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HGST Deskstar 7200rpm 128MB Cache SATA III 3 5 Internal NAS Drive Kit
Last Updated: November 24, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.5
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
198
Old Reviews
74
Unverified
20
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Product Reliability
33failed, seagate, nas, hgst, wd
+73%
-27%
" ... But then, I also have some Seagate's and WD's that are also as old and still working well. ... "
" ... Have had them going on three months now with no issues. ... "
" ... I have the seagate ironwolf drives and those run hotter at about 106F. ... "
" ... Happy New Year. ... "
" ... The other had 2-3/4 years. ... Immediately upon power up I realized that these were going to be the noisiest drives I had ever owned. ... "
" ... Never had any problems. ... "
" ... Worked for me. ... "
" ... Time will tell, but I am hopeful. ... "
Memory
22drives, hgst, 7200 rpm, wd, nas
+82%
-18%
" ... I've had a number of HGST drives, they are basically my go-to these days for bulk storage ... "
" ... Just purchased my second drive for my home-based file server. ... For pure performance of "like" drives, Seagate gets the 'nod' . ... "
" ... I installed two HGST 4TB 7200 rpm drives in it configured for RAID 1. ... DS218j New HGST 4TB 7200 rpm drives ... To test the transfer speed, I copied about 220 GB of data from the DS211j to the DS218j. ... "
" ... It even seems faster than the other 7200 rpm drives I have. ... "
" ... When it comes to spinning disk storage, I never get anything other than Hitachi. ... "
" ... This drive is great. ... "
" ... good hard disk work well and fast in raid ... "
" ... So, speed is good for a HDD of this capacity but reliability can only be inferred from sibling drives. ... "
Sound Quality
16drives, noisy, loud, hgst, nas
+50%
-50%
" ... In all fairness, I think the plastic Synology NAS housing helps radiate the noise. ... One star off, a little bit for the noise, but mainly because the warranties run from the day the drives were manufactured, not from the day they were purchased or put into service. ... "
" ... Out of no where they started to blip and blop with noise, I can hear the drives spin and stop. ... "
" ... Making a large amount of noise and you could almost cook an egg on this thing. ... "
" ... It is loud though, a lot of clicking, clunking and other sounds. ... I've had really good luck with most of my HGST drives, and a few are loud, but not as constantly loud like this drive, unless they are chewing away on some data transfer. ... I'm not doing anything, and this drive continues to make a ton of noise. ... "
" ... People complain about its noise -- loud like a MFM drive? ... Yes, the drives makes a small chirp sound when doing a seek -- compared to my silent Seagate drives, yeah, it's "noisy". ... "
USB
14hgst, tb, drive, wd, sata
+86%
-14%
" ... These drives run at about 94F. ... "
" ... Drives seem to perform as advertised. ... "
" ... This is my initial impression of the drives. ... DS218j New HGST 4TB 7200 rpm drives ... I am very happy with the speed of these drives. ... "
" ... It even seems faster than the other 7200 rpm drives I have. ... "
" ... So, speed is good for a HDD of this capacity but reliability can only be inferred from sibling drives. ... "
" ... I'm quite satisfied and impressed by the performance of HGST hard drives. ... "
" ... I am very happy with these drives. ... "
" ... Hard drive has been wonderful. ... "
Overall performance
13fast, reliable, far, drives, 7200 rpm
+92%
-8%
" ... Works as expected in my FREENAS machine. ... "
" ... Performance is as expected. ... "
" ... It even seems faster than the other 7200 rpm drives I have. ... "
" ... Fast and with great capacity. ... "
" ... It doesn't hurt that its a fast drive as well as reliable. ... "
" ... It's quite fast and silent. ... "
" ... Performance is a bit lower than I had hoped, but dor the price, these a great. ... "
" ... So far, so good on quality, reliability and performance. ... "
Volume
11drives, closet, noisy, louder, hear
+36%
-64%
" ... Working as expected, but it is very loud. ... "
" ... It is loud though, a lot of clicking, clunking and other sounds. ... "
" ... The downside is that they are very loud, unlike any other drives I've had in modern times. ... "
" ... they are loud, and not just a little. ... Great for a media server sitting in a closet, but they are a really bad choice for anything close enough that you'll hear it. ... "
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