4TB Seagate portable expansion drive now $129 at Australia Post. Price beat at Officeworks $122.55.
The 2TB version is $79
Seagate 4TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive $129 at Australia Post
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Lnotmine on 06/02/2020 - 13:59 auspost.com.au (3248 clicks)
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Too late. They've already matched it.
Quicker than the Borg
Is that in stores? I'm looking on their website and they have them listed at $148. Can you price match online with Officeworks? Tried to buy the 3tb model the other day and they said they're an online only item
Kotara hadn't reduced the price, so got it for $122.55
Was $129 when I checked!
Nah they kinda haven't. Strange thing is, at my local OW store it was displayed as $129 but when they scanned it was $148, so i got them to price match and got my extra 5%.
I have no idea what they are doing lol
weren't these 99?
Desktop version from OW. Depends if you want portable or not I guess
The $99 ones from OW are the 3.5" drives - these are the 2.5" version.
thanks - still weary of Seagate -2 many issues with newer drives
Agree, I’ve been burned by some bad experiences in the past.
@Ringu: where as i have had multiple WD drives fail on me and am yet to have a Seagate one die. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
My last failure was a WD drive, so obviously you're all wrong to trust them.
Not a problem with Seagate at all. WD failed on me pretty fast, especially the green drives. Avoid them at all cost! Some drives are cheap for a reason.
The main lesson here is all brands and types of drives fail, so have your bits backed up yo (and work that sucker hard while its still in warranty)
Is the internal drive removable?
Yep, but be aware they are 15mm thick which is thicker than a standard laptop drive so wont fit all applications.
would this work in PS4?
Unfortunately not, PS4 drives need to be 9.5mm thick or less
Can anyone vouch for this or the desktop version?
I can - I've got 3 of these shucked (plus a 3Tb equivalent) in my PC.
This is close to the best $/Tb before committing to an Amazon imported desktop drive. And whilst the desktop ones are okay, you have more flexibility with these portable drives in terms of warranty, impact resistance and portability (if you don't shuck them and keep them as USB).
I have the desktop 3.5" version as I read it is a little faster than the portable version and use it as an external steam library and its so far (only had for 2 months) been solid preforming with good enough speeds for gaming so obviously fine for backups. Not sure if thats much of a vouch or not but just what I can say
I've got 3 of these shucked
Is it a standard SATA interface drive with a separate bridge interface or an integrated USB controller?
It's just a Barracuda Compute 5400rpm with no sticker and an adapted connected. It is easy to shuck. You pry off the side of the casing, take out the whole thing and disconnect the adapter piece.
Shucked my 4TB, it's 5400rpm. It gets 180MBps read and 160MBps writes. I use it for a Plex server and backups and it's working well.
is postage included!?
Yes, free standard delivery
Seems to be yes…? T&Cs just say eParcel Post, and don't list a cost.
I mean, you'd HOPE it's included
just got one at OW for $122.55 Thanks OP! :)
Two out of the six reviews on the Office Works site are for failed drives.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/seagate-4t…
Look out, here come the Seagate fanbois.
You really should just transfer your stuff to punch cards.
my uncle works at seagate and said batch #51243 that they shipped out has had troubles
Well my uncle works at nintendo
My uncle invented the question mark.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/wd-element…
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/wd-element…
4/8 reviews don't recommend one of the WD drives. From reviews some bought multiple drives that failed…
Most people are happy with their drives and have no interest in posting drive reviews.
Just so happens people with issues are coincidentally more vocal about it.Because people aren't going to review a working product are they? No, I'm not a Seagate fanboy but 8 reviews is a small sample size.
These hard drives are great if you're a data hoarder that has difficulty parting with relatively unimportant data that you're likely to never access again. Just transfer all your unimportant files across to the hard drive and Seagate's self delete/destruct feature will initiate in a few months time so that you don't have to go through the painful process of deleting the data yourself. Highly recommend.
Would this 4tb work with a ps4 as an external hard drive?
Yes, of course.
hell yeah, cheers friend
Why is everyone hating on these drives and what substitute would you recommend? Toshiba any good?
A lot of people have had bad experiences with Seagate, but I think their newer drives are more reliable. Western Digital is the alternative. If you want external, get WD Elements. Amazon typically has the 8TB for $200-230 on sale.
