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Seagate 3TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive $139 (Now In Store Only) @ OfficeWorks

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Seagate 3TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive $139 (Now In Store Only) @ OfficeWorks
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RogueWolf on 28/01/2016 - 16:10 officeworks.com.au (2511 clicks)
Last edited 29/01/2016 - 09:50 by 2 other users

Update: Removed from online again, can be bought in store for $139

The Seagate 3 TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive offers an easy-to-use solution when you need to instantly add storage to your computer and take files on the go. It's so easy to transfer your files with the quick drag and drop file saving, ready to use right out of the box.
The hard drive is an easy way to add on storage to your computer.
Your files will transfer in a flash with the USB 3.0 connectivity.
Connect to a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port to take advantage of fast data transfer speeds.
The USB 3.0 technology is also backward compatible with USB 2.0.
The hard drive is USB powered so no external power source is required.
The portable hard drive is ideal for taking your important files with you when you're on the go.
Comes with a 3 year warranty.
It is compatible with Windows 10.

9:15PM: Item appears N/A online (at the moment), should be still available in store however.

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  • shroomish on 28/01/2016 - 16:13
    +1

    you will want to google it but there seems there was a run of 3TB drives accross major brands that ended up in higher than usual fail rates.. i think it was 7.5% after 2 years as opposed to the usual 2.5%……. you can look up to see if the 3tb drive you have is at risk and take appropriate back up measures.

    http://techreport.com/news/27697/latest-backblaze-reliabilit…

    • alvian on 28/01/2016 - 16:25
      +7

      This is a 2.5 inch portable drive. Has Backblaze ever used this model?

      • shroomish on 28/01/2016 - 16:58
        -2

        dunno, only know as much as the article bro.

      • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 17:13
        +6

        I was about to correct you on the 2.5" statement… but it appears you are correct! I never knew 2.5" had progressed this far. Samsung & Seagate also have 4TB versions.

        For those interested - these are thick drives (for obvious reasons) - 15mm. The 3TB version has 4 x 800GB platters. The 4TB adds another platter to reach 4TB.

        Interestingly, 4 x 800GB = 3.2TB, does that mean these drives have a higher "usable space" - extra 200GB or do they throw that into over-provisioning instead?

        RE Blackblaze 3TB/3.5": These are entirely different drives so they'll have zero connection to the infamously dodgy 3TB Seagates of past. Being such a new untested drive though you never know, but those 3.5's were bad eggs, these will almost surely be more reliable and a safe bet. Seagate have actually made a huge come back in reliability since those days, besting even WD in the 4TB (3.5") tests from memory.

        • Tihocan on 28/01/2016 - 17:24
          +1

          For those interested - these are thick drives (for obvious reasons) - 15mm.

          No good for a PS4 then - thanks Click_It

        • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 17:28

          @Tihocan:

          Wouldn't be surprised, 15mm is VERY thick when you think about it. I've got a few 2.5" drives lying around, they're 7mm and 5mm (taken out of various laptops for ssd replacement) over the years.

        • Major Mess on 28/01/2016 - 17:46

          @Click_It: Wow the standard was 12.5mm and 9.5mm with some early 17mm and 19mm drives. What brand has the 5mm drive you have?

        • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 18:11

          @Major Mess:

          Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD — i think they were previously called Momentus Ultrathin. Common in an Ultrabook without an SSD, though most these days have SSD so they're not so common. Pretty amazing things to look at. With SSD capacity well over 500GB (they only made the Ultrathin's to 500GB) and affordable theres really zero reason to actually want one though.

        • Major Mess on 28/01/2016 - 21:13
          +1

          @Click_It: Cool, thanks, they look pretty amazing.

        • Clivey In Space on 29/01/2016 - 07:04

          Would there be a problem putting this in an intel i3 Nuc due to the 15mm size?

          edit: found my answer, no :(

    • yuuki on 28/01/2016 - 17:11

      Understand that the data are from batches of drives produced around the same time period hence all susceptible to identical failure. I believe Seagate acknowledged the flaw with the respective drives.

    • datafellows on 28/01/2016 - 17:52

      40% failure rate after 2 years?

