Seagate 8TB Expansion Desk USB 3.0 $201.97 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU

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Seems like a good price.

Easy and simple to use - simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
Fast file transfers with SuperSpeed USB 3.0
System Requirements : Windows 8, Windows 7 operating system. Compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
Drag and drop file saving for Windows, right out of the box.Dimensions (L x W x H):6.93 x 4.75 x 1.44" (176.00 x 120.60 x 36.60 mm)
Mac compatibility Requires reformatting. Reformatting the Drive will erase all content unless it is backed up to another Drive. Refer to application guide for guidance.

*** Edit 09/12 5:55pm*** looks like price has gone up to $219.85
24/12: Price dropped to $201.97

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  appxl on 08/12/2019 - 19:25

  Silly question, but is Seagate reliable these days? Every SeaGate drive I have owned in the past seemed to crash or slow down much faster than there Toshiba/WD/Samsung counterparts.

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    PeppaCat on 08/12/2019 - 20:03

    +2

    Seagate still has the highest failure rate.

    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3…

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      AEKaBeer on 09/12/2019 - 01:01

      While backblaze does give us a good indicator of build quality, failure rates from them will be artificially high (even though the ratios should still be the same) given their use case for all brands.

      For those that don't know they provide a well priced backup service. In order to keep prices where they are, backblaze use consumer hard drives in their data centre. These drives are driven significantly harder than they will in any PC.

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    nik on 08/12/2019 - 20:06

    +1

    Seagate fail more often than WD from my personal experience over the years.

    But all HDD fails over times, best way to not lost your data is to have a second backup or third backup.

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    dm01 on 08/12/2019 - 20:38

    +3

    I've had more WD's fail in my experience, but both are reliable brands. Buy whatever is cheapest at the time I say.

    EDIT: Do note though that these 8TB Seagates likely contain SMR drives, which aren't the best performers.

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    senorclean on 08/12/2019 - 21:44

    IMO it's particular models that are disasters rather than brands as such.

    I had 3 out of 4 3TB Seagates die - that was a particularly bad time.

    I was also the proud owner of an IBM 60GXP 'deathstar' which would last a about a month between failures. IBM was bought out by Hitachi and went on to make great drives later..

    At this time - the WD expansions seem to be the safest bet (I have 4x 10tb ones on their way to me now)

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  41202 on 08/12/2019 - 19:37

  +2

  waiting for 12tb deal

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    dm01 on 08/12/2019 - 20:35

    Same

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  toliman on 08/12/2019 - 22:00

  -2

  Even if these were under $200, the WD's are faster and more reliable.

  Seagate SMR drives have a woeful failure rate for the price and lackluster warranty, and having to replace 8tb at HDD speeds takes almost a day due to the way SMR writes in large shales/shingles/blocks/segments.

  They aren't fast drives. You could risk it, but expect it to stop dead 1 hour or 1 day after the warranty period.

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  AsukaST on 08/12/2019 - 22:20

  was $197 on Black Fri

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  [Deactivated] on 09/12/2019 - 17:55

  Price has gone up a bit. Post updated

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  [Deactivated] on 24/12/2019 - 16:45

  Price down again. Was notified by a nice OzB member who didn’t want to be mentioned. Post has been updated.