The white label drives that I received were all in working order, doing a long surface test just to verify there were no bad sectors and the read and write speeds are what is expected with mechanical drives.
These drives are usually re-manufactured from major drive manufactures, but they put there own label on the drive. The drives as they no longer have a valid standard warranty. The ones I received were both Hitachi drives HUS724030ALE641 these drives were released around 2012/2013 and had a 5 year warranty at the time. These are enterprise drives, so they should have enterprise components in them. If you want the details specs you can just search Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 pdf on google and get more information.
I did buy a refurbished drive same model exactly, because they were cheap at the time and it was before the re-manufactured drives hit the market.
The Pros of re manufactured "new" drives:
1. They come with a 1 year warranty, the warranty is through the seller instead of refurbished drives that come with either a 60 or 90 days warranty.
2. The drives should not only have been tested, but mechanical components should have been checked or at least replaced. The motor should have been re-lubricated or replaced to keep the hard drive running for years to come.
The cons
1. No documentation unless you know what the OEM drive is and look it up yourself,
2. You are relying on the seller for warranty claims instead of a large manufacture.
3. Power consumption might be a little higher since these have older technology
The only complaint that I have with these hitachi drives are during excessive write and read, the drives are loud and vibrates like old IDE(PATA) drives in my old computers. I have had new Toshiba and WD hard drives that were quieter and did not vibrate as excessive as these Hitachi drives. The refurbished one I brought a few years ago has 36,000+ hours on the drive up to this date and still running strong, I expect these drives to give me the same reliability or even better.
This will be my first experience with generic "new" drives. Time will tell how long they will last.
| 制造商 | Generic |
|---|---|
| 商品尺寸 | 23.62 x 13.97 x 9.4 cm; 816 克 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | 不是 |
| 形状大小 | 3.5 Inches |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 7200 每分钟转数 |
| 硬件平台 | PC |
| 是否包含电池 | 不是 |
| 商品重量 | 816 g |