      Yikes indeed.

      I just bought the 4T version few days ago, fingers crossed :)

      • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 18:13
        +2

        Read alvian and my posts above. Completely different kettle of fish. These are 2.5" drives and in no way related to the dud 3TB 3.5" drives other than a shared capacity.

        • datafellows on 28/01/2016 - 21:10

          Thanks for clearing that :)

    • PVA on 29/01/2016 - 08:28

      that was desktop drives not portable. But I thought the same thing when I first saw the title.

  • northern nsw on 28/01/2016 - 16:29

    Anyone have some advice on what HDD is inside these, I have a NAS at 95% with 4 x 2TB HDDs and need to start finding some more storage.

    • lancedefrance on 28/01/2016 - 17:04

      I assume your NAS would need a 3.5 inch drives as opposed to these 2.5 inch ones right? if thats the case you may want to look into desktop drives and they would be cheaper too.

      • O15 on 28/01/2016 - 17:08
        +1

        Technically no reason why he couldn't use 2.5" drives. However, these are not intended for NAS use and will be slower than a 3.5" drive.

        • nfr on 28/01/2016 - 17:10
          +1

          2.5" drives tend to be quieter though

        • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 17:21
          +1

          @nfr:

          And should run cooler too, the fans in the NAS will be more effective at cooling the whole case.

          Not cost effective though unless 3TB is an "upgrade" already. Could mix with existing 3.5" 3TB drives, sounds odd but should work perfectly fine.

          Also there is the warranty voiding of removing these drives unless they're easily reinstalled (I'm guessing they're not).

          A strange way to go about adding storage to NAS but no technical reason why it won't work, and have certain benefits (along with the mentioned negatives)

        • macrocephalic on 28/01/2016 - 17:27

          @Click_It: USB3 far outstrips speed from a platter drive; depending on the configuration of his NAS, he might just be able to plug this into the USB as is.

        • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 17:38
          +1

          @macrocephalic:

          Ahh, I didn't read his post entirely. Sounds like you are right, he's looking at adding USB capacity. Disregard my warranty comment.

          That introduces a new problem though, I don't know if I'd wouldn't want to be running these 24/7 in a fanless case. I guess there's no evidence that will hurt their life expectancy though — I have a 500GB WD Blue with LCC never disabled) and bar 2 or 3 days during house moves, it's been on 24/7 far exceeding all expectations, running between 45 and 57c that whole time in a fanless PC not much bigger than this case. Even the LCC rated at 750,000 has exceeded 4,000,000 at last check. 100% health, perfect S.M.A.R.T and surface scans. Pretty amazing. So perhaps 24/7 and heat actually helps these things (lol).

        • tanksinatra on 28/01/2016 - 21:13

          @Click_It:
          I reckon these drives are ideal for a small NAS. Small size, quiet, about 1/3 the power consumption of a bigger drive. Similar in price to a conventional 3.5" drive.
          If you extract these drives technically speaking you probably void your warranty. I use mine externally as I've run out of Sata ports. USB3 is great.

        • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 22:42

          @megaphat:

          Yeah okay, food for thought. I have 2 and 4 USB 3.0 ports on my NAS boxes. my 5 bay is maxxed out, the 8 bay still has 2 bays free though.

        • northern nsw on 29/01/2016 - 10:29

          @macrocephalic:

          Thanks, I meant that these might be good as a bare drive in my NAS which currently has 4 x 2TB HDDs in it, so not thinking to use it as a USB device but rather a replacement drive. However, they probably are too thick to fit in a Synology DS414Slim box.

  • violentpanda on 28/01/2016 - 17:11

    looks like same price to 2TB

  • tightarse on 28/01/2016 - 17:23
    +2

    Very nice. Thanks. You may want to add includes delivery to title :)

    • RogueWolf on 28/01/2016 - 17:33
      +2

      Good point.. Thanks

      • Its4me on 28/01/2016 - 20:27

        Delivery is an extra $25.95 for me - may apply to other locations too.

        • O15 on 28/01/2016 - 21:15

          Same for me.
          Went into town and picked up one, this afternoon, though.

