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Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 5900RPM $99 + Delivery (Limit 1 Per Customer)

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Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 5900RPM $99 + Delivery (Limit 1 Per Customer)
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Pwog_ta on 17/04/2012 - 12:26 centrecom.com.au (3345 clicks)

Barracuda® Green drives from Seagate save you time. Available now with SATA 6Gb/s interface and 64MB cache and combined with the industry's only 5900-RPM spin speed, you can be sure you're getting the best performance in the green-power drive category.

Seagate SmartAlign™ technology simplifies your transition to the Advanced Format (AF), 4K standard. There is no need for time-consuming integration utilities required by similar AF drives.

Features:

A unique 5900-RPM speed delivers the fastest-performance eco friendly drive available.
Seagate SmartAlign technology allows you to get all the benefits of the new Advanced Format 4K sector standard without any hassle–no utilities, no extra steps.
The SATA 6Gb/s interface and 64MB cache maximize performance.
Low power consumption combined with leadership in the use of recycled materials means you don't have to sacrifice environmental stewardship for performance.
Cool, quiet operation

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  • wog_ta on 17/04/2012 - 12:28
    +1

    I think you might also be able to pick up and save delivery fees. Would be good for those that picked up the HP micro servers n30/ n40.

    • Twisty on 17/04/2012 - 12:38

      Am I able to pick up my online order from one of the Centre Com stores? At the current time Centre Com

      Online does NOT offer in-store pickup for online orders. If you would like to place an order for pickup, please contact your local store directly.
      http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/locations.php

      • wog_ta on 17/04/2012 - 12:42

        mmm.. i assumed because it's in the catalogue they should also have these in store thus the pick-up option. Maybe should have phrased it better.

      • skyva on 17/04/2012 - 12:52

        Ummm, their website says the $99 drives are available at several stores. Are you saying this is wrong?

  • homersyd on 17/04/2012 - 12:43

    how's this compare to the WD green drives?? Do they all turn off when idle?

    • IVI on 17/04/2012 - 12:55
      -1

      If turning On & Off -reduces- the drive's life,
      what's the value of all the saved Elec'y cost?

      • homersyd on 17/04/2012 - 13:23

        if anything i thought turning on & off will improve drive life span

        • ejsteven on 17/04/2012 - 15:22
          +2

          Believe it or not its the spin-up and spin-down cycles that reduce lifespan because rapid change of state applies significantly more material stress. Its the same reason why long-haul aircraft are expected to go longer without maintenance than their short-haul buddies that perform a lot more take-offs/landings. Just FYI.

    • sonic2011 on 17/04/2012 - 13:07
      +5

      IMO, WD is better harddrive than seagate.

      • Oliver on 17/04/2012 - 16:29

        The only HD that has failed between my and my mate's 20 HDDs is the one seagate he bought. The rest are all WD and they're all still going strong. Some are approaching 5 years old but they're mainly used as backups and are hardly plugged in or running.

      • Jabba the Hutt on 17/04/2012 - 17:06
        +4

        If the discussion were about homeopathy or acupuncture, I suspect you guys would be pretty dismissive of these kinds of personal anecdotes. I'm curious what it is about the issue of HDD brand reliability that makes techies revert to the same sort of thinking as adherents to quackery.

        • StewBalls on 17/04/2012 - 20:55

          Pure comedy gold Jabba, well said! :)

      • Miami Mall Alien on 17/04/2012 - 20:08

        Please stop peddling old wives tales:
        http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/61321?page=3#comment-726025

      • omygodde on 17/04/2012 - 21:56

        It really depends on your luck, I've had 3 WD HDD fails last year. 2 Caviar Black and 1 raptor. They do have 5 years warranty but sending them to Singapore/Malaysia for RMA is such a pain and costs about $30/drive.

    • Miami Mall Alien on 17/04/2012 - 20:03

      Any HDD's Power-Saving features can be remedied with this useful app:

      http://nosleephd.codeplex.com/

      Writes a blank text file to any partition at any interval you like. Incredibly useful.

  • cookie42 on 17/04/2012 - 12:51
    +5

    Limit of 1 ruins this for me…

    • N3M3S1S on 17/04/2012 - 12:54
      +1

      Yeah, I want 4 new drives for my N40L. Prefer them to be identical drives.

      • team teri on 17/04/2012 - 13:28
        +11

        Be careful, drives from the same batch tend to fail at the same time. If you plan to raid 1 them try to get different ones…

    • bargainjargon on 17/04/2012 - 13:11
      +1

      I would've been okay even with 2.

