Question 1

Can I use the locking latch type SATA cable with this drive?

Accepted Answer

Yes, a latching cable will work. I am using one.

Question 2

Would this drive support RAID?

Accepted Answer

Yes. I have 4 of them in a QNAP TS-431 in RAID 5 configuration.

Question 3

Come with cable(s) or not?

Accepted Answer

Hello Gameovr Gameovr,

Thank you for contacting us in regards to your question.

It does not come with any cables. If you do need a SATA cable, I'd recommend this one. Hope this helps!

Thank you and have a nice day! 
Newegg Support

Question 4

I bought this and I run windows 7 did anyone have to find the drivers? Where did you find them?

Accepted Answer

You will not need to find drivers. Just make sure that you accept updates from other parties via windows update and your hard drive and controller drivers will be updated. Other than that, your chipset drivers should allow for immediate detection.

Question 5

What is the manufactures warranty?

Accepted Answer

Buyer beware, Toshiba doesn't honor their warranties, I was denied replacing a drive that had a 3 year warranty at around the year and a half mark when it failed.  I have a 24 drive RAID system and am dealing with warranty nightmares.

Question 6

Is this hard drive thicker than 9.5mm?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this is not a laptop drive

Question 7

how much power does it take?

Accepted Answer

12v 0.85A = 10.2 watts
  5v 0.70A =   3.5 watts

Question 8

How loud are these drives? And how do they compare to Seagate or Western Digital? I've never used a Toshiba HD before.

Accepted Answer

I can't hear it at all and that's with all fans on low. I've had Seagate and WD in past and this seems comparable in name so far. Seagates have gone down hill in past few years. I'm using this as a media storage drive for over a year with no issues as of yet.

Question 9

Will this work in a QNAP 251+? I hear a lot of about spin up time and the RAID controller thinking it is dead because of the response time of non-NAS drives.

Accepted Answer

i cant tell u for sure, but i have no prob with spin up time i had drive for a year it has no problems. it always responds when called upon no wait unless it goes to sleep to save power i have it set that way .comes alive 1 to 2 sec  tops might be faster i never timed it. hope this helps

Question 10

curious looked on internet for specs anyone have: power draw ACTIVE IDLE AND SLEEP? as well as number of platters in this drive i am thinking 5x1tb but hoping less as balancing a 5 platter drive at 7200 is ehhh dicey?

Accepted Answer

IDLE is approximately 6W
Read/Write is approximately 11.3W
1TB platters (5 platters for this model, 10 heads)

I have 3 of these with 2 being about a year old (as of 08-03-2017) and the third one is about 4 months old (as of 08-03-2017). They work fine. They are loud but their speeds are pretty good (150+ MB/s sustained, bursts of 220+ MB/s).

Brand	TOSHIBA
Series	X300
Model	HDWE150XZSTA
Packaging	Retail Packaging

Interface	SATA 6.0Gb/s
Capacity	5TB
NAND Flash Memory Type	Hard Drive
RPM	7200 RPM
Cache	128MB
Average Latency	4.17ms

Features	The Toshiba X300 Performance Hard Drive has the technology to take your gaming to the extreme. The last thing gamers want is lag. With high performance in mind, the X300 Performance Hard Drive offers 7200 RPM and large cache size to keep your gaming experience going in real-time. The X300 also has the massive capacity for your gaming library to grow and the high performance to take your game to the next level. Designed for a professional system, home media computer, or gaming PC, the X300 comes with data protection and drive stabilization technologies to help mitigate vibrations and improve tracking accuracy. All of which means more reliability than ever for backing up your game data and digital content. Applications: Powerful desktop workstations All-in-one PCs Gaming computers Home media computers
Usage	Gaming Hard Drives

Form Factor	3.5"
Height (maximum)	26.10mm
Width (maximum)	101.60mm
Length (maximum)	147.00mm

Toshiba X300 5TB Performance & Gaming Internal Hard Drive 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 inch - HDWE150XZSTA (RETAIL PACKAGE)

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