Price in title inclusive of GST/Duties.
I have been watching the prices of large external HDD with the intention of shucking some to replace my old 3TB ones.
The 8TB are usually more expensive per GB than the 6TB and 4TB but with this current deal they are slightly better.
0.0273 $/GB while the cheapest 8TB internal drives are more like 0.040 $/GB
Seagate Expansion 6TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB6000403)
From my reading it is quite likely SMR archive drive but not always. Probably better off spending slightly more for a WD 8TB external to avoid the chance of SMR drives if your setup would be disadvantaged by them. I'm looking at long term storage so they are fine for me.
WD drives (in recent NewEgg deal seem to OverHeat (due to case design, per a review:
“Pros:
Good price for 8TB
Quality WD Red 5400 RPM helium-filled drives, type WD80EZZX
Not weird shingle technology as with the Seagate competition
Cons:
Drives overheat immediately
No power LED (!!)
Other Thoughts:
As so often with both Western Digital and Seagate, it's incredible that a company can build these technical marvels but can't design a plastic box to hold them. WD did better on last year's MyBook 8TB line, with vents top, bottom, and rear (and a power LED). Now we just get vents top and bottom.
On an open desktop in a room at 27 degC, I began using this new drive. With combined writing and reading, its SMART-reported temperature began rising about 2 degC every five minutes. After an hour it was crossing 52 degC, with no sign of slowing. That's too hot, and would soon be approaching the warranty limitation.
So I laid a USB-driven fan on top to pull air through. That brought the temperatures back to 40 degC. This is completely clunky, adds noise, takes extra space, and wrecks the looks. This wasn't as necessary with last year's model AND when I did use it the fan could sit properly on the desk and blow into the rear of the drive housing. Not any more.
How can packaging engineers be so continually stupid - year after year? It's almost beyond belief. Guys - top secret flash here - PUT MORE HOLES IN THE CASE. TOP, BOTTOM, AND SIDES. And put a light on it!
Manufacturer Response:
Hi there New Egg Customer,
We thank you for taking the time to bring your feedback and concerns to our attention.
The WD My Book has been designed considering the latest advancements in performance and reliability. For best practices, we recommend placing the drive upright with at least an inch or more of space to the sides to prevent it from overheating. As a troubleshooting step, we recommend testing the hard drive’s health using WD Drive Utilities, which can help you monitor your unit.
“Setting up and using WD Security and WD Drive Utilities:” https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=10408
“Placing a WD My Book or My Cloud drive on its side or flat on its feet”: https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=1186
If the test is unfortunately inconclusive and you just purchased the drive then you should be able to return it to the place of purchase. However, if you are past their return policy, you can create an RMA through WD and replace the drive under warranty if necessary.
"How to get an RMA to replace a defective product, or obtain a power supply or USB cable for a WD product": https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=8
We would appreciate the opportunity to help troubleshoot your hard drive and discover the cause of its abnormal behavior. Please be so kind to contact us and reference the case number below for dedicated assistance.
Case Number: 041017-11953094
Need Help? Please contact us at 1 (800) 275-4932“
The past couple of Seagates I've done this to have been normal desktop drives rather than SMR or NAS versions.
E.g. Seagate Barracuda 8TB ST8000DM004.
Incidentally, I've got several 8TB SMR drives and they've been perfect. Current oldest is 997 days 24/7 and still running at 100%.
yeh my 3 SMR's are going beautifully in a NAS (JBOD disk arrangement). 800 hours, 600 hours, 240 hours. no sector errors, no other errors,and great disk temps. I think they are excellent drives.
Some applications they aren't good performers. If you pick your battles though, they represent excellent value and totally acceptable performance.
Mine was an old external I had. Got lucky on the WD - got a WD 5TB Red from it. But not as lucky on the Seagate (ST5000DM000). If it continues to degrade I'll have to replace it.
3.5 I want 2.5 hd. I missed 4t $120 deal…
The deal is still going.
Nice find, thanks.
Has anyone tried to Officeworks Pricebeat these?
Would their new Online Store PBG apply?
Officejerks don't seem to have it.
Sorry I was talking about the 8TB. Yes the 6TB has the same product code.
Just tried to PGB at Pitt St, Sydney Officeworks, they said Newegg didn't have an Australian Branch Office and they only price beat on Australian companies. I wasn't aware that was the case. Thought shipping to Australia was all that was required.
If someone can find some fine print on the price beat, they might be able to leverage a price beat.
i'm seeing $197 for 8tb.
Read the OP, it states GST/Duty inclusive in the quoted price….but not sure why its slightly more than 10%
Newegg likes to charge more than the standard 10% for GST.
I got it for: $193 (8TB) + $21.59 (Duty) = $214.59 Delivered….
Last one I got on 7th January was Seagate Barracuda 8TB ST8000DM004 (Amazon. Was $214 as well).
Older one's were Seagate Barracuda 8TB ST8000AS0002.
8TB is goood, untill one die's… lol
Always have a back up plan.
The conventional wisdom by tech experts on backups is known as the 3-2-1 method. Basically you want:
3 copies of any data you don't want to lose
2 different mediums it's stored on (so 2 different drives in your computer, for example)
1 copy kept offsite, to prevent against disaster.
Any newegg staffers.. Can you speak to this please?
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/09/20/newegg-hacked-to-stea…
I buy a 2Tb every 6-8 months, dl habit is extreme, they cost me $100 becasue I like the ironwolf's, but for twice the price and 4 times the capacity I don't think I can pass this up, I know ironwolf's are overkill for pure storage.
I have never had any luck with odd sized HDD's, ie the 6TB, mainly becasue of their odd platter sizes, using 2x3Tb platters, or in the case of the notorious 1.5Tb's from WD the 750Gb platters had a death rate higher than nazi germany.
Also for those interested in shucking, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DevtBXP6A, but as most knw it's a random selection in what drive you'll actually get.
Do we know what drive is inside these? Just shucked a 5TB Seagate Expansion drive for a NAS… unfortunately SMR drive, with 240 bad sectors when I plugged it in.