  • kudoz on 28/01/2016 - 17:34
    +1

    Rasbperry Pi 2 & 16GB MicroSD & 4 USB3.0 to USB2 Y cables & 4 of these & one of nice USB chargers… = all in one 12TB NAS, Streamer, Media Player etc… for $650 or so… fun!

    http://www.htpcguides.com/raspberry-pi-2-home-media-server-i…

    • theguyrules on 28/01/2016 - 17:40

      Hmm I have a 5 port Tronsmart charger on the way… Can I use the Y cable to both power the drive and read it on the Raspberry Pi?

      • kudoz on 28/01/2016 - 19:01

        You could use it to power the drive and to power the Raspberry, but data would still need to go straight to raspberry (tronsmart etc are only chargers, not hubs)

  • reebar on 28/01/2016 - 17:43
    +1

    Thanks. You just saved me 150.

    • ilikeradiohead on 28/01/2016 - 17:55

      ? Those are 2TB, and on clearance so stock is likely limited…

    • violentpanda on 28/01/2016 - 17:58
      +1

      it doesnt matter where it is made, it is globalization, all iphones made in china, where do you think ssd made?

    • brokenglish on 28/01/2016 - 18:03

      Many humans failed me and they refused to do anything too…

    • llama on 28/01/2016 - 18:21

      Odd to cop so many Negs on such a comment. I also have lots of experience with Hard Drives, with my own personal storage and from refurbishing lots of PCs, Servers and NAS for resale.

      Periodically I give away boxes full of failed drives to people who like getting the magnets… and the vast majority is Seagate.

      In my own arrays and PCs, Seagates always seem to be the first ones to develop Bad Sectors, and I have plenty that have so head stiction or bad spindle bearings and they won't even spin up.

      Traditionally, Seagate 2.5" laptop/portable drives are notoriously fragile - just a seemingly small bump being enough to bend a spindle bearing or otherwise take them down.

      So, based on my own experience, I also avoid Seagate like the plague. I would certainly never purchase one by choice LOL

      • Major Mess on 28/01/2016 - 18:35

        So exactly how many drives from eachmanufacturer are u referring to in your sample set? Lot's of PC's? How many? Are we talking 100's?
        So have you pulled the 2.5" drives apart and used measuring equipment to verify this spindle distortion? Seriously some posted pics etc would be helpful to everyone.

        The bottom line is manufacturers occasionally have dodgy drives. Seagat 3tb was one, so was the 40gb WD drives in the early 2000's you would be lucky to get a year out of any of them at the time(and I am talking a sample set of hundreds).

        I have just had to replace a seagate 500GB from my personal server that has been running for 10 years 24/7(and this was before the supposed NAS drives) - fair enough, replace the drive with a spare I had bought and stored for failure and all good.
        I have had 2 of the 2tg external seagate 2tb drives I pulled from external enclosures - turns out it was a firmware issue that was not widely known. Other drives once updated have had no issue. The two faulty drivess were recoverable but required an rs232 ttl dongle to update. So no real hardware prob - just a bit of an odd one - who thinks of updating hdd firmware?

        • decr on 28/01/2016 - 18:49

          Lots of people with SSDs with known issues and others with out-of-warranty enterprise disk arrays for example.

        • llama on 28/01/2016 - 18:56

          So exactly how many drives from eachmanufacturer are u referring to in your sample set? Lot's of PC's? How many? Are we talking 100's?

          Hundred of drives. Totally random distribution of brands, models, ages, capacities… whatever OTHER people have bought, then sold off or donated.

          I am not in an IT environment, I just restore and resell. Note that many machines are discarded because they have failed… of those, the majority that have failed due to HDDs were Seagate.

          It's the same way as most machines that have failed Motherboards or Ram or Video Cards fall into a pattern… there are generally more failures of el-cheapo components than there is of quality ones.

          My own experiences align with the experiences of other people. If you want to learn about the general reliability of different brands, or how common the stuck platters on Seagates is (they even make dedicated tools to repair them), then Google is your friend.

