Best external hard drives according to redditors

We found 4,123 Reddit comments discussing the best external hard drives. We ranked the 628 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about External Hard Drives:

u/Shillen · 318 pointsr/PS4

Glad that the update is coming tomorrow. Still no folders option, but looking forward to these features:


Suspend/Resume:
>Info: Supported by nearly all of your PS4 games, you can jump in and out of your games with just the press of the PS button. Quickly switch from Rest Mode to powered-up so you can pick up where you left off.

 
Back-up and restore HDD to USB
>Info: Back-up and restore your hard disc drive data associated with users on your PS4, including settings, saved data, screenshots and video clips as well as games, patches and download data, to and from an external USB drive.

Good that I waited with updating my HDD, with our slow network connection it would have taken ages to re-download all my games.
 
For those upgrading their PS4: (NOT up-to-date with the new backup feature)

u/dreamwinder · 284 pointsr/xboxone

Because fuck monthly bandwidth caps. Like hell I'm gonna re-download any AAA game @ 40-100 Gb. Just look out for sales on amazon and other electronics vendors. I think I got my 8Tb drive for like $100, and I've seen little micro drives with 2Tb for $50. Just plug in a USB3 hub and you can keep expanding.


Edit: Wow so many responses! BTW I currently have an 8TB as my main external drive, which doubles as a USB hub so I can connect another drive in the future. (link) It's currently $150 on Amazon, but I bought it way lower, so might want to check back around holiday sales. Also, did a google search and found that the current limit of external storage is 16Tb across two drives, though I've seen reports of people using more than two with no issues.

u/SirSpankalott · 84 pointsr/PS4

Purchase external HD, plug in, never worry about space again.

EDIT: For anyone interested, I bought this one

u/GoGoGadgetReddit · 74 pointsr/DataHoarder

Direct URL without the Affiliate Marketing crap attached:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/

u/Mastagon · 59 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

I'm putting this here because I don't want to flood the main sub with what I'm able to find. So here goes:

Headphones| Price
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[ATH-M50x Headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499757226&sr=1-1&keywords=headphones) |$150 in cart. $250-$300 everywhere else I check
[Sennhieser HD 598 SR Headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/Sennheiser-HD-598-SR-Open-Back/dp/B06WRMZZ45/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499757356&sr=1-1&keywords=hd+598) |$109 Record low
[Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/Audio-Technica-ATH-M40x-Professional-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR54/ref=sr_1_6?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499758834&sr=1-6&keywords=bose) |$180 - $38 = $141
[August EP650-Bluetooth headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/August-EP650-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headphones-Leather/dp/B00F54Y6GU/ref=sr_1_2?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499759484&sr=1-2&keywords=headphones)| Was $99, now $58
[August EP640 Bluetooth Headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/August-EP640-Rechargeable-built-Smartphones/dp/B00MHOFR78/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499772544) |was $80, now $37
[Prime Day Bluedio T2S Headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/Bluedio-Shooting-Bluetooth-headphones-wireless/dp/B00Q2VIW9M/ref=sr_1_4?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499759635&sr=1-4&keywords=bluetooth) | Was $20, $21 in cart no tax
Prime Day Bluedio V Headphones | was $200, $140 in cart no tax
[AUSDOM ANC 7 Bluetooth noise cancelling] (https://www.amazon.ca/Cancelling-Headphones-AUSDOM-Bluetooth-Comfortable/dp/B01LZ7Q5R1/ref=sr_1_4?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499808109&sr=1-4&keywords=aptx) | was $100, now $50. Well reviewed!
[Sony Extra bass bluetooth headphones] (https://www.amazon.ca/Sony-MDRXB950B1-Extra-Headphone-Model/dp/B01N5UVZBP) | was $200, now $99


Earbuds| Price
:--|:--
[Aukey Arcs Bluetooth Sport] (https://www.amazon.ca/AUKEY-Bluetooth-Headphones-Microphone-Sweatproof/dp/B01EWUP4NQ/ref=sr_1_4?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499804815&sr=1-4&keywords=headphones)| was $24, now $14
[1MORE Triple Driver earbuds] (https://www.amazon.ca/1MORE-Headphones-Earphones-Compatible-Microphone/dp/B01KB9K9Z0/ref=lp_17037466011_1_4?srs=17037466011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499766067&sr=8-4&th=1) | Was $131, $106 in cart

Bluetooth misc| Price
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[Anker Premium Stereo Bluetooth 4.0 Speaker ] (https://www.amazon.ca/Anker-Bluetooth-Subwoofers-Portable-Wireless/dp/B0107WH8Q4/ref=sr_1_6?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499800448&sr=1-6&keywords=subwoofer) | was $130, now $60
[Trond bluetooth receiver] (https://www.amazon.ca/TROND-Bluetooth-Receiver-Headphones-Speakers/dp/B01M9I0LSK/) | Was $25, now $20. I have one its awesome
[Altman Bluetooth Transmitter/receiver] (https://www.amazon.ca/ALTMAN-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-Wireless/dp/B06Y25PGBG/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499803431&sr=1-1&keywords=aptx) |was $43, now $26



CPU Coolers| Price
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[CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme ] (https://www.amazon.ca/CORSAIR-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-CW-9060025-WW/dp/B019EXSSBG/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499757440&sr=1-1&keywords=corsair) |$110. Historic [all time low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/CrDzK8/corsair-cpu-cooler-cw9060025ww)
[Corsair Hydro Series H115i Extreme Performance] (https://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-CW-9060027-WW/dp/B019955RNQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499756838&sr=1-3&keywords=corsair) |$155 (temporarily out of stock)
[MasterLiquid Pro 240 All-In-One] (https://www.amazon.ca/MasterLiquid-Technology-Chamber-MasterFan-Radiator/dp/B01E5XNP5Y/ref=lp_16927652011_1_24?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1499766384&sr=1-24) | was $140, now $95 [Historic low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/sqmxFT/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-mlyd24ma20mbr1)

PSU| Price
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[Corsair CS650M] (https://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Modular-Efficient-Supply-CS650M/dp/B00GH9NA2I/ref=sr_1_11?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499757999&sr=1-11&keywords=corsair) |$110. Not the lowest but okay
[EVGA SuperNOVA 550 G3] (https://www.amazon.ca/EVGA-SuperNOVA-Modular-Warranty-220-G3-0550-Y1/dp/B01LWTS2UL/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499759891&sr=1-1&keywords=evga)| Was $130, now $99 [historic low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/sMM323/evga-supernova-g3-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g3-0550)

Cases| Price
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[Corsair 780T full atx case] (https://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Graphite-780T-Full-Tower/dp/B00LA6POK4) | $189 in cart. Not an [all time low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/sNJwrH/corsair-case-cc9011063ww) but not bad
[Corsair Carbide 400C white] (https://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-CC-9011095-WW-Carbide-Compact-Mid-Tower/dp/B01F97W9ZM/ref=sr_1_12?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499813131&sr=1-12&keywords=corsair) |$105 in cart

HDD| Price
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[Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB] (https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=sr_1_3?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499758359&sr=1-3&keywords=hdd) | $270 - 51 = $219
[Seagate 4TB BarraCuda Pro ] (https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000DM006/dp/B01MSW4MNS/ref=sr_1_4?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499758359&sr=1-4&keywords=hdd)|$245-75 = $170 [Historic low!] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/qRtWGX/seagate-barracuda-pro-4tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st4000dm006)
[Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable] (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0196J43TE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1) | Was $160, now $135 [all time low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/NyQRsY/seagate-backup-plus-4tb-external-hard-drive-stdr4000100)
[Seagate Firecuda 2TB] (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01M1NHCZT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)| was $126, now $85 [Historic low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/zk7CmG/seagate-firecuda-2tb-25-5400rpm-internal-hard-drive-st2000lx001)
[Seagate Firecuda 1TB] (https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-Firecuda-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LX015/dp/B01LWRTRZU/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499767750&sr=1-1&keywords=ssd) | was $83, now $60 [Historic low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/w6x9TW/seagate-firecuda-1tb-25-5400rpm-hybrid-internal-hard-drive-st1000lx015)

Input Devices| Price
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[Logitech G13 input pad] (https://www.amazon.ca/Logitech-G13-Programmable-Gameboard-Display/dp/B001NEK2GE/ref=sr_1_21?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499761901&sr=1-21&keywords=board+games) | Was $75, now $55 [Historic Low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/jbvZxr/logitech-keyboard-920000946)
[Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB MX Brown] (https://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Gaming-Mechanical-Keyboard-Backlit/dp/B01ER4B7YM/ref=sr_1_6?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499770080&) | was $180, now $160 [Historic low] (https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/34M323/corsair-k70-lux-rgb-wired-gaming-keyboard-ch-9101012-na)


Networking| Price
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[NETGEAR Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Router] (https://www.amazon.ca/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-Tri-Band-Quad-Stream-R8500-100CNS/dp/B01A85Y9TE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499760240&sr=8-1&keywords=NETGEAR+Nighthawk+X8+AC5300)| was $499, now $290
[TP-Link AC3200 Tri band router] (https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-Tri-Band-Beamforming-Archer-C3200/dp/B00YY3XSSA/ref=sr_1_3?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499760450&sr=1-3&keywords=modem) | Was $249, now $175
[Netgear 16-Port Gigabit Switch] (https://www.amazon.ca/Netgear-16-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Desktop/dp/B01AX8XHRQ/ref=sr_1_6?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499760948&sr=1-6&keywords=ethernet) | Was $106, now $75 in cart

MISC| Price
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[Logitech C922x Webcam] (https://www.amazon.ca/Logitech-Stream-Webcam-Streaming-960-001176/dp/B01LXCDPPK/ref=sr_1_5?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499760799&sr=1-5&keywords=computer) | was $130, now $89. All time low
[Acer KG251Q 1080p Freesync monitor] (https://www.amazon.ca/Acer-KG251Q-bmiix-FREESYNC-Technology/dp/B06X6HJ1SF/ref=sr_1_6?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499762804&sr=1-6&keywords=monitor) | Was $230, now $170
[M9S PRO android tv box] (https://www.amazon.ca/Leelbox-M9S-Pro-Android-6-0/dp/B01MD0NZPK/ref=sr_1_2?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499767387) | Was $130, $98 in cart
[Cyberpower 600w UPS] (https://www.amazon.ca/CyberPower-CP1000PFCLCD-Sinewave-Compatible-Mini-Tower/dp/B00429N192/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PDAY&ie=UTF8&qid=1499803529&sr=1-1&keywords=ups) | was $224, now $125


I'll try to keep tabs on everything but let me know if there are any errors or price updates. And as a side note, I'm actually getting downvotes for this? I can't see how there could possibly be a sane explanation for that.

 

EDIT: Updated 7:00pm EST!! Let me know if there's anything you see and I'll put it in here!

 

EDIT: I've put everything new as of Jan 11, 4:00pm in bold. Also, check this post on RedFlagDeals for a great big list of deal

 

EDIT: Its all over everyhone. Hope you snagged something cool beyond bitter disappointment this year!**


 

u/throwawayyyyyyyy888 · 35 pointsr/gaming

Since you got a brand new PS4 buy a 2TB now and swap out the original. It will save you time and headaches later.

It’s only $64 and works perfectly internal or you could use it external with usb

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Black + 2mo Adobe CC Photography (STDR2000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_M5qSBbPXSKZ11

u/immski · 31 pointsr/xboxone

Yes 4TB WD My Book. Got it over a year ago when it was on sale for $69. Never had an issue and don't notice it at all. Once set up is complete, it just works.

u/pm_me_triangles · 28 pointsr/trashy

US$ 125 buys you an 8 TB hard drive.

Buying 8 of those isn't that expensive and would allow you to store all this cp.

u/tielknight · 24 pointsr/buildapcsales

To check if your local store has any available go here : http://brickseek.com/target-inventory-checker

Put in your Zip Code and 056-02-0117 for the DPCI Number and cross your fingers!

If you got any nearby then you better haul your ass over there and grab em before someone else does.

It should be the same model as this one : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE8K
___

Worth noting that Brickseek is not 100% accurate so it might be worth calling your store to make sure.

u/_2_4_8 · 23 pointsr/india

Can't find anything that's worth listing in here. The top most suggestion from amazon is a Samsung SD card at 700. It feels as though someone increased the prices and then decreased it to show discount. Is there any price tracker?

Edit: Headphones have seen them from ages, decent and is more than enough for the average bloke.

For old age, because come old age the prices will increase.

Great bluetooth speakers, I got them at 1700 back in the day, but it seems that's the lowest it will go now.


Insurance Porn Storage


Paperwhite it's like every time there's one of these offer sales, paperwhite's price decreases from 11k to 9k.


Piece of shit microwave do not buy, the motor keeps going bad.


Non-hipster wristwatch lol, am I the only one who doesn't like wearing wristwatches?



Chutiya exchange offer from Oneplus, for the OnePlus 3/T they are giving me Rs.11,858. I can easily get upwards of that if I sell the phone elsewhere.

u/iheartrms · 22 pointsr/DataHoarder

You wouldn't pay $64.99 to get this data back? If this data isn't even worth that much to you then I guess this really isn't such a big deal.

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Silver + 2mo Adobe CC Photography (STDR2000101) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTTIA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3wGPBb8W8P9FG

u/smurf_diggler · 20 pointsr/xboxone

Mine is going to sit right next to my xbox and never move so I don't mind.

Also seagate 4tb for $119:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=twister_B00TS6JL4S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

u/jojowasher · 20 pointsr/PleX

I would go with an unraid server, buy one big drive, like a 10TB for $189 take it out of the enclosure and start with that, then slowly transfer your data onto it, and when you empty a USB drive take the HD out of the enclosure and add it to your server. You would be able to do this for $300-400 to start, then add on as you go. There are some really good guides to get you started, here is one

u/Kapitan_Kolbasa · 19 pointsr/PS4Deals

Same price as the 2TB by Seagate. Might as well get the extra terabyte!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_a6Lzzb8MDWTTV

Edit: disregard what I said earlier, the price has increased to $74.99. It's still less than the $99.99 original price but it's a bit disappointing nonetheless.

u/vaporsilver · 19 pointsr/xboxone

WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3RH61W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_.-WQybX2CFSRM

I got it for like $100 several months ago. I just plugged it in and formatted it and never have had a problem.

u/JoaozaoS · 19 pointsr/PS4

This is what I bought. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4

I took it apart as it's the only way to get this specific hard drive at the moment. The hard drive is the Samsung Spinpoint M9T. A few users have issues booting up their ps4 from being completely off even thought it boots up fine from standby.

I have no issues at all.

u/iszathi · 18 pointsr/buildapcsales

Not really, seagate compute drives are not that good, and external 8tb wd drives (easystore, elements, my book) go for 130usd pretty often, and come with white label drives inside that are a lot better.

Right now amazon has elements8tb at 140, https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=elements+8tb&qid=1556298793&s=electronics&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1

u/sqwatchy · 18 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN for $244.01 (now: CAD $269.99) @ Amazon.ca.

EDIT: The price has now gone back up to CAD $269.99.

u/Apatinop · 17 pointsr/PS4

Is this the hard drive used?
Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive STDR2000101 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTTIA/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_gO62tb16RZ1S4

u/Onlythefinestwilldo · 16 pointsr/homelab

Now that you mention it, I'd be curious too. I'll tally it up and get back to you all.

Edit: here it is!


Thing |Price | Quantity
---|---|----
Belkin Power Strip | 30 | 1
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ | 38.30 | 2
Miuzei Raspberry Pi Cooling Case Kit | 25.99 | 2
Netgear 8 Port Gigabit Switch | 17.99 | 1
WD 2 TB External Hard Drive | 59.99 | 4
KingDian 8GB SSD | 10 | 1
Mitac PD12TI CC Mini-ITX Motherboard w/ Intel Atom D2500 CPU | 149.99 | 1
Mini-Box picoPSU-80 80w 12v PSU | 28.95 | 1
Sabrent 12v AC power supply | 10.98 | 1


Total: $616.45

I was doing pretty good until I got to the damn WD hard drives. I suspect I paid way too much for how good they are. Probably could have saved some money by making an enclosure and using real hard drives or something

u/danieledg · 15 pointsr/DataHoarder

That's camelcamel affiliate link.
Clean link: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01LWVT81X

u/HRRB · 15 pointsr/PS4
u/Jlopezane · 15 pointsr/PlayStationPlus

If you can, invest in one of these. Best $100 I’ve ever spent and now I longer have to worry about deleting games.

WD 4TB Black My Passport  Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Vq21Bb5P5K3N5

u/fhs · 15 pointsr/Games

I bought the WD digital at $94.
I must admit though that the 2TB is the better sweet spot for price/space, since 4 is overkill.

Here's the model: https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Drive-USB-3-0-WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN/dp/B01LQQH86A

Also, I could probably have went with a cheaper brand, since reliability isn't so important for this use case.

u/Bhrunhilda · 15 pointsr/PS4Deals

Amazon has the 4TB Elements for the same price, but it has a 2 year warranty instead of 1 year...

4TB Elements

u/AGuyWithABeard · 15 pointsr/xboxone

This is a good lil drive if you're looking for portable.

And honestly wait till black Friday/cyber Monday you can probably find for much cheaper

u/Dayvey · 14 pointsr/PS4

Seagate Expansion 2TB USB 3.0 Portable 2.5 inch External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_pZtzybQD3EF66

u/rico9001 · 14 pointsr/DataHoarder

I personally don't care for Seagate because of Blackblaze mostly but also the horror stories I hear from time to time. I'm a longevity buyer or BIFL (buy it for life). I work in a datacenter and know that drives are never bifl but I do my best. Recently I looked for a large drive for my brother to put in his laptop. Seagate was the only drive available for the larger sizes in his price range. I found a sale for a WD External Hard Drive 4tb where basically he would pay $90 for a large external drive. That was what I went with for him as WD are better drives from what I've seen as well as they're a bit more reliable.


I've noticed that Seagate puts a LOT of money into advertising which I understand works some but if your drives are high failure rate then people that consistently buy drives may stop buying them such as those on r/datahoarders . Personally even WD drives aren't as reliable and if I buy anymore for myself I'll be paying a bit extra to get HGST due to their quality which overall is more important to me. I'd suggest to Seagate that they increase quality and decrease advertising some if they need money from somewhere. If I found that Seagate quality increased to HGST standards even if it was a NEW LINE; I'd be very inclined to spend money on a high end Seagate with a better warranty.

u/todoublednery · 14 pointsr/PS4

Picked up a 2TB a few weeks back for $99

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

Very easy to remove the Samsung HDD from the case and pop into the PS4

u/Iron_Jesus · 13 pointsr/PS4

Yup, here's the link to the HDD used in the guide.

u/MesaDixon · 13 pointsr/Reaper

When you save a new project, there are options at the bottom left on the dialog box to 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 and 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, which results in the project structure you are looking for.

Next: (I haven't tried this, but it should work) - if you want to save an old project, load it up and save with the above settings. It should move all the necessary files into one subdirectory.

Be careful if you re-use files in multiple projects i.e. loops, because you could end up with missing files in your other project folders. In that case, use the 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 option.

Next, (if you're on Windows), install 7 Zip and use it at its maximum setting to compress the entire project directory to one file. I did a quick test and got about 15% space savings (YMMV).

And start saving for an external hard drive. Don't get the smallest one - save a little more and get a medium sized one.

u/mhero18 · 12 pointsr/PS4Deals

Good price for a great replacement/upgrade! SSHD too! Not sure if it's been any lower. And newegg doesn't charge tax in most states.


If you don't want a SSHD or want to save $15, the seagate 2TB barracuda is also a good option.

Or if you're really concerned about the price, you can get the seagate 2TB slim plus for $80. Note, however, this one is in a case and you would need to crack it (voids waranty) and takes a bit more work than the above two options. But it's a very common option for upgrades.

u/Ice_Cold345 · 12 pointsr/Games

There is this, which is only $70 for 2 TB of space.

u/pdmcmahon · 12 pointsr/macsetups

Mac Mini (2018 model), named NOSTROMO


  • 3.2 GHz Hexa-Core Core i7 CPU
  • 32 GB of RAM
  • 256 GB PCIe boot volume
  • 2 TB external rotating drive for Time Machine Backups, connected via Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C
  • Dual 8 TB Western Digital Elements USB 3.0 drives for content, VOL1 and VOL2. VOL1 is replicated to VOL2, both are connected via Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C. These handy adapter cables allow you to connect a traditional USB 3.0 device into a Thunderbolt 3 port.
  • Single 4 TB SeaGate Plus USB 3.0 drive which contains the majority of my media content, VOL5. It is a "floater" drive which I always carry in my backpack to have the majority of my content with me at all times.
  • Running Mac OS 10.14.6 Server
  • Dual 27” Apple Thunderbolt Displays connected to the Mac Mini, daisy-chained off a single Thunderbolt 3 port using a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.
  • This Mac Mini is what I use to host all of my iTunes content to the three Apple TVs in my home


    Mac Mini (2010 model), named SPUNKMEYER


  • 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
  • 16 GB of RAM
  • 100 GB SSD boot volume
  • 500 GB traditional drive for Time Machine Backups
  • Running Mac OS 10.13.6 Server


    MacBook Pro Retina 15” (2015 model), named SULACO


  • 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Core i7 CPU
  • 16 GB of RAM
  • 256 GB SSD
  • Running Mac OS 10.14.6 Client
  • Time Machine Backups are being taken both on the 2018 Mac Mini as well as the 2010 Mac Mini


    Mac Mini (2012 model), named FERRO


  • This Mac is located at Mom & Dad’s about 1,000 miles away. It is a complete offsite backup of all of my content, it is also used for Time Machine backups of my mother’s Mac Mini and my niece’s MacBook Pro. I have both Remote Desktop and SSH access via the magic of port forwarding. Whenever I add a new movie, I place it is my Shared Dropbox folder, then about 30 minutes later it is available on the backup Mac Mini. I then move it over to VOL3, and all of my content is always in sync.
  • 2.5 GHz Dual-Core Core i5 CPU
  • 16 GB of RAM
  • 120 GB SSD boot volume
  • 500 GB traditional drive for Time Machine Backups
  • Single 8 TB Western Digital Elements USB 3.0 drive for storing and hosting content, VOL3. It is a complete duplicate of VOL1/VOL2.
  • Running Mac OS 10.14.6 Server


    Mac Mini (2012 model), named AURIGA


  • This Mac is located at my sister's house about 1,000 miles away. It is a complete offsite backup of all of my movies and TV shows, it is also used for Time Machine backups of my sister's MacBook Pro and my other niece’s MacBook. I have both Remote Desktop and SSH access via the magic of port forwarding. Whenever I add a new movie, I place it is my Shared Dropbox folder, then about 30 minutes later it is available on the backup Mac Mini. I then move it over to VOL4, and all of my content is always in sync.
  • 2.5 GHz Dual-Core Core i5 CPU
  • 16 GB of RAM
  • 256 GB SSD boot volume
  • 500 GB traditional drive for Time Machine Backups
  • Single 4 TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 drive (VOL4) for storing and hosting content, VOL4. As it is only a 4 TB volumes, it contains only the moves and television shows which are on VOL1, VOL2, and VOL3.
  • Running Mac OS 10.14.6 Server


    Both the 2012 Minis and the 2010 Mini are completely headless. Unfortunately, this means that accessing them via remote desktop gives you a measly 800x600 resolution. I use this handy little gadget on both of them to replicate a 1920x1080 display being connected. So, when I connect via Screen Sharing I get a nice big display.


