Brand Seagate
Item Model Number ST2000LXZ01/LX001
Operating System NA
Item Weight 95.3 g
Item Dimensions L x W x H 10 x 7 x 0.7 cm
Flash Memory Size 2
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 5400 RPM
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If you read the qna on the amazon site, they say 2tb. Just as long as 2tb is selected, everything will be sweet.
Hopefully they'll ship it as the 2TB. Great price considering MSY is doing the same drive for $152
its amazon. if they send wrong item, kick a stink. they ll refund and generally let you keep item.
Purchased four in separate orders.
All 2 TB.
C'mon mate, it's not toilet paper.
First was purchased November 2019.
Upgrading some old gear.
Also got some DDR3 sticks at excellent prices.
:)
Which ddr3 sticks?
I take it you're happy with them? How are you using them?
Just replacing older,smaller drives before they fail.
Wait, In stock on March 16, 2020. :(…
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/499969
Cheaper in the past (probably due to the aussie dollar)
and also had the cash rewards cashback..
Warning.. dont put essential data on the drive…
Yep, reading through my old post there and reminds me why I didn't get too excited. Maybe for installation in a console with cloud saves enabled it's not a big risk, but in 2020, I'd either go for a proper 3.5" drive (even a shucked one) with the capacity or an SSD. I know a 2.5" 2TB SATA SSD isn't cheap, but it's at least within the realms of affordability now.. or at least a 1TB 2.5" SSD which won't be too much more than this.
The previous gen ones are pretty ordinary. I've bought 3 of these and one of them is to replace the existing one in my desktop that holds my STEAM data because it will freeze it once in a while and clunks. Hopefully this one should be better.
Aren't there 3.5" 7200rpm hard disk that are equally fast ? Wouldnt that be a better buy for desktop?
Theory has it that 7200rpm puts a heavier load on the drive and they fail faster than their 5400rpm brethren. So for mass storage it was generally advisable to get 5400 drives if you were just storing large files for home use (e.g. media server). If you want just performance you would likely look at a SSD anyway.
yes and no. for copying straight files 7200rpm always faster. this drive optimises any data read regularly as a read ahead cache etc. ie game load times get faster .
Was looking at this earlier today. Considered putting in PS4, but heard too many horror stories.
i’ve had one fail, RMA-ed second one still going strong. I believe most failures are due to unplugging the ps4’s wall socket while in “Rest Mode” as i used to do that quite often. Getting the warning message each time I plug it in and boot it up. After the ~15th time, my first drive died. Learnt my lesson and the current one is going strong.
By some cruel coincidence, my PS4 harddrive just died. Maybe I'll take a chance on the Firecuda afterall
FYI, SMR - YHBW!
In stock on March 23, 2020.
I'd avoid except for storage. Have one.
Not reliable at all from my experience in a desktop environment.. bought 2x 2.5" and 2x 3.5" (well got a deal that i ended up with 2 of each) only have 1 working 3.5" left of all 4… i have a few other drives working in the exact same environment without issue.
**with multiple RMA's within the first 3 months for all drives
Tried to put an order through but it comes up as "1TB in the order instead of 2TB" even though I specifically selected 2TB..