Question 1

does this work as a desktop Mac Pro hdd?

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Yes.  It's a SATA drive.  It will work as one of your internal drives on your Mac Pro.   You will only need to format using Disk Utility.  Very easy.

Question 2

What is the default bytes per sector? I need 4k native sector size of unallocated/non-formatted disk to add mirror raid to existing 4k native drive.

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If you reformat the drive when you install it, it should be reformatted to the system which you are using and thus the configuration will be correct.

Question 3

Does this work as a laptop hdd? planning to install in a vaio. thank you!

Accepted Answer

The others are correct, it cannoot be used as an internal laptop hard drive.  This, and most internal hard drives can be made to work as an external hard drive using a USB adapter, but there's usually better solutions.  Most USB 2.0/3.0 adapters that interface with internal SATA and/or IDE drives draw their power from a 115VAC adapter (regular household plug here in the U.S.) and are primarily intended as a temporary solution for data transfer off a drive that came out of another PC or server.

Having said all that, I have several of these in the 3TB and 4TB size drives (ordered from another Amazon account) which I use primarily for software RAID ("Mirror" drives in Windows Disk Manager terminology), and one I use for multimedia in the laptop with a USB 3.0 IDE/SATA adapter.  It's not a very aesthetic solution, but it's cheap, works great, and I can output from the laptop to a large HDTV + stereo amp.

Question 4

Work for gaming?

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You can absolutely use this to run games and I say this having done so myself. It would be a lie to say this is "incapable" of it, it preforms with my friends SSD's, albeit they aren't modern it's a pretty high-run drive. You can count on it to load fairly quick, It even loads Elden Ring in under 5 seconds for me. Never had an issue with it, but as other reviewers say, it's refurbished so quality may vary. I got this back in 2018 before HGST was bought out by WD.

ASIN	B01LYVD7ME
Additional Features	Portable
Best Sellers Rank	#20,644 in Amazon Renewed ( See Top 100 in Amazon Renewed ) #1,315 in Internal Hard Drives #6,737 in Renewed Computers & Accessories
Brand	HGST
Built-In Media	Hard Drive
Cache Memory Installed Size	64
Color	Silver
Compatible Devices	Desktop
Connectivity Technology	SATA
Customer Reviews	4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (459)
Data Transfer Rate	6 Gigabytes Per Second
Digital Storage Capacity	3000 GB
Enclosure Material	SATA
Form Factor	3.5-inch
Hard Disk Description	Mechanical Hard Disk
Hard Disk Form Factor	3.5 Inches
Hard Disk Interface	Serial ATA-600
Hard Disk Rotational Speed	7200 RPM
Hard-Drive Size	3 TB
Hardware Connectivity	SATA 6.0 Gb/s
Hardware Platform	PC
Installation Type	Internal Hard Drive
Item Weight	2 Pounds
Manufacturer	HGST, a Western Digital Company
Media Speed	500 MB/s
Mfr Part Number	FBA_HUS724030ALE641
Model Name	Ultrastar 7K4000
Model Number	FBA_HUS724030ALE641
Number of Items	1
Read Speed	600 Megabytes Per Second
Specific Uses For Product	storage
Warranty Description	90 days limited warranty

HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724030ALE641 (0F17731) 3TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM SATA III 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive (Renewed)

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