    MacBook Pro (2018 model), named APLC02XV5W1JGH5


  • 2.2 GHz Six-Core Intel Core i7 CPU
  • 16 GB of RAM
  • 500 GB SSD
  • Running Mac OS 10.14.5 Client
  • This is my work-provided laptop, mostly used for remote access. It is pretty locked down, I am not a local administrator so I cannot even rename it to fit my naming scheme


    iPad Pro 10.5", named APONE


  • 2.38 GHz Apple A10X CPU
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • 256 GB of storage
  • Running iOS 13.0 Public Beta


    iPhone X, named RIPLEY


  • 2.4 GHz Apple A11 Bionic CPU
  • 3 GB of RAM
  • 256 GB of storage
  • Running iOS 12.4


    LG Blu-Ray reader/writer in connected to NOSTROMO via USB 3.0, used for ripping Blu-Rays and DVDs

    Sabrent USB 3.0 Dual-Bay Hard Drive Dock, also connected to NOSTROMO via USB 3.0

    The microphone is a Yeti Blue with a Nady Pop Filter, coupled with a Logitech HD C310, used for Google Hangouts and FaceTime calls with the fam, and the occasional podcast. It is mounted on a RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm and a RADIUS II Microphone Shock Mount.

    The mousepad is an XTracPads Ripper XXL mousepad

    The chair is a Raynor Ergohuman ME7ERG desk chair

    I use Dropbox to expertly keep my content in sync. Due to the amount of content I keep in there, it is well worth the $100 per year for a Dropbox Pro subscription.


    Additionally throughout the house, I have...
    3 Eeros for my Mesh Wireless Network WiFi System
    2 Apple TVs (4K), named ASH and CALL
    1 Apple TV (4th Generation), named BISHOP
    1 Apple HomePod, named DIETRICH
    1 Nest Hello Video Doorbell, named HELLO
    1 Nest Learning Thermostat, named NEST (yeah, original af, I know)
    2 WyzeCam Pans, named WYZE-Kitchen and WYZE-LivingRoom
    4 WeMo Smart Plugs, named WEMO-Foyer, WEMO-SpareBedroom, WEMO-MasterBedroom, and WEMO-LivingRoom
    1 Amazon Echo Plus, named ECHO-LivingRoom
    2 Amazon Echoes (First-Generation), named ECHO-MasterBedroom and ECHO-Kitchen
    2 Amazon Echo Dots, named DOT-Office, and DOT-SpareBedroom
    4 Google Home Minis
    1 Brother HL-L2395DW Wireless Laser Printer, named LV426
    1 PlayStation 3 Slim 120 GB, named HICKS

    I have a total of 31 IP reservations according to my Eero app. This makes it a lot easier to manage my network, set up port forwarding, etc.
u/Puptentjoe · 12 pointsr/buildapcsales

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/

My books are $139 on amazon right now and come with a 3 year warranty.

Same but with overnight if you have prime, thanks for the correction.

u/childsyrup · 11 pointsr/PS4Deals

Looks like Amazon is matching it currently also.

u/Adrian-X · 11 pointsr/btc

> endlessly bloating the blockchain

What are you talking about?

have you looked at the cost of an 8TB HD lately, its $180.

Even with 32MB blocks (that's about the equivalent in transaction velocity to warrant a BTC price of close to $1,000,000 you wont fill it up in 5 years.

we only have demand for about 1.3MB at the moment but knowing that its not cost prohibitive to store 32MB blocks and that 5 years into the future storage is going to be a lot cheaper

Are you sure you want to be responsible for limit bitcoin growth?

u/almagemela · 11 pointsr/xboxone

I use this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A

No external power required, and the design is similar.

u/SippieCup · 11 pointsr/DataHoarder

I'll go down by about 20 bucks within the next couple weeks if you care to wait. the sale from bestbuy cycles up and down. You can also get a mybook from amazon if you need it now, which also has 256mb cache whitelabel reds in them. Do not get 4TB mybooks though, they will have blue/greens.

u/XeroSaints · 11 pointsr/xboxone

Your paying extra for the Xbox green which is abandoned on the console itself. Like others on here I use a 5TB seagate which sells on Amazon for $130 Amazon. I've been using it for over a year and loving it, It even looks like a mini Xbox. The one I'm linking I think is a newer model then the other one previously linked this is why they have a different look. http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-External-Storage-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

u/CkPhX · 11 pointsr/PS4

This is the one he linked but for the US I think, but the one that you linked would work as well. And you have to replace the internal drive which is EXTREMELY easy to do. Here's a video that can guide you through it if you decided to do it.

u/Brad3000 · 10 pointsr/playstation

It's very easy. Takes about 10 minutes. This is the cheapest option for a 2TB drive But you do need to remove the drive from the enclosure to put it in the PS4.

u/sonny30 · 10 pointsr/PS4

I bought a 2TB external HDD and cracked the case open. I removed my old 500Gb and put it into the case so I ended up with a 2Tb PS4 and a 500Gb backup drive for anything else.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA2000400/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468781804&sr=1-2&keywords=2tb+external+hard+drive&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A7817230011

u/digita1catt · 10 pointsr/halo

I have a 2tb external. 77 games and 36 apps installed and still 970GB remaining. I'd honestly say any bigger would be a waste of money. I have so many games installed now that I simply can't even attempt to play them all. I'm in progress of AC syndicate, Fallout 4, GTA 5, Dishonoured and about 10 other games. And even that's /only the surface/. When I eventually fill the thing up, I'll have so many games installed that I could probably just keep games on rotation. Uninstalling and reinstalling as and when I want to play them.

EDIT: Here's the drive I bought. Its a Seagate drive identically functional to the one that Seagate make for the xbox one, without all the xbox branding (so its cheaper for some reason?).

u/Leithm · 10 pointsr/btc

20 years. - 144mb per day = 1GB per or week = 50GB per year.

One of these will hold full 1mb blocks for 160 YEARS!!. for $200

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=twister_B00UWL08GI?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Miners are spending 10's of millions on hardware and we are worried about centralisation from blocksize

u/provideocreator · 10 pointsr/videography

If you're using it for storage and not editing, you probably won't notice a difference between an SSD and HDD, and you'll probably be better off with just a mechanical drive to save large amounts of data. I would recommend getting a USB 3 external hard drive to maximize compatibility. The 8TB Seagate version is actually a really good deal right now, at less than $0.02/GB.

Now if you want to edit DIRECTLY from the external drive, you're better off with an external SSD like this. You'll pay a lot more for that performance, at more like $0.35/GB, so give some thought to how you'll be using it.

Everyone has their opinions about what hard drive lasts the longest and is the best quality, but honestly they're all very similar these days. The fact of the matter is any drive from any company can fail at any time, and you need to have backups to protect against that.

u/METL_Master · 10 pointsr/xboxone

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A

I have the 2TB and 4TB models. Work very well. Just plug, transfer/save, and play!

u/DanteRodriguez · 10 pointsr/xboxone

This is what I use. Its 4tb and under $150. I also think it loads games faster than the internal hard drive the xbox has, but I'm not too sure.

u/PearlDrummer · 9 pointsr/playstation

I'm currently using this drive and have no issues whatsoever!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4

u/apmauj · 9 pointsr/uruguay

Ofertas previas al viernes afro:

u/stumpysharcat · 9 pointsr/buildapcsales

15% cash back for the MX500 1TB (and other "select' electronics).

A much better "deal" is the WD TB Elements at $125 and 15% cash back (with CC offer already mentioned), but needing a 1TB SSD and a 8TB external (shuckable) are very different circumstances.

u/sony4life · 8 pointsr/PS4

2TB for $100, standard HDD 5400rpm

u/randybruder · 8 pointsr/PS4

> Having to constantly delete games has become a pain I want to avoid.

How badly do you want to avoid that? For $80 you can upgrade your PS4 to a 2TB internal hard drive following this tutorial. I feel that's definitely worth $80.

u/Solor · 8 pointsr/xboxone
u/Xiratava · 8 pointsr/PS4Deals

External drive that can be taken apart for a 2TB drive. This is the Samsung Spinpoint drive that is frequently mentioned for PS4 hard drive upgrades.

See reviews at amazon or success story on r/PS4. Hard drive upgrade guide can be found here.

u/asp821 · 8 pointsr/PS4

People like you are part of what's wrong with the gaming community. Sure, he probably could've searched better, but it's still someone asking for help. Clearly giving him the correct answer wouldn't be wasting your time since you waste your time writing a stupid fucking sarcastic response.

OP: get this one. It's what I have in my PS4 and it's only $70. Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0, Black (STDR2000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_WWDmybFDF28WF

u/DonkeyKongsTaint · 8 pointsr/SpidermanPS4

Here’s the one that I use. It’s on sale now as well.

u/sonofodinn · 8 pointsr/PS4

I bought this for my PS4 last week, works great. You can either remove the case and use it as an internal or just plug it in as additional storage, I used it as internal it's a little thinner than the standard PS4 hard drive but you screw it in so no issues.

u/Snookrc · 8 pointsr/xbox

I use a Seagate 4TB, I have about 230 games installed and it's at about 54% used, how much is enough is up to you.

u/ServalSpots · 8 pointsr/DataHoarder

Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 is the one I am looking at if I switch to 2.5" drives. They are $110 to $120 on amazon or newegg or similarly priced a number of other places.

Model numbers are STDR4000100 (black), STDR4000901 (blue), STDR4000902 (red), and STDR4000900 (silver), but the internals are the same.


Article on shucking them

u/CaskironPan · 8 pointsr/buildapcsales

tfw a post like this is on my frontpage right next to a post for a 256GB SSD for 140$.

Why are they so expensive now.... If I could buy another 1 TB SSD for 90$, I'd be so happy.

Also: a similar deal on amazon atm

u/BXBGames · 8 pointsr/xboxone

This is one of the drives I have: WD 4 TB My Passport Portable Hard Drive - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TJpOAb2DB9PN9

u/Mikesapien · 8 pointsr/xboxone
u/THX---1138 · 8 pointsr/PS4Deals

Stay FAR away from Seagate drives, they're notorious for high fail rates. You can find better deals on other external drives. You can get a WAY more reliable WD 8TB for five dollars more and if you purchase it via B&H you get a free 16GB flash drive.

u/Atemu12 · 8 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon also has them discounted:

10TB 160$
8TB 140$

https://www.amazon.com//dp/B07G3QMPB5/

If you're not in the US, check your local Amazon site; on Amazon.de shipping and taxes are much cheaper than B&H (180EUR vs 230EUR), shipping is very fast (2 days) and RMA is handled by Amazon.de.

u/ktnr74 · 8 pointsr/DataHoarder

When you want to share an Amazon link - shorten it to the "/dp/<10 character long Amazon Standard Identification Number>" like this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3QMPB5

​

u/VietBongArmy · 7 pointsr/PS4
u/joeydoesthing · 7 pointsr/buildapcsales

WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5V2ZXD

u/MaxineZJohnson · 7 pointsr/buildapcsales
u/IllustriousFeedback2 · 7 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/lubyaGdubya · 7 pointsr/buildapcsales

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07G3QMPB5?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

It says the seller and shipping is from Amazon. How would you get scammed?

u/acmecorps · 7 pointsr/buildapcsales

Bought them for $109 on amazon during BF, and shuck them. AMA

edit: mine was this one, so I'm not sure if it's the same one guys. Sorry about that :/

u/ds37577 · 7 pointsr/DataHoarder

If you're willing to shuck, you can get 4TB seagate drives from their externals for a little over $100. They're just barracudas inside (15mm, make sure you have compatible bays), but they seem fine to me. I shucked a couple of them a couple months ago and they've been fine so far. Better than my 1TB red 2.5s in terms of speed.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1497015786&sr=8-2&keywords=seagate+4tb+external

u/Nemesis14 · 7 pointsr/gadgets

I can't find any info on this on Western Digital's website. Is there a place that lists the OEM drive inside of different external enclosures? I realize that a manufacturer like Western Digital might put different OEM drives (Hitachi/WD) into the same enclosure as long as the specs are the same. But still, it would be nice to have somewhere to check to see what you're getting inside that plastic.

Edit: finally found a phrase that gave me what I wanted on Google. "what drive is inside wd my book" was it.

>We can only guarantee drive capacity. We cannot guarantee a particular internal hard drive model, data interface, rotational speed, or cache size in the external hard drive enclosure.

Source from WD's website

That's crazy to me. That means that the $130 4TB WD My book might have a $128 5400 RPM Drive or potentially a $200 7200 RPM Drive.

They only guarantee capacity? That's crazy to me. I assume they do this so that when they buy another manufacturer's stuff like they did with Hitachi, they can get rid of old stock without having to worry about matching specs. That's honestly great news as long as they're selling the External at about the same price as their cheapest OEM drive. Some lucky guy is getting free random upgrades.

u/Tank_Kassadin · 7 pointsr/anime

This 4 TB hard drive to hold all your anime.

u/devils417 · 7 pointsr/PS4

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Get one of these. Crack it open and put it in, download the full update from Playstation network and away you go.

Have installed these in friends PS4 and my own.

u/Pluto412 · 7 pointsr/PS4

doesn't appear to be in there anymore but here it is

u/And_You_Like_It_Too · 7 pointsr/PS4

I hear ya! I’ve got the Pro which has the two USB in the front, one in the back. I think it’s one more than the base PS4. And I also have the PSVR v2 box sitting on top of my Pro as well as a Seagate External 8TB Expansion HD plugged into the back.

The pad has two USB 2.0 ports on it, so you essentially aren’t losing a port after running the cable from the PS4 to the pad, though the PS4 has USB 3.0 ports. Still, it’s fine to charge my controller, headphones, or plug in my MixAmp TR Pro... and I keep my external HD in the 3.0. I also have a USB input on the front of my home theater receiver that I’ll sometimes use just to keep my controller charging while playing. I imagine if you’re using a headset that requires you to plug in a USB to use it wirelessly, then you need all the space you can get.

You might consider picking up a USB hub like this one, for example, that says it works on the PS4/Slim/Pro and has four USB3.0 ports (with a cable that plugs into one of them on the PS4). I don’t own it and haven’t tried it, but I’ve seen several redditors talk about using a USB hub on their PS4 to solve that problem.

Hope this helps!

u/komentra · 6 pointsr/PS4

I got a external all the way back when I got into the beta that added external support and been using it on my Pro with rest mode since day 1 and haven't ever had to repair anything or run into any issues.

Drive I'm using: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MfOPzbPVS2Z5M

u/SirEDCaLot · 6 pointsr/btc

Makes sense.

Blocks continue to increase in size- True, but at the same time, hard drive space and bandwidth is getting cheaper. Right now we're at 100GB or so worth of blockchain data. I can buy a 4TB drive on Amazon for $100.
That said, obviously the blockchain size growth can't increase faster than storage availability without causing some centralization. But we are nowhere there yet, and I don't think that's a valid reason to avoid a 2MB upgrade today.

Thoughts on that?

As for contentious forks, keep in mind BCH (an intentional fork to make a different currency) is different than 2X / Unlimited / Classic / XT (controversial attempts to change Bitcoin itself). This is an important difference. Right now the main issue of contention is the 2X hard fork- SegWit2x was an industry agreement to do a one time hard fork to 2MB and also activate SegWit. Now that SW activated there are those who say the 2X part should be abandoned.
However I'd point out that the 2X part carries strong support from miners and most Bitcoin companies. The only ones who really make it controversial are the Core developers, who are against it. If Core was in favor, just about any observer would agree that there is full consensus. However Core has made no plans or explanation for how or when a block size increase will be done (even though it's obvious one will be needed eventually, even with SegWit).

Thoughts on that?

As for BCH, I don't see it harming Bitcoin. Everyone seems to understand that BCH and BTC are now different, and obviously a lot of people like BCH as evidenced by its strong price support.

u/TooMuchFuzz · 6 pointsr/PS4Pro

Of course I'm being sarcastic!

I using the 4Tb posted below as an external. I lucked upon it as Eurogamer recommended the drive and a local retailer had it on sale.

Depending on your model of PS4, you will actually see improved loading from an external drive (albeit minimal). The stock internal drive is a slow-ass 5400rpm device, and the older version of the PS4 uses a SATA II interface (about 3Gb/s) vs. an external drive over USB 3.0 (about 5Gb/s).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/External-Devices-Data-Storage/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-Drive/B017KE8OG0?tag=eurgam-df-art-uk-21

u/jibjibjib · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

You can get the 8TB Archive drives for $209 from Amazon if you're willing to shuck it.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/

u/gj80 · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

In the HP Server vs Storinator graphic... how was the HP configured? Those writes aren't just "bad" - I think the only term that could apply is "broken". A USB hard drive would be better than that. Heck, a USB drive with an SMR disk inside would have better writes.

That performance graph looks a lot like untiered Storage Spaces performance in parity arrangements (which is well known to have abysmal write performance). Was that what the HPs were actually doing? If so, comparing that to Storage Spaces in a mirror arrangement isn't really a fair comparison. Not that I'm not sure they likely went from a bad place to a good place with a new server setup in the case study itself - just saying that that doesn't seem to be Apples to Apples in the graph, is all :)

u/DistinctRutabaga · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

Is this a genuine question? Because your link looks like an affiliate link (there's a partner code in the URL) plus https://www.amazon.com/Avolusion-HDDGear-6000GB-External-Pre-Formatted/dp/B074Q994C4 Amazon has it cheaper.

I doubt there's any decent drive in there. The same price, or less, can get you 8TB WD or Segates. Like: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE for $129 & https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD for $149 if we go by your link price.

Unless they're running HGST drives or something, which is super unlikely, it's not worth shucking.

u/SelfDestrekt · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/NoAirBanding · 6 pointsr/xboxone

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JS7OJG6/

The Hub Enclosure has been around for a while. You can get it right now in black if you want. I totally get waiting for a specific color though.

u/Saiz08 · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

No, I wouldn't risk it. This is likely a drive that has been taken out of an enclosure, which means you may have to work with the seller on replacements. These 5TB drives can be found new in cases for around $120-130. I have 6 of these in my array, I broke them out of enclosures my self.

People have asked the same question in the past as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3200rl/buyer_beware_cheap_5tb_seagate_barracuda/

They come from these:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB5000100/dp/B00TKFEEBW

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

u/SnuffleGrabAPuss · 6 pointsr/technology

If you need even more storage: 2TB for $65, shipped (2.5" USB powered) or 4TB for $100, shipped
(2.5" USB powered).

Here's an 8TB for $160, shipped (3.5" externally powered).

u/GriffBallChamp · 6 pointsr/WiiHacks

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQHI8I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1546883282&sr=8-3&keywords=western+digital+external+hard+drive+1tb

I use this, it comes in 2tb and 4 tb also. But the Wii wont read any partition over 2tb.

My 1tb holds 200 wii games 100 gamecube games and the entire NES, Snes, Gamboy and Sega genesis libraries along with a shit load of games for Atari, NeoGeo, Turbografx16 and a few N64 games. All that only takes up half the drive.

Full games too, no scrubs.

u/10GuyIsDrunk · 6 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

If you've got Prime you can get it from Amazon for basically the same price (came to $0.01 more for me).

u/jay1818 · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

i just found out that you can also buy from amazon uk it is £153.09 with free delivery

https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-WDBBGB0080HBK-EESN-Book-Desktop-Drive/dp/B01LWVT81X/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

u/jmango23 · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

Here's a like to the 8TB because it's on sale right now: WD 8TB. If you look around you might find a 10TB. If you have some time, someone usually posts deals on these types of drives to the subreddit.

Also Best Buy has a brand that usually goes on sale. Hope that helps!

u/iLLNiSS · 6 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

10TB on sale too for $234. Sadly the My Book price hasn't budged.

u/braddaugherty8 · 6 pointsr/PS4

Newegg ones seems to have sold out. Here's the amazon one for 99 again http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

u/Cookieking · 6 pointsr/PS4

I don't think there are any 7200 RPM laptop drives out there. I actually was just looking for some last night and had no luck. The drive I ended up purchasing was this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4

based on a recommendation from this sub in the past. I also found an imgur guide to go along with it for an easy install.

http://imgur.com/a/JF5jA

u/PM_ME_OR_DIET · 5 pointsr/DarkNetMarkets

Probably the best bet is filling up a 4TB mybook.

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN/dp/B00E3RH61W

I don't know where you got 5TB from. Desperation, probably.

Also you'll need a list of shit you want/like.

Example. You could fill the entire drive with anime.

You will run out of space unless you provide specifics.

u/MrTravesty · 5 pointsr/PS4

It is incredibly easy to upgrade. Just buy this (unfortunately you just missed it for $70): http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Storage-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

And follow these steps: http://imgur.com/a/JF5jA

u/DJXiej · 5 pointsr/PS4

Obligatory Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB. It's the brand of Samsung Stock HDD already found in PS4 with higher capacity.

I personally got the Samsung Momentus Spinpoint 2TB which works like a dream for me. No beeping issues others have said from the Backup Plus.

u/MLGNINJATURTLE · 5 pointsr/PS4
u/curl-o · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

Recertified disks are usually excluded from these discount.

PS: Amazon.de got these 8TB disks now for 159€+-VAT difference:
https://www.amazon.de/WD-Book-Desktop-AES-Hardwareverschlüsselung-WDBBGB0080HBK-EESN/dp/B01LWVT81X/

u/dmn002 · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

£203 WD 8TB My Book - http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LWVT81X

u/LouZurrr · 5 pointsr/xboxone

At this point in the generation, if you're looking to get your own, and not break the bank, just get an S.

As for external storage, I can't recommend any Western Digital drive highly enough. I've never had a problem with one. I've got the 4tb version of this one and it's been great:

External Hard Drive

u/iamtelephone · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

Cheaper than buying the HDD alone.

