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Seagate Expansion 2TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0 $79 Delivered @ DSE

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[Deactivated] on 01/02/2013 - 09:26 dicksmith.com.au (3988 clicks)
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Seagate Expansion 2TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0 $79 delivered @ DSE
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  • muskawo on 01/02/2013 - 09:43

    are these drives reliable? I only really use WD ones, but I need new drives for my media center as my current ones are full.

    • CyberGenesys on 01/02/2013 - 09:57
      +5

      Personal experience:

      I have not found one brand to be more reliable than any other. In my main PC is 4x2TB WD & 4x2TB Seagate, currently none have failed. In another PC 2x1.5TB Seagates have failed (same batch) and 2xWD (1.5TB, 1TB). The Seagates failed in the first week whilst a WD failed after 2 years. Personally I prefer them to fail soon and hard, so I now only buy Seagates (plus I prefer their green drives, 5900RPM vs. variable RPM).

    • ElWircho on 01/02/2013 - 12:32
      -2

      Personal experience:

      It's been a few years now, but after several Seagate Expansion drives that had the "click of death" and tons of data lost i decided to buy ANY other brand than Seagate. And i lived happily ever after.

    • cpho on 01/02/2013 - 19:48
      +1

      Personal experience:
      WD 320gb internal - died out of warranty
      WD 320gb external - died a month out of warranty
      Buffallo 1TB external - died within warranty, replacement is going strong so far
      Work's WD 500gb internal - died
      Friend's 1TB WD external - died two months out of warranty
      Another friend's 3TB WD external - died just today.

      Got 2 Seagate internals. So far so good.
      Got 1 Seagate, 1 Samsung at work. Also going strong

      (Needless to say, prejudice against all WD products now..)

  • darthhasbro on 01/02/2013 - 09:58

    The $9.95 delivery charge kinda takes the shine off the deal

    • Mitchh on 01/02/2013 - 12:19

      Where do you live? Mine estimates $0 for delivery, in outer Brisbane suburbs.

      • darthhasbro on 01/02/2013 - 12:30
        +2

        They've changed the deal, it now ships free

        • Mitchh on 01/02/2013 - 12:55
          +1

          I see, nice move by Dick Smith, makes the deal even better :)

  • chir0nex on 01/02/2013 - 10:06

    Can we remove the HDD and reuse the case with another HDD again?

    Free ext case!

    • CyberGenesys on 01/02/2013 - 11:02
      +1

      Yes, but you will probably break some clips while dismantling it. You can run them quite nicely without the black plastic case ie they have a inner metal enclosure that covers the important parts.

      Edit: not sure, these are a slightly different model to the ones I have.

    • danield on 01/02/2013 - 12:19

      Would like to be able to do this to..

      Anyone know if the case can be re-used, need 2TB for my NAS but using the case would be useful.

      • surfbum1 on 01/02/2013 - 20:44

        Yeah I'd like to know this too in case a of warranty claim as I doubt Seagate would cover it if removed. Could be wrong though as they happily sent me a replacement for an almost 2 year old 1TB internal drive last week without any fuss.

  • Twisty on 01/02/2013 - 10:28

    Does this one run of USB or AC power?

    • Sydneyian on 01/02/2013 - 10:31

      AC Power :-(

    • darthhasbro on 01/02/2013 - 10:33

      It's AC powered

    • Mitchh on 01/02/2013 - 12:20
      +6

      For future reference:

      Desktop: AC Powered
      Portable: USB Powered

  • Twisty on 01/02/2013 - 11:33

    ahhh bummer

  • HTID09 on 01/02/2013 - 11:36

    Shame I bought one from Officeworks last month for $99 :(
    Just my luck

    • hobbo33 on 01/02/2013 - 11:53

      Purchased this from DSE last week and only opened it last night. Dammit!!

