Looks like this drive is once again going cheap, only $10 more shipped than the black friday deal http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/85502
Cheapest price on staticice is from PCCG for $339.
4TB Deskstar 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive
Incl. VAT: £169.98
Minus VAT £133.33
Postage & Packing: £13.70
Order Total: £147.03
XE Conversion: $228.157 AUD
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I'm seeing differnt $'s in checkout:
Order Summary
Items: £141.65
Total before VAT: £155.99
Order Total: £155.99
Yes comes to $251.88. Better to buy from JB for $247 http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/computers-laptops/computer-ac…
How can you compare a internal 4tb with warranty with a external without warranty once you remove the hdd, which most users will probably do!?!?
1000 apologies sir. I thought it was a bit strange when I couldn't see any information about USB connection speed. Also I have not slept. But can the external one be opened up and then extract the HDD?
I'm pretty sure the internal drive is still covered by the manufacturer for 1 year although it's not as good as a straight up warranty from jb hi-fi, it's still just as good when you would have to send it back to amazon anyway.
I get £155.99 also. Not sure how it gets down to £147.03
Still comes in at a touch under $250AUD which is good just not as listed in the OP.
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thanks for sharing
If you want the 5400 rpm model (5K4000) for a NAS setup you can get it for around the same price at B&H in the US
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/835055-REG/Hitachi_0S0…
Using XE currency converter works out at around $253 shipped.
It does seem cheap but buying hard drives from USA or UK would mean you get ZERO support if the drive fails and you need to send the drive back to Hard Drive company for RA/Warranty.
I recommend buying a WD Black or WD Red Drive instead .
I think a lot of us discoved with Bigfoot HDDS and WD Green hard drives in the past , cheap deals often means leads to failing heaps
Except warranty for hitachi/WD is based on the serial no and you can RMA direct to the manufacturer.
Hmm.. I've RMAed 2x WD black and 1x raptor in the last 3 years.
You mean Quantum Bigfoot drives?? They were sold from 1996-1998?
Not a bad price and all, but they are nicknamed "Deathstar" for a reason.
You're absolutely right there! The experiences in the 1990s of IBM and later Hitachi drives were so consistently bad that my mind automatically translates 'deskstar' to 'deathstar', and I'd never, ever, risk one again. They were absolute shockers, a very high rate of failure. I've often wondered why Hitachi have persisted with a brand name that has such a terrible reputation amongst experienced and professional geeks!
Yes, the reason being many older IT enthusiasts can't resist injecting this tired old reference into conversation, rather than any present-day relevance.
On StaticIce
WD Black 4TB $349 (not shipped)
WD Red doesn't have a 4TB option
In terms of support, (IMO) you don't really need it. You just pay return shipping costs to the manufacturer which equals less than $100. I've even done this with WD drives, posted it back to Malaysia and they pay return shipping.
I'm not saying you're wrong or I'm right, just providing some balance. Do your sums and see what works for you.
The price of 4tb drives is starting to come down just in time. Needing more storage and was about to build 2 new 10 drive arrays (so I think 20 X 4TB should do nicely :D ) Now I just have to figure out the most cost effective way to ship them to avoid customs/taxes.
24 drive raid 60 here on an Areca 1882ix-24, 1670mb's read/1349mb's writes using these drives.
Any pictures of your setup Copie?
http://i.imgur.com/V1AgK.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/t9fuR.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/5sCk7.jpg?1
40 drives in that box, 24x 4tb's Raid 60 and 16x 3tb's Raid 6 currently, also got a Norco 4224 i am building as a dummy box with another 24x 3tb's using an expander to connect to that lian li 343b
You won't be needing that heater you have next to it.
You ever done a wattage check on how much power those puppies are using? That's a pretty slick setup.
I've got a huge amount of …. err stuff and I gotta say I can't imagine needing that much. - I use a Microserver N40L (no RAID, little of importance) and mine's only 17TB - with about 5TB free
It all runs off a single Corsair TX-750w, with staggered spinup max draw is 810w at the wall, with all drives running using apexdc its around 700w. The base parts are i7-980, UD7 rev1, 48gb ram, 5450, Areca 1882ix-24, HP SAS expander, Intel SFP 10gbe adaptor x2 Scythe GT-5400RPM fans for intakes, Delta 252cfm's + NB multiframe for the exhaust.
Also researching into moving my base for a pair of E5-2690's + supermicro X9DR7-TF+ + 384gb of ram (24x16gb ECC) since i max out the 980 as it stands.
I thought this was just a giant warez dodgy server but with that much RAM are you doing some kind of high end video encoding and or VM stuff with it?
Mixture of various things, i do some video editing and muck around with VM's on occasion.
Just want to note that most of the older motherboards will not support more than 2TB. However if you have a ASUS mobo, there is an official utility to unlock the extra space. http://event.asus.com/mb/2010/disk_unlocker/
Look up your motherboard to see if it has UFEI. If it does, you do not require the utility unlocker linked above.
Disclaimer: Don't take this as 100% accurate but just as advice to research before buying.
Edit: I have this hard drive.
The costs of these from o/s are much more competitive than local prices!! Warranty support was easy too!!
I have had to send back one of these drives to the Manufacturer.. You can return it to the delivery point HGST have in Sydney which cost me $10 from Brisbane.. All up 2 weeks from when i sent the item to when i received a replacement!!
Considering purchasing another set!!
Thanks for the info, I couldn't check the warranty information without a serial. This makes it even more enticing to get more.
Bought 4 of these when they were on special at B&H. Not quite as good price wise this time around but still decent.
My gut feeling says this is a sign that the arse is about to fall out of high prices on 4TB internal HDs, if what happened to SSDs is anything to go by.
I been wanting to upgrade my 1.5tb based raid 5 setup for a while but wanted to see some good value in 4tb drives first.
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