On seagate posts you have the wd army, on wd posts you have the seagate army. It’s like ios and android
Nope. At least there is a difference between ios and Android (for example app availability). The Seagate / WD duopoly is so homogeneous that there is no meaningful difference. Your best bet is to go for a mix and spread your data and backups over multiple brands and generations of drives.
It was just a figure of speech. Personally I always back up my sensitive data on 2 different drives.
Backblaze does annual drive reliability stats. Seagate comes out on the bottom Toshiba on the top from what I can see
And WD does not feature in the Backblaze stats at all.
It's good to use statistical data, but the questions being asked need to match the available data.
Seagate vs Toshiba - Backblaze data can answer that (as long as you are looking at specific 3.5" models)
Seagate vs WD - Backblaze data can not help you there.From the page I linked…
Hello “Western Digital”
While the Western Digital brand is gone, the HGST brand (owned by Western Digital) is going strong as we still have plenty of the HGST branded drives, about 20 percent of our farm, ranging in size from 4 to 12 TB. In fact, we added over 4,700 HGST 12 TB drives in this quarter.
That's really odd though as according to wikipedia WD is removing the HGST (hitachi) name from its lineup So I am a bit confused.
Looking into historical data you can see the WD probably neck and neck with Seagate. however if you look at 2017 you can easily see why Seagate got such a bad name
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2017/
For me I have only had Seagate drives fail inexplicably and irrecoverably. However we all have different stories to tell
Thanks op I got one from wa
Officework price beat 122.25
Office works is dodgy. Mine had them all pulled from the shelves, but actually had them hidden behind front desk. First asked at the counter about buying but did not ask for price match until it was retrieved. Could tell them did not want to do the price match as soon as I mentioned it but thankfully I got them to put it through.
Also the person at the counter didn't even have the decency to pass me the item after the transaction. Just gave me a weird dead look. Not sure what their problem is in office works.
I've had that MANY times. So screw them, they're not worth my money or the hassle
Why do they employees even care? It's not like it's their money.
No one said they care.
But enough crap service will eventually add-up to less work.
Office works is dodgy. Mine had them all pulled from the shelves, but actually had them hidden behind front desk.
Theft prevention. High value item.
Could tell them did not want to do
didn't even have the decency to pass me the item
Just gave me a weird dead look.No, they actually they had ALL the empty boxes pulled from the shelves of ONLY the 4TB version.
I can't even get through to do a price match, got a message saying that they are experiencing extended wait times.
It's so strange to see on the box America has only 1 year warranty compare to 3 years in China and Austrlaia. Most of the case is other way round.
It's never like that. America is notorious for their lousy 1 year warranty.
I do know many CCTV equipment manufacturers offer 5 year warranty in US but only 1-2 year warranty here in AU, and more expensive here too…
Consumer protection is infinitely better here. It's also a big part of our higher prices.
@petry: If you don't know how to handle an issue before it gets to that stage, that's not my problem.
@scuderiarmani: that's because if the store tells you to get stuffed that's the only place to go nearly these days. So I repeat what protection? American customer service is 5 times as good as ours. Maybe you should back up your assertions with some facts.
@scuderiarmani: you still haven't said where the consumer protection in Australia comes from - because there is no enforcement except through a court in most states now
Dont forget shopback 3.75% cashback. Only 1.25% less than OW 5% and delivered to your door step.
Opps i think you do get free shipping if order over $55 with OW. Not sure about if price matching including free shipping.
does anyone know what to expect for read/write capabilities from this ?
Transfering my video files from NAS to it now. Write speed average about 100MB/s. Seems pretty good. Just warm to touch.
$99 at JB right now.
Link?
Cannot order. It’s out of stock
Will Officeworks still match if out of stock?
Officeworks seems to always have them for $99. It’s always on their site. I keep a couple in reserve because they are very good and the best price/gb around.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/seagate-4t…
desktop version
Still on for $129 for Me.
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I just got this price matched at Officeworks Coburg VIC after finding a physical copy of the Aussie Post catalogue. Earlier in the day they’d refused to match because it was not on the AP website and I hadn’t brought the physical catalogue in with me.
Bah
Thank you for your recent order with Australia Post.
We have just been notified by our supplier that the stock for the following product from your order is out of stock and cannot be fulfilled. We are hoping more stock arrives in the future but this is unconfirmed at this stage.
1 x Seagate 4TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive (88425)
We have processed a refund of $129.00 for this out of stock item back to your PayPal account.
We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused.
Warm regards,
Olivia
Australia post Online Shop
Officeworks may price beat for $122.55