      • davidl2 on 01/02/2013 - 14:33
        +1

        I think DSE themselves have a price guarantee, if the price you paid get lowered in the next 2 weeks, you get the differences back.

        so go check with them?

    • chyawala on 01/02/2013 - 12:02
      +2

      If it was purchased on a gold or platinum credit card you could get the difference refunded.

  • pohster on 01/02/2013 - 11:50

    free delivery on home page

  • bargainjargon on 01/02/2013 - 11:52
    +1

    Yeah now it's showing up as free delivery to my postcode whereas it was $9.99 a few mins ago. Woo!

    • [Deactivated] on 01/02/2013 - 12:03
      +1

      Thanks guys. Updated as $79 delivered. Wow….now this is a bargain

  • getsharp on 01/02/2013 - 12:06

    Also ordered and got free shipping - 4220

  • miztadave on 01/02/2013 - 12:07

    Any idea what type of drive is installed? Is it one of those nasty "green" ones?

    • macrocephalic on 01/02/2013 - 16:16

      Green is fine for external drives; you don't expect huge speed when you're dealing with external drives. Externals are usually used for storage and sequential read of large files.

  • Lilstudent on 01/02/2013 - 12:13
    -1

    So I can get 2 of these for $158 and get it for $40 per tb or the 3tb from OW which is $46 per TB…$6 cheaper per TB woo. I think I will buy 2 :)

  • ThadtheChad on 01/02/2013 - 12:25

    Rather good deal on the XBA-2

    http://dicksmith.com.au/product/A8765/sony-balanced-armature…

    Thinking of picking one up. Amazon is selling these for $198.

    Review:
    http://www.head-fi.org/t/613016/review-a-duo-of-duel-driver-…

  • Lazer on 01/02/2013 - 12:30

    Another hdd i have so many now but to good to resist :)

  • giu on 01/02/2013 - 12:34
    +1

    Damn you OzBargain! At least I have just given $79 to the Aussie economy.

    • WT on 02/02/2013 - 11:38

      Isnt DSE now american owned???

  • AussieMark on 01/02/2013 - 12:51
    +2

    im going to go officeworks and get it beat by 5% (i also have a coles group / myer gift card) so I might as well use it for something I actually need for once lol

    Any of you use any special backup software for these drives or is it better to get a dedicated backup seagate drive for backing up?

    • darthhasbro on 01/02/2013 - 13:59

      Just picked mine up from Officeworks for $75.05, no issues with price match and no waiting for Dick to post it :)

    • yjm on 01/02/2013 - 15:49

      Will do the same after work. Thanks for reminding me about price matching at OW. :)

    • MrBlank on 01/02/2013 - 20:02

      went to OW and got the price match and further discount… although only after they scrutinised dick smith's website to check shipping costs. Had some trouble with the Australian power adapter, the pins weren't connecting properly but it has fixed itself after a while of playing with it. Getting 125 MB/s write speeds.

  • coolfish on 01/02/2013 - 12:53
    +3

    officeworks for $75.05

    • AussieMark on 01/02/2013 - 13:00

      cool as ice buddy cool as ice

    • Sydneyian on 01/02/2013 - 13:51
      +1

      Does Officeworks has pay wave? Get further 5% cash back using ING Direct! :P

      • snvl on 01/02/2013 - 13:56
        +1

        not sure, but you can buy a Coles&Myer gift card and then pay with that in OW.

        • davidl2 on 01/02/2013 - 14:35

          do you get discount for that GiftCard? where do you buy them?

        • snvl on 01/02/2013 - 14:48
          +1

          Buy a $75.05 coles&myer gift card (@coles) using your ING so you get the 5%. Then go to OW ask to price match, pay with the gift card.

        • davidl2 on 01/02/2013 - 15:01

          thanks aldoduco

        • yjm on 01/02/2013 - 15:55

          $75.05 - $3.75 = $71.30

          Or $35.65 per TB.

