https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CFFKHZCR?ref=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_…
Seagate Enterprise Capacity v7 ST12000NM0127 - Hard Drive - 12 TB - Internal - 3.5 Inch - SATA 6Gb/s - 7200 RPM - 256MB Cache (Refurbished)
$214 or $17.80/TB
Is there any other better $/TB out there atm
Just looking for some proper cold storage drives for non gaming files and media etc to offload from my SSD's
Afaik it's this or the east digital shopify store doa gamble.. I figure Amazon might have a better non doa rate
Following too.. and yes i need between 10to16tb depending on the price or bargain level.
Need 2x, to go into NAS with raid (plus one old drive I already have)
Maybe this. Short time deal
https://www.amazon.com.au/Toshiba-Desktop-7200rpm-Internal-D…
New, 10TB for $281.75
Refurbed vs Recertified is very different
You missed this one: Seagate 12TB Exos X16 3.5" Hard Drive $215 Delivered @ East Digital, Hong Kong
And missed this one: Seagate EXOS HDD OEM SATA NEW 16TB $259 Delivered @ East Digital HK (Expired $272.94 Delivered @ East Digital eBay)
But you can still get this one: Seagate Exos OEM 3.5" Hard Drive: 12TB from $219.95, 16TB from $339.95, 18TB from $479.95 + Postage @ Neology Technology
Thanks for all the comments. On reconsidering I think I need less storage maybe around 4-6TB but i honestly can't find any good ones with decent $/TB
Honestly even 8TB would be an ok compromise it just means I can relocate some more stuff to the drive or go a bit more crazy on my Spotify offline storage and media files
I got 4 x 14tb ultrastars, refurb server pulls for $170 each delivered 6 months ago from HKeastdigitial, deals do exist if you look and can wait
Do NOT believe the ebay/gumtree etc sales of NEW for really cheap prices on 3 year old drives, these are refurbs with extra fiddling
wow nice
any idea if there are any deals to be had in the 4-8TB sector
I will probably bite around 12-14TB as I only need it for personal files so realistically for me anything over 10TB is good enough personally but it feels like the $/TB is best around 12-16TB
It's hard to know what "refurbished" means in the context of a hard drive. It's not like they would be (or should be) pulling the case off and fiddling with the internals.
Most likely the seller is just using refurbished to mean "used".
Frankly, I'd stay the hell away. It's obviously traveled a couple of times, meaning many chances for it to get knocked, and there's literally no way of knowing how hard it was driven when it was installed by the original owner.
The Amazon reviews are bad too.
Do you really need 12TB?