Is buying a "used" hard drive worth the savings?

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ThomasPham

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I'm thinking about building a NAS, and trying to save as much money as I can. Ran through ebay real quick to check the market and saw a bunch of used hard drives on sale. What's your opinion on those?
 
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rontonomo

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in no way is it worth the savings... its a huge waste of money, but if you dont care about losing all the data on the drive to each his own... I would advise buying a brand new drive straight from the store so you dont have to worry about it being dropped in shipping
 
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It really depends. If you do regular backups, and are prepared for a HDD to fail at any moment, then it may be worth it. I've had drives that have been in service for over 10 years, and I have also had drives fail within days of being purchased new.

Even new drives can be dropped before(or after) getting to the store shelf, so the dropped hdd issue is a non issue.

The only question I would have is if there is any DOA warranty - so you a guaranteed to get a working drive.
 
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rontonomo

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the dropped drive is def an issues if ordering online had it happen several times wont ever go that route again... and the bottom line is a used drive is a used drive might as well get a new one from the beginning and save yourself the headache...
 
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Is it more than $15 USD?
If so, probably not. Just buy new and have the manufacturer warranty.

For $15, I'd take the risk. Any more than that is not cheap enough to risk the early death possibility.

What size/make/model drives are we talking about?
 
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ThomasPham

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They're 1 or 2 TB Drives for about 30-50 bucks depending on usage. Looks like they're WD 7200 blues. But really a new drive inst that much more expensive, so maybe your ball park in buying a drive is about where it should be at.
 
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