flips Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 It looks like Amazon joined the handful of other retailers that have priced this drive at $140. There's a lot of discussion about the drive in some of the areas of the forums. I have yet to open my 3TB drive that I just picked up for $120. I am wondering if I want to return it and go with this drive instead... $20 for 1 TB is tough to pass up. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00829THLE/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=the05e-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00829THLE&adid=1KY2Y6ZEP03PN9KJSECB& flips Quote Link to comment
JimmyJoe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 It looks like Amazon joined the handful of other retailers that have priced this drive at $140. There's a lot of discussion about the drive in some of the areas of the forums. I have yet to open my 3TB drive that I just picked up for $120. I am wondering if I want to return it and go with this drive instead... $20 for 1 TB is tough to pass up. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00829THLE/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=the05e-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00829THLE&adid=1KY2Y6ZEP03PN9KJSECB& flips Must resist.... good deal on a great drive.... It's like an addiction..... Do I really need more space? YES, of course I do. I just ordered 4 more. Quote Link to comment
switchman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 This sucks that I saw this thread. I ordered one from Newegg the other day for $139, now I just ordered another. I hope they are both DM's. Now I have two 12Vdc 1.5A power supplies. I can always find a home for those. Quote Link to comment
Automatic Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I really want to buy a few of these, but, I don't really want to buy anything that'll completely die on warranty the second I seriously use it. Why can't 4TBs be this cheap internally? Quote Link to comment
dikkiedirk Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I really want to buy a few of these, but, I don't really want to buy anything that'll completely die on warranty the second I seriously use it. Why can't 4TBs be this cheap internally? Valid point, the warranty question. I saw internal Seagates here in Holland with only 1 year warranty. Í you break open these externals I'm afraid the warranty shortens to 0 days. Are the drives in the externals perhaps drives with a high count of reallocated sectors which are masked in firmware? Or are the binned out on some other "problem" while testing? If you want more warranty you have to pay I guess. Or rely on the retailer you bought them from. Quote Link to comment
NodNarb012 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looks like Micro Center has these for $129.99 right now in-store only, limit one. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.aspx?sku=221036 Quote Link to comment
VizeL Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looks like Micro Center has these for $129.99 right now in-store only, limit one. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.aspx?sku=221036 Looks like amazon price matched it to $130 as well, or at least thats what shows fo rme Quote Link to comment
smurfman2002 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 FYI, I bought from amazon yester day at 140. I complained today and they refunded $20 to match the current price. Keep in mind there was just a rebate that owered the price below 140 a few days ago as well. Quote Link to comment
flips Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 I really want to buy a few of these, but, I don't really want to buy anything that'll completely die on warranty the second I seriously use it. Why can't 4TBs be this cheap internally? Valid point, the warranty question. I saw internal Seagates here in Holland with only 1 year warranty. Í you break open these externals I'm afraid the warranty shortens to 0 days. Are the drives in the externals perhaps drives with a high count of reallocated sectors which are masked in firmware? Or are the binned out on some other "problem" while testing? If you want more warranty you have to pay I guess. Or rely on the retailer you bought them from. Yeah the warranty is why I have hesitation as well. Although since they are only a year nowadays I am a bit less worried about it. A year goes pretty quick. My bigger concern would be knowing if they have issues right out of the box. According to this thread it looks like you can do a pre-clear with a SMART report while it is still in the case. Anyone try this with one of these drives? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=17889.0 flips Quote Link to comment
flips Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 It looks like for a short period of time they dropped to $130 before going back up to $150. Anyone quick enough to grab one for $130? Quote Link to comment
GFOviedo Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Warranty is the main reason why I don't buy external hard drives. I owned one external HDD, which I opened up, but no more externals HDD for me. Quote Link to comment
switchman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I was hesitant to purchase them based on the warranty myself. I originally had planned on no externals, but decided to gamble on them based on the price. I may regret it. Quote Link to comment
dragon123 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Back to 130: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STCA4000100/dp/B00829THLE/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Quote Link to comment
GFOviedo Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Back to 130: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STCA4000100/dp/B00829THLE/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Read the shipping comments. It ships withing 2 to 4 weeks Quote Link to comment
JimmyJoe Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Got my 4 drives today, all DM. Life is good. Quote Link to comment
switchman Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I ordered a total of 2, one from Newegg and one from Amazon. I received the Newegg order today and the Amazon order is scheduled for tomorrow. I received a DM from the egg and am now hoping for the same from Amazon. Running badblocks now. Love these end of quarter sales. Quote Link to comment
flips Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 According to this thread it looks like you can do a pre-clear with a SMART report while it is still in the case. Anyone try this with one of these drives? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=17889.0 flips after some more searching I answered my own question... It looks like you can attach these right to SATA without voiding the warranty. Nice.. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=25675.msg224226#msg224226 Quote Link to comment
bw1 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 According to this thread it looks like you can do a pre-clear with a SMART report while it is still in the case. Anyone try this with one of these drives? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=17889.0 flips after some more searching I answered my own question... It looks like you can attach these right to SATA without voiding the warranty. Nice.. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=25675.msg224226#msg224226 You can but you may need SATA cables without locking tabs and shave some of the plastic to get it to fit: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=26446.0 Quote Link to comment
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