  • Twisty on 17/04/2012 - 13:21

    $9 Delivery to Gold Coast

    • ukmark on 17/04/2012 - 14:19

      It is $20 to Albury, dang!

  • Bappy on 17/04/2012 - 13:45
    +4

    I'm missing PricesEngine (again)

    • cookie42 on 17/04/2012 - 14:30
      +2

      Even though it's been gone for like 2 years, I've kept that site on my speed dial and I check it weekly. The deals were just SOOOO good…
      :(

  • nfr on 17/04/2012 - 13:48
    +9

    Incease quantity limit to 2 please.

  • [Deactivated] on 17/04/2012 - 14:02
    -1

    Really 5900 RPM ??? Never seen that before

  • jazoom on 17/04/2012 - 14:28

    5900 sounds pretty slow to me. I'd much rather get a cheap 7200RPM drive.

    • shadow131 on 17/04/2012 - 14:30

      a 2T is normally for storage… not OS drive

      • jazoom on 17/04/2012 - 15:20
        +4

        True. I retract my comment. The extra money saved by getting a slower storage drive could be used to offset the price of an SSD for the OS drive. :-)

    • scrimshaw on 17/04/2012 - 14:32

      You can consider a Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000. Fairly old model though (2010) but it is 2TB (7200RPM) for around $125.

      • brent3000 on 17/04/2012 - 14:49
        -3

        Hitachi wont be around much longer, best sticking with the top 2.

  • ShipShapeRC on 17/04/2012 - 14:32
    +1

    Last time I bought a hdd from CentreCom in Bendigo on special, they added an extra bit to the advertised price to cover shipping charge - even though both the drive and I were in the store at that time. Apparently the Bendigo store has the right to increase the price over the advertised price. Just be aware if you are in Bendigo.

    • dfitzpatrick on 17/04/2012 - 15:26
      +1

      Also from Bendigo, they always claim they are online prices only and make you pay extra

  • korda on 17/04/2012 - 14:43

    That three-step credit card verification thing during checkout was a surprise. CBF, paypal kthx.

  • zenzen on 17/04/2012 - 14:59
    +4

    For credit card order, you have to go through 3 steps

    http://i.imgur.com/aVper.jpg

    I have never seen this crazy process just to order online by credit card.
    I see no point to do this as credit card is under fraud protection anyway (even for merchant, I believe).

    What a hassle - considering cancelling an order….

    • ModaMagic on 17/04/2012 - 15:01

      Could just use PayPal or If you're a true bargain hunter use bank transfer and save that 2% :)
      I think they use it to reduce credit card fraud because the bank instantly reverses money on a credit card since It's their money but the same doesn't apply for a Debit Card since It's yours (45 Day Wait)

      • zenzen on 17/04/2012 - 15:36
        +2

        yeah, Bargain price it is but credit card use sometimes has its benefit over paying by cash.

        I should have opted for PayPal, not CC. For those thinking to pay by credit card, I recommend to opt for PayPal (and still you can use credit card for paypal payment anyway) to avoid this crazy cc order authorisation process.

        Anyway, I have done this crazy process and hopefully no dramas over this product and purchase process.
        Waiting for order confirmation.

    • bozter on 17/04/2012 - 16:26

      really????

  • ModaMagic on 17/04/2012 - 15:04

    I bought It and for those wondering It's a 3 Year warranty since It's a low powered drive.

    • Jabba the Hutt on 17/04/2012 - 16:12

      Also note there's more to manufacturer warranty than length - anyone done an return directly with Seagate recently and know what the current process is?

      WD expect you to ship your locally-purchased drive to Malaysia at your own expense, which really sucks if you're outside the one-yearish implied warranty period with the retailer.

      • fleabag on 17/04/2012 - 21:21

        you shouldn't have to do that under Australian law

  • nowlan on 17/04/2012 - 15:58
    +3

    I just walked into Hawthorn store, and was asked how many i wanted.
    So not sure the 1 limit is enforced. Maybe online only.

    2tb wd were $119. Couldnt justify $20 more.

  • DroppedAxis on 17/04/2012 - 16:27

    $20 del bugger, same price as picking one up from MSY (well $2 cheaper), and only one allowed.