        • Maverick-au on 28/01/2016 - 19:05

          @llama:

          I am not in an IT environment, I just restore and resell. Note that many machines are discarded because they have failed… of those, the majority that have failed due to HDDs were Seagate.

          Your statistics are rubbish, you say that the machines are discarded as they have failed and the majority of these have Seagate drives but if the majority of computers have Seagate drives this means your claims are all utterly worthless.

          I am not in an IT environment

          So a backyarder with no IT experience and not working in large companies where they have thousands of desktops…

          It's the same way as most machines that have failed Motherboards or Ram or Video Cards fall into a pattern… there are generally more failures of el-cheapo components than there is of quality ones.

          How can you claim to have seen a pattern when you see one part of the supply chain and maybe a few hundred over years. Of course people are less likely to fix a cheaper computer so more cheaper computers will be thrown out so once again your statistics and claims are utterly worthless.

      • Maverick-au on 28/01/2016 - 19:00

        In my own arrays and PCs, Seagates always seem to be the first ones to develop Bad Sectors, and I have plenty that have so head stiction or bad spindle bearings and they won't even spin up.

        LOL so let me guess you pull the drives down and your forensic skills have shown head stiction or bad spindle bearings.

        Traditionally, Seagate 2.5" laptop/portable drives are notoriously fragile - just a seemingly small bump being enough to bend a spindle bearing or otherwise take them down.

        And how do you backup your claim as nothing out there supports this claim of yours, why do the large manufacturers like Lenovo, HP and Dell use Seagate drives along with other manufacturers?

        So, based on my own experience, I also avoid Seagate like the plague. I would certainly never purchase one by choice LOL

        Sounds like a backyard computer guy talking……

        • llama on 29/01/2016 - 15:28

          LOL so let me guess you pull the drives down and your forensic skills have shown head stiction or bad spindle bearings

          Nope. I don't need ANY forensic skills whatsoever to identify that a drive won't spin up. A failed drive is a failed drive, and I have absolutely no interest in trying to work out why.

          And how do you backup your claim as nothing out there supports this claim of yours,

          I don't need to backup my claims about my experiences. However if you care to Google you will find that many MANY people share my experiences. From what I have read, Seagate hard drives, especially the consumer grade ones, do not have the best reputation for reliability.

          why do the large manufacturers like Lenovo, HP and Dell use Seagate drives along with other manufacturers?

          You'd have to ask them. However from my experience in product engineering I have learnt that the higher the manufacturing volume, the more important it becomes to use components of the lowest possible cost. TMC rules, OK.

          Sounds like a backyard computer guy talking……

          Yep, so you did read what I said - my comments are based on MY experience. That experience covers numerous drives used in my own environments, as well as inspection of reasonably large numbers of used machines. Certainly my "sample size" and experience is 10s or even 100s of times greater than most people here on this forum.

          If you wish to learn statistics on a global scale, then simply use Google. I'll leave it up to you to explain to all of those people that their "claims are worthless" about problems they have experienced.

          That said, from my past experience I've found Seagate's RMA Process is generally better that WD's. So much cheaper to send a box of failed drives to Botany in Sydney, rather than Thailand or whatever.

      • mickeyjuiceman on 28/01/2016 - 19:38
        +1

        It's because the plural of anecdote is not data.

    • Click_It on 28/01/2016 - 18:22
      +1

      Hehe pick one? You complain about their fail rate (fair call regarding their 3.5" 3TB drive), rigged diagnostics, country of manufacturer and then suggest its crap because it's not an SSD.

      I believe China are the number 1 producer, Thailand second - I noticed most of mine come from there and my fail rate has been acceptable.

      I've had Seagate, WD (black), Samsung and IBM (prior to Hitachi) fail, also had 2 SSD's brick themselves (though to be fair, earlier generations).

      (I'll skip the typical "backup procedure comment" as I assume you have this covered)

      … I'm not part of your growing neg list FWIW :)

      EDIT: If you want my 2 cents (you probably don't), Hitachi Coolspins - bloody amazing drives. I own a number of them in my NAS's and utterly amazed by them. Unavailable locally, cost enough at 90c AUD, probably ridiculous where to dollar sits today. But I feel I got what I paid for. Incidentally, made in Thailand.

