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The drives I got have seemingly random firmware; though I did buy a bunch over a period of time instead of at once. I have two or three really fast drives with firmware like HP** or some other four letter combination, while the rest are 01.01XXX firmwares with slightly lower performance in both...

It's best to check prices from multiple sources before ordering. Right now, eBay and the goHardDrive website list ~130, but Amazon is currently showing $120.

I had another 4TB on order and I asked them to send me an HPG1 if it was possible. Jackie replied saying that they're out of those and all they currently have in stock are 01.01AX1 - which were originally WD4000FYYZ models. That doesn't seem to explain the rather sub-par benchmarks I'm getting...

I bought a couple of WL4000GSA6472E drives recently (currently $130), but I ordered them separately a couple weeks apart. It looks like they're mixing different models since I got two two that differ a lot in firmware and benchmarks (using HD Tune Pro on same system and SATA port). They look...