  • 4TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable 2.5" = $109.99
  • 4TB Seagate 2.5" = $179.50

    (ST4000LM024 is the newer drive that's found in the Backup Plus Portable).
u/Toddler_Fight_Club · 5 pointsr/blackfriday

There is also this $109.99 4TB Seagate drive which is smaller and USB powered (no power cord necessary.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017KE8OG0/

u/Figs · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

A lot of people here are buying external drives in bulk and shucking them since it's substantially cheaper than buying plain drives. This is a really weird dynamic. Why on earth is it cheaper to buy a drive with additional hardware and packaging around it than to just buy the drive itself?

e.g. this external drive is $180, but a bare archive drive is $228. WTF? It is almost $50 more expensive to buy just the drive without the enclosure around it. (And that's assuming the 8TB external is an SMR archive drive inside, rather than a regular PMR drive -- which is even more expensive!) You might say "oh, it's on sale!" -- yeah, they're always on sale at those kinds of prices from one brand or another.

With WD products instead of Seagate, this has gotten absolutely ridiculous. BestBuy is regularly advertised on here offering external drives containing shuckable 8TB WD Reds in the price range of $150~$200 while the drive by itself often goes for nearly $300! It's twice as expensive to buy the plain drive?! WHY?!

u/LockoutNex · 5 pointsr/buildapcsales

If you want to save $10 more you can buy Seagates External drive which comes with these drives in them: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1EF7XHEFJGVSQ&keywords=seagate+8tb+external+hard+drive&qid=1554871246&s=electronics&sprefix=Seagate+8tb+ex%2Celectronics%2C194&sr=1-3

I bought the external a year ago and took the HDDs out and had these drives in them more info about the drives and speeds can be found here that I posted in /r/DataHoarder : https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/8bghgg/newegg_seagate_expansion_8tb_usb_30_35_desktop/dx6wqxk/

Datasheet for the drives can be found here: https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/3-5-barracudaDS1900-11-1806US-en_US.pdf

u/justathoughtfromme · 5 pointsr/PleX

I have an 8TB Seagate Expansion external hooked up to my Shield, and I've had no issues with sleep/wake issues.

u/Mr_Thanatos · 5 pointsr/PS4Deals

IMO, Western Digital is better than Seagate. I have had so many Seagate hard drives fail on me I now refuse to buy them. That said, every hard drive will eventually fail, so plan accordingly and don't cry too much when it happens. I am getting this guy once the 4.5 firmware comes out.

u/WhitestWizard · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

Just bought one of these off Amazon in the UK for the equizilent of $160 and thought I was getting a good deal.

Checked the US amazon and see I got robbed, there is a sale on and they are 109 US

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1504380613&sr=8-3&keywords=wd+4tb

u/citrus3000psi · 5 pointsr/PS3

Yes, but not all enclosures work. I originally picked up 2 of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-External-Storage-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I/

I could not get a full 5tb to format. I took the drives out and put them inside these enclosures and they work fine:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STBV5000100/dp/B00JT0EGPW/

u/WTFisThatSMell · 5 pointsr/pics

best deal in town 5tb external for 140 two day shipped http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

u/icedearth15324 · 5 pointsr/xboxone
u/amcfarla · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

If you have an Amazon Prime Credit Card you can get 15% credit back towards the purchase until the Nov 22nd on the hard drive. https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

u/dotareddit · 5 pointsr/buildapcsales
u/TheMUGrad · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

You can also get the same drive at the $139 price @ Amazon. $3.01 more, but you can use free prime shipping.


https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD

u/zimzamzoom2 · 4 pointsr/PleX

Buy this and take it out of the enclosure (plenty youtube guides) and then install inside your PC.

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD

u/barnumbirr · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/Mazhurg · 4 pointsr/PS4

One thing many people are not aware of, is that backup external drives are not meant to be on and connected 24/7 - well most of them. Quite often the controller fails after a period of time.

Not to say that is what is happening here, but what you described is symptomatic of such a failure. You could always try to get the drive into another case and you may be able to recover from there (unlikely but possible).

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB3000100/dp/B00TKFEEJ4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1499901663&sr=8-4&keywords=external+desktop+drive is made to work constantly, while something like that: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1499901746&sr=8-14&keywords=external+backup+drive may have a shortened life if always on.

u/Fallendoc · 4 pointsr/funny

Yep. Sec, ill find the one i have and edit a link in.

Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.ao1Bb646YNVG
Now, thinking on it, im sure you can also(if needs arise) buy a hard drive above 2-3tb that will fit. Must be a 2.5 seta hard drive, and if you have a pc masterrace friend they likely have 2 or more hard drive slots and could copy your old hd to the new one for you. ;)

u/MasterKongQiu · 4 pointsr/PleX

They're $205 currently on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1482265360&sr=1-1&keywords=8tb.

I've never paid more than $100 for 5TB and $200 for 8TB. You mostly just have to wait for deals on externals and then shuck them. If you are in it for the long haul, it is worth saving money shucking as long as you have a backup. Example for $750 you could get 6 x 5TB of shucked Seagate drives. You would only be able to get 3 x 5TB of WD Red.

u/pixO · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

I'm a huge fan of WD Reds, but you can buy two of these Seagate externals and save $100. They have an ST8000AS0002 in them.

u/CaCHooKaMan · 4 pointsr/xboxone

Seagate has a black version of the 8TB Hub. It's just not branded for Xbox.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6

u/slurpeepoop · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

Yes they are.

The one you linked to is the previous model, and only comes with a 1 year warranty if you live in good ol' Murica.

However, the newer model is the same price, linked here on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=pd_sim_147_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01HD6ZLQ6&pd_rd_r=YJWM1G0DVDF6AH9GJV5R&pd_rd_w=lnDwR&pd_rd_wg=mlKbJ&psc=1&refRID=YJWM1G0DVDF6AH9GJV5R

comes with a 2 year warranty, and the hard drive inside is rated at a higher max temperature.

I'd suggest buying the newer model. For the same price, you get the better rated model (both are 5900 rpm Archive hdds however) and double the warranty.

u/RayCharlizard · 4 pointsr/PS4

HGST Travelstar 1TB - $54.75, on sale

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External - $78.50, will need to void warranty and remove from external case

Seagate 2TB Mobile HDD - $89.98

u/protopersona · 4 pointsr/PS4Deals

For both the PS4 regular and PS4 Pro SSHD and SSD drives are currently not worth the premium price really. There are some major improvements in load times for an SSD, but only for Pro mode games. Maybe the drives will become a better value as the Pro mode library increases.

This is a really good deal on a hybrid, but you can get one of the most recommended PS4 drives for $80 right now. There's even a great guide for doing it yourself from /r/PS4.

EDIT: After a discussion with /u/PureNintendoHype it was pointed that there are indeed very noticeable benefits for an SSD in Pro mode games. Maybe as the library for Pro support gets bigger the upgrade will be a better investment. I'm just not sold on the premium price and small storage space tradeoffs yet.

u/aeriis · 4 pointsr/PS4Deals

this guy but look for a better deal. on sale i've seen it at 70ish.

bonus is you get a usb 3.0 external enclosure for your 500gb.

you just need to pry it open, peel off the foil tape and slide off the adapter board.

it's cheaper to buy this than the drive inside for some dumb reason.

u/JoeSmashrad · 4 pointsr/PS4

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive with 200GB of Cloud Storage & Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_m.Xvxb1GWNSCJ

It was extremely easy to install. I made it difficult because I wanted to keep the PT demo so I deleted every game but PT and the save files and made a backup, installed the hard drive and installed every game and updates I owned taking all night and half a day to do, then I forgot to restore the backup, causing me to download everything all over again. That was fun

I have about 300GB of free space after it was all said and done.

u/ps4s · 4 pointsr/consoledeals

this is for ungrading the internal PS4 hard drive. and there are indeed cheaper portable drives that contain hard drives you can use as an internal PS4 hard drive. I used this one, but at the time I bought it, the price was $70, which made it more worth the hassle.

u/Phalanny · 4 pointsr/PS4

Return it and get THIS. No reason to go through all that trouble.

u/ShortSleeveinWinter · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

WD Mybook 8TB for £119.99 (until midnight UK time on the 16th of July):


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LWVT81X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B01LWVT81X&linkCode=as2&tag=amoves-21&linkId=109e41ed89969139d870a312cd99835b



We can finally feel like Americans for a day with these bargain prices. You need to sign up for Prime as well but if you don't have an active prime membership, you can also start a new Prime trial if you haven't used your 30-day trial in the last 365 days. I just checked and these are the lowest prices these 8TB hard drives have ever been sold for in the UK.

They also have the WD Elements Desktop 8TB on a Prime Day sale for £124:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FNK6QMT/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=amoves-21&camp=1634&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07FNK6QMT&linkId=7a13bc41e7e1867b91417ef49df553e1


From what I've read it's quite similar to the MyBook but doesn't offer backup, encryption and password protection by default. Both are good for schucking. The main advantage of the Elements Desktop 8TB seems to be the ease of adding another drive in its case later on if you decide to schuck it.


The Seagate Expansion 8TB is on sale for only £109 and I've heard only good things about it in comparison to their smaller drives which seem to be problematic. I went with the MyBook 8TB myself.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DQBFQ2D/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=amoves-21&camp=1634&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07DQBFQ2D&linkId=28f3f183cd50ec9d3adf5c102ece5daa

The only other good deal I found was the Western Digital My Passport 4TB Portable. Still debating whether to buy it as well or get another Mybook 8tb. It is currently on sale for only £75 which is the second lowest price ever for it in the UK:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LQQH86A/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=amoves-21&camp=1634&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01LQQH86A&linkId=54e3c55ae8c90b3e6a3f373dfb0b7335

u/btbam666 · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

Can I shuck this. $169. has been the price on amazon for a while.

u/kefi247 · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

I’m not sure because I’m on mobile currently but is that a referral/affiliate link?

Here’s a clean link anyways just in case: https://amazon.de/dp/B01LWVT81X

u/emmmmceeee · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

Currently £112 on amazon.co.uk which works out about the same.


WD My Book 8 TB Desktop Hard Drive - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LWVT81X/

u/UncleDankSpank · 4 pointsr/CasualConversation

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06W55K9N6/ref=psdcmw_595048_t1_B079V4L9BD
Here is the one I got for my brother and I. Working for over a year now without issue. Used for a few hours a day, fiveish days a week.

u/AdevilSboyU · 4 pointsr/SpidermanPS4

I bought this one from Amazon. I’ve had it for a little over a year and have had zero problems. Prime day is coming so you may even get lucky and find it (or something similar) on sale.

u/svtfoeaccount71122 · 4 pointsr/PS4Deals

Can someone explain the difference between this hard drive and the typical Seagate hard drive? Is one of them better?

u/Penguin_724 · 4 pointsr/xboxone

It has to be USB 3.0. Seagate has a few good ones, that are fairly affordable. I have a 5tb one: Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB5000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEBW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_nXDIybHTGKR9J

u/sara-ramli · 4 pointsr/xboxone
u/thouliha · 4 pointsr/btc

here's one for $130 on amazon, I got a deal on mine though a few months back.

u/jam6618 · 4 pointsr/videography

u/pastramiswissrye is totally right in that lights, sound, lenses, and media are all more important than the best camera.

My personal favorite camera in that price range is the Panasonic G7 and a good 12-35 lens. The G7 is like the little brother to the GH4 as it does 4k and just is missing some of the more pro features and is $600 for the camera. The lens is another $600 but you could just use the kit lens and upgrade your lens later.

Continuing with what Pastrami said, you should have good audio, lights, and media storage, in addition to the camera and lens. For audio, the rode videomic pro is a good all-around shotgun mic that you can put on a boom pole for good short film on location sound, however you will need someone to help hold your boom pole.

For lights, a good reflector will help you use the sun as a light when shooting outside on location for a short film. If you are in a studio, this four socket CFL light kit will go a long way to help. I personally use one of them and they are great for the price. Just pop in four cfl bulbs and you are good to go. If you would prefer LED lights which are smaller and don't heat up as much, but are pricer, you can get this LED studio light kit.

On the media storage side of things, you are going to want to pick up a few of these 64GB U3 SD cards for use with your G7 or any other new camera you get. Especially if you plan on shooting in 4K.

If you are going to shoot in 4K, your file sizes are going to go way up and you are definitely going to need to get more hard drive space on your computer. You may even have to upgrade your computer to handle 4K video editing. It all depends on what you have and what you want to do.

On the editing side, I personally use Final Cut Pro X on my Mac. It is $300 but a great piece of editing software, used by pros. If you are on a mac but don't want to spend money, just use iMovie, it will probably do what you need it to do unless you edit in 4K. On the windows side, some people use sony vegas, some people use AVID, some people use premiere pro, there is a bunch of them out there and you kind of just have to choose one. (I have never used any of them)

Like he said, there is no canon r6i. I assume you mean T6i, but you still need to do some more research. I hope this helps!

u/Drivingmecrazeh · 4 pointsr/techsupport

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Portable-WDBGPU0010BBK-NESN/dp/B00W8XXRPM

No drive is "best", since they can all fail at any given time, but this WD drive is a good drive for doing what you are wanting to do. If you are extremely concerned about the data, perhaps back it up in the cloud or purchase two drives.

u/Elijah20100 · 4 pointsr/dataisbeautiful

Time to do some math!

So according to this Global IP traffic will surpass 1.1 ZB this year (round to 1 ZB, or 1 trillion gigs). Divide 1 trillion by 365 to get daily IP traffic of (2,739,726,027.39 gigs).

Now 20% of that is porn, which is 547,945,205.47 gigs, 21% is 575,342,465.75 gigs, and if we subtract these we learn that you watch 27,397,260.28 gigs (27397.26 terabytes) worth of porn a day. Storing that on these hard drives would cost you $1,643,880


sorry if this is off, its 4 am and i'm very bored.

u/InsideOutsider · 4 pointsr/Music

[Bad Boy Boogie] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00W8XXRPM/ref=psdcmw_595048_t1_B006Y5UV4A).

I think Bon Scott was a great 70s front man. Brian Johnson fit the 80s.

u/iamwhoiamtoday · 4 pointsr/DataHoarder

You might want to check out the ODROID-HC1.
I have a Seagate 4TB 2.5" in mine, and it is fantastic for backups.
It can handle being a seedbox and Plex Server. Just don't do too much transcoding from it. (It got about 2FPS when transcoding 1080P H.264 -> H.265 in ffmpeg)
Hardware accelerated NIC is really nice.

u/je66b · 3 pointsr/PS4

so whats the difference between this one and the one posted a few months back? im sure theyre both the same hard drive, just curious if theyre not

u/generik777 · 3 pointsr/PS4

Do this. Then you put the 500gb into the enclosure and you have a 2tb ps4 and a 500gb external. This is also cheaper than buying an internal hdd like the other guy linked. Here's a link to the one you should get. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTTIA

u/Bleep_Bloop_Unlocked · 3 pointsr/xboxone

EDIT: The original deal linked for this post has ended, but Amazon is still offering it for $150.

I also found it on Amazon for the exact same price. Checking the price history makes it seem they are trying to compete with this deal:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

And it looks like Newegg will be selling this same drive for $10 cheaper on Black Friday:

http://bfads.net/Black-Friday/NewEgg/Ad

So whaddya think, /r/xboxone? I just killed what little space my Xbox One's internal drive had left (thanks, MCC) and I really need to expand my storage. Kind of on a timer with this as it is a deal only available today, but I need to know if I should pursue this drive or look elsewhere. Thanks for any and all help!

u/pointychimp · 3 pointsr/hometheater

Much shorter and cleaner link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J0O5R2I/

No idea if OP gets referral money or what. But it's not a good sign that the account is 0 days old.

u/-Amarushen- · 3 pointsr/gaming

Seagate Expansion 2 TB USB 3.0... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TKFEE5S?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

This is what I use, works perfectly. Never had a problem with it

u/Onionsteak · 3 pointsr/PS4

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=36AFDGE3ADMXZ&coliid=I23U2BMIAJLJ73&psc=1

Well that was hard, you do need to do a bit of work to crack the case open, but doing so will allow you to reuse the case with the stock 500gig HDD that used to be in your PS4 as an external drive.

u/ProbablyFear · 3 pointsr/xboxone
u/DrinkinMcGee · 3 pointsr/dji

No, it isn't, and here's why:

This is $6, weighs less than a gram, has no moving parts to break and is smaller than a stick of gum. Much like the HDD shown, it too requires a laptop or desktop to be useful. This is handy.

This is $179, which is more than the DJI unit, but it has a built in card reader AND a battery so you can use it in the field AND wifi so you don't even need to dig out a cable when you get home. That is handy.

If you want a 2tb external drive, here ya go - It's $70 (almost half off the DJI price), save yourself some time and just write DJI on with a sharpie.

u/Kaemonn · 3 pointsr/playstation

This is my personal one, I have had no problems with it Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA2000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7idKBbCBX3Q5C

u/sam66958 · 3 pointsr/mac

You will need to remove the hard drive and put it in an enclosure or use a USB sata adapte. Here is a link for removing the drive. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Hard+Drive+Replacement/5119

Here is a link for a cheap USB sata adapter for $12. StarTech USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable w/ UASP - SATA to USB 3.0 Converter for SSD/HDD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_QFKPybZWC5D1P

You could also buy this external drive for $80. It is fairly easy to open and remove the drive. Then when you have recovered your files you can reinstall the new disk and continue using it as a backup drive so you don't have this issue in the future. You may have to formate the new drive for mac. Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA2000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_uJKPyb5C9BAPK

u/gourmetcarnage · 3 pointsr/PS4

Not OP, but we use this one:

Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA2000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lRYXBbZ4J4ZZB

u/bookmonkey786 · 3 pointsr/peacecorps

DONT buy a use hard drive. Hard drives have a definite life cycle the older and more used they are the more likely they will fail, especially if they have been moved and dropped which is probably allot in PC. I used to build computer from used parts, and Hard drive are one of the parts you should NOT buy unless you absolutely have no money for any other option and even then its a bad idea.

There will be several people with drives full of movies and media, just bring a blank drive and ask around when you meet or on the local PC facebook, somebody can help you.

Solid state drives are much expensive and more durable, especially to problem like drops while working. If you have money to burn let me know I'll recommend a few.

Otherwise here is a good 2tb hard drive for a good price. Each will fit about 500 movies. 4tb drives are available and are a better deal per gigabyte but I recommend 2 smaller drives for redundancy if you need that much room.

u/harrisonisdead · 3 pointsr/PSVR

An external seagate drive is always a safe bet. Seagate makes internal HDDs as well if you are willing to put a little more work into replacing the drive completely. It would save you a USB port, though. The internal and external ones are very similar in price, so it comes down to preference.

u/Andrew129260 · 3 pointsr/PS4
u/theredwakeskater · 3 pointsr/xboxone

Unfortunately with the WD drives, they are soldered to the board so you're unable to open these up and use the drive on the PS4. The perfect one for the PS4 are the Seagate externals, those can be ripped from the enclosure and used on the PS4.

This one will do

u/Aodific · 3 pointsr/PS4

This is the exact external I use with my PS4, 4TB, and I've had it since April 2018 with no issues.

Seagate Expansion Desktop 4TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 for PC Laptop (STEB4000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_lsIoDbGKQ5NHN

u/redditcomu · 3 pointsr/torrents

I'm not the guy you're responding to, but at $99, here's Amazon's cheapest 3 Tb external:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB3000100/dp/B00TKFEEJ4/

Although if I were you I'd pony up the extra $18 and go for this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN/dp/B00E3RH61W/

Not only do I have more confidence in WD over Seagate, you also get an extra 1 Tb for that $18. Then again, if you don't care about brand, you can get 4 Tb for only $10 more:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB4000100/dp/B00TKFEE8K

Or you could go nuts and get 5 Tb for $129:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB5000100/dp/B00TKFEEBW/

u/terminalaku · 3 pointsr/buildapcsales

Amazon currently has the 5tb Seagate Expansion for only a few dollars more. You can always take it out of the enclosure if you don't care about the warranty.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB5000100/dp/B00TKFEEBW/

u/SnipingSoldier · 3 pointsr/StarWarsBattlefront

I have this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEEBW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Just buy what your space usage needs will be. I bought mind knowing I would never need another one.

u/JewBacca420 · 3 pointsr/torrents

Well there is 4,339 movies that are in 1080p which are the ones I want. On average a movie is about 1.8GB. That totals to about 7.8TB. I have two of these 5TB external hard drives. They're plugged into a computer I use as a Plex server which streams to my Roku.

> First of all there are way better than yify

What groups are better?

u/Blais_Of_Glory · 3 pointsr/windows

Option 1: Test your HDD first with any of these free tools. You may need to replace the HDD. It's very easy to replace the hard drive and RAM in a laptop. It takes only a few minutes in most cases. Google your laptop model + "replace HDD" or "swap HDD" to find the instructions. If you don't know your model number, there should be a sticker on the bottom of the laptop or near the battery that lists the model number and serial number. If the sticker is gone, you can use Speccy to find all the information about your computer and hardware. I don't know why you would think it would be difficult to swap the HDD. Get the WD Black 1 TB currently on sale until midnight tonight and swap the drives. You can also check out these laptop HDDs from Newegg and these laptop HDDs from PC Part Picker. If you want to try to save anything from the old drive, get a dual docking station like this Thermaltake BlacX Duet Hard Drive Enclosure Docking Station so you can clone the HDD or just copy the data.

Option 2: Since you said the data is porn, I'm leaning towards the fact that you may have a virus/malware infection. I would try these steps and see if they help at all.

  1. Download ComboFix, HitmanPro, Malwarebytes, Bitdefender Rescue CD, and the Bitdefender free 30-day trial of Bitdefender Internet Security or Bitdefender Total Security. If you want to know the difference between the versions of Bitdefender, check the comparison chart.

  2. Install ComboFix, let it run the scans, remove anything bad it finds, and restart the PC.

  3. Install HitmanPro, let it run the scans, remove anything bad it finds, and restart the PC.

  4. Install Malwarebytes, let it run the scans, remove anything bad it finds, and restart the PC.

  5. If there was anything that couldn't be removed in regular Windows, restart the PC in safe mode and run the scans again.

  6. Boot the PC from the Bitdefender Rescue CD before Windows starts and let it run the scans and then restart the PC. Here are instructions on how to make the Bitdefender Rescue CD. If you need more directions on how to use the Bitdefender Rescue Disk, check these instructions from Bitdefender or these instructions from How To Geek.

  7. Install the 30-day free trial of Bitdefender Internet Security or Total Security and let it run a full scan just to make sure everything is clean.

  8. Purchase Bitdefender Internet Security, Bitdefender Total Security, or another good, paid anti-virus program. According to tests, research, and my personal experience, Bitdefender is the best antivirus for home Windows users. (No, I do not work for Bitdefender or any antivirus or software company, nor do I get any kickbacks for promoting them and never have. I just recommend what I've found is the best option.) I use Bitdefender Internet Security or Total Security on all my computers and recommend it to all my clients. There's no reason to pay $50+ for a paid antivirus. I always buy mine on sale and have never paid more than $20 for a 2 year/3 PC subscription. Sometimes I even get paid antivirus programs for free after the rebate. Watch the sales from different retailers like Newegg: Antivirus & Internet Security, Amazon: Antivirus & Security, Best Buy: Antivirus, Security & Utilities, Staples: Antivirus Software, and eBay: Antivirus & Security Software. There are always sales or rebates so there's no reason to pay full retail price for any antivirus. (If you would like to see the links and research proving the Bitdefender is the best antivirus, feel free to PM me or comment on here and I will be happy to share them with you.)

