From what i know recertified means, it has been tested and the smart counter has been reset. I'd contact customer support directly regarding further questions, especially if the warranty is in order. In my opinion this should be clearly declared and even be under a different article number, not shared or mixed.
To install a 3.5" hard disk in your HP PC, you generally need to use a hard disk support or cage. These brackets are often built into the PC case and are used to secure the hard drive in place. Make sure that your PC has a bracket suitable for 3.5" hard drives. If it doesn't, you may need an adapter or an additional bracket.
The photos showing the disc with the tone arm (without cover) are for illustration purposes only. Hard drives are always protected. They would be too vulnerable without it. There is no specific variant to look for, the drive will always be "closed".
That should fit. The computer is not that old and nothing has really changed with SATA since then.
A SATA hard disk only needs two connections. The narrow one for data and the wide one for power (page 23).
https://static.digitecgalaxus.ch/Files/2/8/3/5/3/2/4/4/100805918l.pdf
The socket with 4 pins is not needed.
No, not as far as I know. With laptop or external hard drives, there are sometimes sensors that measure whether the device is in free fall and deactivate the hard drive to prevent damage, but this would probably be of little help with a desktop. All in all, SSDs are used today everywhere where shocks or other impacts are expected, because they are insensitive to physical impact.
In general, desktop HDDs are cut back wherever possible, so you can usually expect little except acceptable reliability. But in return you get an astronomical number of GB/Fr.
NAS hard disks, on the other hand, are optimised to protect against vibrations from surrounding disks (in a server with hundreds of running disks, this cannot be underestimated), i.e. these are probably the best protected against all kinds of things.
When switched off, ordinary hard disks are not overly sensitive anyway, i.e. when it comes to relocating desktops, you don't have to worry too much now. However, if the devices are transported over longer distances on the road, the hard disks should be removed and placed safely in the passenger's lap.
Mac Pro 5.1 are equipped with 4 3.5" slides, according to Apple 4x2TB SATA II are supported. However, users report that larger hard drives work without any problems.
So it should be no problem to install them in the Seagate BarraCuda.
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/faq/mac-pro-how-to-upgrade-hard-drives-what-type-supported.html
Hello, cables are not included. Normally you need a SATA cable, the power cable is already present on the power supply unit. When you buy a mainboard, all cables are always included.
It is necessary to have a power cable which is normally directly on the power supply of your pc and the SATA data cable which goes to your motherboard which is normally supplied with your motherboard if you don't have one anymore then yes you have to buy one
yes, you could use it but it would only work with the slowed down performance because your mainboard has sata2 and this disk is sata3!
https://www.gigabyte.com/de/Motherboard/GA-MA790XT-UD4P-rev-10#sp
You can see the difference here:
https://kb-de.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8639/~/difference-between-sata-i%2C-sata-ii-and-sata-iii