It'd be interesting to know the usage pattern of those hard drives. Was the machine kept running 24/7, or was it shut down at night or when not in use? Was it largely idle when not in use, or was he constantly seeding torrents on the machine or something equally disk-intensive? Every hard drive fails, given time and usage.
Still, you won't find a new machine with that spec for $400. Seems like a decent price to me.
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