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Seagate Expansion Portable Drive 2TB $59, Seagate Backup Plus 2TB $79 for New Users Delivered (+$20 for Others) @ Amazon AU

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Seagate Expansion Portable Drive 2TB $59, Seagate Backup Plus 2TB $79 for New Users Delivered (+$20 for Others) @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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Seagate Expansion Portable Drive, 2TB, Black

Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive, 2TB, Black (available with different colors)

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$20 off at Amazon AU for New Users (Minimum Spend $79)

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  • hippyhippy on 30/06/2018 - 09:11

    This is 2.5" drive?

    • g12345567 on 30/06/2018 - 09:29
      +1

      Yes as its USB powered. Being a Seagate its also a standard 2.5" internal sata drive.

      • spaceflight on 30/06/2018 - 10:25
        -4

        And being Seagate it will probably fail so you will lose all your data

        • [Deactivated] on 30/06/2018 - 12:00
          +10

          None of my five Seagate drives failed on me. I guess I'm the lucky one.

        • Member 0230 on 30/06/2018 - 15:34
          +2

          @xiangtan: Likewise for my five. Oh well, a population sample of two is a little bit better than a sample of one 😊

  • O15 on 30/06/2018 - 10:00

    Anyone know if the backup plus is 1a or 0.5a?

    • zealmax on 30/06/2018 - 10:37

      It works on USB 2.0 fine. So 500ma.

  • ColdAU on 30/06/2018 - 10:40
    +2

    bought one of the regular expansion drives for $59, estimated delivery is Wednesday 4th July. thanks

  • tonyjg on 30/06/2018 - 10:45

    With 2 Seagate portables not connecting to any PC its a case of no thanks for this brand anymore

    • follow on 30/06/2018 - 10:48
      +1

      Try the wd 3tb. 72.99

      • Warehouse on 30/06/2018 - 11:35

        Is the WD shuckable?

        • follow on 30/06/2018 - 11:43

          Not sure

        • Slo20 on 30/06/2018 - 12:01
          -1

          Based on comments from the last time it was on sale, yes.

        • gunslinger on 30/06/2018 - 12:01

          I've shucked a couple of the wd basic (cheapest) drives successfully.

        • [Deactivated] on 30/06/2018 - 12:01
          +3

          No, the usb connector is soldered onto the drive.

      • tonyjg on 30/06/2018 - 12:25

        <Try the wd 3tb. 72.99>

        The 3TB one was the one i bought on Monday - arrived yesterday from Amazon AU - (bought with BAND OF BROTHERS BD - $17 - then the $20 off voucher.

        Nicely packed box with paper - instead of the crappy parcels coming from the US and UK

      • UncommonName on 30/06/2018 - 16:52

        Link to the deal?

    • nurbsenvi on 30/06/2018 - 11:53

      I just returned mine for same reason

  • aussieaubs on 30/06/2018 - 11:28

    JB hifi has it at the same price of $79 (for existing users)

    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/seagate/seagate-expansion-portable…

  • ITveteran on 30/06/2018 - 12:13

    Also there is 5% cashback from cashrewards. 3TB WD Element is the go. Great value.

  • ramezemar on 30/06/2018 - 13:02

    For those wondering, this works as a "shuckable" drive for PS4. No clicking, no issues so far.

  • fan8956 on 30/06/2018 - 13:56

    looks almost the same thing to me, could anyone give some education for price difference justification?

    • O15 on 30/06/2018 - 15:42
      +3

      Here are data sheets for the internal drives of each.

      Seagate Expansion Portable - 2TB (Internal drive: ST2000LM003)
      https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/laptop-h…

      Seagate Backup Plus PortablE - 2TB (Internal drive: ST2000LM007)
      https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/mobile-h…

      I used the following two videos to discern drive model.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfkstZNREo
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y81dM-s8aTg

      It looks like the drive in the Expansion is actually rated for higher transfer speeds whilst the Portable uses a little bit less power and is thinner (and lighter). Portable has 128MB of cache vs 32MB in the Expansion.
      I'm sure there's more to it than that, but that's what I got from quickly looking at the two sheets.

      If you were going to remove the internal drive to use inside a PC or console, I would say got for the Portable to leverage the larger cache.
      As an external drive, both will probably provide much the same experience.

      • psych23 on 30/06/2018 - 21:01

        Kudos for sharing your research - went with WD - desire or need for SATA

        • Maverick-au on 01/07/2018 - 02:51

          Kudos for sharing your research - went with WD - desire or need for SATA

          Why? Most Western Digitals don't have a SATA drive inside.

        • psych23 on 01/07/2018 - 04:21

          @Maverick-au: edit: no need or desire for SATA (so not an issue for me )

        • O15 on 01/07/2018 - 09:15

          @psych23:
          Even if you don't intend to pull the drive out, as soon as your purchase it, having a proper SATA drive inside is still nice to have.
          I've seen many people who have ruined the micro USB port on an external hard drive (usually due to carelessness). Having a SATA interface on the hard drive makes it much easier to recover the data. Just pull the drive out and stick it in an external dock/caddy.

          If you look after your gear (and have backups), it shouldn't be an issue.

        • Maverick-au on 01/07/2018 - 09:27

          @psych23:

          edit: no need or desire for SATA (so not an issue for me )

          That makes sense now, I thought you wanted SATA.

  • M0RGAN on 30/06/2018 - 22:59

    I just bought a WD Blue 1TB internal HD on eBay for $48… I've already got a couple of external HDs and figured another internal HD would be more convenient/faster/cost effective, but after doing some reading it seems like its none of those things… :(

    • 7200rpm SATA3 vs 5400rpm USB3
    • No 4GB file size limit without reformatting
    • Higher build quality / longer warranty

    Enough to justify getting another internal drive or have I ripped myself off?

  • DarthLord on 30/06/2018 - 23:12
    +1

    Finally ordered one at $59…

  • Scope on 30/06/2018 - 23:55

    Price is $109 before discount now

  • ShadowStealer7 on 01/07/2018 - 02:11

    Ah man looks like I'm too late, anywhere else with cheap 2TB+ drives?

  • psych23 on 02/07/2018 - 16:29

    WD 2TB is $108 delivered at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/WD-White-Passport-Portable-Drive/d…

    or Seagate 2 TB Backup Plus Slim back at JBs is $119 https://www.jbhifi.com.au/seagate/seagate-backup-plus-slim-2…

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