  • [Deactivated] on 28/01/2016 - 18:40
    +5

    I like how whenever there's a Seagate product on sale people immediately link that Backblaze article yet they fail to realize those tests were done under stressful server environments… Yes because majority of people who buy HDDs are going to be using it under server conditions. I actually wouldn't be surprised if I started talking shit on Western Digital and get downvoted to hell. smfh. I wonder when my 5 year old Seagate 1TB HDD will die…

    At the end of the day if you're buying HDD/s, you should be doing scheduled backups. You only have yourself to blame if your HDD dies and you lost all your data.

    • macamaca on 28/01/2016 - 19:19

      Yes. All spinning drives fail - at some point. Some sooner than others.

  • rbkpersonal on 28/01/2016 - 19:13

    Just placed an order and immediately got a refund with no apparent message from officeworks
    Looks like a pricing error.

    • Boss351 on 28/01/2016 - 19:24

      same, no email explanation …confused

    • RogueWolf on 28/01/2016 - 19:29

      Wouldn't think it's a pricing error $139 is cheap but not price error cheap, maybe go in store get them to match the price from website incase it is a pricing error

      • brokenglish on 29/01/2016 - 01:03

        I think there is a bug in their system.
        If you sort the items by Price Low to High, this $139 is not where it should be.

        UPDATE

        Oops, it's gone from the website now, luckily I grabbed a few in-store ;)

        Those of you interested, I'm pretty sure it is still showing $139 in their system if you buy in-store.
        I saw heaps of them behind the front counter @ Highett (the item wasn't even displayed, no price no empty box, I had to ask the cashier to look for it)

  • patchyz on 28/01/2016 - 19:20

    This may indeed be a dumb question, though is the compatible with the xbox one?
    Thanks :)

    • Ge3ks on 28/01/2016 - 20:52
      +1

      Good question, and yes it is.

      • patchyz on 28/01/2016 - 21:36

        Thankyou :)

  • boretentsu on 28/01/2016 - 19:22

    Dang, I bought the $108 2TB version 2 weeks ago =(

  • dammit on 28/01/2016 - 20:05

    Is this pretty much as cheap as these things get? Wondering if I should bite the bullet and buy or wait and see what better deals might be coming?

  • ATangk on 28/01/2016 - 20:19

    Ordered one. Says in stock on page, but order showed 14-18 days backorder… what is this Officeworks…

    • ATangk on 28/01/2016 - 22:22

      Update: email still says 1-2 days for delivery. Also grabbed one of those Casio calculators for $9, but won't be delivered in same batch. Still free shipping though, as total order is >$55.

  • tanksinatra on 28/01/2016 - 20:29
    +1

    Great price! Ordered. Going to use it as a PC drive!

  • rbkpersonal on 28/01/2016 - 20:44

    it accepts the order but within 5 mins it says order rejected.
    Called officeworks customer care, they agave some bogus reason that their backend security system rejected it…. I asked why and they had no answer.

  • purpletroll on 28/01/2016 - 21:00
    +1

    Bought this in store, great prices. Thanks OP.

    • rbkpersonal on 28/01/2016 - 21:05

      Which store did you buy this from ?

      • purpletroll on 28/01/2016 - 21:40

        Bought this from the Fyshwick store in the ACT, it is open until midnight if there is anyone interested and lives nearby. Noticed there was plenty of stock there too, at least 10 units. You have to go to the front counter to ask for the drives. I noticed the sticker price on the shelves was also $139 so it shouldn't be a price error.

  • patchyz on 28/01/2016 - 21:38
    +1

    I bought it 2 and a half hours ago online, and the closest store being Glen Waverley.
    I have received no "order rejected" or refund email.
    Delivery still expected 1-2 days. So there are no issues at my end.

    Thanks OP!

  • dammit on 28/01/2016 - 21:49
    +2

    Now showing as "no price available" online?? I just bought instore at Lewisham, they were all behind the counter locked up. Scanned for $139.

