freshfeesh
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Drives are finally at a doable post-flood price, so I need to complete my sorely needed Freenas box. Next step, buy a slew of the new WD Reds (http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Western-Digital-Red-3TB-SATA-SOHO-NAS-Drive-Full-Review). I usually like having an excuse to buy new gear, but buying hard drives always makes me nervous. I have never seen a hard drive packed so well as the BROKEN one that I had to pack per Seagate's warranty replacement terms in order to be given a refurb unit. Everything else, not so good (including the working one they sent back to me). Newegg has been stellar for me (and most), except with hard drive packaging, where it's the most important. Amazon: spotty. My favorite was Directron, but they failed, were dead for a while (RIP), and now have apparently been resurrected but I have yet to get anything from who I assume are new, different owners of the brand.
I haven't bought a drive in over a year now, so everything is probably different all over again. What have been people's recent experiences, with Newegg and others? Some of the first reviews of the Reds on their site criticize their HD packaging. I can't stand the thought of the hidden faults due to a rough past, lurking in the delicate things that I've entrusted all my precious data to. With this purchase, I'm certainly willing to pay a few bucks more for a known good.
I haven't bought a drive in over a year now, so everything is probably different all over again. What have been people's recent experiences, with Newegg and others? Some of the first reviews of the Reds on their site criticize their HD packaging. I can't stand the thought of the hidden faults due to a rough past, lurking in the delicate things that I've entrusted all my precious data to. With this purchase, I'm certainly willing to pay a few bucks more for a known good.