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Buying used or new Drives? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Bit-Beats@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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I got my new 5bay Synology and I am want to populate it with 2-3 6TB drives now.
I find some really good deals here in Germany for a
HGST Ultrastar 7K6000 HUS726060ALE610 Int HDD 6TB 7200RPM
A new one costs 110 Euro (other competitors are in the range 120-140) and the same but used for only 50 Euro from an online shop.

Do you think it is worth to try the used ones or is it a trap? What would you do?

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[–] binaryriot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I always buy new. But the used prices are typically not cheap enough here to make them worthwhile. If I only can save like ~20 EUR per disk, I rather go new than take a used/refurbished one with higher risk attached. I don't buy below 18TB anymore though, so the market for tiny drives like 6TB may be a different situation.

My recommendation check the TB not the drive price. You probably save a lot when you buy larger capacity disks.