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?

  • binaryriot@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year 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.