  9. Backup your PC or at least your important files. If you don't have an external hard drive, use a free cloud service like Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive to back up your most important data. Every computer owner should have an external hard drive and perform weekly backups. If you have a laptop or prefer portable storage, a Western Digital My Passport (Amazon link for My Passport) or Western Digital My Passport Ultra (Amazon link for My Passport Ultra)are great choices. If you have a desktop computer or need more storage space, check out the Western Digital My Book (Amazon link for My Book).
u/construktz · 3 pointsr/SuggestALaptop

You'd be best with this Asus E403SA.

it's light, its inexpensive, has a 1080p display and gets good battery life. if you need additional storage, I would just suggest getting an external drive and you'd still stay right around your budget.

u/Lights_1 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

Any external HDD (Must be USB 3.0) that you buy will at least be the same speed if not faster depending upon what type of drive you get. I would go with the 500GB version and then buy a external HDD.

IF you do a search you can find a lot of posts asking about external HDD on this subredit.

I have one of these connected to each one of my Xbox One's. WD Passport Never had any performance issues.

u/Moist-Moose · 3 pointsr/nintendo

There's no real good summary in the comments here, and I just looked into all of this since I'm in the same situation.

Nintendo recommends you use an externally powered hard drive, like this. The single USB port doesn't have enough power to use a more portable hard drive, like this, unless you have a Y-cable, like this. The Y-cable provides enough power to the hard drive for proper operation since there are two usb ports. The problem is that Y-cables can be hard to find locally, and you almost always have to order them online. Mine is taking 3 weeks to get here.

Flash drives can also be used, but Nintendo says that the constant writing and re-writing that occurs on the drive as a result of gameplay can eventually corrupt what is on the flash drive, possibly deleting data and save files. Of course, it's up to you what you do, but the general consensus is that externally powered hard drives are the most reliable way to go.

If you google "Nintendo Wii U Hard Drives" Nintendo has a whole page on it. Can't link to it since I'm at work.

u/erisawesome · 3 pointsr/buildapcforme

To be honest, you're not going to get much for $300 CAD ($216 USD). If you inlude the OS, your budget is more like $170 CAD ($122 USD). If you really just need an HTPC, I'd get a Raspberry Pi, USB WiFi adapter, and an external HDD. OS is free, the RasPi is ~$55, Wifi adapter is ~$15, and the external HDD is ~$80. You can get other peripherals like a case, cables (if you don't have any), IR remote etc. The only thing it requires is a basic knowledge of Linux (rather simple IMO).

Few wiki pages on how to do everything you mentioned in your post:

u/cgpartlow · 3 pointsr/xboxone

Search internet retailers for deals on external hard drives. That is really the only solution for more space.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXRPM/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1452131083&sr=1-1&keywords=external+hard+drive

Amazon is currently selling this 1TB WD external drive for 60 bucks which a great deal on a decent drive.

u/dmenezes · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

I have a pair of these reformatted as a ZFS mirrored pool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA

They're connected to my laptop over its 2 USB3 ports and so far things seem to be working out decently: ~200MB/s sustained reading speeds, ~50-80MB/s writing (understandable as these disks are SMRs).

u/thatblondebird · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

yes -- the dock http://www.amazon.com/DOCK-ToughArmor-MB994SK-1B-6Gbps-Mobile/dp/B00PBOOLFK (supports up to 15mm drives), and the drives http://amzn.com/B00ZTRXFBA (12.2mm)
Plus you end up with free SATA-USB3 cables afterwards :P

u/DroKharjo · 3 pointsr/PS4Deals

If you can swing the extra $20 this is a 4TB no power supply external:

Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Black (STDR4000100)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_bXazzbPQBKNKP

u/techhorder · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/slipknutz · 3 pointsr/xboxone

I personally just bought this one.

I have no complaints on it. Choose your TB size on the page if you wish. I have linked the 4TB model. Its $148.22. 7200 RPM. USB 3.0, 3.5 inch hard drive size.

u/skazzz · 3 pointsr/xboxone

If you have a couple bucks to spend, just add another 4 TBs. Easy peasy.

u/Fildok12 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

WD has the same offer on Amazon if anyone prefers it to Seagate. Just got the 4 TB one myself and it works like a charm.

EDIT: Also this sale has been active for a few weeks now, it's not a cyber monday exclusive

u/GeorgeTaylorG · 3 pointsr/xboxone

I bought this one at the current price of $125. That's a hell of a deal for 4t.

u/bugzkilla · 3 pointsr/PS4

I'd recommend following this: http://imgur.com/a/9giKA

As for the hard drive, this one has worked great for me: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

u/jassalmithu · 3 pointsr/PS4

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00FRHTSK4/
I have never seen this go below 99.99 though and the drive inside that is ps4 compatible

u/PS3RULZ13 · 3 pointsr/PS4

1)not difficult at all
2) http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t
best drive for the PS4 right now in terms of largest amount of memory.
3) after the install of the ps4 firmware, you have about 1768 GB'S left. usually a game is anywhere from 20-50 GB's so you're looking at being able to hold 50+ FULL games. (just an estimate). Indie games however are much smaller so you can also throw in a lot more of those while not worrying about space.
4)No. Sony encourages you to upgrade your Hard drive if your heart desires. It does not cancel your warranty.
5)If you have PS plus you can transfer all your saved game data to the cloud, otherwise you can save all your saved data to a usb external hard drive and then transfer it back once you have your new hard drive in.

im going to buy the 2 TB hard drive i just linked you to. It's price is great and im looking forward to putting my ps4 hard drive into my ps3 so i can finally download some more free ps plus games.

u/coreygrandy · 3 pointsr/PS4

Why not go with this? $89.99 and you can re-use the enclosure with the PS4's original drive afterward. There is a guide here as to how the whole replacement is done, and it looks as though you only need a Phillips head screwdriver.

Edit: I may have meant to link the Slim drive. Perhaps the other one isn't 9.5mm. $99.99, still saves a bit versus your original post.

Edit: Last one, I promise. I checked my saved posts and found a more thorough guide. It looks as though that user went with the Slim drive linked in my first edit. It shows literally every step, and confirms that it's just a Phillips head for the replacement. Opening the external drive, however, will require a Flathead. Still, nothing that most homes shouldn't have.

u/Rahmulous · 3 pointsr/gaming

Here is a direct link to the album created by /u/mbrellisford. Here is a link to the thread in /r/PS4. He details the writeup to be able to replace the PS4 harddrive with a 2TB portable slim external and replace the external with the 500GB that you take out of the PS4. That was my favorite part; in the end, you get a 2TB PS4 and a 500GB external slim harddrive if you want it.

Edit: Here is an amazon link to the exact harddrive that /u/mbrellisford uses in the write up. I bought this one, as well, and have had no issues.

u/MeowMixSong · 3 pointsr/cordcutters

Yes. It supports up to 3TB USB 3.0 HDD's. (format it in NTFS format). I use a 2TB Seagate Backup Plus, (available at Amazon for $79.95), and it works great. :)

As a side benefit, it includes 200GB of OneDrive storage for 2 years. Just hook up the drive to your computer, (only need to do it once), and use the setup application once. After that's done, you're free to format it and take it over to your iView 3500STBII.

u/jmorlin · 3 pointsr/PS4

Seagate

Western Digital

***

Or if you want to swap internal drives:

Replacement Drive

Hard drive enclosure so you can use the old 500gb drive as a new external drive if you reformat it.

u/TerrifiedCup · 3 pointsr/PS4

if your looking for a replacement drive check out this one

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

take it out of the case and use it as an internal drive

u/Doctor_Candor · 3 pointsr/RPI

Not sure if I misread you, but RPI's XPS 15 configuration has a 512 GB SSD. I've found a 2TB external hard drive to be sufficient and am currently using this one from Seagate.

Edit: Accidentally a word.

u/the_fascist · 3 pointsr/news

Dude this item was $120 and $30 off 2 weeks ago (when I bought it).

Now it's "originally" $160 and only $8 cheaper than it was two weeks ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

u/DecisiveWhale · 3 pointsr/PS4

I believe this is the relevant hard drive

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (Black) STDR2000100

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00FRHTSK4/

u/Korpse223 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

That one is a favorite of mine. It's small and doesn't need to be plugged into the wall.

u/thekingswitness · 3 pointsr/PS4

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

A guide is in the sidebar as well. I purchased mine a year ago and it was a great decision. You won't regret it. Not having to delete games is amazing.

u/m_d_h · 3 pointsr/PS4
u/celestiaequestria · 3 pointsr/PS4

First, you want the [Seagate Backup Plus Slim] (http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Storage-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4/) - it's a piece of cake to open the case, it just pulls apart and you smoothly remove the connector, rip off the foil, etc... to get the drive out. If you do it carefully you can reuse your old drive in the case, which is what I did.

Second, get the 2tb drive, the price difference is like $20 ~ $30 now, but it saves you from having to buy another drive down the road. Game installs, patches, add-ons and demos are only getting bigger... so the number of games you can keep fully installed in 2016 will be lower if your drive is too small.

I just did the upgrade last week, I trusted my 130-hour FFX save to a transfer, worked fine.

u/DreamsOfMorpheus · 3 pointsr/PS4

I used this one. I believe this is the cheapest option. You do have to take it out of an enclosure though. [Link.] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_uXgyybX1XH31Y)

Everything I've heard about it indicates that's its a popular and reliable choice.

u/CorruptedEvil · 3 pointsr/PS4

It just makes the hard drive bay bigger. You still need a hard drive to plug into it and it still replaces the hard drive that came with the system.

You're better just getting this which doesn't need the data bank.

u/FoN925 · 3 pointsr/PS4

Wow, that's not fun, losing all your stuff twice like that. I'm sorry!

As for swapping out your hard drives, no, it won't make your PS4 any worse. If anything, it sounds like the problem may be the hard drive that is currently in the PS4, and whenever the PS4 tries to install an update, it may be hitting a bad sector, causing the drive to corrupt.

I'm not really all that familiar with the HDDs in PS3s, but your best bet would really be to get a new HDD just for your PS4. The older a drive is and the more its been used, the closer it is to the end of its life. The last thing you want is to replace a failing HDD with an old HDD that is near the ends of its life, then end up with another dead HDD shortly after putting it in.

Depending on how much storage you want on your PS4, you can get a new HDD between about $40 for a new 500GB drive or $70 for 2TB.

I've seen quite a few people who have had this same issue with updates, and eventually they will get to a time when the update refuses to install at all and they can do nothing but replace the HDD if they want to ever use their PS4 again.

Good luck!

u/numbatree · 3 pointsr/xboxone

I got this https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4 price-matched at bestbuy because I couldn't install half the games and demos I wanted haha

u/AntiMacro · 3 pointsr/xboxone

Any external drive should be faster than the internal, whether SSD or not. I'd avoid SSD just because of pricing concerns.

I use two drives - one Seagate and one Western Digital. This is the Seagate one, you can probably find the WD 2 TB one through the 'bought similar' recommendations. They both perform the same.

u/LittleHelperRobot · 3 pointsr/playstation

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4

^That's ^why ^I'm ^here, ^I ^don't ^judge ^you. ^PM ^/u/xl0 ^if ^I'm ^causing ^any ^trouble. ^WUT?

u/vexb · 3 pointsr/edmproduction

As someone who owns close to 30 tb in external hdd's get western digital or the new seagate drives.

I own the big fat drives that need an AC adapter to power on and the little guys that don't need external power.

I would recommend this one

I own 4 of these and they work great! for either mac or windows.

Buy an online ftp server to back up all your music or use google drive / drop box that way you have backups of your projects / media


u/Andrewchu26 · 3 pointsr/PS4

Here's what I got:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1406147814&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40

It's a Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB. The one /u/dolphinblood mentioned is the 1tb model.

u/Naustradamus · 3 pointsr/PS4

live in the US?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1CVV90J47N30D7ZXP0EM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846

you can't buy a 2 TB HDD by itself, BUT seagate has them inside their slim external HDD, just prey off the metal cover, and voila. That's what I have in mine right now.

u/John_YJKR · 3 pointsr/PS4

I used this guide:

http://www.thinkboxly.com/2016/07/how-to-upgrade-ps4-hard-drive-tutorial.html?m=1

A user, u/LukeLC , posted here a couple weeks back. The one in the side bar is just as good but perhaps you'll like his better. In it he recommends types of hard drives. I chose this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_1_1?colid=3BXBF9ML03NYN&coliid=I2EOA3ZJ1A8AN0&vs=1

Though I bought it at Walmart for the same price as Amazon had it for. You can buy a solid state (ssd) but the biggest ssd you can use in the PS4 is 1TB and it's a bit expensive. And your only return on that extra investment is some games will load about 15-25 seconds faster. So imo it's not worth the extra money and less than maximum possible storage space. If you google it you can find forums that discuss the pros and cons of hdd and ssd in the PS4.

If you have more questions just message me. I don't mind. Once you get it all set up you'll wonder why you were ever so intimidated by it. Don't worry.

u/Raznal · 3 pointsr/PS4

Grabbed this drive
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4

Followed this guide
https://m.imgur.com/a/9giKA

Was pretty easy other than the ps4 didn't like the first USB drive I tried to use to install the OS, second one had no problem though.

u/Branflakes222 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

muuuuuch better title.

This was number one in the deals and sales thread. I guess it would be a good spec/price to start with!

u/NSFW_Velox · 3 pointsr/xboxone

Seagate Slim 2TB USB 3.0 for $99 at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4/

u/sushiondeck · 3 pointsr/playstation

This is the one I used.

You can also go with this one if you want something a bit cheaper, it's about $20 cheaper.

u/signofthenine · 3 pointsr/PS4

I just grabbed one of these today, I'm tired of being short on space, or removing something to play something else:

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4/

u/Skari7 · 3 pointsr/xbmc

What kind of business relationship do Samsung and Seagate have anyway? Here you have a Seagate enclosure containing a Samsung HDD inside.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4?keywords=seagate%202tb&qid=1453927318&ref_=sr_1_1&s=pc&sr=1-1

u/Ps4_and_Ipad_Lover · 3 pointsr/PS4

To be honest a normal 5400rpm is more than enough same speed the normal hard drive has. You won't notice a great deal in speed if you go with 7200rpm so it's really up to you. For me I'm going with a 2tb only because I care about the memory if it's over kill at least I'm prepared for the future. This is the hard drive I may be getting https://amzn.com/B00MPWYLHO the comments says it has a 1 year warranty. You could go cheap and get the Seagate external hard drive for 80 but they are known for beeping and once you open the hard drive on that external case you void that drives warranty so if it breaks you are out 80 bucks does not seem worth it to me but if you wanna take that chance here you go https://amzn.com/B00FRHTSK4 . Or if you wanna chance to use a external case for the old hard drive to still be able to use it on PC and if you don't have a usb or the screw driver you could get this bundle https://amzn.com/B00PG5FHCU . I hope this was helpful

u/raul777him · 3 pointsr/PS4

Well i'm not sure what you mean by best.
SSD? Hybrid? Bigger size?

I will assume that you're looking for a bigger hard drive so here's a link on how to install a 2TB hard drive: http://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/2cc3oj/created_a_beginningtoend_guide_on_how_to_install/

In that thread there is also the link to buy it:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTTIA/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_gO62tb16RZ1S4

u/cyan000 · 3 pointsr/PS4

This portable drive goes on sale sometimes and works fine with PS4. You also get a free enclosure for your 500gb drive you remove from the PS4 and can use that as the portable drive after you swap them.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTTIA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/ExtremeDavo · 3 pointsr/xboxone
u/USSDiscovery · 3 pointsr/conspiracy

WD 4TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0040BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713WPGLL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_qOBfAbSW1Z04H

u/Gohan472 · 3 pointsr/homelab

I personally like the Seagate Barracuda Compute 4TB drives (for new 4TBs)

If you really want to splurge a bit, I highly recommend grabbing 4x 8TB WD Elements and "shucking" the disk out of them.
(These can be had for about $129.99/ea currently at BestBuy)

These are 8TB White (Red) Label Drives

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401

Or

Amazon for $139.99

Western Digital 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5V2ZXD

u/0000GKP · 3 pointsr/AskPhotography

WD Elements. I’ve been using these for years. My oldest one is a 1TB drive from 2010 that is still going. I currently have 6 of them and use a pair of 8 TB drives for photo storage.

Western Digital 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_SAZzDbTPWKT4X

u/UnremarkableMango · 3 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

Since you are likely to buy an HDD with this, I would recommend a WD Elements instead since it comes with a drive + enclosure and is the cheapest per TB.

This 8TB is the cheapest per dollar per TB

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07D5V2ZXD

u/ImaginaryCheetah · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

shucked WD portable HD's seem to be the way to go.

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ $140.

VS

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Bare-Drives-Drive/dp/B07D3MWMNZ/ $190 for raw drive.

apparently the trade off is a reduced warranty.

personally, i always go with drives labeled for function. but my experience is using CCTV drives for VMS systems. customer would shit bricks if i plopped down and started prying HD's out of externals.

u/arandomerik · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Would it be wrong to buy from amazon for $149.99 ? Its not quite the $130 at black friday but isn't $149.99 better than $199.99 ?

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD

u/ElectronicsWizardry · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

You can use something like luks on the usb drive so thats the whole drive is encrypted, and just unlock the partiton when you want to copy the files off.

Id just get those 8tb external hdds like this one You can put a few together if you want in raid, and ecrypt them all. They should get you about 100-150mB/s average speeds, and a few of them will be even faster if running at the same time.

u/chairman-mao-43 · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

This is even cheaper than the LaCie drive and does not use SMR.
WD 8TB mybook
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_s.yXCb704GHVX

u/gd2246 · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Yes, but I wouldn't buy them at this price. This is what they cost without a sale.

u/bluebledthesea · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

$150 8TB WD Elements (I bought it like a week ago.)

u/devianteng · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Uh...huh? I'm talking about these WD Elements.

u/ottawagunnit · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

By Canadian standards, the elements 8TB is a great deal. Don't forget to factor US state sales tax and 13% HST into the 10TB easystores - unless you've been in the US >48 hours you ain't bringing them back tax-free. Given the difficulty of sourcing the EasyStores without an AmeriFriend (Best buy blocks freight forwarding addresses), the next best option is to buy the 10TB elements from Amazon.com's Black Friday sale and ship them directly to Canada: https://www.amazon.com/10TB-Elements-Desktop-Drive-WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN/dp/B07G3QMPB5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542916212&sr=8-1&keywords=elements+10TB

Though this will increase your cost/TB calculation by a fair bit and certainly won't beat the 8TB Elements from BestBuy.ca. The only reason I mention it is that the WD 10TB white-label drives are helium-filled (less heat) and have unusually low power consumption. This is a big draw for me when filling a 24 bay chassis. YMMV.

The QNAP box offers good value, but if you decide to go a bit more hardcore, you really can't beat the ebay deals on used Supermicro 846BA-R920B boxes. The 846BA-R920B is ideal for 3 reasons, aside from the obvious hotswap bays. Platinum level power supplies (super efficient), passthrough backplane without expanders (avoid all the stupid compatibility/stability issues with expanders), and finally, SAS2 multilane connectors so you have 6 cables going to the backplane instead of 24 like with the TQ cases. Example (there's a whole lot more than this): https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERMICRO-4U-846BA-R920B-2x-E5-2660-32GB-24x-TRAYS-3x-LSI-9210-8I-JBOD/172518422437?epid=13010847355&hash=item282ae637a5:m:mQskbuTLwikNI-Bax42GiIw:rk:20:pf:0

I worked out the taxes-in $CAD/TB as follows: 8TB bestbuy $25.4, 10TB bestbuy.com $28, 10TB amazon.com $30.8

Obviously if you find a way to avoid NY sales tax and/or HST, the 10TB from bestbuy.com gets cheaper.

u/scottgal · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Combine that with two USB3 (shuckable) 10Tb for £150 each ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G3QMPB5/ref=dra_a_rv_mr_ho_xx_P1300_1000?tag=dradisplay0bb-21&ascsubtag=e33d7bf9dc8fd5ec9d11c92010884e8d_S ) and you have 20Tb of storage in a 4 Bay NAS for £600. Of course with two bays spare for future expansion. That's pretty amazing!

u/MooseLipps · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon Canada currently has the WD Elements 10TB for $234 but I'm still not biting until they drop below $200. We need some 8TB deals at $149 or 10TB at $189 before anyone gets my money. And it must be PMR for me.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07G3QMPB5

u/ARandomCountryGeek · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon has been selling 10TB WD Elements drives for $179.99 lately. Not sure how much that will go down on black Friday.

That same link has a variety of sizes to choose from. The 8TB drives have been 124.99 for over a month. The only difference I can tell is that the WD Elements (Amazon's 'exclusive') have 2 years warranty instead of 3 years of the EasyStore (Best Buy's 'exclusive').

I have one of the 8TB models, it has an WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 in it. It was super easy to open, didn't even need to use an old credit card like I do for the Easystores. I just laid it flat, back facing me and pulled on the ends and pushed forward with my thumbs on the flat part.

u/Fleckenfurz23 · 3 pointsr/PleX

There is also the same deal in Germany for around 180€.

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https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07G3QMPB5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/noreadit · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

they went live on amazon today.

$13.6 a TB after 15% off cashback, cheapest i've seen anywhere.

u/the_journeyman3 · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

>https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G3QMPB5/ref=ox\_sc\_saved\_title\_7?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

I just applied for the card and was approved instantly. Received a $100 credit which I can use against any purchase. With tax, the 8tb easystore is $36.55

u/BlueFoxNZ · 3 pointsr/PS4Pro

I modified a Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive Link and used a Sata extension cable similar to this Link.
Its passively cooled and I haven't had any problems yet.
http://imgur.com/a/4ix9v

u/Castorias · 3 pointsr/army

Seagate 4TB // USB Powered, and you may need one of these
(Ladco HDD Travel Case)
also, just so you don't fuck your shit up... it'd be a good investment for your sanity.

u/Hewlett-PackHard · 3 pointsr/homelab

Build a tower with a Titanium rated PSU, a low wattage embedded ITX board from Asrock Rack or Supermicro w/ ECC support, a 9211-8i in IT mode and 2.5" 4TB Seagate drives (can be had for $100 by shucking externals). Really low wattage even with the drives spinning 24/7.

Here's a nice little drive bay.

