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Seagate Barracuda 8TB HDD Internal Drive $210.84 + Delivery (Free Shipping with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU

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Seagate Barracuda 8TB HDD Internal Drive $210.84 + Delivery (Free Shipping with Prime) @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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Skramit on 22/01/2020 - 08:22 amazon.com.au (1214 clicks)
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Stock due on Feb 2, so this is a pre-order for $210. ETA says approx mid Feb so if you're in a hurry, avoid this one.

Regular price on Amazon is $235+. Best price from local retailers is approx $310.

This is an internal drive at a great price. The advantage is you keep your warranty for internal use in a PC/NAS verses shucking the external drives which voids warranty.

All time low according to CCC.

This is a storage drive, not designed for high speed. Good for archiving files/photos etc. as it spins at 5400RPM.

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  • Oxenfree123 on 22/01/2020 - 09:02
    -1

    Does this come with Windows? How do I plug in a monitor?

    • Tacooo on 22/01/2020 - 09:04
      +42

      I'm 90% sure this is a joke but at the same time I'm 10% certain it's not.

      • Oxenfree123 on 22/01/2020 - 09:08
        -4

        I thought it was a PC or CPU?

        • skid on 22/01/2020 - 10:12
          +3

          No, it's not a Compute stick. It's just a dumb name that Seagate gave for a disk.

          • Oxenfree123 on 22/01/2020 - 11:04
            +1

            @skid: Apologies, read the listing which says "Jump into PC gaming or edit music, video, and photos effortlessly with 7200 RPM speeds and optimized read/write caching technology"so I was unsure.

            I assume from the comments this is just storage.

        • Trishool on 22/01/2020 - 17:15
          +1

          You can use it as a door stop if you want, or balance it on your head to pass time.

    • Pielo on 22/01/2020 - 09:05

      What is the point of your comment?

      • dealord on 22/01/2020 - 09:42
        +2

        I'm guessing it's because when computer illiterate people talk about computers, they often call a computer tower "the hard drive bit"

        • happyangus on 22/01/2020 - 09:45
          +1

          I thought they called it the CPU

          • BradH13 on 22/01/2020 - 10:00
            +16

            @happyangus: I worked in IT for years. The computer itself is either a "monitor", a "hard drive", a "tower", a "box", or a "CPU", but rarely a "computer".

            Half the job is learning to understand what people are actually talking about, because they're almost never correct.

    • Skramit on 22/01/2020 - 09:11

      You plug the monitor in via SATA and you can watch endless amounts of Linux ISO files.

  • naphman on 22/01/2020 - 09:28
    +1

    Its a full copy of the interwebs on one drive.

    • Tacooo on 22/01/2020 - 09:38

      Pretty sure you're thinking of exabytes.

    • Baghern on 22/01/2020 - 09:41
      +12

      don't drop it Jen

    • SoManySpiderWebs on 22/01/2020 - 16:06

      8TB won't even store anywhere close to 1% of the porn on the internet

  • No Child Support on 22/01/2020 - 09:28

    Warranty aside, what would be the better HDD between this deal and this https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/513948

    • Tacooo on 22/01/2020 - 09:38

      This for sure.

      • go2home on 22/01/2020 - 09:57

        Which this?

        • Kozhutki on 22/01/2020 - 15:52

          this or that?

    • jwilthethrill on 22/01/2020 - 09:39
      +4

      The WD drive would probably be better, pretty sure all Barracuda's (except Pro) use SMR now.

  • grrrrr on 22/01/2020 - 09:32

    Would these be ok for home NAS use (vs actual NAS drives) ?

    • jwilthethrill on 22/01/2020 - 09:50

      I believe these drives are SMR. They'll be ok.
      These drives are good for stuff like media content, where you store a bunch of movies and watch it off the drive (or any use case where you don't have to change the files constantly). This doesn't mean you can't use it for other things, but if you need to constantly change the files on the drive then it'll perform slower than a lot of the other drives you can buy.

      • BarneyKB on 22/01/2020 - 12:32

        Do you have a source on the SMR thing?

        • samfisher5986 on 22/01/2020 - 13:38

          Its not very correct anyway.

          SMR drives are fine for changing the files as often as you like, its just that they work a lot better for large files.

          I do huge copies across SMR drives all the time and have great speeds.

    • SeeKayDee on 22/01/2020 - 09:51
      +2

      No, at least not if you are planning on running them in a raid array.
      The SMR technology that Seagate use in these drives causes write performance to tank during continuous writes such as a raid rebuild (see https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/86sf1z/psa_reg…)

    • Punkboy on 22/01/2020 - 09:52
      +3

      No, if these are SMR you are better off shucking the WDs as per above deal link.