      • VlVh on 02/02/2013 - 17:31
        +1

        The Officeworks I went to (Garden City QLD) accepted paywave.

  • AussieMark on 01/02/2013 - 13:00

    Deleted by AussieMark

  • mponderosa on 01/02/2013 - 13:39

    wow this is truly a great price!
    got the seagate expansion 3TB from OW for $119 last year :)

  • danield on 01/02/2013 - 13:49

    What speed is the Hard drive 7200??

    • battler on 01/02/2013 - 18:19

      FWIW the 3TB of these drives is a Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 (7200)

  • bargainhunter_dande on 01/02/2013 - 15:59

    Got it last month from JB for $79.20

    • Mitchh on 01/02/2013 - 18:12
      +4

      Should have waited a month and saved 20cents.

    • Sven Nijs on 01/02/2013 - 19:05

      Hoping this spurs JB to match this deal. I've got a gift card to use up….

  • Mitchh on 01/02/2013 - 16:22

    Going to get this from OW, thanks OP and those who suggested price matching OW

  • HereYeeHereYee on 01/02/2013 - 19:39

    This is great deal, shame that internal drives don't sell at this prices like it did back in '11.

  • tonyjzx on 01/02/2013 - 20:25
    +1

    bought two dammit

    ok i need to open up a whole bunch now to stuff into my microserver

    ignore bitches

    acquire drives

  • mywrx on 01/02/2013 - 21:45

    Is this compatible with Mac?

    • [Deactivated] on 01/02/2013 - 22:02

      yes

      System Requirements

      Windows Vista, Windows XP or Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher

  • Vandana on 01/02/2013 - 22:06

    Is this also in sydney?

    • [Deactivated] on 01/02/2013 - 22:32

      Free delivery nationwide.

  • Haoye on 01/02/2013 - 23:45

    can I take the case off and put the internal driver in my NAS? internal driver is powered by USB is it?
    if driver failed, to claim warranty do i need to put the case on and return or just the internal driver is fine?

  • ramshyam1982 on 01/02/2013 - 23:47

    I had few wish cards money unspent, spent on this deal. Not a bad one.

  • ramshyam1982 on 01/02/2013 - 23:49
    +1

    They have 1800 of them, it should last long enough so that everyone can grab one, looks like, they are liquidating the stock.

  • skd100™ on 02/02/2013 - 01:50
    +3

    Pricematched at OW.
    The drive inside mine is Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 (7200)
    At my OW store there were 2 types:

    Assembled in Thailand
    Product of China
    DOM: 09/2012

    Assembled in China
    Product of China
    DOM: 07/2012

    I got the Thailand one.

    • fickre on 02/02/2013 - 06:47

      Which OW?

      • skd100™ on 02/02/2013 - 19:05

        North Ryde (NSW)
        They only had 3-4 of the Thailand ones and maybe 7 of the China ones

    • Windows7forever on 02/02/2013 - 10:00
      +1

      Got the same drive @ OW yesterday.
      Although I think the staff at my local shop hate price matching customers. The cute sales attendant backed off like I was a leper when I mentioned the words "Price Match". I got 2tb for $75~ so I'm happy.

    • Grok on 02/02/2013 - 11:02

      I bought one from each location, I did not check.

      But it seems like a good idea to get two different batches, you think?

    • Haoye on 02/02/2013 - 17:00

      Did you damage the case when you pull the drive out?

  • mywrx on 02/02/2013 - 07:58

    Is this the cheapest deal for 2tb external hard drive?

  • Grok on 02/02/2013 - 10:23
    +1

    Thanks guys I got two from Officeworks via price match. I must have been the first buyer as they had no idea.

    Seems like the Dicksmith weekend special has just driven more sales to Officeworks amongst Ozbargainers.

    • soob on 02/02/2013 - 14:44
      +4

      Not for me. Save $4 by driving to a store, finding some OW staff member, waiting for them to look it up, argue with them that Dickies aren't offering it in store thus OW don't have to price match, arguing that it's freight free so they should, wasting 30 mins of my time plus petrol? No thanks, deliver to my door please.