Here's a lower mobo that would works great FreeNAS

Shuckable Seagate 4TB 2.5"

So, wattage wise, the drives idle at 1.1W each, the SAS card is about 8W, the CPU is a 14W TDP so I'll use that for the whole mobo's idle... looking at ~32W idle for the whole system? Maybe 40W at most. Also low noise.

Edit w/ moar partz!

Here's a decent and cheap Titanium PSU, very efficient. 8.2 by JonnyGuru.

Cheap Dell H310 HBA which can be reflashed to a 9211-8i IT mode for use with FreeNAS.

u/wert23292 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

I use this one. I have never worried about it filling up or had speed issues.

u/trdvapereviews · 3 pointsr/PS4Deals
u/Oseri7 · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

I've had a version of the second one (actually this one) for over two years and performed flawlessly. Not always connected, I plug it once a week to backup photos and documents.

u/Golf4283 · 3 pointsr/xboxone
u/Wanderson90 · 3 pointsr/PSVR

I got a 4 terebyte drive for under $150 Canadian.

You'll thank yourself later.

Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_WobEAb65HCMPT

u/rosinall · 3 pointsr/mac

Do it. Live it. Really small drives with no need for external power are so crazy cheap, $55 for 1TB cheap. 4TB for $110.

Inconceivable for once paying ~1990 prices for Mac RAM and storage upgrades.

/lawn

u/migue_guero · 3 pointsr/Blackops4

I have this one. The first one I got was actually faulty. I got it around the time Resident Evil Zero came to Xbox One. The door loading screens would lag and opening my inventory would lag. So I had to request an exchange which was seamless and hassle free actually, no problems. The next one they sent me worked absolutely fine and is still working perfectly.

u/Hisjo · 3 pointsr/buildapc

I don’t have an easy answer for you. I have been looking for an 8TB drive for some time now myself, and have spent far too much time comparing options. I would love to hear everyone’s opinion!

I also haven’t looked that much at encryption, hopefully someone here knows more about that part.

Seagate Expansion STEB8000100
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ - $150
Lacie Porsche Design USB-C STFE8000401
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075VP1PJX - $220
HDD (probably, based on forum reports): Seagate Archive HDD ST8000AS0002 (SMR)

Pros:

u/MCCP · 3 pointsr/Bitcoin

that would be 16TB.

if you wanted to store historical blockchain data for sentimental reasons rather than pruning at a sensible height, you could do so for $380/yr on hard drives if, for some reason, prices don't continue to go down.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE

I will also add that it is very presumptuous to assume that bitcoin will handle all transactions, when it is already #2 to other crypto.

u/Blue-Thunder · 3 pointsr/ZippyShare

8 TB seagates externals are on sale at Amazon for 150 Just shuck the drive and you're good to go :P or keep it external.

Or get a mybook for 170, shuck it and keep the enclosure and you're ok for warranty. Just put the drive back into it before you ship it back and say you had to take it out for data recovery.

u/Cyromaniap · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon may have them too although from what i have seen WD's on Amazon don't go on sale as often as Seagate's I usually get these from amazon however they are SMR. These drives are best for WORM (Write once read many) storage and since my use is all media im okay with it. If you start getting into swapping large amounts of data writes can be considerably slower. At any rate you will just have to see what available on your end but personally id go that route or similar.

u/vLifter · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

I’m am bit of a lurker so forgive me if this is somewhere obvious but it looks like there is a Seagate drive for the same price on amazon. Should I expect a difference in them?

Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Pa5ACbYPBK60Z

u/born_again_atheist · 3 pointsr/PS4

Western Digital has a 8TB external HDD. that's the largest the PS4 can support as far as I know.

u/calcium · 3 pointsr/buildapc

Seagate 8TB external drive for $130, than you shuck the drive.

u/sc4s2cg · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Is there a significance between the WD 8tb and this Seagate 8tb for the same price?

u/MrPilotMan · 3 pointsr/burstcoin

Go for the 8TB drives, they're cheaper per TB and 10TB is about the min to see anything remotely meaningful every day. There is a mining calculator in the sidebar.

2 of these would do you well. Also, you'll want to set up a full node.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

u/ProximaC · 3 pointsr/PleX

I use two of these. They're 150 each on Amazon. It's over 100, but you get what you pay for.

u/Lob-Star · 3 pointsr/buildapcsales

The one linked is back-ordered but I believe this is a very similar drive and should be shuckable as well. Also $140 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

u/mredofcourse · 3 pointsr/PleX

Is it a "Late 2012" model with 4 USB 3 ports?

Here's what I'm doing with a similar Mac mini...

I have 8 * 8TB Drives. 4 are live and 4 are used as cloned backups. This supports my 32TB library. I just keep adding in pairs, and I'm about to add 2 more.

Just add USB hubs if you need more ports. This is what I'm using. There are other hubs with more ports, but this meets my needs.

I then connect these drives in pairs. I currently have 8 of them in use. I have 1 in standby in case one of the others ever fails, I can bring it into use. I travel a lot, so being able to do that remotely is nice.

I run Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the drives instead of Time Machine. This allows me to schedule exactly when I want them cloning or I can manually click a button to clone on demand if I've just updated the library. It will send email alerts and notifications if there's a problem, and it will optionally mount/unmount the cloned drive (as well as other actions/scripts).

Really this is all a super easy way to go without any network issues you may encounter with a NAS.

There are some downsides as ultimately NAS/RAID can be less expensive and certainly less cluttered. My whole set up is in a giant server cabinet which houses a bunch of other equipment in for our home theater and the rest of the house, so that's not an issue.

u/Thousandsmagister · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Ether WD Easystore or Seagate Expansion 8TB is fine

No one can guarantee you these drives won't fail , all hard drive will fail sooner or later and you will lose data if you don't have a backup .

If you live in the US , Amazon warehouse has some refurbished Seagate Expansion 8TB right now , $127 a pop .

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01HAPGEIE/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

u/Liber_Vive · 3 pointsr/btc

The USB enclosure ones are cheaper $180 than the raw drives $210 which are no longer made but they're archive drives. Sometimes I get normal write speeds but sometimes I get 1 fucking megabyte per second. I'm currently transferring 8TB at 1 Mbps. Not worth it.

Edit: I bought 10 raw drives and 6 usb enclosure drives so it wasn't just a one time occurrence.

raw drive: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Archive-6GBps-128MB-ST8000AS0002/dp/B00XS423SC

I bought this version of the USB one: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6

u/yee245 · 3 pointsr/buildapcsales

I'd still say my point remains. I could go over to Target right now and pick up a 4TB external for $105, so perhaps slightly higher than that $90 sale, but $100 is not uncommon. 5TB drives seem to have mostly been phased out (I believe WD discontinued it from their lineup), so you'd have to "settle" for $120 for a 5TB Seagate right now from Amazon. Or, from Amazon, $180 for 8TB, so the same price as that particular external that most people want to just shuck, or I might have to spend an extra $4 if I wanted it today from Best Buy (though it's only in stock in store at one store local to me). We may be in that just-before-Memorial-Day-sales period, so I didn't see the greatest pricing. What were everyday prices like back in 2010? $20/TB?

Your example isn't any better at demonstrating the price "trend." You're picking a relatively premium internal drive and trying to compare it to today's pricing. Also, was that $85 a typical price, or did you grab it during a sale? Sales come and go. WD Blacks don't really go on sale as much, and at the moment, they're up a bit. I paid $200 back in mid 2014 for a 4TB WD black, $175 in mid 2015, and $165 in early 2016. Just because that drive is $200-210 right now doesn't mean typical or average drive pricing hasn't come down. Also, it's been the case as long as I can remember that drives at the lower end of the capacity spectrum are usually going to be more expensive per capacity than higher capacities. At the moment, I'd consider 2TB at the lower end of the spectrum nowadays, but it would have been closer to the higher end 7 years ago.

It seems this WD black 1TB was $100 back in 2010 (according to a couple reviews, and there's a pcper review from Feb 2010 mentioning it was around $100). The more current version is only $73.

u/Frndlyy · 3 pointsr/homelab

Saving everyone a click. $140 for Windows $150 for Mac. Here is a direct link if you want to purchase or see more details: Amazon Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB External Desktop Hard Drive Storage + 2mo Adobe CC Photography (STEL8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FSg4Bb6RJ1RKT

u/Shloop_Shloop_Splat · 3 pointsr/PS4

Supports up to 8, why not max it out.

u/dragontamer5788 · 3 pointsr/hardware

> RPI4 has usb3 and full gigabit network, so for NAS purposes, it's completly fine.

2x USB 3.0 ports means you're quite limited in expansion. Even this cheap motherboard supports 4x SATA connections.

The Rasp. Pi4 itself can only reach 300MB/s read/write speeds. Modern hard drives are around 200MB/s, which means you're CPU-limited (or perhaps internal bus-limited) on mirrored-drive setups. (200MB/s across 2x drives == woooops, Rasp. Pi too slow for that)

10Gbps Fiber switches are only $240 now. You can remove the network bandwidth by using DAC SFP+ ports and an Ebay'd Mellanox Connectx-3 (under $50).

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Actual SATA drives give you more flexibility as well as better specs. Consider this 8TB USB Drive. Do you know if its SMR or PMR? I bet you its shitty SMR and simply undocumented on the materials. SATA-drives are just better documented and labeled than USB-drives in my experience.

Why avoid SMR? Well... because it sometimes hits 10MB/s transfer speeds., that's sequential mind you. 10MB/s is slower than many people's internet connection, let alone Rasp. Pi. So if you want any degree of reasonable responsiveness, you should stick with PMR or CMR drives only.

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A common NAS setup would be 3x hard drives (RAID5 like, or RAIDZ, with one parity drive). You simply don't have enough USB connections for that however.

u/epiphytic1 · 3 pointsr/buildapcsales

inside is one of these 5900 rpm drives. This is the cheapest this drive has ever been, so seems like a good deal.

u/ronniedii · 3 pointsr/burstcoin

Super helpful info! Does that mean that I can just use an old laptop if I'm not looking to invest in numerous hard disks? How many TB are minimum to make this worth setting up? I could pick up something like this... https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1511812971&sr=1-4&keywords=hard+drive ?

u/WeededDragon1 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

For the most part, any external hard drive will work the same regardless of if it's licensed.

Depending on the drive/manufacturer it may be faster or more reliable. Seagate drives tend to fail more than Western Digital. You can get the same speed out of both depending on which model you buy.

I use this WD drive: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=sr_1_4

u/stuvve3 · 3 pointsr/gaming

Since your question is already answered...heres a tip since your already almost max on storage. Get a external hdd. You can get a WD 4tb hdd for $98 USD. It will literally last for years. Plus if your friends come over (and buy games you own & have downloaded) you can plug it into their xbox and copy the game to theirs a fuck ton faster. (it took 20min to transfer all of black ops 4 from my buddies to mine)

u/bloodychainsaw · 3 pointsr/PS4

I'm using [this] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_w4ofzbTJ1T7RX4) 4TB one and I haven't noticed any lag, works extremely well for me. Definitely recommend.

u/raleel · 3 pointsr/onebag

4TB SSD is quite expensive, but might be worth it. They are probably less than half the weight. Big spinning disk drive has got a lot of metal in it. big added bonus for SSD is that they are pretty rugged out of the gate - you don't have to worry about shocks nearly as much and can have a lighter case for it.

Not sure you can live with multiple disks, but 4x 1TB might be worth it as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=psdc_595048_t3_B01HOV57QE claims to be less than half a pound vs the 4.3 yours claims to be. I doubt the passport is quite as fast, but probably fast enough.

If you feel comfortable doing computer surgery, you could replace the 1TB in your laptop (https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/powerspec-1710 right?) with an SSD. Probably save yourself quite a bit of weight there too.

u/kart10 · 3 pointsr/buildapcsales

I just had mine delivered with the free prime shipping!



Delivered today
Western Digital 4TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN
Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc
Return eligible through Jun 19, 2019
$54.99

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Now, patiently hoping that these 2 orders get delivered :-)

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2 of WD 10TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0100HBK-NESN

Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc

$79.99



WD 8TB My Cloud EX2 Ultra Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVBZ0080JCH-NESN

Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc

$179.99

u/AMDSY3D · 3 pointsr/bapcsalescanada
u/Fart_Bargo · 3 pointsr/xboxone

I have one of these for my XBone and my PS4. They work great, don't take up a ton of space, and don't need an additional power supply. Amazon Link I Hope That's Okay

u/Cobaltjedi117 · 3 pointsr/xboxone

I use this 8TB

u/PriceKnight · 3 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

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u/FliXiFiX · 3 pointsr/PleX
u/hungryhippos1751 · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

I picked one of these up to shuck them, sadly I am unable to buy more right now as I have 8 x 3TB Reds to replace, and doing all of them all at once would cost a bit too much with an impending house move.

I note that the 8TB one here is also shuckable, but reports are that they would most likely be white drives. Are there any other external drives that have a good chance/are definitely WD Reds beyond the My Book Duo?

u/kearneykd · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

Just over £10 per TB is great!

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The best price on Disk Prices is currently over £18, up from £15 from the last few weeks as prices go back to "normal" before the sales. If the codes would have worked for other drives the this non-SMR WD drive might have been better value.

u/spoonifier · 3 pointsr/buildapcsalesuk

The 8TB one is going for £120. These are very easy to shuck and have white-label WD Reds inside (WDC WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0). They do have the 3.3V issue though so you may need to tape one of the pins.

u/Sniperoth · 3 pointsr/DataHoarder

You can shuck that but it's not advisable (poor performance coz it's an SMR). If you're looking for an alternative, this is the one I use personally:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LWVT81X/

I've shucked 4 so far and they all came with white label WD80EZZX drives (helium 5400rpm drives).

u/Berain666 · 3 pointsr/PS3

WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_lb4KDb6PX12BY

Worked great. I can barely notice the load time differences.

u/asifbaig · 2 pointsr/pakistan

Western Digital My Passport hard drives are pretty good. You can get them at great prices if you can get someone to bring them from USA (4TB USB hard drive for around 12.4k rupees).

A quick search on the net gave me these two links that should deliver in Pakistan:

WD 4TB for Rs. 14.2k

Transcend StoreJet 4TB for Rs. 18k

I don't know how reliable these two websites are so researching before buying is recommended.

u/dehydrogen · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

Give your local Best Buy a call and ask.

Amazon Link:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LQQH86A/

Best Buy Link:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-my-passport-4tb-external-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-black/5605533.p?skuId=5605533

>Best Buy is dedicated to always offering the best value to our customers. We will match the price, at the time of purchase, on a Price Match Guarantee product if you find the same item at a lower price at a Designated Major Online Retailer or at a local retail competitor's store.

>Here's how:
> - If you find a qualifying lower price online, call 1-888-BEST BUY and direct a customer service agent to the web site with the lower price, or when visiting a Best Buy store, one of our employees will assist you.
> - On qualifying products, Best Buy will then verify the current price to complete the price match.

> Exclusions apply including, but not limited to, Competitors' service prices, special daily or hourly sales, and items for sale Thanksgiving Day through the Monday after Thanksgiving. See the list of Designated Major Online Retailers and full details.

u/Jaybonaut · 2 pointsr/Kappa

Put your JAV on one of these in whatever color you want. They have plenty of speed - I use one of these to run a PLEX server that has nearly 300 movies on it plus TV shows and I still have 3 TB left.

u/Godly_Toaster · 2 pointsr/gamecollecting
u/runninger · 2 pointsr/college

I'd recommend everyone shell out ~$60 to buy something similar to this external hard drive and routinely make backups. That's probably the safest way to store your data and documents.

u/forgotmypasswordlolk · 2 pointsr/WiiHacks

Sure! I have 6 of these, work 100% perfect, hooked to Wii's 24/7 (quite a few posts around here asking if this one works, others have confirmed as well)

I also have quite a few of these around the house, these are the ones I put on gifted wii's, and they also work perfect! (few posts around here about this one too lol)

Both are sold at walmart and best buy as well, if you don't wanna wait for shipping.

u/Schwaggaccino · 2 pointsr/wiiu

That one was D/Ced. Also I have that one but for laptop stuff and at 2tb.

You think the new model will work?
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN/dp/B01LQQHI8I/ref=dp_ob_title_def

u/barterback · 2 pointsr/teslamotors

Can I use 1 TB or 2 TB external hard drive like this for Sentry mode, so I do not have to worry about emptying it out for at least a month? They cost under $50.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQHI8I

  • They seem to have good read/write speed, so should be able to handle fast and multiple writes?
  • Will Tesla Model 3 USB port be able to keep this external hard drive charged?
u/aurorafluxic · 2 pointsr/linux

Oh, that's easy. Hands down, Samsung 850 Evo. 16,000+ reviews on Amazon, 4.8/5. https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U

Smaller capacity, but an extremely reliable, extremely fast drive. Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of experience with 2.5" enclosures, so I wouldn't know what to recommend for that.

Another option to consider would be just getting a prebuilt 2.5" enclosed drive, like a WD MyPassport: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQHI8I/

It's a 5400rpm drive, but it's ready to use out the box.

u/TheLegendOfXela · 2 pointsr/WiiHacks

WD 1TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQHI8I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_mdXKDbCHK7NRF

This one works perfectly with USB Loader GX, Nintendont, and Devolution.

u/InstaxFilm · 2 pointsr/videography

I've used 3 WD 1-2 TB external hard drives in the past 3 years with no issues or failures (I get a new one each year). Link

u/aaronstone · 2 pointsr/xboxone

You can find it here. I wouldn't worry about the 3 star review, it works seamlessly.

u/zxseyum · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Easystores have a WD Red (sometimes white label which is a red drive with some quirks) NAS drive which is popular for 24/7 usage. These have either an archive drive or a barracuda drive. Archive drives are bad for frequent writes, but are good for backing up/storing once and reading many times as they use shingled magnetic recording. The Barracuda is a desktop drive, which is kind of the middle ground. If you are going to use this one as an external drive, it has a two port usb 3.0 hub in the front that the Easystore does not. Another alternative is to buy the WD Mybook which is guaranteed to have a WD Red and has a 3-year warranty. Currently @ 184.99.

u/WalrusWW · 2 pointsr/CanadianHardwareSwap

If you don't find used, do you know about shucking? I just bought one of these for $189, removed it from the case, put tape over the 3rd pin and voila 8tb for 1/2 the price

https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-External-Drive-USB-3-0-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2IIR164JP1P5N&keywords=8tb+wd+external&qid=1563547367&s=gateway&sprefix=8tb+wd+ex%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1

u/TetonCharles · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

After the drive is filled, if you add more to it or change an existing file, it has to go back and rewrite everything after the part of the data you are replacing, for that it can be horribly slow. I hate to imagine what would happen if you turned it off while that is still happening.

Basically any cheap Seagate drive is using this technology. That goes for 8tb desktop drives/externals, as well as 4TB and up 2.5inch drives.

Personally I'd go with something like this WD drive.

u/Jr712 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Why would you go with $160 for 6 TB Seagate Barracudas when you can get a higher quality WD NAS drive with 8TB of capacity for the same price?

Shuck these and they have drives similar to the WD Reds which retail for much higher:
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC

u/Mike-W · 2 pointsr/PleX

I see this one at Amazon for $183: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Does this means it's a fairly standard price or is the Amazon one different?

How cheap can you normally find this drive?

Thanks!

u/Morkai · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

FWIW, I'm in Melbourne and recently price matched an 8TB MyBook drive at Officeworks to the current price on NewEgg.

edit The 8TB drives on Amazon.com.au are $266.52AUD shipped, might be worth checking Officeworks to see if they'll match that.

https://www.amazon.com.au/WD-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1542075936&sr=1-1&keywords=mybook+8tb

u/thatweird69guy · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon has 8tb wd external drives for $200. I'm not sure if they are shuckable though..
There are some listed as used-like new by Amazon warehouse for $180
WD 8TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQHLGC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_F7ltzbWTMQVQ0

u/aj_viz · 2 pointsr/ShieldAndroidTV

If you are a digital media hoarder like me then you are better off with NAS where you can add hard drives as they fill up. Look at Synology DS418 or equivalent QNAP version.

This is going to be very expensive if you go this route with cost of NAS + multiple hard drives.

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Cheaper option is to stick in an 8TB drive like WD 8TB My Book. It often goes on sales between $110 - 120. If you are in US thanksgiving sale is close and you might get one then.

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My set up is an old windows home server holding all media/data which shares media across all my devices in home (20TB).

For the shield I just have a 128GB sandisk Ultra USB drive attached to it to expand space.

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u/lord-carlos · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

You can use camelcamelcamel for alerts and price history.

There is a myBook currently on sale for 160 USD.

See the sidebar for WD Easystore compendium -->

u/17thspartan · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/x0x_CAMARO_x0x · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Not really any "qualities" to look for.

Suggested Brands: Western Digital (WD) or Seagate

Connection: USB 3.0

Size: Larger than 256 GB.

Anything that fits that, will work. I use a [Western Digital "MyBook" 8TB] (https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=western+digital+external+hard+drive&qid=1570487137&sr=8-5)

But you can get whatever size you need.

u/shortsgill · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

No worries at all mate.

Here you go

https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-External-Drive-USB-3-0-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC/

They are 234.99 at the moment, so if you want i can send you a $15off staples coupon (PM me). I did most of my price matching and buying in store. You just tell the teller that you want to price match to amazon.ca and when they price match it mention that you have a coupon (either print it or read out the code to them, which they will enter in the system and you will get $15 off after the price match)

As for the Mybook having Reds, check the this link

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/75070x/wd_8tbs_on_sale_again/do2vlel/

I have the 3rd model listed there (WD80EMAZ (256 MB Cache with Enterprise Sata Connector)

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Edit : oh wow down to $228.99 now. I guess buying couple more won't hurt ;)

u/Loc0 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Anyone know if the 1 drive version of this has the red drive as well? https://www.amazon.com/16TB-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBLWE0160JCH-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1 in which case, if you were just popping the drives out, wouldn't it be cheaper to get 2 of the single drive ones at $229 ea vs the dual drive one for $500?

u/BadElf21 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon canada has been selling at that price for months now: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01LQQHLGC/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

I love how Newegg calls it a "sale" by setting their regular price $150 more than amazon, then claiming "sale" by setting it like everyone.

u/Pup5432 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Is this drive better or worse than WD 8TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN, other than price of course.

u/emnemeth689 · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

unsure :/ the 4tb also listed on the same page linked above was $90 yesterday, but has since gone up to $110.

Looks like Amazons version (WD MyBook) also looks to have a WD Red on the 8tb sku (per the reviews) has been hovering around $200-$210 since February.

https://camelcamelcamel.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/product/B01LQQHLGC

u/danieldur · 2 pointsr/homelab

WD My Book Desktop 8 TB - External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - 256 Bit AES-Hardwareverschlüsselung - WDBBGB0080HBK-EESN https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01LWVT81X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ivdlDbA8P5VWQ

u/Eloquessence · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

So far the 8TB Mybook from Amazon.co.uk is still the best price I've spotted. Around 200 euro. Don't forget to you need a UK to EU plug. I believe there's a white inside for those who care.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LWVT81X/

u/T_Gracchus · 2 pointsr/buildapc

This would be an example of what they're talking about. Probably don't show up on pc part picker because they're intended to be external, but you can just take out the hard drive and plug it in as normal.

