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Seagate Backup Plus 5TB Portable Hard Drive $146.07 USD (~$200 AUD) Delivered @ Amazon

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Amazon lowers the price of Seagate Backup Plus 5TB portable hard drive (blue / red / silver) at the moment.

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$139.99 + $6.08 USD delivery to ParcelPoint
$139.99 + $7.08 USD delivery to home
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  • EarlyBird on 12/04/2017 - 10:48

    That is cheap but I have no use for it now. They also do a RAID 0 stripe version that is much faster and of course dearer.

  • dreamzz on 12/04/2017 - 10:57

    Still expensive compared to 4tb version

  • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2017 - 11:07
    +1

    Would love to see a deal on the 4tb western dig, missed the last one..

    • d1s34s3d on 12/04/2017 - 11:21
      +2

      It just dropped to 115.96 today. Still not the greatest price but lowest it's been in last week.

      • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2017 - 11:24

        Thankyou mate

        • d1s34s3d on 12/04/2017 - 11:31
          +1

          No worries. I've been watching it daily for the last couple of weeks waiting for it get to $110 again hopefully. Almost pulled the trigger but not convinced it isn't going to go lower yet.

        • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2017 - 11:39

          Will go lower for sure, I would bet within the next fortnight. I need this soon though so will grab one at that price. Thanks again for the heads up :)

      • 5ilver on 12/04/2017 - 11:35

        Do you have a link to that by any chance? Thank you in advance

    • d1s34s3d on 12/04/2017 - 15:07

      Just dropped another 5c. Not quite at my buy price yet but getting there.

    • katz on 12/04/2017 - 16:04

      is the consensus that WD is better than Seagate?

      • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2017 - 19:35

        Given the choice, and my personal track record with both brands, I'd personally go WD. All HDD's have potential to fail though, especially if not taken care of.

        Saying that, I've had a couple Seagates last several years and still working fine. It might really be a luck of the draw kind of thing?

        It's very possible Seagate have improved, the couple SG's I had that failed were desktop type externals purchased in 2011 and 2012.

        But still yeah, from my experience, I'm sticking with WD. (No experience with any other brand btw)

      • syousef on 12/04/2017 - 20:21

        I use a lot of hard drives. I've only had 1 WD fail in the last few years, and at least 6 Seagate. The external ones I had ran hot even with a desk fan blowing over them, which is what I think killed them. Won't touch them anymore. Not worth the hassle.

      • armdrags on 12/04/2017 - 23:49

        I have never had any problem with Seagate. I've had three failed hard drives in the past and they were Verbatim, Hitachi and WD

  • jv on 12/04/2017 - 11:23
    +3

    5TB Portable Hard Drive (Red) $156.07

    Thank you comrade…

  • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2017 - 12:28

    5TB been a lot cheaper $180 AU a few weeks back

    • O O on 12/04/2017 - 12:31
      +2

      This is a portable one, mate. 😏

      • kehuehue on 12/04/2017 - 20:32

        Any difference in performance?

  • Icecold5000 on 12/04/2017 - 12:40
    +2

    Waiting for the WD 16TB to go on sale again. Pron city!!!

    • King Steuart on 12/04/2017 - 13:02

      Portable?

      • Icecold5000 on 12/04/2017 - 17:30
        +1

        Portable pron???

    • ruddiger7 on 27/04/2017 - 15:18

      $720 each when I purchased last week. Bought 2 of them too.

  • nfr on 12/04/2017 - 12:44
    +1

    Amazing, 5TB portable

    • JimB on 12/04/2017 - 14:04
      +1

      I agree, amazing.

      Also 4.2 cents a gig!

  • shaiguy on 12/04/2017 - 12:47

    What are the dimensions of this compared to the 4tb?

    • O O on 12/04/2017 - 12:49

      Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB & 5TB are the same dimensions, 114.5 (L) x 76 (W) x 20.35 (H) mm.

      • shaiguy on 12/04/2017 - 12:57

        Oops sorry I meant compared to the WD 4TB
        It's (LWH):
        Seagate (Backup Plus - 5TB): 114.5 x 76 x 20.35 mm
        WD (My Passport - 4TB): 110 x 81.5 x 21.5 mm (250g)

  • Damonator84 on 12/04/2017 - 12:59
    +3

    Wish the 10tb HDDs would start coming down in price. :(

  • Luigi Savadamoni on 12/04/2017 - 14:17

    Am I missing something or is this cheaper? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEEBW/ref=ox_sc_sfl_t…

    • joeiwu on 12/04/2017 - 14:21
      +1

      This is the portable one, much smaller and USB powered.

