4TB Seagate 5900RPM 64MB cache SATA6G HDD $189.99 FS @ Newegg

[Exterous]

Made me laugh - That said, I hope you were joking only because he was using hyperbole to demonstrate that the difference is so minimal, it might as well be indentical.

Yeah he probably meant they were nearly or almost identical but it was weird to see someone say 'They are identical' and then post a difference between them as proof that they were identical.

 

[Tegeril]

Made me laugh - That said, I hope you were joking only because he was using hyperbole to demonstrate that the difference is so minimal, it might as well be indentical.

But it's not. When you're dealing with a difference in thousands and it's a change of 1 penny, that's still $10.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Amazon also has it for $189.99. I trust their shipping a little more than Newegg's shipping.

 

[lamedude]

OK, the important question, will these run in RAID?

Only if you buy at sale price otherwise it becomes a SLED and you'll have to update your dictionary so RAID isn't defined as inexpensive disks.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Amazon has external version for $140!

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup...e+4tb+external

Yes, it is external, and you don't really know if it'll have 7200 or 5900 drive inside (personally I'd prefer 5900), but this is almost back to preflood/preconsolidation price levels per TB!

 

[The0ne]

Amazon has external version for $140!

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup...e+4tb+external

Yes, it is external, and you don't really know if it'll have 7200 or 5900 drive inside (personally I'd prefer 5900), but this is almost back to preflood/preconsolidation price levels per TB!

Showing $179 for me, price went up?

 

[Nunya]

Showing $179 for me, price went up?

Yeah, it was a Gold Box deal.

 

[Binky]

The WD version appears to be still available for $149 shipped. it is reported to have a hitachi drive inside.

Use code VMESAVESU20 and checkout with v.me

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.a...=WDBACW0040HBK

 

[agressiv]

Yes, it is external, and you don't really know if it'll have 7200 or 5900 drive inside (personally I'd prefer 5900), but this is almost back to preflood/preconsolidation price levels per TB!

According to Seagate, their only 7200 RPM 4tb drive is currently an enterprise-class drive, which I highly doubt this is. It's going to be 5900.

If you look on Amazon's site, it says 5900. If you go to Seagate's site, it doesn't explicitly say, but all the performance numbers lead to believe it certainly isn't 7200, and like I said, I hightly doubt they'd put in a Constellation drive in here.

Edit: ST4000DX000 = 7200 apparently. Not listed on Seagates site. ST4000DM000 = 5900. So yes, it could be a gamble. The ST4000DX000 is 14th gen, ST4000DM000 is 15th gen.

 

[LikeLinus]

According to Seagate, their only 7200 RPM 4tb drive is currently an enterprise-class drive, which I highly doubt this is. It's going to be 5900.

If you look on Amazon's site, it says 5900. If you go to Seagate's site, it doesn't explicitly say, but all the performance numbers lead to believe it certainly isn't 7200, and like I said, I hightly doubt they'd put in a Constellation drive in here.

Edit: ST4000DX000 = 7200 apparently. Not listed on Seagates site. ST4000DM000 = 5900. So yes, it could be a gamble. The ST4000DX000 is 14th gen, ST4000DM000 is 15th gen.

The DM = 5900 but it is 1TB platters. I ran some test by moving 100GB video files and it sustained 145+ MBps. Great performance as far as I'm concerned.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Edit: ST4000DX000 = 7200 apparently. Not listed on Seagates site. ST4000DM000 = 5900. So yes, it could be a gamble. The ST4000DX000 is 14th gen, ST4000DM000 is 15th gen.

Exactly. Early versions of this enclosures had 5 platter 7200rpm hard drive, but recently seagate started putting 4 platter 5900rpm drives inside. Since this would have been my storage drive I would prefer to get 4 platter 5900rpm drive.

PS I ended up passing on this deal. I have about 1TB left across my computers, so I still got a little time before I have to buy a new hard drive. I'm hoping to hold out until BF this year at which point I will probably have no choice but to buy another hard drive.