Is it worth buying a problematic HDD?

Question

Hard disks

They offered a problematic HDD Hitachi 500 gb for a small sum.
Blue blocks successfully pass the remap.
Smart screen:

Is it worth buying?

Answer 1

In general, none of those who value money less than time is associated with problem screws precisely because of the unpredictability of their behavior. The data you cited will still not give a clear understanding of how reliable the screw is and how long it will work.
But of course, the economic situation is different, so depending on what you want to do with it:
To store completely unimportant information there (movies that can always be re-downloaded from the Internet) - you can.
To store personal information there that you cannot recover - no.
To put the system and software there is not recommended, because it is not clear how this hard drive will manifest itself in a day or a month.

Answer 2

The stingy one pays twice, and the smart one saves on it.
(c)2016, xmoonlight

I think the answer is more than clear.

Answer 3

only if you need a magnet...
parameter 196 is critical.... and as practice shows - they multiply..... is
it worth it or not - it's up to you to decide what is more expensive, disk or data?