Seagate Expansion 5TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive $109.99 FS Newegg/ebay

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178742

Lots of one-egg reviews, many DOAs or failed within 5-6 months.

I know that I purchased a Samsung D3 Station 5TB Desktop External, and it was absolute crap, using it in the factory enclosure, but when I shucked the drive, it seemed to function just fine.

Edit: Link to past deal, where they mention the possibly unshuckability of these drives:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2415824

I finally got around to shucking three of my 5TB Seagate externals and here's what I found. They are all ST5000DM000 units. Each had a different firmware (CC46/CC47/CC48) as I purchased them a few months apart.

They all had APM enabled and it was set to "80h". Did some Googling and came across a SPCR post on how to disable.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68760

Following those steps, I was able to disable APM on all three units even after a power cycle. Verified as disabled using CrystalDiskInfo.

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Also, Newegg through ebay has a Seagate portable external 4TB in blue for $109.99 too:
Seagate Backup Plus Slim 4TB Portable External Hard Drive with 200GB of Cloud St
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