same price at amazon as well - probably price matching each other -
Seagate 4TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive $128 + Delivery ($0 to Metro/ in-Store/ C&C/ OnePass) @ Officeworks
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avtek on 05/07/2024 - 13:35 officeworks.com.au (657 clicks)
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Yeah I bought some of these for $99 each at bigW, must be 2018 or 2019. Great desktop big slow storage and router-nas drives - still going great now.
It is surprising the price hasn't come down yet.edit: oct 2019
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/488198Bought 10 hard drives for $19 per 3TB HDD.
Granted they were SAS and not SATA drives.
No
i remember when these were $100 no sale price, i thought hdd prices were meant to go down over time, but there hasnt been a good hdd deal in over a year now.
No more competition. It's basically a WD and Seagate duopoly with Toshiba still hanging around.
WD bought HGST a few years ago.
Yeah agreed. its quite funny to me because it seems like 4tb ssd are coming down in price, soon they will be competing with this HDD price.
The real deals can be found with enterprises and businesses dumping their old drives as their support contracts end, and most of them can be found on eBay.
HDD - the new GPU!
I remember buying a 2tb for $69 pre covid. Now they have almost doubled in price
You would have paid $138 for 4tb?
but this deal is for 4TB.
Why are most comments about 3.5inch USB external desktop drives?
This is a portable USB ie has a 2.5inch internal drive.
And yes, can't seem to find the $89 2TB portable drives any more. All well over $100 now.
Lowest price for 4TB was $118 at the end of last year, or $107 going all the way back to 2021.
Wondering if I should hold out for Amazon Prime Day(s) in a few weeks or just pull the trigger now..
This or WD Elements SE 5TB USB 3.0 Portable External HDD $165 (Amazon or $160 Officeworks after price beat) - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/854537?
This is cheaper per GB, and has a SATA interface. I just bought that WD deal a few days ago but I'm considering returning it to buy this Seagate.
But really it comes down to: do you need to store more than 4TB?
Two questions
Are these SMR and can they be shucked?
Unlikely but may put one in my PC for storage if the answers are no and yes. They are small and cool running.
IIRC they are SMR - the ones I bought in 2019 were shuckable, altho they are thicker then other 2.5" hdd - 15mm i think.
normal sataIt looks like it's just a SATA interface on the drive rather than something custom. It's a Seagate Barracuda 2.5" inside though, so most likely SMR and I'm not sure you would want to shuck it.
Before Covid, a good price for 4TB was < $100. Will prices come down to this level again some time in the future?