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I have just bought a new external hdd (amazon delivery arrived a about 5 days ago) seagate one touch hub hdd 6TB (model: STLC6000400. regulatory model: SRD0LF2). This is my first external/portable hdd. I ran SeaTools and did a long generic test and both short tests. Everything came up okay (healthy green dots).
[Note: On the first day I got the drive I did an long generic test (took 3 days to complete). During that test it did not go over 47C. ambient temperature in the room was regular room temp. 20-23C]
When I uploaded a write to my pc of 65.4 GB today, it went from roughly 42C (idling temperature when first turned on) to 47C for the most part and then going on to 49C for the remaining 20 mins of the 1 hour long write.
The avg speed was about 18-20 MB/s. too slow? (its a 5400 rpm according to seagate staff I spoke to. Amazon.ca had wrongly listed it as 7200 rpm).
Anyway seatools and crystaldiskcinfo and speccy rate the 49C temp as 'ok' (speccy writes: "ok - less than 50C " beside my 49C but HDDscan rates it as a yellow (caution icon and everything else as green-ok). The heat threshold according to seatools and crystaldiscinfo is 40 (ie 60C) so Seatools rate it as okay too. Seagate on its website says the ideal is 0-50 but adds a note that their new devices are okay for unto 60C temp. According to the bottom of my seagate it says made: DOM on Sept 2023 in Thailand. So have they improved the lubricants or something.
Somebody told me that HDDScan flags anything over 45C while seatools and crystaldisckinfo flags over 60C. So who is correct? Some people on various forums say that even though it works fine over 50 or 60 C it will mean early hdd death if you ever go over 50. Mine has not gone over 49C during its 1 hour of transferring data but I am nervous about keeping it. Should I be? Im hoping some of you can give me an expert opinion. I have 30 days to return it if needed. Also, others on various forums said that the ideal hard drive temp is 25-40C. This new drive is 29C for a few minutes before it goes to its 42C idling temperature. But I have not encountered an external drive online that is like that.
questions 1): is working writing/working temperature ok for this device or should I believe HDDScan?
2) what is the common working temp and idling temp for 6TB external hard drive that I should be ok with as a buyer?
3) are there any single external drives 6-8TB that work cooler?
4 ) it the transfer speed of 18-20 MB/s of the specified data acceptable?
I dont want it for games of any kind. I just wanted to store several TB of amassed data (films, podcasts, research pdfs, books, old radio shows OTR) for the next 4-5 years.
Im trying to decide if I should keep this or return it to Amazon.ca (Im in Canada).
Thank you for any help.
[Note: On the first day I got the drive I did an long generic test (took 3 days to complete). During that test it did not go over 47C. ambient temperature in the room was regular room temp. 20-23C]
When I uploaded a write to my pc of 65.4 GB today, it went from roughly 42C (idling temperature when first turned on) to 47C for the most part and then going on to 49C for the remaining 20 mins of the 1 hour long write.
The avg speed was about 18-20 MB/s. too slow? (its a 5400 rpm according to seagate staff I spoke to. Amazon.ca had wrongly listed it as 7200 rpm).
Anyway seatools and crystaldiskcinfo and speccy rate the 49C temp as 'ok' (speccy writes: "ok - less than 50C " beside my 49C but HDDscan rates it as a yellow (caution icon and everything else as green-ok). The heat threshold according to seatools and crystaldiscinfo is 40 (ie 60C) so Seatools rate it as okay too. Seagate on its website says the ideal is 0-50 but adds a note that their new devices are okay for unto 60C temp. According to the bottom of my seagate it says made: DOM on Sept 2023 in Thailand. So have they improved the lubricants or something.
Somebody told me that HDDScan flags anything over 45C while seatools and crystaldisckinfo flags over 60C. So who is correct? Some people on various forums say that even though it works fine over 50 or 60 C it will mean early hdd death if you ever go over 50. Mine has not gone over 49C during its 1 hour of transferring data but I am nervous about keeping it. Should I be? Im hoping some of you can give me an expert opinion. I have 30 days to return it if needed. Also, others on various forums said that the ideal hard drive temp is 25-40C. This new drive is 29C for a few minutes before it goes to its 42C idling temperature. But I have not encountered an external drive online that is like that.
questions 1): is working writing/working temperature ok for this device or should I believe HDDScan?
2) what is the common working temp and idling temp for 6TB external hard drive that I should be ok with as a buyer?
3) are there any single external drives 6-8TB that work cooler?
4 ) it the transfer speed of 18-20 MB/s of the specified data acceptable?
I dont want it for games of any kind. I just wanted to store several TB of amassed data (films, podcasts, research pdfs, books, old radio shows OTR) for the next 4-5 years.
Im trying to decide if I should keep this or return it to Amazon.ca (Im in Canada).
Thank you for any help.
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