Good disk for archival purposes, but shouldn't be used as a general purpose hard drive for many use cases.

This drive uses SMR ("shingled" magnetic recording) that makes it unsuitable for sustained write loads. The drive can experience severe pauses (e.g. for upwards of 60 seconds) if the CMR zone fills up, making it fail during "resilvering", so should not be used for RAID. You shouldn't put these disks in e.g. a NAS box. Unfortunately, the manufacturer has chosen not to explicitly mention the disk uses SMR in their specifications. Good disk for archival purposes, but shouldn't be used as a general purpose hard drive for many use cases.

This drive uses SMR ("shingled" magnetic recording) that makes it unsuitable for sustained write loads. The drive can experience severe pauses (e.g. for upwards of 60 seconds) if the CMR zone fills up, making it fail during "resilvering", so should not be used for RAID. You shouldn't put these disks in e.g. a NAS box. Unfortunately, the manufacturer has chosen not to explicitly mention the disk uses SMR in their specifications.

This HDD failed me three times. Constant ticking noise (ticks every 3-5 seconds) when it's in idle status will drive you mad if you're trying to concentrate in a quite room.
Highly not recommended unless you're ok with tick/beep noise.
wasted petrol/time - had to get it replaced three times and each one of them were making noises. Got it refunded at the end but it was such a bad experience overall This HDD failed me three times. Constant ticking noise (ticks every 3-5 seconds) when it's in idle status will drive you mad if you're trying to concentrate in a quite room.
Highly not recommended unless you're ok with tick/beep noise.
wasted petrol/time - had to get it replaced three times and each one of them were making noises. Got it refunded at the end but it was such a bad experience overall

Bought this hdd as it was this best for the price but when I put it in it made a weird noise because the header ended up being broken, once I got it replaced and put the new one my pc it was fine for a couple weeks but has just started making the same sound. I will be getting a refund and not buying this brand again. If you arent happy replacing a few times I would recommend spending a little more on a better brand. Bought this hdd as it was this best for the price but when I put it in it made a weird noise because the header ended up being broken, once I got it replaced and put the new one my pc it was fine for a couple weeks but has just started making the same sound. I will be getting a refund and not buying this brand again. If you arent happy replacing a few times I would recommend spending a little more on a better brand.

Not impressed. Read errors and less than two years old.
Died at power-on hours: 10142, makes horrible clicking sounds. Not impressed. Read errors and less than two years old.
Died at power-on hours: 10142, makes horrible clicking sounds.

Great price very fast and goes brrrr Great price very fast and goes brrrr

Works well and great price. Using for games and haven't had any issues.. Works well and great price. Using for games and haven't had any issues..

Expanding storage space. Warranty only 2 years. What happened to the 5 year warranites? Would have got 5 stars if it had 5 year warranty. Expanding storage space. Warranty only 2 years. What happened to the 5 year warranites? Would have got 5 stars if it had 5 year warranty.

from what I have seen it works a treat in terms of writing speed for a hard drive. large enough for me, maybe even too big but is a safe size. no complaints and would definitely recommend considering price as well from what I have seen it works a treat in terms of writing speed for a hard drive. large enough for me, maybe even too big but is a safe size. no complaints and would definitely recommend considering price as well

If you want a drive that does just what it's supposed to, get this one. If you want a drive that does just what it's supposed to, get this one.

By: DeonM6 23/12/21

Verified Owner

Bought to add some storage to a PC, and works as expected.
Plenty of room for some games, music, photos etc. Bought to add some storage to a PC, and works as expected.
Plenty of room for some games, music, photos etc.

By: DarylL33 30/11/21

Verified Owner

It obviously isnt as fast as some hard drivea especially for gaming but still works really well for storing stuff. No compaints. It obviously isnt as fast as some hard drivea especially for gaming but still works really well for storing stuff. No compaints.

Bulk storage of larger files and applications is easily handled by this HDD, with the 2 TB almost being overkill for a casual gamer like me Bulk storage of larger files and applications is easily handled by this HDD, with the 2 TB almost being overkill for a casual gamer like me