Western Digital 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive – Manufacturer Refurbished

Pros: Pricing for some bench spares looked good. RMA'd and expecting replacements at some point.

Cons: Ordered 3. All 3 DOA.

Overall Review: All 3 were properly packaged. Came out of static wrap with worn WD stickers, smudges, residue from previously removed stickers, and build up of dirt/other material on 1. Suspect these were 'incoming' for testing, not outgoing that HAD been tested. Long time NewEgg customer, 30+ years technical exp.. Not the norm for NewEgg.

Pros: - Balance Power and Speed - Price point was decent

Cons: WD DIAG and BIOS SMART POST detected this drive as failed; hopefully, I haven't missed something in the BIOS. - Price point was decent, but not after paying to send back - Waiting on RMA - Refurbished items: you can't change from a WD Blue to another product like a WD Green drive

Overall Review: This was a refurbished drive. Hopefully the company/person doing the refurbishing isn't simply resending these out until they get two failures on the S/N. Find it hard to believe that someone really doing their job would allow this drive to go back out to the consumer in this state. Want to give whomever the benefit of the doubt; however, when companies are cutting so many corners I almost have to fault the manufacture for the short comings and failures.

Pros: None

Cons: Received two of these hard drives, both were dead on arrival. Don't waste your money.

Pros: Works great. Was worried about it working since it's a recertified product. But has worked flawlessy so far.

Cons: None yet. Hopefully stays that way.

Pros: shipped relativly fast

Cons: drive doesent work, though it was my fault for not communicating the issue earlier, because I didint use it untill over a month when I finally got the other parts for my computer.

Pros: new magnet to play with

Cons: bought 2 one was DOA. Click of death. they say there refurbished which is a load of bull. there not tested they just slap an approved sticker on them. Don't have much faith in the one that works. wont put anything important on it

Overall Review: get a new one on shell shocker spend the extra $20 I wish I did ;(

Pros: After two months, one of five drives still in use.

Cons: Four of five drives non-functional or unreliable.

Overall Review: I wonder about the meaning of "manufacturer recertified."

Pros: *works *cheap *not bad quality

Cons: No cons for this 20$ drive. Amazing value

Overall Review: I use this as a backup for my computer. I've heard awful things about it not working but mine works fine and i could not be happier about this purchase.