HGST/Hitachi (HUA723020ALA641) Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 64MB 7200RPM 3.5 (Enterprise Grade) SATA III 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Something about this hard drive is causing my PC to auto shutdown. How I know it is this hard drive? I put my old back in the problem disappears. It is not the PS (power supply) have more than enough watts for that hard drive. That being said, the drive performs great, when the auto shutdown issue is not an issue. caches well, fast and a lot of storage space for my swap file.

It was advertised as used-like new but the damage on it and the grinding noise it made when powered on to read/write suggests heavy usage over its lifetime.

Exactly as it was described, great buy.

Needed another drive for raid array, this fit the bill and matched those that came in server.

Good product and service

BackBlaze recently compared their server records on Hitachi, WD and Seagate. Hitachi beat out WD as the most reliable drive by a small but significant margin. Hitachi is also fast, though I dont have figures. Their quality control is still considered good in an industry prone to outsourcing its manufacturing. Seagate trailed a distant third in reliability. I researched before buying. I bought and installed four of these 2TB units in a single RAID 10 configuration, last month, through Amazon. The drives run 24/7 and are constantly accessed by me and a file synch program. For my money theyre as silent as any others I have used in Mac or PC installations, barely audible 2 away on my work desk. This RAID is really fast. I read the comments about head repositioning noise. It is a slightly noticeable curiosity I wouldt have identified without these reviews. I hear it only once in a while, but I dont find it distracting or objectionable. However this supplier is not Prime, and the time lag between order and delivery dates is of some concern. I ordered two more on Saturday and they still show as Preparing for Shipment Monday night. I may order bare drives from NewEgg when I need them to complete a project.

Two of these in RAID0 makes for a fast, reliable and fairly low cost 4 TB solution. Working well after a week. . . Ive used Hatachi drives for years happily.

So obviously not a New drive. Bunch of amateur crooks. Avoid.

Bought 2 of these--life savers! They are replacements for my Stripe 5 RAID. Removed the old one, put this one in its place with no issue, the RAID ran the formatting and then rebuilt itself. My data is secure.

Very loud and slow. Sounds like popcorn cooking under full load.