  • Oliver on 17/04/2012 - 16:29

    Green drives suck in my opinion. I have a WD 3TB drive which turned out to be a green one and the damn thing always goes to sleep and takes ages to scan/read and be accessible again.

  • uccoffee on 17/04/2012 - 16:29
    +2

    I bought 2T WD usb for $98 at harvey yesterday , and can open them up and use as internal :D

    • Aaroninau on 17/04/2012 - 16:55

      is it still $98? im gonna grab two if so :D

    • poporange630 on 17/04/2012 - 17:27

      I want to do this as well but my hard drive is for the microserver on 7*24 running. So I don't want to lose warranty in case the drive goes wrong.

      • debo on 17/04/2012 - 18:55

        that's right be aware opening up a cased USB HDD will probs void the warranty

  • Vader on 17/04/2012 - 17:41

    I just picked up a 2TB HDD from MSY for $99. It is a Samsung but the label has also got Seagate and Barracuda Green written on it. It is a ST2000DL004 (Seagate Model) / HD204UI (Samsung Part Number).

    It doesn't appear on MSY's website or parts PDF.

    • poporange630 on 17/04/2012 - 17:43

      so which shop do you go to? dunno if it's avaliable in Sydney

      • Vader on 17/04/2012 - 17:46

        Balcatta, WA

      • bfg100k on 18/04/2012 - 16:29

        I dropped an email to Ultimo branch and they just replied saying no they don't have this model:(

    • moda on 17/04/2012 - 18:00

      http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18383103

      Seagate bought Samsung's HDD arm.

    • MdMa7 on 17/04/2012 - 18:07

      Samsungs HD204UI is now the Seagate ST2000DL004…
      http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18383103
      EDIT: hah.. it pays to refresh.

      I have two of the Samsungs HD204UI: I never get below 100MB/s when transferring to each other.
      Great speed for a 5,400RPM drive.

      • [Deactivated] on 22/04/2012 - 18:38

        that's some awesome speed dude. I'm lucky to get above 30mb on my seagate pocket 500gb drive to/from my internal

    • feizor on 17/04/2012 - 21:00

      That's a good deal, it's not on their website or parts list.

  • GreatWhiteHunter on 17/04/2012 - 18:40
    -1

    I have a couple of the 5900rpm drives - they blow IMHO.

    VERY VERY SLOW.

  • stbellco on 17/04/2012 - 19:15
    +1

    CENTRECOM …. NO more for me

  • snack62 on 17/04/2012 - 20:32

    thanks for the post, but i've tried seagate's hard disk so many time. and it always dies really fast. dnt really recommend ppl to get it

    • DroppedAxis on 18/04/2012 - 08:12
      +1

      I guess different people have different experiences.
      Few years ago I bought 2 computers with 6 WD drives (3 each) within 18months all 6 had died, and 1 of the replacement drives died. Both computers were in a aircon room. I have replaced them all with seagates.
      I have had SG die, but no where near at the rate WD die. Last 6 months I've had 3 die, one 4 year SG and 2x 1Tb 2 year old WDs.

  • ProspectiveDarkness on 17/04/2012 - 21:15

    Not a fan of the Centrecom online store. The staff are pretty good, but the order process takes a while.

  • nevilleb on 18/04/2012 - 07:41

    Thanks OP! Awesome price

  • poporange630 on 18/04/2012 - 09:41

    Why.. why I order 2 WD Green 2TB at $135 each including the shipping from Mwave… but.. anyway this one is limited 1 per customer.

  • mjm2 on 18/04/2012 - 11:19

    Walked into the Clayton store and picked one up. They seemed to be quite strict on the 1 per customer policy though.

  • perfect-timing on 18/04/2012 - 12:13

    Hi

    I'm a newbie to this. I have a Astone AP 300 media player that supports internal SATA hard drive up to 2.0TB (3.5 inch).

    Is it possible to install this Seagate drive in media player. Please help.

    Thanks

    • X200T on 18/04/2012 - 23:22

      Yes, I can't see why not

  • zenzen on 18/04/2012 - 13:37
    +1

    It arrived today already during lunch time! I ordered yesterday evening - gosh it was quick. Cheers

  • glovebox on 20/04/2012 - 10:04

    Ordered tuesday, still sitting on "processing"… not particularly fast! What were everyone else's delivery times like

  • ModaMagic on 24/04/2012 - 07:51

    What is this, they just shipped it out today….

  • robotsy on 03/05/2012 - 09:11

    The price has gone back up again.

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