  • danielh on 29/01/2016 - 00:43

    I got the same 3tb model from the officeworks eBay sale last Christmas for about $132 with 4% cask back on top. This price is still not bad though.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/228034

  • Boss351 on 29/01/2016 - 07:53
    +1

    hmm after showing as "no price available" online overnight this morning the original $139 appeared, with having my 1st order payment instantly rejected I tried again at 7am, price remained at $139 all through the process and only the rejection email did it state the shocking price of $199 eek, not sure why things keep rejecting but after the inflated price I'm kind of glad, I try Office Works but you just don't want my sale

    • PJC on 29/01/2016 - 08:01

      Thanks for the warning.

  • cat4u on 29/01/2016 - 08:30
    -2

    office works sucks, they never price match, they make it impossible to price match. im referring to the store in werribee , victoria. We spend over 30k there for our business, when it came down to just price matching 2 hard drive, they were jerks. now we are taking our business elsewhere, manger was crap.

    • brokenglish on 29/01/2016 - 10:28

      Did you ask them properly to price match other stores?
      I've never had problem price matching items at a few OW stores…
      Your local store sounds like a jerk :(

      • cat4u on 30/01/2016 - 08:32
        -1

        he said he needs to call every auspost outlet to see if there is any stock. because the advertisement said "until sells out".

  • gimmecoffee on 29/01/2016 - 09:49

    It seems like in store on their system it's $199 and they had to manually override the price to $139 for me (at least in the Auburn store in NSW). The guy knew the online price and did it without me informing him. I recommend calling in store to check if there's stock before heading to officework.

  • Sideswipe on 29/01/2016 - 10:38
    +1

    Just received a confirmation and tax invoice email for the drive. Thanks op!

  • tokyocalling on 29/01/2016 - 11:01

    Went to West Ryde Officeworks, called Auburn and North Ryde and they've all said they can't do the $139 price. Knew I should've gone out last night to buy one in store, oh well!

    • gimmecoffee on 29/01/2016 - 11:05

      Really? They did it for me just this morning?

      • tokyocalling on 29/01/2016 - 11:06

        Yeah I called up Auburn and the guy said he had none in stock. Said online they had stock but he said he couldn't see any

        • gimmecoffee on 29/01/2016 - 11:16

          I must have grabbed their last one. They were nice enough to hold it for me until i got in there too. Keep trying?

        • tokyocalling on 29/01/2016 - 11:22

          @gimmecoffee: So far been getting told that online is different to in-store and unfortunately can't price match it, and considering the online price is now back to $199 :(

  • Yuun Yii on 29/01/2016 - 11:53

    Wasn't able to get it from Five Dock Officeworks for $139. Gone to $199.

  • AliGee on 29/01/2016 - 13:37

    If the 3TB is back to $199, then I'd go for the 5TB Option for $60 more for 2T Extra!
    Seagate 5TB Backup plus desktop harddrive

    http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/seagate-5tb…

    • PJC on 29/01/2016 - 13:58
      +2

      But that 5Tb is not a portable.

    • Maverick-au on 29/01/2016 - 15:52
      +2

      If the 3TB is back to $199, then I'd go for the 5TB Option for $60 more for 2T Extra!

      Sigh…. The 5TB is a DESKTOP drive, the 3TB is a PORTABLE drive.

      You're comparing Apples with Oranges…..

  • lo200 on 29/01/2016 - 16:18
    +3

    Thanks OP, still got this for $139 at Officeworks Oxley at 12pm today.

    • PJC on 29/01/2016 - 16:28

      Well done!

  • Sydney2K on 29/01/2016 - 18:56

    Went to Belconnen ACT at 1pm, they had some drives, but they rung them up at the $199 price. :(

  • tanksinatra on 29/01/2016 - 19:19

    Picked up my C&C order today. Took them half an hour to find the darn thing.

    Can confirm the price has gone up to $199. Not sure what Officeworks is playing at.

  • newbie12345 on 01/02/2016 - 14:16
    +1

    Ordered online thursday night and order was ready and picked up today.

    Thank OP for posting this deal. Was looking for 2TB deal originally but then saw your fanstastic 3TB deal for only slightly more.

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