HGST 0F31284 3.5inch 14TB 7200RPM 512MB SATA 6Gb/s 512e SE Ultrastar DC HC530 (Renewed)

Ordered three renewed drives for a new network attached storage device. Have worked flawlessly, and packaged better than retail new. Noise level is fully acceptable, the NAS is tucked away in a network closet but even standing over it I cannot hear the drives.

Not sure what else to say about this HDD - it works, its holding my video data which is why I purchased it. I can run Premiere Pro and use this as a scratch disk and its fine as well as the source disk. Though I do need more capacity, so...........

So far I have purchased a total of eleven of these drives from Tech on Tech. All eleven came with 0 cycles and 0 hours on the SMART info - I'm pretty sure they are brand new drives. They are quiet, fast, and run cooler than the 12tb Ironwolf drives they replaced (these datacenter drives are filled with helium for reduced friction and therefore less heat and longer life). I have run full formats and full SMART testing on all of them - zero problems. All of them dropped into NAS units without any hiccup. They do come with an adapter if you are plugging into an older power supply, though - I didn't have to deal with that.

2 drives, each have SMART warnings for bad blocks. 1 of the 2 drives is now just clicking. Seller is not returning emails. as a reminder the drives are used and all S.M.A.R.T info is reset, So they may appear new but could have lots of hours.

I've had several of these in use, and no failures or issues.

The drives were manufactured in August 22 - only 5 months ago. I would hardly call that “renewed” - more like new, to me. They both came right up with no problem and put down 275MBps. Hitachi/Western Digital makes the most reliable drives according to Backblaze. I have purchased 4 other drives over the years this way with no issues. It sure beats shucking SMR drives. I have no complaints.

These have been running in my Synology NAS for a good six months now. They looked good as new, clearly recert in an official facility (labeled as such). They did just fine through the RAID reconstruction into daily use. No issues, healthy as day one. Satisfied.

It's very good. I use it well. It's cheap and it seems no different from a new product. It's the best value for money.