I've done it myself with a seagate external hard drive.

u/ACreatureVoidOfForm · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/peachkovit · 2 pointsr/buildapcsalesuk

8TB MyBooks are on sale for 113 GBP:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-Book-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B01LWVT81X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mybook&qid=1575003717&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&sr=8-1

I just bought one of these this week, removed it from the enclosure and got a nice 8 TB HGST Helium drive.

Note that if you do go down this road, there's no way to tell what drive YOU would get and there is a chance it wouldn't work with your PSU out of the box, but that's a simple fix.

u/Pyrross · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

For those in Europe:

Smile.amazon.de

u/Dragonball93x · 2 pointsr/PS4

Yeah that one should work. I have the newer model which is $10 more but the old one and new one are identical except for the casing I believe.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01LWVT81X

u/mynameisbogdan · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

It was 143.99 Euro on Monday here: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01LWVT81X

Bought only one to test the shipping, but I'm still hoping for $130 or less on amazon.com :)

u/Poiuyt75 · 2 pointsr/unRAID

Get these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LWVT81X

Reduce from 190+£ to 153£ today.

Shucked two of these over the weekend and they are White label. I needed to do the tape pin for the 3.3V to make them work with my Corsair PSU.

u/niosurfer · 2 pointsr/TeslaModel3

Would that one work too? It is 1/3 of the price: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Portable-External-Drive-WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN-x/dp/B06W55K9N6/

Besides the size, in what sense the Samsung would be better?

u/sivartk · 2 pointsr/PleX

If you already have it running on a PC that is on 24/7 and it isn't hindering your day-to-day usage of that PC, just find you an IDE to USB adapter and plug in the 250GB HDD that you have and use that. However, it being IDE tells me that it is very old so make sure you either have a backup or don't mind losing the data when the drive fails.

I'd personally just shop for a nice 2-4TB drive in an external enclosure and start there. You can always upgrade or add more drives later.

u/Unlanded · 2 pointsr/personalfinance

/u/shadowforce96,

> Get all your important papers together. Keep them with you. Birth certificate, drivers licences, etc..

In addition to physical items, also try to get a copy of any digital items such as digital photos and such. Get something like this portable hard drive.

These are obviously not as important as the papers /u/Zenock43 mentioned, but loosing memories can be a heart breaker.

u/TheErbinator · 2 pointsr/gaming

It’s plug and play, here’s a link to the product off of amazon: WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_8Mi0Bb0X508S6
Actually 64 Usd which is pretty good since I got mine for 80

u/AlostSunlightBro · 2 pointsr/DestinyTheGame

WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0, for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_MmEUBb5CDRF1T

I have this would that be faster?

u/xXQueenofWolvesx · 2 pointsr/PS4

WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_C9j9BbVWNVXDN

Won’t let me link it the proper way but here you go

u/EricBledsoeIsASnake · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Thanks for this. Is there a particular western digital model you recommend for Xbox? I was looking at My Passport X or Elements

u/mansinthemarc · 2 pointsr/PS4

Get a cheap 1~2 tb usb portable 3.0 drive.
He will be able to plug it in. Install games there and play them from there too.





https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Portable-External-Drive-WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN-x/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1542045568&sr=8-15&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=2.5+hard+drive

He will still be able to play the games that are installed on his ps4 already.

u/Trey5169 · 2 pointsr/computers

Ah, so you do have a laptop. Yeah... you'd have to copy all the data over from your old drive to your new drive, if you were to get a larger internal drive. Definitely possible, but not always easy.

You may want to ask a local store how much they'll charge to move the data over to your new disk. If they do it for free, it's a great value, though I doubt they'll do it for free due to the small price difference I found online.

A 2TB external disk from seagate: here. - $64

A 1TB internal disk (half the space!): here - $66.

2 TB WD black drive: here - $65

... So apparently an external disk is cheaper. Go for it!

Edit: Also, most laptops don't have the storage space for an additional drive. That's why I keep mentioning "desktop" - desktops have a ton of storage space.

You may want to google your laptop, and the query "m.2 SSD?" because some laptops have a m.2 slot on the motherboard. Spending the $100 on a internal M.2 and an additional $60 on an internal HDD would be great, though you'd have to be comfortable with moving the OS to the new M.2.

Also, I added a WD black external HDD above, same price as the seagate.

u/Davedamon · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I mean, what's your budget? You can get a 2tb external drive for $60 which isn't far off the price of an internal drive.

u/legos45 · 2 pointsr/SuggestALaptop

For an option with 1 TB, how about the ASUS Vivobook F510UA? It has:

  • i5-8250U 4-core processor

  • 8 GB of RAM

  • 1 TB HDD storage

  • 1080p 15.6" display

  • Weight of 3.7lbs and battery life up to 5 hours

    The laptop runs Windows 10. Sadly, it isn't 17.3", so I hope 15.6" is okay. For the uses you listed, the i5 processor should be great for those tasks.

    Here is a link to a 2 TB external hard drive for extra storage.
u/RedOctobyr · 2 pointsr/PS4

I got this one, for my Pro:
https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Portable-External-Drive-WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8

2TB, I paid $60 at Newegg. It's a laptop-size drive, like the internal one in the PS4. That makes it a little slower than a desktop-size drive. But I haven't noticed things seeming slower when running off the external drive.

But it's USB powered. I liked that, since it helped ensure that it wouldn't just keep running needlessly when the PS4 was in Rest mode.

The desktop-size external drives with their own power supplies might also spin down when in Rest mode, I'm not sure.

My internal drive is 1TB. I filled that surprisingly quickly. But I figured that adding an additional 2TB would give me plenty of room for games. So I saved a bit on price by skipping the 3TB or 4TB.

u/TractionCityRampage · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

The promo deal is out of stock now.

For future reference what is the difference between reds and blues? Is it just the reliability and warranty?

Do you know if this will be the same as this elements external drive from amazon? I can't tell if there is any difference between their warranties. I'm also considering the my book drive and internal hdds with an external enclosure but I'm not sure what would be most reliable from a price stand point.

u/_TheMeepMaster_ · 2 pointsr/Games

I'd personally recommend this one instead. Personal preference though. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W55K9N6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/kjm16 · 2 pointsr/blackmagicdesign

I use a cheap external drive for editing and current project files. I usually don't do "generate optimized media" unless it's really slowing me down because the process takes a long time itself and you can't do anything while it's rendering. I use prores proxy at half resolution to save space since it's just for editing.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W55K9N6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Then I backup the editing drive, when I remember to, to a larger storage drive so I at least have that in case the portable one craps.

u/motherboard41 · 2 pointsr/buildapcsalesuk

If you are after a 4TB drive these are better options:

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u/jrt364 · 2 pointsr/PS4Deals

No. I don't like Seagates because I personally think they're unreliable, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Just an example: Seagate makes an "official" external drive for the Xbox One, and if you look up reviews on that on Amazon, you'll see that a large portion of buyers complained that it randomly stopped working after 1-3 months: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Game-Drive-External-Portable/product-reviews/B01065S79E

That is just one example, but I have had a seagate drive for 2 years and it died on me randomly too.

I'm sure every external drive has its pros and cons, though, and I'm sure some drives that I like may not work out for others, but that's just my 2 cents. I've had a different WD external drive for my PS4 for over a year, and it's been working great. I have this one if you're wondering. I just bought another WD for my new Xbox One X, too.

u/SmokingInTents · 2 pointsr/PS4

I’ve been using the 4TB version of this since March with no issues. Of course, you can get a smaller one for cheaper if it better fits your needs.

u/djml9 · 2 pointsr/modernwarfare

You can get a 4tb hard drive for $100.
WD 4TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713WPGLL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MVAVDbBGEWBY4

u/reinhart_menken · 2 pointsr/onebag

You realize they have slim external drives now that has 4TB capacity? (I did not until...last year or so, I have not kept up with external drives) What kind of data transfer speed do you require? USB3 is 5GB/s, USB-C is 10GB/s, so depending on your file sizes, the difference may or may not be a lot for a file that's 50GB, versus actually all 4TB. (that's seconds vs minutes of differences)

You also gotta remember - I remember looking at this years ago, not sure all the tech is all caught up - with a disc-based drive they can only spin so fast, hence so much transfer speed, so they might not even be able to meet the advertised transfer speed of the cable. For example, at the extreme (not that it's common now) if you have a 5600rpm drive and not 10k rpm drive, it's not going to make any different if you have a USB3.1 cable.

WD 4TB external drive: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Portable-External-Drive-WDBU6Y0040BBK-WESN/dp/B0713WPGLL/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1521825478&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=4tb+harddricve+external

u/Trevie3 · 2 pointsr/popperpigs

I got the oculus go for $200 because I only have a cheap laptop and with that you don't need a computer. If you have a good PC then Idk, you should ask in /r/oculusnsfw . Everyone is saying nowadays that the current best headset is the Pixmax 8k which goes for $900, but you need a good PC for that one. Obviously paying for the best one you can afford is what you want to do because there is really a huge difference in quality.

The best website in my opinion is czechvr. 6 months of that is $85 I believe. I love any of their threesome or foursome videos, anal videos, face sitting, anything with Jennifer Jane, etc.

I also recommend getting a 4TB external harddrive. This one is $100.

u/Agathocles_of_Sicily · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

I just picked this up yesterday for $99 and it's 4TB. Looks easily shuckable too if I weren't using it as a backup.

I'd also check out /r/buildapcsales for good deals on quality hard drives.

u/DALinProgress · 2 pointsr/GodofWar

Here you go! It's $99 (I think it was a couple dollars cheaper when I bought it) but it's great. Powered by the PS4's USB, and I just have all my PSN games download directly to it in power save mode and play directly from it. No lag at all. You can use any external as long as it's USB 3 I believe and format it through the PS4.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0713WPGLL/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/D4rkSl4ve · 2 pointsr/HomeServer

May I suggest the system below (NAS v3.0) or search eBay for Dell R710 or T710 (R=rackmount, T=tower). Much more powerful and less $$. Also, look into WD EasyStore 8TB @ $140 Amazon or BestBuy; easy to shuck. Look into FreeNAS and Docker for all the apps you want/need to use (www.DockSTARTer.com). The build that follows is to give you a great idea; maybe a different case for more storage, or larger PSU as you want multiple HDDs

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Core-Build (dual CPU) (no storage, no frills)

u/Chrs987 · 2 pointsr/PleX

Just bought one on Amazon the other day.
WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9zU.Bb6TK88AG

u/janglereddits · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon has the 8TB Elements for $150.

u/Pun_In_Ten_Did · 2 pointsr/buildapc
  1. My Fractal Design Meshify C -- case is on the smaller side but does support ATX boards. I have it sitting on my desk. Manufacturer website so you can check dimensions

  2. Meshify C daytime shot from GamersNexus

  3. HDD -- do you want to replace your 1TB with a 2+ TB? If so, yes you have to copy files over from old to new drive. However, you could just add an HDD -- either internally or plug in an external HDD.
u/12345sixsixsix · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

If you have Amazon Prime, the WD Elements 8TB is currently $222.88 delivered, including GST, from amazon.com.au

https://www.amazon.com.au/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=wd+elements&qid=1557610735&s=gateway&sr=8-3

If you don’t have Prime, I think you need to pay shipping on top of this price.

u/BlanchDolor · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

How recently was "just bought"? I only ask because the product you linked is for a $155 Easystore drive (Best Buy model but being sold on Amazon by 3rd party seller), while Amazon sells 8TB Elements drive for $139.99...

u/AllMyName · 2 pointsr/homelab

Not necessarily. As long as you can see it before your order it. And you can still order an He8, He10, or shuck an external drive that's still shipping with helium drives inside it.

I'm curious, why does it have to be a helium drive?

u/djqvoteme · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Can't reserve in store. They're shipping via Canada Post. Now all that's left is to play the waiting game...the long, long waiting game.

Edit: Looks like Amazon.ca is matching the deal too

u/jaksblaks · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Amazon current has the 8tb elements for 150.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07D5V2ZXD/

u/-TheLick · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3QMPB5/

These are insanely cheap, best value out there when they are on sale for even lower

u/MagnusAuslander · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Now I'm confused...the one on Amazon isn't the same one that BB is selling?

WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3QMPB5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_RUJ5BbTE3C4DK

u/imrunningfromthecops · 2 pointsr/Games
u/FightOnForUsc · 2 pointsr/PleX

They are 160

WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3QMPB5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Mq5VCbX6YHXGJ

u/Nil_Einne · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Maybe you already know this but you can get the 10TB Elements. https://www.amazon.com.au/10TB-Elements-Desktop-Drive-WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN/dp/B07G3QMPB5/ No 64GB pen drive and crappier warranty but you don't have to worry about the encryption if you plan to leave it in the case but might prefer to open it if the controller breaks I guess. (Although sounds unlikely from your details.)

u/selventime · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

The $160 is from shucking the drive, at least compare like for like

https://www.amazon.com.au/10TB-Elements-Desktop-Drive-WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN/dp/B07G3QMPB5

u/kwarner04 · 2 pointsr/PleX

Any reason you're not just upgrading to larger HDDs? Grab a couple of the 10Tb drives on sale right now (Amazon Prime Deal) and move the data over. You could copy all your data to a single drive for a short period, wipe and rebuild the server on something easy like mergerFS (https://blog.linuxserver.io/2017/06/24/the-perfect-media-server-2017/) which lets you expand without any issues.

Much cheaper than buying additional hardware and then going through the trouble of running plex via NFS/SMB mounts.

But to each their own...

u/someguynamedjohn13 · 2 pointsr/PS4
u/yaktoast · 2 pointsr/PS4

Seagate taken out of its external enclosure, I use it with a Nyko Data Bank. It's possible to fit a 4TB laptop drive in the PS4 bay too though, I may switch to that in the future.

u/megaz221 · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

Yeah I got this one for $130 on black friday: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

Pretty good deal.

u/AmbulatoryProfessorX · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Bought mine for $114.99.

Seagate Backup Plus 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive with 200GB of Cloud Storage & Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (STDT5000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0O5R2I/

u/HostFat · 2 pointsr/Bitcoin

Some nodes haven't any incentives now to maintain themself other than maintaining the network.

They are doing it for free now.

After a possible increase of the space, this is the cost of a 5 TB hd:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-External-Storage-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I/

I'm sure that there are cheaper.

There are also other nodes that are maintained by the industry, and by making the Bitcoin money more liquid, the market will increase.

With a bigger market and then more services, there will be more nodes that are needed to be sure to know what is happening on the network.

Miners don't seem to have problem of money for buying a new hd...

u/opthrift · 2 pointsr/mac

It really comes down to the read/write speed requirements she'll have. With a 256GB SSD and some file management, you could keep your working files on the SSD for max IO speed, and move archived projects onto an external drive that runs on something like USB 3.0. SSDs aren't totally necessary for anything but the most bandwidth-intensive jobs like editing 4K video. For graphic design work, file sizes are reasonable and you don't need to constantly be reading tons of data, so a regular external HDD should be fine.

We use this Seagate 5TB drive that comes well recommended by Wirecutter for Time Machine backups, and it'd also work well for storing data for your wife.

u/Sky_Diner · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I just picked up this 5TB Seagate yesterday. The finish is exactly the same as the shiny side of the Xbox, so it looks fantastic on top of it.

http://amzn.com/B00J0O5R2I

u/Jasons2334 · 2 pointsr/buildapc

Correct. There's actually a few games I play that take up quite a bit of space so I definitely need at least 1TB. The other user said for an xbox I'd just be better off getting this

u/FATALVISI0N · 2 pointsr/PS4

I used a Seagate 2TB in my PS4 and I can tell you it does fit

u/Rineenerdad · 2 pointsr/PS4

It could be, there is no reason that should not have worked. Replacement is easy though. There are instructions on the website but here is a link to ign http://m.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/How_to_Replace_a_PS4_Hard_Drive. If you have the money I would upgrade to a larger drive as well. I used the Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA2000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_Y.D4xbH4S7AF2.

u/terrorfisk · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Guessing you mean hard drive space for more games?

I use a older model of this which has worked great for the past 2 years or so. There's plenty to choose from

u/Taenith · 2 pointsr/PS4

Oh wow didn't realize that.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA2000400/dp/B00TKFEE5S?th=1

Would that be better to buy instead? Its 64$ on amazon, I didn't realize it was overpriced. I may end up waiting for black friday to buy one..

u/heinous_anus- · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Depends on what you're after. If you just need storage and aren't concerned with loading times, go with a hdd. If you want super fast loading times, go with ssd. I personally got this one and it works great for me. And it's USB 3.0 so it's technically a little faster than the internal hard drive. But some people want shorter loading times, so they shell out the cash for a ssd, but the price for the capacity was just too high for me. Plus it has the added bonus of being plug and play, so it's easy to transport if I wanna bring games to a friend's house.

u/nexusheli · 2 pointsr/buildapc

I buy the Seagate 2tb portable drives all the time - I like to yank the drives out of them for game consoles and PC's, but the enclosures are nice and handy too.

This one is on sale for $69 currently: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA2000400/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1497633141&sr=8-3&keywords=seagate+2tb+external+hard+drive

These sometimes drop to $69 from time to time: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTTJE/ref=twister_B01CQV9RDG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Or make sure you're signed up for the Newegg newsletters, they both come across at $65 on occassion.

I currently have 5 of these drives in operation and have had no issues with them.

u/Viet-Bong-Army · 2 pointsr/PS4

The save data will remain on your PS4. The HDD will only hold game install data.

I think max size supported is actually 8gb, but you're talking fairly big bucks for that. Not sure where you are in the world but drives like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-PlayStation-STEA1000400/dp/B00TKFEEAS/

are fairly economic in terms of cost, and the 2tb version is only around 60

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-PlayStation-STEA2000400/dp/B00TKFEE5S/

Realistically, a 2tb in conjuction with the 1tb drive you already have will give you so much storage that I doubt you'd need much more, but obviously that's subjective.

There is a detailed page here

https://support.us.playstation.com/articles/en_US/KC_Article/PS4-External-HDD-Support

u/Trum4n1208 · 2 pointsr/reddeadredemption

I also got the Seagate. So far so good.

Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA2000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ySlRBb1B1NVVF

u/KinoTheMystic · 2 pointsr/xboxone

There's that and then there's also this SeaGate 2TB for $70. Reddit, what should I get?

u/Santhil · 2 pointsr/PS4

Every External HD with usb3 i use this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ for some time now and had no problems

u/TexBluBoy · 2 pointsr/PS4

If it's the same model as this:

Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA2000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Tcjyyb7DK962S

Then yes, I installed this in my ps4pro as soon as it arrived. Works completely fine.

u/Pebbleheed · 2 pointsr/gaming

Seagate Expansion 2TB USB 3.0 Portable 2.5 inch External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_RNnzyb9486R2S

Price has risen in the last few days. But it's still cheaper than a stand alone HDD.

Other brands and models will also work. Just make sure it's the right size HDD and you'll be fine.

u/QuantumInteger · 2 pointsr/PS4

2TB is fine. I have one. Go for 2TB.

Get this one
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA2000400/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1453836498&sr=8-4&keywords=Seagate+external+HDD

Pop the case off and use the internal 2.5in 9.5mm drive as your upgrade. Reuse your old PS4 drive with the case as an external backup for the PS4.

u/HappyApathy828 · 2 pointsr/battlefield_one

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEE5S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is what I have connected to my Xbone. Runs like a charm. Haven't had any speed issues.

u/Kancer420 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I picked up one of these on sale for $35 a while ago. Works great.

u/kaizendojo · 2 pointsr/ShieldAndroidTV

Yeah, that would be awesome. I have a Seagate Expansion (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEE5S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) connected to mine but I'd want the USB hub compartment too - I would definitely buy the hub for that.

I really like this - such a great idea.

u/FR05TB1T3 · 2 pointsr/torrents

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB4000100/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=lp_595048_1_21?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1462291477&sr=1-21 , the one i saw was in costco on sale. You want to look for "backup" or "desktop" in the name. They need an external source of power but are way cheaper than the plug and plays.

u/LeeorV · 2 pointsr/PS4Pro

Nope :( but if you don't plan to move it around too much, I'd probably go with a 4TB 3.5' sized external drive with its own power and USB 3.0 support, something along the lines of this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB4000100/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=sr_1_15?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486383533&sr=1-15&keywords=4TB%2BExternal%2Bdrive%2BUSB%2B3&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A5446816011&th=1

there's even a 5TB option for a bit more.

u/Silvystreak · 2 pointsr/xboxone

It's actually 4, my bad. There's also an 8TB for $179

Though I definitely remember the 5 being $99 sometime last year because that's when I bought one.

u/SiRWimP · 2 pointsr/PS4
u/Exaskryz · 2 pointsr/nintendo

It should be a $5 LIFETIME fee, no matter how you slice it. Having over 10,000% markup is ridiculous.

Here's some math at just Google Drive vs Bank: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/275fje/nintendo_does_online_right/chxscew?context=2

It is required to collect Pokemon, as not all Pokemon are available in Pokemon Sun and Moon. You needed to transfer from Gen VI. And never mind if you wanted to transfer from Gen V - that's locked behind the Bank paywall as well. Do you not believe that one-way transfer should be allowed for free?

I'll follow up with an edit once I find my math that gave me the 10,000% markup ballpark by going in depth on estimates for salaries and server costs.

Edit: Oooh, it's only 3400% (34x) markup. My apologies. But keep in mind that is with very liberal over-estimating for costs. And keep in mind that that means one year of subscriptions should let you run the servers for 34 years.

Edit 2: I fucked up my math somehow. 10 accounts on 7 MB means 10,000 accounts on 7 GB... not 7000 accounts on 7 GB. Then you push that to 10 million accounts on 7 TB... But regardless, the real math comes at the assumption for 7 million subscribers (which isn't unlikely; 15 million copies of Sun or Moon have been shipped.)

https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/3dxtvv/whats_your_most_unpopular_opinion_about_nintendo/ctabc0v

>The PokeBank (not sure if this is more Game Freak or more Nintendo) is a huge rip off. It is 100,000% more expensive than any cloud storage software and there is absolutely no reason except millions of dollars in pure profit to make it an annual fee instead of a one-time purchase. The storage space any individual account will ever take up is <700 kilobytes. For the record, you could put 10 accounts on 7 MB, 7000 accounts on 7 GB, and 7 million accounts on 7 TB. And looking on Amazon: 4 TB Hard Drive for $110 http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB4000100/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437436355&sr=1-3&keywords=terabyte+harddrive&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A7817230011

>So, they can literally pay <$250 worth of storage space for 7 million subscriptions ($5/year -- $35 million/year). OK, let's have some redundancy in place though! Got to have backups! Let's have 3 backups, so we're looking at spending $1000 out of $35 million.