      • Grok on 02/02/2013 - 20:56

        Hmmm Sorry to hear that, My attendant was polite and even said good one me as OW make a fortune on these things.

      • surfbum1 on 03/02/2013 - 10:30
        +2

        You are not really making it easy for yourself.
        Next time just print out the screen with all the details including free shipping and hand that to them.
        Save them and you a lot of unnecessary mucking about, especially on a busy Sat morning. 100% easy every time doing this.

        Got mine from Burleigh Heads OW $75.05 btw and they had shelves full of them, must have been 40+

        Bonus super chatty, smoking hot chick serving too which beats the dopey nerd boys at Dicks hehe

  • chrisoz on 02/02/2013 - 10:41

    Managed to get it for around $71.

    5% staff discount, then 5% from wish gift card.

  • brock05 on 02/02/2013 - 12:34

    Officeworks website is a pain in the butt you go there as it says the store has IN STOCK and guess what been outa stock for awhile.

  • soob on 02/02/2013 - 14:35

    Edit: page back, musta been server hiccup.
    May be sold out, webpage is not found.

  • mudguppy1 on 02/02/2013 - 17:26

    site seems to be down

  • citybargainhunter on 02/02/2013 - 17:41

    priced matched at OW Alexandria, thx OP!

    • vmile on 02/02/2013 - 18:14

      Priced matched at OW Nowra, thanks OP, Thanks Dick Smiths

  • CVonC on 02/02/2013 - 19:09

    pricematched @ blacktown OW. i got the last one on the shelf. there are no more at the north parra one.

    it's not really that much of a bargain though considering these were $79.20 during xmas anyway —> http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/88986

    and it certainly doesn't beat the $100 3tb JB deal at the end of last year —> http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/89417

  • mrhatken on 03/02/2013 - 01:57
    +1

    I picked up a couple price-matched at OfficeWorks in East Perth on Saturday. There were quite a few left on the shelf if anyone wants one.

    Any tips on how to open these without complete wrecking the enclosure?

    • Windows7forever on 03/02/2013 - 11:09
      +1

      So you bought more than you needed because it was cheap?
      True oz-bargainer.

    • surfbum1 on 03/02/2013 - 15:02

      Following a tip I found online I ran the drive for a while to firstly ensure it worked before pulling it apart and secondly to warm the case up. Then I stuck it in the sun for about 5 mins to really warm it up and expand the case. Popped apart surprisingly easily with no damage just gently wiggling one of those old thin and wide butter knives along the join.

      I had more problems trying to get it apart from there till I realised I had to peel the little rubber bumpers off that were covering the 4 screws :)

  • Windows7forever on 03/02/2013 - 11:08

    They have heaps at OW Wentworthville, NSW(over 140 in stock as of last friday). FYI.

  • hunter108 on 03/02/2013 - 11:34

    bought 1 from castle hill OW and found the seal broken when I got home. Could the drive be swapped by someone?

    • mywrx on 03/02/2013 - 15:29

      That's strange. The one I bought yesterday comes with clear plastic vacuum wraps and the seal sticker no one end of the box.

    • Windows7forever on 04/02/2013 - 17:56

      sounds a bit dodgy mate. take it back.

  • Mitchh on 03/02/2013 - 21:36

    Just read that the offer ends today, damn, I was going to buy it tomorrow in the city. Guess I have to wait for another bargain :( Luckily read it today though, or would have been embarrasing at OW trying to pricematch a non-existant deal.

    • [Deactivated] on 03/02/2013 - 21:57

      No….you don't have to wait for another bargain.
      You can still order online ( till midnight) and get free delivery at comfort of your home.
      Have a good night

  • giu on 04/02/2013 - 21:50

    Nice and quick DSE! Ordered Friday, delivered today.

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