Samsung and the second one from Seagate..
if i will ad WD drive it will work fine with this mixing of the company's ?

[AirtightChunk39]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

so wrong you should go sit in a corner until you realise what you did.

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on topic: refurb drives arent something you'd use on a high workload machine, or for important data storage (unless if you want to have several backups of the data, then it's less of a risk.)

there won't be important data...

[manikyath]

Just now, AirtightChunk39 said:

there won't be important data...

then it's all good

[AirtightChunk39]

2 minutes ago, rhyseyness said:

So the data isn't that important, so I'd say go for it.

Worst case the drives fail and you have to re-download your steam library

i dont know what to buy because im on really tight budget build...

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, manikyath said:

then it's all good

ok thanks 

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, RS2007GOD said:

why is it i always see people saying they wont touch seagate drives and dont see the same about wd? ill sit but wont change my view on them

because seagate had some issues with one recent series of drives, seemingly the 3TB barracudas showed problematic.

 

but hobestly, there's only 3 manufacturers of hard drives, it's more based on luck than it is on buying the "highest quality" hard drive.

[21rkosta]

@AirtightChunk39 trust me go for it, worst case scenario the drive dies (which if that ever happens it will probobly happen in like years) and also the multiple drives from different companies will cause no issues

[manikyath]

Just now, 21rkosta said:

@AirtightChunk39 trust me go for it, worst case scenario the drive dies (which if that ever happens it will probobly happen in like years) and also the multiple drives from different companies will cause no issues

one can actually argue it's safer to get a refurb, because they have survived the initial "burst" of drives that die in the first year, and they passed a thourough wipe flawlessly.

[21rkosta]

@manikyath thats probobly true, i dont think the drive is going to die, but even if it dies its not that bad of a loss because its a cheaper drive

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, 21rkosta said:

@AirtightChunk39 trust me go for it, worst case scenario the drive dies (which if that ever happens it will probobly happen in like years) and also the multiple drives from different companies will cause no issues

i heard something about days of life or something.. 

so is it true that if the HDD have been working somthing like 8 years than he ending his life ?

[21rkosta]

@airtightchunk39 well drives die kinda randomly if there in a pc sitting still but it is more likely to happen ones the pc ages, its kinda like humans and catching diseases

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, 21rkosta said:

@airtightchunk39 well drives die kinda randomly if there in a pc sitting still but it is more likely to happen ones the pc ages, its kinda like humans and catching diseases

im asking because many pepole said this to me...

[21rkosta]

the older it gets the more likely it is to die, for example an 8 year drive will probobly die soon but it could live another 5-10 plus years if your very very lucky

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, 21rkosta said:

the older it gets the more likely it is to die, for example an 8 year drive will probobly die soon but it could live another 5-10 plus years if your very very lucky

now i really dont know what to buy...
 

[21rkosta]

dude the drive is probobly about a year old, expect at least 5 more years before the drive dies, and by that time you will probobly have enouph money to buy a brand new drive (ssds will probobly be much cheaper by then so it will probobly be an ssd)

[AirtightChunk39]

Just now, 21rkosta said:

dude the drive is probobly about a year old, expect at least 5 more years before the drive dies, and by that time you will probobly have enouph money to buy a brand new drive (ssds will probobly be much cheaper by then so it will probobly be an ssd)

ok...
so 24$(include tax&shipping) its good price for seagate 160GB HDD?
(its the cheapest i have found and the same like i have now)