Incredible price.
Update 22/3: Available again for $158 (original deal was $159 available from 3/3 to 5/3).
Seagate Expansion Desktop 3.5" 4TB USB 3.0 External HDD $158 @ MSY
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tightarse on 03/03/2016 - 15:56 msy.com.au (1016 clicks)
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Last edited 22/03/2016 - 20:01 by 1 other user
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Strange that we having so many 4tb disk specials?
Seagate's failed-as-standalone bin items, repackaged as enclosure disks for occasional to low usage.
Price beat/matching isn't a valid bargain. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:deal_posting_guidelin…
and i would think the deal should go to the first poster which is https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/237108No-one said pricebeating is a bargain. I've been around here long enough to know. I'm merely giving you an option.
sorry missunderstood the comment.
TA is the original poster. The other link makes no mention of the external drive. This is not a duplicate
Never said this was a dupe mate.
"i would think the deal should go to the first poster"
You have implied it was posted on the link. Hence a duplicate
These seagate drives any good???
I've been using Seagate HDDs removed from external cases for many years in NAS boxes I've built for myself and for friends. The last big batch of about twelve 4TB drives I purchased via an OzBargain deal a couple of years ago for less than this (ah, those were the days!) and held onto the empty boxes for potential warranty returns up until about a month ago when I had to chuck them during a house move. I've never ever had a failure in all the NAS boxes I've used them in and in fact I've only had one failure of any Seagate HDD in all the years I've used them as far back as I can remember (ie. 4 & 6Gb HDDs in the late 90s). Cant see how this particular model would be any different. Hope this helps.
I wish I had been so lucky. I bought 2 Seagate Barracuda 2TB in 2012. One died in 1 year and 4 month, and the other died within another year.
I bought 3 x 3TB for Synology NAS. Later added a 4TB and the RAID rebuilt fine.
After about 2 yrs I did have one of the 3TB die, gave a few signs of IO error and then complete failure. Replaced with a 4TB and rebuilt the RAID ok.
I did stupidly have the NAS in a warm room for a whole summer though, and heat is a killer for HDDs. So think that might have been a factor.
Yeah and funnily enough I've always stuck to 'even' capacities and never strayed to the 'odd' capacities like 3s or 5s however I did have and still do have a heap of 1TB drives lying around that all work fine. I'm not sure if it's a common thing but I have heard that the 'odd' capacities seem to have more failures than the 'evens'. Probably just coincidental though.
My current NAS is running 4 x 4TB Seagates removed from external cases. They used to run in an N54L with two others (six in total) but I needed to downsize my IT gear while upgrading the CPU grunt to allow PLEX to perform at Full-HD or higher so I reduced the RAID to four and squeezed them into an old HP Z210 Desktop. I had to increase the fan speed a couple of notches to keep them cool but the middle drive runs at just under 50C. I thought that was going to be a problem for it but it's been like that for over 6 months now and no problems thus far. I'm expecting it to fail but wont bother doing anything until it does… I mean that's what a RAID is for anyway ;)
Honestly, there is no accurate answer to this question. All you get is a few people with anecdotal evidence which are either for or against the HDD manufacturer (very few people with mixed experiences actually speak up), and this is indicative of absolutely nothing. Even if you base your decision on a much larger sample size like backblaze's HDD failure rate data, some will point out that they use commercial drives in an environment that they were not designed for, which again isn't very helpful.
TLDR: Do your own research and decide for yourself if a certain HDD manufacturer is 'good'.
TLDR: buy WD Red 3TB and stick it into an enclosure of your choice. Then, sleep well.
Are you able to remove the drives from the casing? Anyone know what model drive they are??
I just did. Bit hard to crack open but sitting nicely in my tower now. CrystalDiskInfo reports a ST4000DM000-1F2168 @ 5900rpm.
Heres a video on disassembling
Don't recommend you follow his lead, he seemed to break more than he had to, but its good to see the position of the clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02AAvYGwKoI
I've been waiting for a deal on a 5TB, getting warning messages that my server is near capacity so I'm going to have to take the plunge soon hopefully one will come along otherwise I'll have to sacrifice the extra TB
Thanks TA. Picked one up from Officeworks.
Me too. Cheers TA.
Should also come with 200GB cloud storage with OneDrive for 2 years (must activate by June 30, 2017.) http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/006174en?lan…
Is there a limit per person from either OW or MSY? I need to grab another 4 to expand out my NAS.
NO condition.
http://www.msy.com.au/pc-components/16672--seagate-expansion…OW may have no condition too, you can try.
Thanks!
You're right, my mistake.
MSY appears to have this back at $158!
Thanks scotty.
Link to Officeworks
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/seagate-4tb…