Looked pretty popular here
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/650551
So thought I would share this slightly cheaper offer
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Seagate 16TB HDD Exos X16 7200RPM 512e/4kn SATA 6GB/s 256MB $535 Delivered @ Newegg (USA)
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Would this be good for storing and playing PC games?
You could use it for such but these days an SSD would be better suited for this purpose, particularly for modern games.
What you do is get a large hard disk like this for storage, and a 1tb ssd which you move the game to, when you play them.
Unless you have half decent internet. There's very little reason to hang onto so many games that you may play once every few months.
@runean: This is where NAS cache would work for me. Or just map a NAS drive as my Steam directory for smaller games that don't need fast texture streaming. lol.
I downloaded all my Steam / Epic and GoG games once just for a test and it actually filled a 6TB WD Black + 30% of a 4TB.
But.. I'll keep getting free games as long as Epic keeps giving them away. lol.
Actually, yes.
With such a big cache, and a 7200rpm speed, she should be sweet. Even games that want ssd's, should be able to fit nice large chunks into that big of a cache. And being helium, should run cool.If you want to be 'safe' for future games that 'require' ssd's, throw an optane drive on it.
Only downside for spinning rust is the lag if it has to spin up to access data. I had that on a couple of 3.5" HDDs in my gaming system, it'd lag explorer and sometimes you'll see it in games.
Ended up removing them and there's no longer any lag when performing the same actions. Those 3.5" HDDs will be replaced down the line with read optimised enterprise 2.5" SSDs when I can get some money together.As MasterScythe has stated, it should be sweet, but there's always the possibility of spin up / spin down if too much (or the wrong data) has cached. The Optane cache drive is a great idea (if you can find a cheap 16GB or 32GB M.2 one) as that can cache frequently used game files.
Not to be confused with the other Optane SSDs that are like $500 - $1000 for 280GB - 480GB (and up to $2200 for the 960GB).
Just set your power settings to never put hard drives to sleep. If the drive has an internal power down feature you can turn that off using the manufacturers tool from a freedos USB. None of the drives in my PC go to sleep too avoid that issue.
Just turn off spindown. Or set it to multiple hours.
Or run something that checks smart status regularly.What you describe really shouldnt have become an issue; it sounds more like a controller having a hard time.
Don't be the ass who holds us all up the multiplayer games while we all wait for your spinning rust to load up the map into ram ;)
I know the comment was tongue in cheek; but this drive will still saturate a sata bus.
So unless you're running pure nvme storage; the load speeds across sequential data will be 1:1. :p
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Is it easy to use newegg USA if you wish to deliver to melb?
My first time using it myself but pretty straight forward arranging shipment to SA
You'll see the site shows Newegg AU (you'll see the AU flag), but states shipping from USA.
I've used Newegg in the past (both AU and USA) and it's really easy.
As Lodan has stated, pretty straightforward, just have your Melb. address in your Newegg account when checking out.
Can’t answer the Melb question but I’ve bought this drive in the past from Newegg and it was a painless process shipping to Sydney
Suitable for my Unifi Protect in my UDM-Pro (security camera recordings)?
There are drives made specifically for surveillance cameras which you should use instead tbh. For Seagate it's the Skyhawk series, for WD it's the purple series. They're designed to be written to 24/7.
Yes these will be fine.
The only difference with a surveillance drive is that the firmware is set to ignore errors, and keep recording; because with a camera, its preferable to have 1 corrupted frame, but an unbroken video, than it is to have 5 seconds of missing footage while the hdd did a CRC check on the bad data block.
Reality is, that so long as you check the SMART health of the drive every so often, it shouldnt pop up.
Enterprise drives are designed for 24/7 access in a data center so; go nuts.
Honestly, fantastic deal (only $100 more than the WD Red Pro 8TB I bought for my NAS).
However… I'd be seeing if local stores can price match this because I just wouldn't be able to trust overseas shipping on such a large HDD. I just get mental images of HDDs in a work boot sized box with a couple of those air pillows as cushioning material.
If of interest i can share the image of my parcel when it arrives
For those interested i wasn't impressed by the packaging
the drive came in a thick bubble wrap pouch that didn't fully encircle the drive, meaning that one long edge of the drive only had cardboard protecting it during the trip.
Running drive tests now
Thanks for the update!
Passed all tests thankfully!
Its not a huge worry.
Hdd's rarely use glass platters anymore, and read arms actually lock.The bumps and thumps that can disrupt the magnetic charge on the disks dont matter; because they're blank!
I'm a bit gun shy of buying from Newegg, I keep hearing of people getting stuffed around by their customer service when they have an issue. I've bought from them several times over the years and have never had to return anything, so I haven't had a negative experience myself.
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Do you have a source for this ?
If true, then you won't be able to warranty these drives back to Seagate directly.Use the Newegg app to open this link, you will find that the OEM stated at the end of title. And yes I bought some last month, one of them is DOA, returned to Newegg US only.
Thanks for confirming 👍
OUCH.
I paid $250 AUD to my door, each for 8TB disks, back in 2018.
I realise buying 1 huge disk is better for heaps of reasons but it's also nearly 4 years later.Cheapest I can see in the US for 16TB disks historically looks to be about 370$ AUD (before you get it here…. if available here at all, but that's a reference point)
However if you go to 14TB I can also see about $270 AUD (before you get it here, if you can at all) but it's worth noting.
I can't bring myself to pay more than about $300 per disk, mostly because I need to buy 7 at a time.Are those prices you quoted for data center exos grade 7200rpm drives? These are premium drives.
I suppose it has US return to base warranty?
Returns will be at your own expense?
I own 6 of these, quite good, haven't had a failure yet (touch wood) in the year I've been running them.
still waiting for sub $500, I'd like to buy a bunch :D