WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch Data Center HDD - WUH721414ALE604 0F31152 (Renewed)

I'm always skeptical buying renewed enterprise drives, but this 14TB WD Ultrastar DC HC530 exceeded expectations. Like many refurbished enterprise units, the S.M.A.R.T. health logs were completely wiped back to 0 hours / 1 power cycle by the seller, so I put it through a 36-hour full surface read scan using StableBit Scanner. The drive passed with flying colors. The full surface scan completed with 100% green blocks and zero bad sectors. After the heavy load, the critical S.M.A.R.T. health attributes remained absolutely flawless: Reallocated Sectors (05), Pending Sectors (C5), and Uncorrectable Sectors (C6) all sit firmly at zero. The Helium Level (16) is at a 100%, indicating the internal gas seal is entirely intact. Thermals are also great, hovering around a cool 36°C in my external enclosure under load. This seller did an excellent job and the drive is in pristine physical condition. Buy with confidence—just be sure to run a full surface scan upon arrival to verify your drive is also good to go. I'll keep an eye on the drive and update if anything comes up. I'll also be buying a few more based on this one's excellent condition.

I purchased this drive in December 2025, it died in August 2026. Working with their support team they got me a replacement drive very quickly and I had no downtime as this was part of a mirror set. Both the old and the new drive performed great. Thank you for having a 5-year warranty! Will buy from DBSKY again.

Bought product in November 2024 Never used In 2026 tried to load data, drive would not connect Took to Geeks at Best Buy, they said Drive malfunctioned with clicking sound and no connecting. A big waste of money but more important a waste of my time.

I bought 4 of these for a 4 bay Synology NAS. One is in constant use for surveillance recording, two are in raid 1 configuration for a share drive, and one is used as a cold spare/backup. Maybe one day I'll add it to the share drive array to expand from 14 tb to 28, or maybe one of my drives will fail and I can swap it in. So far I haven't had any issues in the past 1-2 months. The price is great and the drives reported low hours when I first put them into the NAS. If you can afford it I'd recommend picking up a spare drive if you have the same use case, so if a drive fails you can put an identical drive in your raid array. I was able to buy more drives for peace of mind due to the low price of these refurbished drives. I am happy with my decision. As far as noise goes, I can hardly hear the sound of these drives spinning. The noise that I can hear is the sound of the disk heads moving. These are quieter than I expected especially with 4 drives running. In a dead silent room, you could hear the sound from anywhere if you're listening for it, but overall I am not bothered by the sound, I think they're quieter than the single 2tb WD black I have in my PC that I built in 2015.

I got this disk as Renewed, but, according to intact packaging and SMART attributes (never turned on and zero time on), the disk was absolutely new. Unfortunately, it uses new SATA interface that says the presence of 3.3V signal on 3rd pin now means "put the drive into sleep mode". Revelation: most power supplies do send 3.3V there. It looks like a dead disk. I shall say I blame mor... I mean, smart people from SATA committee who, in their infinite wisdom, required backward-incompatible change. It caused me a lot of time and effort to find the root cause and a solution: either get rid of pin #3 (e.g. by taping or painting it over) or use 4-wire -- 2 x ground (black) wires, 12V (yellow), and 5V (red) wire -- instead of 5-wire (same as above + brown or gray 3.3V wire). The thing is that hard disks do not need 3.3V power, believe or not, and never needed. So some 4-wire SATA adapters (very rare -- most use 5 wires) or Molex-to-SATA power adapters (always 4 wires -- there is no 3.3V wire in Molex connector). I went with Molex-to-SATA adapter route as cheap and bulletproof. And -- voila -- it solved the problem! I wish WD included 4-wire adapter with HC530 (14 TB, this model) like they do with HC550 (18 TB model). For failing to do so WD gets one star off. The disk itself is outstanding. Almost no vibration and so quiet -- even during operation -- that it is hard to tell that the disk is on. And it really fast, easily reaching 250 MB/s even when 40-50% full. Impressive. And it is doing it silently! Very impressive. 14 TB size, combined with relatively expensive and fast conventional magnetic recoding (aka CMR) -- vs much cheaper and slower SMR, and reasonable price make it one of the best disks. I can only hope the HC series will be as reliable (the disk carries, AFAIK, 5 year -- not usual 3 year -- warranty) as other Western Digital and HGST disks. If so, it is a steal.

I've been using the HGST WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB Data Center HDD (Renewed) for a few months now, and here's my honest take on it. Pros: Massive Storage: With 14TB of space, this drive can handle an impressive amount of data. Whether you're running a data center or just need a ton of personal storage, this HDD has got you covered. Performance: The 6Gb/s SATA interface provides solid data transfer speeds. I've noticed that large file transfers and backups are relatively quick, which is crucial for my needs. Reliability: Despite being a renewed product, it has been running smoothly without any hiccups. The HGST brand has a good reputation for durability and reliability, and this drive lives up to that standard. Cons: Noise Level: This HDD is a bit noisier than I'd like. During heavy read/write operations, there's a noticeable hum. It's not a deal-breaker, but if you're sensitive to noise, it might be something to consider. Heat Generation: It does run a bit warm. I've had to ensure proper ventilation in my setup to avoid overheating issues. Investing in a good cooling system might be a good idea if you plan to use this drive extensively. Renewed Product: While mine has been working fine, there's always a bit of a gamble with renewed products. Make sure to check the seller's return policy just in case. Overall, the HGST WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB HDD offers excellent value for its storage capacity and performance. It's especially great if you're on a budget and need a high-capacity solution. Just keep in mind the potential for noise and heat, and you should be good to go!

I have been archiving old Mac computer hard drives, and storing music and other media along with applications and my art. I have most of these items backed up to Cloud drives and other hard drives. But for the price for the Terrabites, this was a deal too good to be passed up. I am able to shuffle files around, organize and sort files. Even sort out duplicates and way old, useless files. Came packed well, bare bones, came with only with drive, that's it, no extra hardware EXCEPT instructions and a cable (and even the tape) to make the drive usable with certain systems. No worries, instructions are clear via text and images. And is as easy as taking a small piece of provided tape, placing it over a few of the pins. Again, a piece of cake. After doing that initialized it for Macs, slipped it into an external enclosure and, I was shuffling bits and bytes all over the place. It is very quiet, pretty. Darn quick, with bunches and bunches of small files, or a many rather large GB files and folders full of hundreds and thousands of smaller files. Sorry not that into running speed tests. Just in my daily usage, happy with the speed. One negative so far is heat. Not smoking hot, but hot, not warm to the touch. Now that is after a few days of sling many, many files, backing up, optimizing, and syncing files and folders. Super happy with the purchase. Great secondary back-up drive.

I ordered this drive on 7/14/2026. It arrive on 7/16/2026. Inside the box was the drive. The power cable adapter for older power supplies that don't have the 4 cable SATA power plug. And a 5 year warranty card. The drive was in an anti static bag that was still factory sealed. The manufacture date on the drive is September 2025. I plugged in the drive and ran SeaTools on it to see how many power on hours it had. To my surprise it has 0 power on hours. I was sent a new drive that has never been used.