>But, oh you say, electricity and internet costs for running these 24/7? This I don't have nice pricing on, but I cannot imagine it goes to more than $1 million/year. Reddit uses the Reddit Gold feature to pay for server costs. $4 of gold supposedly pays for 231.26 minutes of server time -- That's ~4 hours. Do we need more than 5 servers for Bank? Eh, sure, we'll say 50 servers because lumping the numbers in Nintendo/Game Freak's favor is always good to making this argument.

>So, it costs about $25/day (24 hours/~4 hours = 6; 6 * $4 = $24) per server. It'll be $1250/day with 50 servers. 365 days to a year: $456,250 per year in server costs.

>Now, of course, you pay the one guy who does daily diagnostics on these servers and maintenances a great salary because this is a huge money making operation. Let's give him another $500,000/year.

>So, our annual expenses are almost $1,000,000/year. Let's pay the difference to the person who coded Bank and Transporter in a week's time (I'd say this is an accurate estimate for how rudimentary and shoddy both softwares are, including the back-end). And at just 7 million customers, they make $35,000,000/year.

>Do they really need to be making 3400% profit on this?

u/paradox1701 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

this drive is the newer model of my drive i use (i use the 2014 version) Not much of the drive itself has changed just the outer shell.


http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB4000100/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1451221124&sr=8-4&keywords=seagate+desktop+hard+drive

u/Xavier_Moonbreaker · 2 pointsr/PS4

I was wrong, it was $109... It's cheaper now by a bit at $105. Here's the one I got https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_cELRzbRH5VJCN

u/ChunkyThePotato · 2 pointsr/halo

Buy one of these and you won't have to worry about storage for many years. If you don't have the money for one, you could always get quite a bit of extra storage for much cheaper too. You can get a 1TB hard drive for $50.

u/APointlessDuck · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Here's a 5TB for $130 that I've been eying. I don't know how good it is though.

u/toekneeg · 2 pointsr/xboxone

It's not solid state but it would be better, but way to expensive still. It's a Seagate which I hear isn't the best, but it's been perfect for me so far and it's been a year since I got it.

Found the Amazon link I bought it from: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB5000100/dp/B00TKFEEBW?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

u/1e7643-8rh34 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I don't buy a lot. But I game share with a friend and keep almost everything we buy installed. It's nice to have access to everything we buy (especially with EA Access). 3.5TB free and shrinking. If you don't plan on game sharing, you'll likely be fine with 500GB since it wasn't an issue for you on the PS4. If you plan on game sharing, get something like this. I got it last June and have been happy with it. I think having all games on an external with all apps on the internal improves performance. Not sure about that though.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB5000100/dp/B00TKFEEBW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1467944044&sr=1-1&keywords=5+tb+hard+drive

u/defectivebit · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

SMR is the shingled archival drives, right?

I have a 5TB Seagate and it's write performance is good (35 MB/s). It' s on sale for Cyber Monday too for about $100 USD so 2 cents a gig which seems pretty average.

u/BlackBoxInquiry · 2 pointsr/xboxone

5TB $118 on amazon
Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB5000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEBW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_dtptyb9G0ZK3K

u/wquach · 2 pointsr/hardwareswap

The new version of this model Seagate 5TB Expansion external is $110 currently on Amazon brand new.

u/ThaBearJew · 2 pointsr/Windows10

A recovery drive doesn't have anything to do with imaging your system. It's to create a bootable recovery environment to troubleshoot various problems such as an unbootable system.

Why are you backing up to flash drives? They're usually pretty limited in available space. You can pick up a 5 terabyte (5000 megabytes) external drive for around $100:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEBW/ref=twister_B00UWL08GI?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

u/PhotoTableau · 2 pointsr/WeddingPhotography

Whoa. Hold up. Do you have a memory card for every single event/wedding/session?

I appreciate your wanting to keep everything backed up. Very responsible and professional!

There's an easier way though... Check it:

External Hard Drive:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEEBW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

PORTABLE External Hard Drive (doesn't require wall plug-in <fuck off, thunderstorms!> and much more convenient... for a price.)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W8XXYSM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/agentnone · 2 pointsr/gaming

I use this. It works really well. Little if any lag time. Seagate

u/FallenTF · 2 pointsr/letsplay

A similar drive was $90 yesterday, I wouldn't really call that a deal for $110.

The same 5TB version of my link above is $110.

Seagate Expansion 5TB - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEEBW/

Edit: Whomever else commented is shadowbanned, fyi.

u/JBurton90 · 2 pointsr/halo

> what if it's a game like gta V? isn't that gonna take like a fucking day to download the whole thing on someone's xbox instead of just popping in the disc and downloading the updates?

Yeah big games take a long time to download. MCC and Halo 5 are around 70 GB each.

> I mean to ask, is it SHORTER to use the physical disc vs digital copies on someone else's box??

If you put the disc in the console it will INSTALL from the disc and DOWNLOAD any updates needed. So if GTA was 40GB disc and 30GB download, then all you would download is the 30GB (still takes a while).

> ALSO, that is dope about the HDD!! So any digital copy of a game i can store onto an hdd and IT IS BASICALLY FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES A PHYSICAL DISC COPY?!?!?!?!?!?

A game always needs a KEY to play. A digital copy key is your account. A physical copy key is your disc. If you have the game on the HDD you either need the disc inserted in the console or your account has to be signed in. The HDD has to be more than 256GB and USB 3.0. I personally have a 1TB hard drive and I still have not filled it up. This might work good for you.


u/mb9023 · 2 pointsr/computertechs

Western Digital passports are solid and don't require external power

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXRPM/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

u/Parad0x_ · 2 pointsr/unrealengine

Hello /u/watcheroftimes,
It really depends on how much protection you want to do go with. If you want to make sure it is backed up no matter what; compute fries, virus, home or office is broken into. Then I would consider getting source control.

If you don't mind paying for a source control then I would consider SVN or Perforce. If you do not want to pay I would just use a git repository; however you will need to pay to keep the repo private, other wise it will be exposed to the public.

Otherwise, You can get a SSD or HDD or book drive and plug that into your machine and just mirror the drive to your current directory with your project.

Hope this helps,
--d0x

u/cfs3corsair · 2 pointsr/pcmasterrace

A good external HD isn't too hard to find. WD is the best, followed by Seagate imho. This is usually about $50

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXRPM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1480521212&sr=8-2&keywords=wd+passport

u/SirLaxer · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Here you go. Double the storage for about $20 and get the 2 TB, which is what I recommend.

And you're going to get snippy comments because this is one of the most asked questions in the subreddit by far, asked almost several times a day (many are deleted). Right along with headset questions, NAT issues, people accidentally discovering gamesharing, people complaining about region lock or background audio, etc.

u/jcl4 · 2 pointsr/photography

As others have said, generating multiple backups is crucial. Her workflow should be something like this:

  1. SSD brought with her to capture to and edit from while on the go.

  2. Big, somewhat slower HDD at home to backup to, and likely two of them.

  3. Finished images, full res, should then be stored - in addition to locally at least twice - on a cloud service ala Dropbox.

    The HDD you've chosen is sufficiently large, fast and cheap but I would look at the finer print and see how long it is warrantied for. I suggest you get nothing with fewer than 3 years coverage, ideally 5 (as this loosely suggests the manufacturer's confidence in the QC).

    I personally work from a MacBook with an SSD, then backup to two or three of these:

    https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXRPM

    They are so cheap and small, and sufficiently fast for backups, I just buy new as I run out of space.
u/00cosgrovep · 2 pointsr/navy

I would say the surface 3 if you want something that plays movies and is much less bulky than a laptop. But to each his own. At $499 it's not a bad choice. You will need an external HDD for it. When a 1TB runs about $50. You can probably find them cheaper than my generic sources if you look around.

Surface:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.314885500?icid=en_US_Surface3_cat_modG_010316



HDD:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W8XXRPM?keywords=portable%20hard%20drive&qid=1453949447&ref_=sr_1_1&refinements=p_72%3A1248879011&s=pc&sr=1-1


u/jwstump2 · 2 pointsr/buildapc

I've had two toshiba externals for about 2 years and recently picked up two seagate externals (all 2.5" ranging from 1TB to 4TB).

I haven't seen/experienced any issues with them. My one seagate 4TB acts as my photo dump drive when I travel. I've treated it pretty rough since I take it while camping and backpacking.

As far as software goes, check out Qiling. This will allow you to configure your backups however you want. You can do specific folders or entire images.

I don't use much in terms of backup software. I just have batch files setup in Task Scheduler to run and do file backups for me. I don't worry about images since I can rebuild my system fairly quickly.

I'd recommend running a 3-2-1 system if you really want to be good with backups. 3 total backups, 2 on-site, 1 off-site (in-case of fire, flood, burglary, etc). Backblaze is a great online solution.

u/tb21666 · 2 pointsr/PlaystationClassic

I've successfully used/tested a SanDisk 256GB, Seagate 1TB & Seagate 4TB drives, none with their own power source & all via OTG.

u/Unholybeef · 2 pointsr/pcmasterrace

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA This Seagate drive is $59 and much better quality. It uses a 1TB 5400rpm Seagate drive so still slow but much more reliable. I'd rather use it than the Transcend one.

u/superrecording · 2 pointsr/SwitchPirates

i happened to have the 4tb version of this:

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https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Photography-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA

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works well in all the ports on the dock, bus powered so extra power supply to mess with. Using exFat and seeing all 4tb with sx os 2.2.1 beta. write speed is only like 122 MB/s, but that's fine for me.

u/DoesntGetYourJoke · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I have this one. Works great, quiet, no problems. I went 4TB because there's no reason not to. You're gonna fill up a 1 or 2TB faster than you think as game files get bigger and bigger, BC ramps up, GWG continues at 4 games per month, etc.

u/Deadred5 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Definitely the best deal here. One thing you definitely need to understand is that this is only going to be a 500GB system which really isn't enough space for most xbox one players. If you're only going to play halo on it, then that is perfect for you. If you know you're going to buy more games, then you need to start looking at external hard drives (EHD) that will work with your xbox. I got a 4TB WD My Book External Hard Drive which has worked really well with my xbox one and I got it on amazon for $98 https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN/dp/B00E3RH61W/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1473731188&sr=8-6&keywords=4tb+external+hard+drive+usb+3.0 (It was cheaper for some reason. Right place right time I guess) so I would just look around for a deal on something like that. You can research with a google search on what EHDs work with Xbox one if you have a preferred brand in mind. Up to you. That's just my two cents though. I started playing Halo: Combat Evolved when I was 10 with my older brother. I'll never forget those years and that's why I'll be an Xbox customer for life. Hope you and your son enjoy it!

u/Finality- · 2 pointsr/PS4

Just recently are you getting some 3.5 external hds that can be powered only from usb. Alot of models will not function without an external power source, doesn't matter if its plugged into a 2.0 or 3.0 usb port.

This drive is the exact one I have https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81QyMtiyISL._SL1500_.jpg This is the link to the drive https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN/dp/B00E3RH61W. Unlike 2.5 inch drives that typically have a integrated pcb, most 3.5 internals are just internal 3.5 drives in an enclosure, and they just use a power brick to power them.

u/fall0ut · 2 pointsr/buildapc

> It's primary use will to be used to backup game development files, that's pretty much it.

why not just get an external hard drive? it will be cheaper, more storage space, and lower power consumption.



http://www.amazon.com/Book-USB-Hard-Drive-Backup/dp/B00E3RH61W

u/Fabtacular1 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Here you go: http://www.amazon.com/Book-USB-Hard-Drive-Backup/dp/B00E3RH61W?tag=wpcentralb-20&m1k=d_wp

  • 2 TB for $99 (although you might consider paying another $40 and getting 4 TB)
  • 7200 RPM (faster than the internal drive, and it has been shown that faster / more expensive drive provide negligible performance gains)
  • Uses external power, instead of drawing power over USB. (There's no indication that having the HDD draw power form the XB1 over HDD is bad for the machine, but my opinion is that I'd rather be safe than sorry.)


    Update: Apparently you can grab this 3 TB Samsung drive from New Egg (via Ebay) for $80 right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/381043291273?rmvSB=true
u/ShadowianElite · 2 pointsr/xboxone

http://www.amazon.com/Book-USB-Hard-Drive-Backup/dp/B00E3RH61W

I highly recommend it. Its what Im rolling with. Digital games also load slightly faster.

u/Kart0410 · 2 pointsr/laptops

There is Acer Swift 3 and a Asus Zenbook with similar specs but its price is like $999 plus the Acer Swift just looks and feels more premium and she can get an external HDD or even SSD for photo and video editing plus the MX 150 gpu can handle almost every games at medium with good frames.

u/Paltenburg · 2 pointsr/PS4

Really? What about the one mentioned in the sidebar-tutorial: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

If you're correct, there should be a Spinpoint M9T inside of it?

u/-Imnus- · 2 pointsr/PlayStationPlus

Yes, it would work. But I suggest a 2TB HDD instead, just doubling the PS4 capacity isn't worth it.

Right now there is only one 2TB HDD compatible with PS4: Spinpoint M9T 2TB 2.5" 9.5 mm drive for $99.99 that comes with a Portable External case, but you can remove it from the case to install on your PS4 and even re-use the case with another HDD: How To remove The Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2tb 2.5" Hard Drive From Its Enclosure.

u/Racergio · 2 pointsr/CollectiveIntelGroup

Here is some useful information regarding upgrading the PS4 hard drive.

The TLDR: save your money on SSDs and hybrid drives. Stick to a good 5400rpm 2.5" hard drive and get the most capacity you can afford.

Seagate Backup Plus Slim is what I went with in Shadow's and mine's PS4. I was able to find it local for 79.99 so you may find a better deal than the one listed if you shop around. Bonus points if you take the case apart carefully you can reuse the external enclosure with the drive you took out the PS4. I think there was a write up on PS4 sub that walked people through. It is very easy to do.

u/possumgumbo · 2 pointsr/DestinyTheGame

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4?tag=thewire06-20&linkCode=xm2&ascsubtag=AwEAAAAAAAAAASsx


That thing cut my load times on Xbox in half on my non-Destiny games. (I play PC).

u/Jesus_Phish · 2 pointsr/PS4

All games play off the drive, internal or external. There's no issues playing off either.

Don't buy the ones branded for Playstation, you're paying extra for no reason. Here's the same drive by the same company for $20 less than the one you link.

u/Ambroos · 2 pointsr/PS4

The biggest currently available: http://smile.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Storage-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

Or, if you want warranty / don't want to risk breaking the drive while getting it out of the case: http://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000LM003/dp/B00MPWYLHO

They're the same drive, the cheaper one comes with an external enclosure you'll have to open up to get the drive out. I did it a few weeks ago, there's tons of videos on YouTube that show how to do it with that exact drive. It's the only available 2TB drive that fits, and a very good deal price-performance-wise.

u/DarkLordGwyn · 2 pointsr/consoledeals

Here is one for $89 with free prime shipping.

This (link below) external drive has a 2TB M9T Samsung Spinpoint inside.

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive with 200GB of Cloud Storage & Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (STDR2000100) - Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_njQDxb3184WVJ

Just extract it from its case and your good to go as seen here.

https://youtu.be/I6eV3pEXKgo

u/Conjo_ · 2 pointsr/PS4

If it's this one then yeah (plus, someone on the customers question asked too)

u/TurboAcid · 2 pointsr/homelab

I just shuck these and move on.

u/pocketchange93 · 2 pointsr/PS4

Thanks for the info!

This is the one I've been looking at:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3kEkzb3AW0YBE

u/AlicSkywalker · 2 pointsr/buildapc

Why not get portable HDD and a protective case? They are only 2.5''. And is meant to be used outside of a case. Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

I've had one for 2 years now and it's still working great.

u/WillUpvoteForAss · 2 pointsr/PS4Deals

The model number on bestbuy.com matches the one that Amazon shows as the slim model and some reviewers say it's good for PS4. Good enough for me.

Update: successfully installed this drive in my PS4

u/sir-hiss · 2 pointsr/PS4

$80 - http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

I put this in with simple instructions found many places on the web including this sub. Took about 15 mins and was easy.

Edit: to be clear its the 'seagate backup plus SLIM 2tb' on that page that fits the PS4

u/CodsterTX · 2 pointsr/xboxone

these are the best choices in my opinion:

2TB 5400rpm: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

or

1TB 7200rpm: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145919

Both of these are small compact drives and do not need an external power supply

u/powercorruption · 2 pointsr/teslamotors

I used an enclosure from a 2.5" Seagate drive.

Some time ago I bought one of these and removed the drive and placed it into my PS4. Kept the enclosure, and then placed a spare SSD into it.

u/gabo9rm · 2 pointsr/musicproduction

Yes, I had the same problem, compatible with both OS without formating:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Portable-External-Photography-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

u/segbas2004 · 2 pointsr/Games

That drive was about 100$ (Canadian fake dollars). I'm looking at it and it's even cheaper now.

u/Virtualization_Freak · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/?th=1

The video you linked states "Backup plus slim."

I'm pretty sure it's the same model, and $70 at amazon.

u/SyncDigimon · 2 pointsr/PS4

I've been using this one without any problems Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB

u/Jamdawg · 2 pointsr/PS4

This is the most popular one by far:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419883855&sr=8-1&keywords=seagate+backup+plus+slim+2tb

You remove the external case and you swap the 500gb PS4 hard drive back into it so you have an external 500GB hard drive and a new 2TB drive in the PS4. There is a guide for this model floating around in the subreddit as well.

u/Captain_Midnight · 2 pointsr/PS4

When it comes to console storage, hybrid drives are a waste of money, sometimes performing even slower than the stock drive. The solid-state section of the drive is simply too small to be used effectively as a cache, and the OS isn't set up to handle it like that.

You can pick up a 2.5-inch external drive for $86, pop the enclosure open, and pull the drive out. Although it's a 5400RPM, the sheer areal density makes it effectively much faster than its spec implies.

Newegg and Best Buy also carry that drive, currently for $90. It's relatively easy to pop out, because the enclosure is held together with adhesive instead of plastic clips. There are several Youtube videos that will give you some visual aid.

Be aware that removing the drive from the enclosure will void its warranty (but upgrading the PS4's storage will not void the PS4's warranty).

Edit: It's probably worth spending $8 more to get the bare drive, since its warranty will remain intact.

u/lun3ydav3 · 2 pointsr/PSVR

If you have the OG PS4, I had the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0. Usually it's around $60-70. Just pop it out of the external enclosure if you want it internal on PS4 (faster speed,cleaner, frees up a USB port) or connect via USB for external (slower, bit messy and uses a USB port).

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000103/dp/B00FRHTSK4

Before I sold my OG PS4 I took mine out, reformatted and I use it for my Xbox One S.

I now have the WD - My Passport 3TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive for the PS4 Pro. Got it for around $80 when it was on sale and had Best Buy rewards. So 4TB total including the 1TB on the Pro. Lots of space for 2D and PSVR games!

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-my-passport-3tb-external-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-black/5605508.p?skuId=5605508

u/WayneBrody · 2 pointsr/DestinyTheGame

It really depends on how much you want to spend. You can get a 2TB drive for less than $100, and a 1TB drive is even cheaper. I went with a standard HDD, but you can also go with an SSD (solid state) if you want the best performance. I've not looked at the load time differences between drive types (SSD vs HDD) but its a matter of a few seconds.

Heres a nice article with suggested drives: http://www.gamesradar.com/best-hard-drive-for-ps4/

The big thing to remember is you need to get a 2.5 inch laptop drive. The 3.5 inch desktop drives wont fit.

One last tip. Oddly enough, the external hard drives in a case like this are sometimes cheaper than their "naked" counterparts.

I recommend getting one with a case. You'll need to use a screwdriver to crack open the case to get the actual drive out, but afterwards, you can place the 500GB drive from the PS4 into the case, and get yourself a nice 500 GB external drive to use.

u/james26685 · 2 pointsr/PS4

2TB this has to be removed from the case and installed as a internal drive. It is cheaper buying it this way than without the case.
6tb for mega space it protrudes from the top a bit but creates a nice spot for your psvr breakout box to sit next to. There is no version of the 6TB setup for pspro that I am aware of not sure if they have a db for the slim. I have 2 OG systems running on both of these setups.

u/Yohemies · 2 pointsr/PS4

This is a steal. Just get this drive grab a screwdriver, get a usb or any storage drive you have.

u/ARTIFICIAL_SAPIENCE · 2 pointsr/PS4

This is the one that is recommended: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

Have to take it out the shell yourself. I just bought one this week and am waiting for my slim to arrive Friday.

u/sneybad · 2 pointsr/PS4

This one:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000100/dp/B00FRHTSK4

It seems to be the standard one that this sub recommends.

u/yourenzyme · 2 pointsr/PS4

If you just got the ps4 and are worried about space, look into upgrading the PS4's hard drive. This is the one most recommend It will quadruple the storage space you have, which is nice. Here is a step by step guide on how to install it, it'll save you a ton of time down the road if you choose to upgrade early on.

u/MN_LudaCHRIS · 2 pointsr/xboxone

2TB Seagate external, USB 3.0


See it on Amazon here

u/anxious_apathy · 2 pointsr/PS4

Definitely cheaper to get one online.

In fact, this is the exact model I bought.

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0, Black (STDR2000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_c8royb3HYK779

After I took it out of the case and did the swap I actually put the old PS4 hard drive into it and it now acts as one of my external drives for my Xbox one ha ha

u/swotam · 2 pointsr/PS4Deals

This is an Amazon.ca Featured Deal and is set to expire at 3:00 am (presumably March 21). Act fast! Best Buy Canada and Futureshop will price match this deal, bringing the price down to around $97

An excellent price on a 2TB external drive that can be easily removed from the casing and installed in a PS4. I picked one of these up a couple of weeks ago and did exactly that and it fits and works perfectly.

To remove the drive, carefully pry the metal top cover from the bottom plastic case. This can be done by hand or using a small screwdriver. Once the case is open, remove the drive and unplug from the USB interface board. Then just follow the Sony instructions for replacing the drive. Be sure to backup your game save data first so that it can be restored to the new drive afterwards.

The drive fits perfectly in the PS4 and meets the specs that Sony specifies for the console. If you're looking for extra storage in your PS4, this is a great way to expand at a reasonable price.

As an added bonus, you can install your old PS4 500GB drive in the case and use that as an external USB drive afterwards.

