Seagate One Touch Portable 5TB USB3 External Hard Drive $164 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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Portable 5TB HDD is the largest size portable USB3 drive. Amazon discounted it to $164 (same price as 4TB), which makes it the lowest price according to Camel Camel Camel and possibly the best price ever/TB for a 2.5" portable hard drive. Significantly cheaper than other retailers, so try a price beat at Officeworks to bring it down to $155.80 from their standard $248. Good option for offline backups.

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  dangerdanger on 28/01/2024 - 23:03

  Have too many. What are your thoughts on a nas RAID set up instead. More cost effective? Definitely more time effective than plugging and unplugging usb drives

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    kingmoron on 29/01/2024 - 00:55

    I have a SFF with 4 drives in unraid due to power and as mentioned cost effective. Has been fine really.

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      The-Real Team Doge on 29/01/2024 - 13:17

      Which model SFF PC have you been using?

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        kingmoron on 29/01/2024 - 22:14

        hp 800 g2 mini

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  gadgetguy on 28/01/2024 - 23:32

  I paid the same May last year. Decent price.

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  Bobioso on 28/01/2024 - 23:33

  +1

  NAS in RAID is more convenient, but pricier, often hosted in the same location and not an offline backup. For data that is not Linux ISOs (e.g. family photos), I still believe in 3-2-1 backup strategy where you always have three copies of the data stored on two different types of storage media and one copy of the data is sent off site. With current cyber threats and logical errors, offline storage is the best protection, unless the noise of drives in NAS handling cryptolockers is considered and alarm.

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  Mechz on 28/01/2024 - 23:49

  +5

  Best price ever?

  lol no.

  I have 3 I bought during lockdown for $135 each. Amazon, JB et al were doing them for that price.

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  Wrongguy on 28/01/2024 - 23:57

  +1

  Similar drive but was available at amazing price https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/778957

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    buffalo bill on 29/01/2024 - 01:12

    Would go with the WD if I had to choose. Had one of these Seagate drives die on me after not a lot of use.

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    Bobioso on 29/01/2024 - 02:07

    Great price. Missed that one, unfortunately.
    Seagates are generally easier to rescue and shuck than WD. These come with a 3 year data recovery service.

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  Rav1 on 29/01/2024 - 00:00

  It's showing me last as $216 for grey 5tb?i cm doing anything wrong

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    Bobioso on 29/01/2024 - 02:09

    Looks like it's out of stock.

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  DiscountForThee on 29/01/2024 - 06:30

  I'm 90% sure that I paid $99 for the 4TB version a couple years back

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  skid on 29/01/2024 - 09:25

  Major regrets on passing up a Seagate 5TB portable for $97 back when ebay had decent sales. At the time my thought was, "eh, hdd prices go down the longer you wait" and "I don't need one right now".

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  asa79 on 29/01/2024 - 09:29

  Reliability of these are low unfortunately

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    dangerdanger on 29/01/2024 - 19:08

    I almost exclusively buy Seagate drives and haven't had one fail yet (fingers crossed). YMMV

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      asa79 on 30/01/2024 - 01:00

      Lasted 3 weeks before it died

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  polstralian on 29/01/2024 - 10:50

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  The lowest for 5TB was $97.00
  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/565107