Toshiba X300 6TB 7200RPM 128MB 3.5" SATA

So I got mine (4tb) back in early 2018, and at time of writing (early 2020), I have to say I've had 0 issues with it. The short summary: Pros: -Big -Cheap for what it is -No real noticeable lag. It's a little slower than my laptop's SSD, but you'd be getting an SSD 4x smaller for the same -installation is bog standard HDD installation price Cons: -Rattles a bit when in a lot of use (not something that bothers me) -Some people have reported problems (can't speak for them, 2 years, no issues) -Sticker doesn't match my PC's internal colour scheme (mileage may vary) Here is what I think: When it says "for professionals", that's probably one of the key things you want to consider. Ultimately, this drive is loud as hell as far as drives go. When idling, it doesn't really make a lot of noise, but do anything with it, and it's like someone's tinkering with an old lawnmower (it's a switched off lawn mower, but very echoey and in a garage next door). Now. Being an hardcore e🅱️ic gamer, much of the time, I have my speakers on (or headphones if you're a headphone person). So when I'm using this, it's because I'm playing a game, and as such, I can't hear it once the game has started, due to other noises going on. You've got to square this away yourself really. I find computer noises relaxing, so a little rattling from under my desk doesn't rattle me, but if you're honestly bothered by that, then it's not for you. Reviews I read before purchasing appeared to suggest it was mainly built as a budget dedicated server option, and considering many people I know don't in fact want 300+ games installed at a time, that seems about right. So just remember. You're getting good performance, and big size out of a fairly cheap drive (as far as relatively high speed drives go). The concession is a little noise occasionally, or a lot if you're a habitual ctrl+s person, and you're working with blender or something, then a little noise a lot. I use a different drive for my art stuff though, and word documents and code go to the cloud, so these are not use cases I can really report back about. It was easy to install, it's literally just a bog standard hard drive installation. I can't remember if I had to format it, but it's not my OS drive, and if it was, it still wouldn't matter, because ultimately, when you set up from scratch, the installation wizard gives you an option to do it as far as I can remember. The main take away here though, is that the installation process was problem free enough that after 2 years, my main stick out memory of buying this was thinking I got a good deal on 4tb, and now I return, because I only have 25ish gb left. Should I uninstall some games? Hell no. Get back in the bin with your terrible advice. I can't speak for the 1 star reviews. Ultimately, if the drives are failing after months or a year in those cases, then that sucks, and that's a legitimate complaint. However, I can't speak for them because of the fact that mine has lasted 2 years now with not a single issue and a higher than average amount of moving my desktop from place to place. With any product you buy, you're rolling the dice, and there's a certain probability you will get a dud, but I honestly cannot recommend this enough. Especially considering that I use this probably about 8-9 hours a day at the best times. I've really put this through its paces, and mucked about with partitioning, and it's been pretty solid.

I have been buying and building computers since the IBM 286 (1 meg ram) costing over a £1,000 was the cutting edge technology, I had a 40 Meg drive in it and that was considered to be so large you would never fill it, and to replace was well over £200. Things have certainly moved on and buying a fast 4TB platter drive for £95 was unimaginable then, now paying £23.75p a Tb means that 40 meg drive would have cost £3.80 today, clearly Moores law is as relevant today as it was in 1965 with all things technology based. Anyway less history and down to reviewing the drive. Its fast for a non SSD drive being helped by the 7200 rpm platter and the 128 meg buffer. The product details on Amazon are very basic and even incorrect stating its a Solid State Hard Drive which clearly it isn't, check out the Toshiba website for the specs and there are some great reviews on-line. My Mobo is 8 years old so I wasn't sure how easy it would be to partition and format this drive. I decided to structure the partition as GPT which went very smoothly without a hitch and format it NTFS which also went very smoothly, my system is Windows 10 64 bit pro. The Drive formatted to 3.6 tb which is correct for a 4tb HD. Interestingly I copied over 900 meg from my 1TB WD Caviar Black drive (7200 rpm platter and 64 meg buffer) and it only occupied approx 650 meg space on the new drive. I triple checked this was correct and it was, all files had been copied no hidden files missed, I know the drives storage is more efficient but I didn't expect that efficient. I have tested the drive and it is about 30% faster than the Caviar but obviously not as fast as my SSD's. Its quiet, well made, it doesn't hesitate to spin up when accessed and will be the main storage for all my big files/directories and games that don't need to be on an SSD. I have no intention to use it as a boot disc, although it would be fine if your mobo can boot to it, just not as fast as an SSD. It arrived in the Toshiba packaging which is great not OEM packaging as some reviewers mention. Finally there have been some negative reviews and some very positive reviews but tbh that will be the case with all makes of drive and I have used all makes over the years, e.g. my 1TB WD Caviar Black considered the fastest and most reliable HD possible at the time, has negative reviews but mine has been faultless for over 6 years of constant use. So don't worry about this drive,perhaps a slight niggle is the 2 year warranty, 3 or 5 would have been nice but it is what it is. I very happy with it, as long as its reliable and only time will tell, I see no reason why it wont be my main storage until SSD 4tb drives are as cheap as chips. So yes, its recommended by me and if I do run into issues at a later date I will update this review.