      • Luigi Savadamoni on 12/04/2017 - 14:31

        Thanks for clarifying..Amazon description wasn't entirely clear (not helped by the painkillers I'm taking). Have since found out it's definitely a 3.5" powered unit…a thousand apologies…

    • loke on 12/04/2017 - 14:22

      yeah, it needs a separate power supply

    • jwh on 12/04/2017 - 14:24

      Portable vs Desktop

  • Sage on 12/04/2017 - 14:37

    Wouldn't trust Seagate.

    • vicerum on 12/04/2017 - 15:15

      Their 3TB internal drives were pretty bad a few years ago, but lately I have ordered about 6 Seagate drives, mostly the 4TB and 8TB variety, and none of them have failed.

      • syousef on 12/04/2017 - 20:22

        I had a 4TB fail last week. I'm slowly replacing all my Seagate with WD.

  • Aceboy884 on 12/04/2017 - 15:27

    Curious, would you put so much content on one drive as backup?

    What if the drive fails, then everything is gone?

    • muncan on 12/04/2017 - 15:48
      +2

      This is supposed to be the backup drive, a copy of your other drive(s). If the backup fails you should still have your other drive(s). Unless you're hit by a nuke.

  • nnxo on 12/04/2017 - 16:06

    Every time I've had a Seagate HD, it's crashed… I don't know if I want to risk it anymore.

  • hetzjagd on 12/04/2017 - 16:09

    Is it simply a matter that the portable drives are better value and better than the 3.5" sized drives because they lack the seperate power brick? Do the usb devices and ports not fight for enough power to mount the drive and allow transfers at full speed if you have multiple drives plugged in at the same time?

    • idonotknowwhy on 12/04/2017 - 16:51

      It's a 3.5" drive in a case with a Powerbrick and presumably a fan.
      It's more valuable than an internal drive because it comes with the enclosure/USB controller.
      You could buy an enclosure and put an existing drive in it to get the same effect.

      • hetzjagd on 12/04/2017 - 18:49

        I mean the 2.5" external vs the 3.5" externals. The 2.5" size seem to pop up in deals on here far more than their larger counterpart. I would agree with you that I would have thought the 3.5" would be more valuable and popular. Perhaps there are simply just more deals on the smaller ones.

  • KitchenSink on 12/04/2017 - 17:05

    Wow, didn't realise portable drives are up to 5TBs now.

    Good find OP, JBHIFI has these at a premium 309!!!! This is a huge saving

  • Yuri Lowell on 12/04/2017 - 18:07

    Are these 2.5" hard drives inside?

    • O O on 12/04/2017 - 18:10
      +2

      Yes, they are.

      • Jangle on 12/04/2017 - 18:17

        Normal SATA connection? How to squash one into my NUC… Maybe 3D-print a new lid?

  • mreddie on 12/04/2017 - 19:03

    A bit off topic, can someone recommend me a desktop raid machine that runs off thunderbolt, and good fast drives for 4K video editing?

    • O O on 12/04/2017 - 19:49
      +1

      LaCie 2big Thunderbolt™ 2 should fit your requirement.

    • jason andrade on 13/04/2017 - 15:01
      +1

      As o_o posted, the lacie product is good but it just depends on how fast you actually need. You can also find some good alternatives with the OWC products. (google for OWC thunderbolt).

      If you could afford it then a single SSD would be faster than any RAID setup and the SSD capacity is getting larger all the time (8T/16T units should be more common in 2017 - have already been shipping in the enterprise space for a while now)

  • thangnhoc on 13/04/2017 - 10:10

    Hi,

    this is super deal! I would like to buy - but anyone please advise me how to ship from Amazon to Sydney? I've never bought anything from Amazon! Thanks all for your advice!

    Regards,
    Mike

    • Carbon Door on 13/04/2017 - 10:32

      shipping is done thru amazon, sign up and order directly to your house.

  • mohanr81 on 15/04/2017 - 15:35

    Hi,

    I'm unable to ship this to Australia. Any clue why?

  • haru on 19/04/2017 - 23:00

    Thanks OP, I also managed to get free shipping.

    • O O on 19/04/2017 - 23:02

      How do you get a free shipping?

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