FrozenGamer Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 FYI, in case any one is interested. I decided to order 4 from Amazon. - I also get 5% back from Amazon.com store card. (which was an offer to upgrade from my amazon credit card a few weeks ago.) http://slickdeals.net/f/7936309-5tb-toshiba-7200rpm-3-5-internal-hard-drive-for-144-99-with-free-shipping-at-amazon-and-b-h?#comments Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Word is that Toshiba drives are using Hitachi technology, and with Hitachi (HGST) being the most reliable drives on the market, that is a good thing. I have no personal experience but at $29/T, it seems worth a try. I am seriously considering buying a pair, as finding drives under $30 / T is not easy these days. B&H is tax free but Amazon is not, plus I'd rather support the price leader. I have been watching prices on these for a while at Amazon and they were down to $139 at Amazon a month or six weeks ago. But the price increased and increased up to $179, then came down to $149 a week or so ago, and then back to $159. The price would have marched higher. I have no doubt that the reason the price went down to $145 is that their systems noticed a competitor selling at that price and they matched it. So if it wasn't for B&H, this deal would not be available. We the consumers have to reward companies trying to drive prices down not the one that dips the price only when pushed by the competition, only to raise the price when they can. If you go with this deal I strongly encourage using B&H. Here is the link. Deal expires 6/27. Quote Link to comment
FrozenGamer Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Amazon raised their price. Looks like you can still get it on B&H. A little tempted to put 2 in my gaming box for the 3500 steam games i have since its 7200 and as far as i know the 7200 doesn't help with slower drives in unraid box. Quote Link to comment
Chugiak Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Under $30/TB is a rarity, especially at 5 TB and up. Here's the direct link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1087201-REG/toshiba_ph3500u_1i72_5tb_3_5_desktop_sata.html EDIT: Looks like they are out of stock, but you can order at this price Quote Link to comment
theone Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Does anyone know the power consumption of these drives? idle? read/write? Quote Link to comment
ysss Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Does anyone know the power consumption of these drives? idle? read/write? I read somewhere it maxes at 11w, idles at 6w. The model number should be md04aca500 for the 5tb version. (400 and 600 for 4tb and 6tb). I'm currently using it for my parity and 2 data drives. No complaints. Quote Link to comment
FrozenGamer Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 In for 4 more today as i feel good putting a drive in that is less likely to fail, or at least one that i feel is less likely to fail. Starting preclears on the original 4. Quote Link to comment
ichbinpete Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Just popped two in to my new UnRaid build. Preclear is taking forever, but they're running pretty fast 33-36 deg C +100MB/S on the reads, 80MB/S on the zeroing so far. older SATAII controller because I used my old Core i7 920 build Quote Link to comment
yardley Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Got 5 for $140 each on Amazon! They're back to $170 now. I'm a noob and I'm just starting my build, will these be ok as data drives? Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Got 5 for $140 each on Amazon! They're back to $170 now. I'm a noob and I'm just starting my build, will these be ok as data drives? Preclear them and see. Quote Link to comment
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