I was thinking witch one to choose Toshiba or WD and decided to try this one, never had Toshiba HDD before, but Toshiba products that I had where great and reliable. It arrived well packet. Some photos from amazon website does not look like a real thing you will get - I am adding some photos of how it looks and test speed made with Crystal Disc Mark. From its hardware settings it is similar to WD black, but less pricey and maybe (just maybe) less reliable. I had it now for few days and I like its speed, performance except noisy trashing sound it makes when head moves - it is louder than any hard drive that I’ve had. Backing up data from old 3TB WD that had 36mb/s speed took some time, but now with 212ms/s speed HDD it is a huge difference in performance. Great hard drive - the only bad thing I could say about it the noise it makes. Now it is noisiest component in my computer :( Good: secure packaging, value vs performance, speed. Bad: noisy!

Due esemplari acquistati, provati prima in una docking station USB poi inseriti nel NAS ed effettuato test approfondito. Nessun settore difettoso rilevato; dopo 3 giorni di uso estremamente intensivo (test e copia di oltre 2 TB su ciascuno) effettuato smart test (quick) su entrambi. Nessun problema riscontrato. Update: rimasti in servizio fino a dicembre 2019 con utilizzo intenso e ininterrotto. Sostituito tutto il sistema, ora li utilizzo come backup, con utilizzo scarso ma sistematico. Entrambi ancora in ottimo stato

So die Platte ist nun da und läuft. Sie ist eindeutig lauter als meine WD Green und Red Platten aber das hält sich im Rahmen. Dreht dafür schneller:-) Zu Transferraten kann man im Internet reichlich lesen, darum belasse ich es dabei. Da sie bei mir als Datengrab dient, spielt es auch für mich keine all zu große Rolle. Schauen wir mal wie lange sie hält... So und nun zu Amazon: Hermes Lieferung: 3 Tage (ok war angekündigt)... aber schnell ist anders. Das größte Manko ist wohl das die Mitarbeiter bei Amazon leider nicht wissen wie man HDDs zu verpacken hat. Polsterung...Fehlanzeige...! Schön das Toshiba mit einer Luftpolsterung in der Originalverpackung dem entgegenwirkte. Ich bezweifle aber ob dies ausreicht und beobachte, wie sich dieser "Höllenritt" auf die Haltbarkeit auswirkt. AMAZON BEREICH VERSAND: 1 Stern wenn überhaupt!!! Das kenne ich von anderen HW-Händlern sehr viel besser. Hier besteht seitens Amazon Handlungsbedarf.

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Oui, il est assez bruyant : un sifflement du à la vitesse de rotation qui ne s'atténue pas, même avec un montage sur amortisseurs caoutchouc. Mais il est rapide avec ses 7200tr/min et son buffer de 128Mo, avec un espace très suffisant et c'est bien ce que je lui demande. Je l'utilise ponctuellement, en boitier externe pour y stocker toutes mes photos et catalogues lightroom, aussi le bruit ne me dérange pas. Si vous cherchez un volume de stockage rapide et efficace n'hésitez pas.

El disco viene en caja de cartón, bien protegido, con un pequeño manual de instalación. Es un disco estándar SATA mecánico, compré una pareja para sustituir a dos WD black de 1T con unas 25000 horas de funcionamiento que todavía funcionaban bien. En funcionamiento se notan más rápidos y hacen menos ruido de rotación, aunque no he hecho una comparativa rigurosa. Al usarlos para mover datos se nota más el ruido de los cabezales, sin ser excesivo. No se calientan y han funcionado a la primera.