    • Smigit on 22/01/2020 - 11:28
      +1

      I'd use them, but I don't use a hardware raid for my NAS. I use Stablebit Drive Pool to create a virtual drive from multiple physicals and that software doesn't add any real write overheads to function and files generally remain in place once placed on a physical. Given the drives fine for reads, I think it'd work well and I'd take the warrant over schucking a drive in this case.

  • congo on 22/01/2020 - 10:05

    Both this and the WD are 5400 RPM?
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/513948

    Pity, the WD already shipped, otherwise would have got this.

    How to open the WD to get the drive out?

    • johnyBgood on 22/01/2020 - 10:14

      Same dilemma here…

      • congo on 22/01/2020 - 10:47

        Thanks!

    • ethan961 on 22/01/2020 - 13:46

      The WD is a better drive anyways being a nerfed enterprise drive, mine that arrived last week was the helium variant. Given how easy it is to open/close the enclosure for warranty purposes I personally would go for the WD every day at the same price. I have the 4TB equivalent Seagate and it's okay for archive stuff but it'll be outperformed by the WD under active R/W use such as in a desktop.

      • congo on 23/01/2020 - 00:20

        Any issues with the 3.3V?

        • Punkboy on 23/01/2020 - 00:32

          Yep just use a molex to SATA power cable

        • ethan961 on 23/01/2020 - 01:17

          Mine's staying in the enclosure but they are drives that use that new part of the specification yes.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 22/01/2020 - 10:19
    +4

    100% these are SMR. Data hoarders - avoid these.

    You may be better finding Seagate external drives. Their 10tb externals have Pro 7200rpm NON-SMR helium drives in them worth $100-200 more than what you pay (ofc you lose warranty if you shuck) or buy WD.

    • samfisher5986 on 22/01/2020 - 11:37
      +1

      I disagree, my SMR drives are perfect for data hoarding.

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 22/01/2020 - 14:46
        -2

        Yeah, if you never access your data lol. After 10-20 seconds of copying or reading they slow down so much. No thanks.

        Cold storage, sure. Data hoarding? No.

        • samfisher5986 on 22/01/2020 - 15:49
          -1

          My SMR drives don't slow down after 10-20secs of copying or reading, not sure whats wrong with yours.

          They don't work that well when copying a lot of smaller files and other situations, but its perfect for data hoarding as that generally involves larger files.

          • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 23/01/2020 - 11:12

            @samfisher5986:

            My SMR drives don't slow down after 10-20secs of copying or reading

            EVERY SMR drive slows down when writing to them. This is not new news, it's been well reported by literally by nearly everyone using them lol. I have no idea why you're arguing this point lol.

            They don't work that well when copying a lot of smaller files and other situations

            EVERY situation. It's an inherent issue as they overlap the tracks requiring rewrites later = slower speeds.

            Again, when Pro drives and WD drives without SMR are available, why compromise?

            • samfisher5986 on 23/01/2020 - 12:57

              @Typical16-bitEnjoyer: SMR drives only slow down when they are unable to keep up with writes. When this happens varies a lot depending on the writing situation.

    • Caped Baldy on 22/01/2020 - 12:51
      +2

      +1 I shucked the 10th expansion for $260 and got a barracuda pro. I would avoid these and shuck a 10tb external drive.

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 22/01/2020 - 14:46
        +1

        Yep, I shucked 2x 10tb last year and got Pros as well. Amazing value.

      • furys12 on 22/01/2020 - 15:00

        where did you get em for $260? any specific model numbers to look for/avoid?

        • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 22/01/2020 - 15:35
          -1

          Pretty sure that was a deal from ~6 months ago. Prices appear to have gone up since then.

        • Caped Baldy on 23/01/2020 - 02:51

          Any seagate external 10tb. They don't make smr versions as far as I'm aware and 10tb are all helium filled barracuda pros

  • AsukaST on 22/01/2020 - 10:30

    Too expensive
    Apparently the WD 8tb external was in its lowest price, only $115 USD yesterday
    https://www.androidcentral.com/wd-elements-8tb-external-hard…
    Yes, I missed the deal but willing to be patient and wait for the next one

    • ONEMariachi on 22/01/2020 - 11:14
      +1

      Was that not USD?

    • congo on 22/01/2020 - 11:32

      Would have been good if you posted a deal on Ozbargain?

      • ethan961 on 22/01/2020 - 12:53

        They said that they missed it, and the deal effectively was already posted as that was an Amazon US sale and the price on Amazon AU (fulfilled by Amazon US) was dropped.

      • endotherm on 22/01/2020 - 13:20

        Or a screen capture so I can make a credit card price claim.

  • playmaker on 22/01/2020 - 12:56

    Would you recommend this for a hikvision security camera NVR?

    • Skramit on 22/01/2020 - 12:57

      Single camera sure. 10 cameras maybe not.

  • Meaty on 25/01/2020 - 21:23

    Price has increase to $227.89

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