Seagate internal HDD 4TB - (possibly) the cheapest ever pricing for a 4TB Seagate on Amazon since 2014.
The local Good Guys Expansion Desktop deal (ST4000DM000)[@end of May] was cheaper at approx AUD $137(C&C), but expired quickly with low stock numbers.
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It's the internal drive without an external enclosure. Not really sure why OP has mentioned the Expansion Desktop. Not a single hint of that on Amazon…
Still a great deal though if you need an internal drive.
Have edited to correct the item description … was just a brain fade on my part
2 year warranty isn't too bad. Would probably have to ship back to Amazon though
Wow, that's poor.
HDDs used to be 3 year, but Seagate was 5 year to separate itself from the inferior competition.
To go from 5 to 2 is massive.
Pretty good deal. Bit annoying that I just bought 4x 4TB IronWolf drives.
What's the rpm?
5900rpm
FWIW the 3TB 5900rpm 6GB/s Blue drives I bought demolish the ~2009 1TB 7200rpm Barracuda drives they replaced.
FWIW 3TB drives have the highest failure rate (by a few multiples) of any drive out there. I'd prefer the stability of the 1TB over the slight speed boost on the 3TB.
That would probably be due to higher platter density of the 3TB. However, a 3TB at 7200RPM is expected to be faster than a 5900RPM of the same capacity. This is 4TB, so even more so.
Not that I care all that much. It would only be a storage drive so 5900RPM is fine with me.
Is this hard drive suitable for use in a NAS?
It's not rated for a NAS but will work fine. NAS rated drives are supposed to have a lower failure rate but if you look at the real world figures the failure rates are so wildly all over the shop anyway it's really a gamble if it will actually be any more reliable.
They are also supposedly designed to run 24/7 but I question what the actual difference is.
If you want a NAS drive this deal has 3TB RED (NAS rated) for about the same price —> https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/312712
Personally I have RAID5 and offsite backup so I'm quite comfortable saving money by using desktop drives. In fact I'd flip it around and say I'd really want the most reliable drive in a single disk PC.
The NAS drives usually come with a longer warranty and data recovery included if they do crash.
How is this a deal? This drive was only USD $99 a week ago.
For anyone interested, the external is still USD $99.
I bought a few various drives over the last few weeks and had been watching the pricing every other day. About 10 days ago, the change rate on drives increased. That is there may be 2 price changes in a day etc, as they pushed the overall price up.
Anyway, end result is about an extra US $10 per unit, overall. Maybe it is a last money grab before Solid State starts to move into the mainstream storage market,
Maybe it is a last money grab before Solid State starts to move into the mainstream storage market
I think solid state is already there, but as a boot drive. 4TB SSDs at an affordable price (i.e. HDD prices) are years away. This is not the last cash grab. 4TB+ HDDs are going to continue to be sold for years to come. By the time there's a $100 1TB drive, there will be an 8TB or 16TB HDD for the same price. They are not going to go away no matter how cheap SSDs get, because SSD will never compete on capacity. SSD gets cheaper —> HDD gets bigger for the same price.
I have to question whether it's even smart to buy a 2TB or 4TB SSD. It would only be a storage drive, and SSD speeds are overkill for storing your music and HD movies. If you're paying SSD prices for that kind of storage, you're a tool because you're not getting much benefit out of it over a HDD. I'd rather spend the same money and get a much bigger HDD.
For a boot SSD, 500GB to 1TB is enough. For now at least.
It's cheap.
But the way Amazon so poorly packs your stuff now (usually loose inside an oversized box with no or insufficient bubble wrap), I don't think I want to buy an internal HDD delivered from there. These are fragile, and they're not going to have good enough protection from couriers. They've damaged a lot of my stuff, so I'm careful about what I buy from there.
Thanks, just picked up two of these. My 4TB and 3TB drives in my desktop are dying so these should be a worthy replacement.
Is this the Seagate Expansion Desktop 4TB as mentioned in the description, or the internal drive shown in the picture?