Western Digital WD_BLACK 8TB 3.5" Desktop / Gaming Hard Drive Model WD8002FZWX

CONDITION: Open box, basically new. unused, merely tested. Zero hours.

This drive has never been put into service. I powered it on once, on a Linux system, purely to pull its SMART data before listing, and that single power-up is the entire history recorded on the drive:

  SMART overall-health self-assessment ....... PASSED
  Power-On Hours ............................. 0
  Head Flying Hours .......................... 0
  Spindle Motor Power-On Hours ............... 0
  Power Cycle Count .......................... 1
  Start/Stop Count ........................... 1
  Load Cycle Count ........................... 1
  Reallocated Sectors ........................ 0
  Current Pending Sectors .................... 0
  Offline Uncorrectable Sectors .............. 0
  UDMA CRC Errors ............................ 0
  SATA Phy error counters .................... all 0
  SMART error log ............................ No errors logged
  Lifetime min/max temperature ............... 30 C / 31 C

smartctl -x output available to any buyer who asks before or after purchase. Serial number will be redacted to avoid fraud.

The drive contains no partition table, no filesystem and no data. Nothing has ever been written to it.

SPECIFICATIONS (per Western Digital's official datasheet):
  Capacity ............... 8 TB
  Interface .............. SATA 6 Gb/s
  Form factor ............ 3.5 inch
  Rotational speed ....... 7200 RPM
  Cache .................. 128 MB
  Recording technology ... CMR (not SMR)
  Internal transfer rate . up to 238 MB/s
  Load/unload cycles ..... 300,000
  Non-recoverable read errors . <1 in 10^14
  Acoustics .............. 28 dBA idle / 34 dBA seek
  Average power .......... 8.7 W read-write, 7.9 W idle, 0.29 W standby
  Operating temperature .. 5 C to 60 C
  Weight ................. 1.65 lb / 0.75 kg
  Manufacturer warranty .. 5-year limited from date of manufacture

SHIPPING & PACKING: Ships in an anti-static bag, suspended in foam, double-boxed — same as I received it except the static bag will be open as I had to remove it to test it.

RETURNS: 30-day returns accepted. Buyer pays return shipping. Refund issued once the drive is back and confirmed in the same condition it shipped in, with the same serial number.

Please check the photos for the exact drive label and date of manufacture.