Edit: Our American friends can get the same drive from Amazon.com for $89 which is a pretty good deal.

u/TheSolomonGrundy · 2 pointsr/PS4

So i got a external HD and took it out of the case. its called Back up plus slim

It works flawlessly. was very easy to install.

u/Alsharad · 2 pointsr/PS4

I'll get the Seagate 2TB external HDD and disassemble it.



Read this post for more info on how to install this HDD.

u/JesusFartedToo · 2 pointsr/apple

If it's just sitting on your desk with a webcam on it, that's fine. Heat from gaming is normal, just make sure you're not blocking its ventilation.

Yep, make sure you're using "sleep" and not "shut down." Sleep is actually better for the computer than a full shut down. You can configure it to automatically sleep in System Preferences > Energy Saver.

The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is highly-rated and is said to be reliable. I think the 1 TB version is a great value. Avoid the 4 TB version though; it won't be as reliable.

u/danger__man · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

Which external hard drive is better and why?

This or This

u/PS3s · 2 pointsr/PS4

I got this external drive on sale for $70, cracked it open, and installed it in my PS4, and so far it's been working perfectly. I could not find a bare 2TB drive for cheaper at the time.

u/NeighborhoodZebra · 2 pointsr/PS4

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1417151932&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SY200_QL40

$80 for blue or silver sounds good for 2tb. Its an external drive so you'd have to pry it open to remove the HDD but I think I remember seeing a guide for using this drive somewhere on here not too long ago.

u/ace10414 · 2 pointsr/sailing

Huh, I just so happened to be looking into this.

Here's a very relevant reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/sailing/comments/5vf88d/wifi_booster_systems_for_long_range_access/

What I plan on doing is using the ubiquity bullet as a point to point bridge connected to a Linksys WRT AC1200 and rebroadcasting the signal in the boat. Also since I'm a photographer I plan on using a portable hard drive as a NAS to backup my work and store media.

Just ordered the router and hard drive and I'm waiting till my next check to get the bullet, POE injector, and the antenna.

If you would like I can provide an update after I get everything up and running.

[EDIT] I forgot to mention the Linksys WRT router had two selling points for me. 1. OPEN WRT capable. 2. Uses 12v DC so I can wire it directly into the boat without having to use an inverter and waste energy.

u/Shadows_Of_Fall · 2 pointsr/Steam

Got a good deal on this so this is what I'll be using for the time being (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

It should work fine for the moment. And thank you, that's exactly the answer I was looking for.

u/e_x_i_t · 2 pointsr/PS4

It's worth investing in a bigger HDD, 500gbs just doesn't cut it after a while, this 2TB external is one of the more commonly recommended ones. All you gotta do is pop the case off and you just save yourself $20 or so compared to its internal counterpart, plus you can put your old HDD in there and have yourself a nice 500gb external.

u/Krescan · 2 pointsr/PS4

[here] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) is the one i bought

use the guide over on the sidebar, I did mine a few days ago and everything went really smooth

in hindsight i wish I had an extra hdd to back up all my games on it first, I'm going to be downloading games for a while

u/Ac3 · 2 pointsr/PS4

Bought the exact same drive on Nov 23rd.

Just checked the drive, I have the same logo on my drive too.

u/Ucoral · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Got this 2 weeks ago. Was going to get the "official" Xbox branded green one also by Seagate but wasn't a fan of the color and this one is basically the exact same except it comes in black and when I got it was $80.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTSK4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

u/a-kun · 2 pointsr/PS4

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00FRHTSK4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1426549125&sr=8-1&keywords=STDR2000100&pi=SY200_QL40

This is the one I bought and it was easy to install. You can use this guide that has pictures:

http://m.imgur.com/a/JF5jA

I am a tech simpleton and I figured it out haha. Hope this helps.

u/micro8589 · 2 pointsr/PS4

id recommend getting this portable HDD. i got this and its a good hdd

u/Treasy · 2 pointsr/PS4

The 2tb is really really easy, don't let anyone scare you. A member of this subreddit even made a video of the process. Basically you take a screwdriver and pry the plastic enclosure open, then cut some tape. Voila! 2tb hdd.

I did it myself last weekend

The drive:

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (Silver) STDR2000101 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTTIA/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_fLpUtb1GFPRXF3F2

u/Brostradamus_ · 2 pointsr/buildapc

If that is the case, I recommend the Seagate backup plus slim: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTTIA

You wont be able to self-assemble a cheaper drive of that capacity. A 2TB portable SSD is going to run you about $170 at minimum.

u/I_AM_THE_LIQUEUR · 2 pointsr/PS4

Here is the one I ordered. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTTIA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Unfortunately its not on sale anymore. They go on sale for like $89 every once in a while. Its usually all over this sub when it does.

EDIT: Here is one! http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-STBX2000401-2-5-Inch-Portable/dp/B00ILALU9G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415996674&sr=8-1&keywords=2.5%22+external+2tb

u/RazorBackFan15 · 2 pointsr/playstation

Its a Seagate and I didnt lose any data. You just plug it in and it is added to the storage you have and you can choose wether the data is stored in the external or internal drive. The only issue is that data could possibly corrupt if say your ps was on rest mode and your power went out. But my power has gone out several times and I haven’t had issues

u/michrech · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

To add to /u/zttz's reply, also avoid the 2.5" WD "portable" drives, as they have the same issue in his 'avoid' section. No SATA connector -- the PCB on these drives has the USB connector directly attached, and there is no way (that I've ever seen) to convert them.

Not sure if these will be available in Canadia-land, but this is the specific drive I've purchased / shucked for use in a 4-in-one hot swap cage. I picked up a couple of them, and if I recall correctly, they were in the 9mm height range...

I'm told the 4TB and 5TB drives are 15mm, but I've not purchased any of those...

u/drakofrost · 2 pointsr/xboxone

Hard drive:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR2000101/dp/B00FRHTTIA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1479694142&sr=1-1&keywords=external+hard+drive&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A7817230011

I don't have this exact model, but I've been using Seagate hard drives for years, they never let me down.

As for games, Life is Strange, Metro Redux Bundle, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood are very good and cheap games.

u/hplaptop12 · 2 pointsr/PS4

Here is the link for the 1.5tb hard drive:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EDIU5IW
here is the link to the hard drive hard drive:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178340
Here is the link to the biggest hard drive you can put in your PS4:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTTIA/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p147_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0B846C3Z89RZEA42MNEE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846
You have to open the 2tb case because samsung doesn't sell the hard drive alone.

u/dollerbill · 2 pointsr/PS4

I just bought this drive off the Prime deal, which ends up being a few dollars cheaper and also comes with the external enclosure that you can then put your stock HDD into. Does anyone know if the FireCuda drive is significantly better, that I should cancel my order and get this instead? I would think the drives should perform similarly if not limited by USB, but I'll gladly hear out anyone with real world experience on the subject

u/RedMoogleXIII · 2 pointsr/PS4

I got this and shucked it to upgrade my PS4 internal hard drive to 2 TB

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTTIA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and as an added bonus I put the PS2 original drive in the casing so now i have plenty of storage on my console and a little extra in the USB drive.

u/TitaniuIVI · 2 pointsr/homelab

I don't have an R610, but I do have an R710 SFF. Here's my plan for storage. One 500GB SSD for VM storage (~$100) Then filling up the rest with 4TB ST4000LM016 that can be removed from these (~$110)

My R710 already has an H700, but you can also get an H200 is you want to do software raid. I'll probably be switching to an H200 eventually, but the H700 is fine for now.

As far as storage, the limiting factor is going to be the Perc 6i. Upgrade that first, then you should be able to get a decent amount of storage on there.

u/qa3rfqwef · 2 pointsr/pcgaming

You have usb 3.0/3.1 ports so that'll work fine. I'll assume you're American.

Here's a couple of basic recommendations;

If price is no issue then this is probably your best bet.

This for more capacity and better price but slower performance.

However look around and check the specs and find something that fits your budget.

u/yashendra2797 · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

Trying to choose between this drive, and the Backup Plus, and this WD Blue. All are 4 TB, and will be used in my desktop (I'll remove the enclosure if I get the Backup Plus).


What do you guys suggest?

u/beekermc · 2 pointsr/PS4Pro

This one: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484318624&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=seagate+4tb&dpPl=1&dpID=31D6-C4d5NL&ref=plSrch

Just took it out of it's enclosure and plugged the cable in, then put the 1tb drive in the enclosure and now have a 1tb portable drive.

It does actually fit internally but I didn't like the amount of heat and I thought it'd do better plugged in using a cable and now I can easily swap the drive if need be.

u/FreydNot · 2 pointsr/Tivo

I used this Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Portable External Hard Drive from Amazon. You rip it open and use the drive from inside the case.

I followed this guide. http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/tivo_upgrade/#BOLT

u/lord_nimon · 2 pointsr/xboxone

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0

I love these drives. They're not particularly fast, so load times won't be great, but they're not worse than the internal drive. But the really nice thing about them is that they are self-powered and silent. Just plug it into the Xbox and format it. That's it. No additional cables required.

u/bowknows · 2 pointsr/xboxone
  1. Size: 4TB
  2. Manufacturer: Seagate
  3. Model Info: STEA4000400

    Link

    I previously had a WD MyElements 2TB but it died on me. I do however enjoy being able to unplug it and use it on a different Xbox.
u/Elmofuntz · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I am a fan of Seagate and use the 2TB versions of one of these https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Game-Drive-Green-STEA2000403/dp/B01065S79E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469156555&sr=8-1&keywords=seagate+xbox they even have a 4TB unit now for $149. I like them because they are a nice small self powered drive. Easy to take to a friends house if you want to. If you don't like the green (which you pay a bit more for) you can get the Seagate branded black ones a bit cheaper 1TB to 4TB starting at around $55 to $120. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=twister_B00TS6JL4S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

u/xKiLLaCaM · 2 pointsr/GreatXboxDeals

Seagate portable also on sale for same price and size on amazon plus prime shipping: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VGo.ybMX440R1

Both arent really a deal in my mind. Waiting for better sale. Mad I missed out on a few of the recent one day sales for the bigger drives

u/ooohexplode · 2 pointsr/PS4

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=twister_B00TS6JL4S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I got mine off Google Express with a 20% off code fwiw. Came out to like $81.

u/SamVegas · 2 pointsr/PS4

I'm currently using 3TB recertified drive from here

https://www.wd.com/en-gb/products/wd-recertified.html

Ended up much cheaper and reliable than most new hard drives I've used. But the problem is they are almost always sold out so you could keep an eye on it


If you're not too fussed on a price then I recommend Seagate 4 TB Expansion USB 3.0 for around £80
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Lo87Cb6T1Q2KY

u/l33sarFiveFour · 2 pointsr/PS4

That seems to me like a better idea. The best SSHD I saw being recommended around here is FireCuda from Seagate whose maximum capacity is 2TB. Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FireCuda-Gaming-Solid-Hybrid/dp/B01IEKG2HM

If you decide to use external HDD, the capacities range anywhere from 1TB--8TB. However, be aware that for 8TB you need to have a separate power cable. 4TB is the sweet spot with reasonable capacity and a single cable:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA4000400/dp/B017KE8OG0/

u/yiweitech · 2 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

only if you need the extra tb, this 4tb model is probably PMR, so faster writes. Reads aren't affected though

u/StevieSallz · 2 pointsr/PS4

I went for the Seagate 4tb £110 from Amazon. Powers from USB so no wall socket which is a bonus. A 1tb would be pointless imo, but I think the max is 8tb?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017KE8OG0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/t1h9k5w2n9s8q1 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Do you know why this Intenso 5TB USB 3.0 3.5" says it only writes 625MB/s and this Seagate USB 3.0 allegedly writes 5.120MB/s When both are 5.400rpm and USB 3.0? I mean thats a crazy difference!

u/smackaroonial90 · 2 pointsr/xbox

This is the hard drive I got:

Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-CoKAbD750BVG

I've used it for about 3 months now, and it's awesome. I've filled up a terabyte, and still have loads of space left. It is a disk (not solid state), and as such you can hear it spinning when it's really quiet. The price is unbeatable though.

I got it, plugged it in to the wall and the Xbox and away I went. It was super easy to set up.

u/Xertez · 2 pointsr/homelab

No problem. If storage is your main conscern, Take a look at this and/or this. At roughly $10 apart, but below $200 you're not gonna find a better deal on storage if you don't mind shucking them!

u/harritaco · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

I'm looking at this Segate as an alternative.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE

Any reason why I'd consider the WD instead?

u/dishayu · 2 pointsr/singapore

Amazon US, 8TB external hard drive for 142USD. Can barely get a 4TB drive for that much (maybe around 180 SGD) here locally.

u/spicychili1019 · 2 pointsr/hardwareswap

Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xjt5AbT4TN2N7

New 149 used 135. Just shucked one yesterday

u/911child · 2 pointsr/PS4

I am just asking to make sure I understand correctly.

So would something like this work?

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE

u/oxidius · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Great price, but I managed to get them at 200$ at least 2 times.

  1. From seagate itselft around 2-3 years ago.
  2. From Bestbuy boxing day.

    There is also a cheaper model right now in the prime sale

    https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=gbdp_vlo_15770785_B01HAPGEIE?_encoding=UTF8&smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

    I bought 2 of those last month and got barracuda inside instead or archive SMR drive... so who knows, maybe I'll get lucky again :D
u/tearsintheoven · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Do you need all storage to be accessible at the same time, or are you able to swap multiple drives in and out?

If you need all storage connected and accessible at the same time, I'd say go for 4 x 8 TB hard drives

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497386514&sr=8-1&keywords=STEB8000100

and pair it with a probox:

https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-ProBox-HF2-SU3S2-SATA-Enclosure/dp/B003X26VV4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1497386559&sr=1-1&keywords=probox

With tax, that will put you right up against $1000 for 32 TB in a fairly enclosed and accessible setup.


u/NastySplitter · 2 pointsr/xboxone

I have this one:
Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_KCD8Bb9XYRCP1

I’ve seen it go as low as $130 and EBay has promo codes that work to bring it lower. I got mine on EBay for $118.

u/bebopblues · 2 pointsr/buildapcsales

$16 per terabyte so good deal.

But I'm gonna get the Seagate Expansion Desktop 8TB External instead at $140. It's $10 off with the Amazon Assistant promo, so at $130, it's also $16 per TB.

u/Scorpio1980 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

This is the one I have. You missed out on it being on sale during Black Friday. It was $110. It’s $157 now. Still, lots of room.

8TB Seagate external HDD

u/MisterShiverz · 2 pointsr/PleX

Not a problem man i can't remember the last time i purchased a drive locally PB is only good for small SSD's but anything over 4TB they are ridiculously priced. If you dont necessarily need NAS drive these are a good drive to shuck and great for media purchased 12 of these over the last 2 years for my server and have not had any issues and probably the cheapest way to get 8tbs to NZ.

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https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1549133006&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=8tb+ironwolf&psc=1

u/IgnoreMyName · 2 pointsr/megalinks

Amazon Prime Day sale is going on right now and they have the:

  • Seagate Expansion 8TB for $154
  • Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB for $160

    They seem like a really good deal but the drives are so alike that I do not know which is better. Additionally, several reviews say that their drive failed on them after several weeks/months or even a year. I'm worried about the same happening. Wouldn't want to download a bunch of content, back it up, and then loose it all in a year. I don't know if it's because of user error and they wrote and deleted off the drive a lot or because that's just how the drives are.
u/TXTCLA55 · 2 pointsr/ethtrader

Ignoring that you can pick up a 8TB hard drive for $150 USD. The current size of the bitcoin blockchain is ~149 GB.

If you buy that hard drive you can store the entire chain 53 times and still have a around half a gig for the white paper PDF and a modest hentai collection, but thats none of my business...

u/imaref · 2 pointsr/techsupport

Looking at the 1-star reviews, it looks like there are alot of issues with this hard drive. If it were me, I'd return it to amazon and get something else:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/product-reviews/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

u/newtomtl83 · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder
u/iamadamv · 2 pointsr/burstcoin

This one

They're all sold out now.


edit: formatting

2nd edit: spelling. (apparently I'm dumb)

u/will_work_for_twerk · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Saw this, but I was looking for the lowest $/GB ratio I could find for my modest setup. This comes out to $33.75/GB which certainly isn't the cheapest out there.

I ended up going with this, and it's on prime as well-

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01HAPGEIE/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Which comes out to $21.25/GB. I know it's not good for an enterprise application, but I have an unlimited cloud backup that will provide insurance.

But I'm going to rip it out of the enclosure and see how it works for my home setup.

edit: if anyone knows of any better prices I'd be happy for some other input.

u/rayzoredge · 2 pointsr/BuyItForLife

Ha, you do the same thing I do... I have an active external backup and another that I manually back up from time to time but leave off to [hopefully] extend its life.

I'm wary of recommending a brand for hard drives. No matter what anyone says, someone else will chip in with how horrible of a experience they had that one time.

To be safe, you could get two different brands of the same "type" of hard drive and hope that if one dies, you can "expect" the other to tide you over until you get a replacement. I usually just get two of the same make and model though... usually a nice, fat, slow "archive" drive that should last me a long time.

If it helps you at all, I got two Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drives (STEB8000100 last year... hopefully it treats me well. They should be archive-type drives but I don't think I ever opened them to shuck... I just used the enclosure it came with. It's only been a year and a half, so I can't praise its longevity.

u/Techwood111 · 2 pointsr/xboxone

This 8 TB drive was on Amazon for $169 the other day. I bought one.

u/boknah · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

Whats the difference between it and the other model

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1511541536&sr=8-3&keywords=8tb+hdd

And which is better if i am planing to build a NAS for a home use ?

u/Eldwyn · 2 pointsr/xboxone

replying to this one, but to everyone complaining about the lack of usb ports.... https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Storage-Photography-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539754975&sr=8-1&keywords=8tb+backup+plus
I ordered the 6tb one to supplement my xbox one x's 1tb internal HDD, but there's also a white one marketed for the xbox one: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Drive-Storage-Ports-STGG8000400/dp/B072QH2JCL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539755084&sr=8-1&keywords=8tb+game+drive

both are extremely reasonably priced and feature dual usb 3.0 front facing ports. I have used mine a couple times for keyboard or extra controller plugin since I have a racing wheel constantly occupying the main front usb port on my one x

u/ledditleddit · 2 pointsr/bapcsalescanada

Also on sale on amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6

But it's "Temporarily out of stock." whatever that means.

u/RobZilla10001 · 2 pointsr/talesfromtechsupport

As soon as he started talking about how it didn't work, I thought of this beauty that I picked up for $169.99 on cyber Monday. Immediately in my head going "nope".

u/firekil · 2 pointsr/PleX

Internally I use Ironwolf Pros, but lately I've been using these seagate 8tb externals: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/terkistan · 2 pointsr/applehelp

The short answer is that you activated iCloud Music Library, a way of storing your iTunes library in the cloud on your computer.

This MACWORLD article gives a good intro to what you experienced, and this iMore landing page links to several articles about iTunes, local vs iCloud music storage, and more.

Personally I don't deal with music in the cloud, aside from a subscription to Apple Music (which I love and which has almost completely eliminated the amount of listening I do with my own music: 36,000+ songs so far, with a couple of hundred CDs still unripped and sitting in boxes). I do not use iCloud Music Library, instead keeping all my music on a drive (and a backup drive, and BackBlaze online backup

u/FattestRabbit · 2 pointsr/GreatXboxDeals

Would you recommend this for other uses, too, like for external storage for a laptop? Or is it bulky enough to just be used with a stationary console?

edit - same price on amazon (once restocked)

u/Kthulu666 · 2 pointsr/technology

Yes, you should do that. Offline storage is pretty cheap. This should be more than enough to back up everything you have from high school through college and grad school.

u/gadget_dude · 2 pointsr/PSVR

I added a 4TB external drive exactly for that reason. Benchmarks show the external storage is just as fast if not faster than the internal storage depending on the drives - works great. I added one of these: WD 4TB Drive - got lucky and snagged one on clearance from OfficeMax for $59.

u/TrappinT-Rex · 2 pointsr/PS4

Ultimately, SSD is going to be faster no matter what. However, I havent noticed any issues with loading times. I'm using this one.

u/chetansha · 2 pointsr/IndianGaming

Suggest you go for wd drives as they have world wide warranty.
Down side will be import duties and shipping charges.

Have a look at this. Looks reasonable.

WD My Passport 4TB Portable External Hard Drive (Black) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_rT28ybH0609CM

u/sk9592 · 2 pointsr/buildapc

This isn't exactly what you wanted, but this 8TB external hard drive from Best Buy pretty reguarlly goes on sale fopr $160-170

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401

It's currently $200. That's still a decent price. Just if you keep an eye on it, it will drop again in the next couple months.

Alternatively, this 4TB portable hard drive is only $110:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/

It is smaller and does not require an external power source. The trade off is that it is not as fast.

u/ninjaplushie · 2 pointsr/AskTechnology

Sorry for terrible formatting, on mobile.

Ok so here’s the deal. There are about a million options out there, and each of them has its ups and downs.

This is gonna get a little technical but let’s start by breaking things down into 2 categories: hard drive vs solid state, and offline vs online.

The most common solution here would be to get an external hard drive. They are generally designed to ‘plug and play’ directly into a computer and store whatever you put on them. They’re fairly cheap but they are mechanical so you have to handle them carefully and not move them when in use or you risk physical damage and data corruption. They usually come at two different speeds: 5400 or 7200 RPM (rotations per minute). The higher the number the faster data can be accessed.

Solid state is the newer, more expensive cousin of the hard drive. Whereas HDDs are mechanical, SSDs are digital. Without the moving parts, SSDs are more robust, and significantly faster. They’re also way more expensive.

Now on to where things get interesting. Most external storage is offline, but some newer options exist that can be connected to the internet and allow you remote access to your data.

The cheaper devices in this category are usually called something along the lines of a ‘personal cloud’, and they’re a 1 - 10 TB HDD with software that lets you access them over the internet.

Higher end devices are usually called a NAS which stands for Network Attached Storage. These are basically servers to allow you high capacity data storage, and can be made to store hard drives in a variety of sizes and configurations.

Ok, so where do you fit in to all of this? What you need really just depends on what you want to use it for. How much space do you need? How fast do you need to access it? Do you want remote access to your data, or shared access with family and friends?

The truth is most people are gonna be fine with a simple external hard drive like the one already linked in the comments. I usually recommend a western digital like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XeoYDb7V1HT0A

They’ve worked well for me. If you want something more interesting, look into WD’s personal cloud option:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076CTK55W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_dhoYDbH3X5XBF

Or if you get curious about the higher end stuff, you can always check out names like Synology, Asustor, and Qnap. I have an Asustor and love it.

u/Wescyde · 2 pointsr/PS4

I got this one at BB for $85 but the 3TB

WD 4TB Black My Passport  Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ABCHzbX5VFKCA

Works great so far

Others like the sea gates as well

u/BretFart69 · 2 pointsr/barstoolsports

This is what I got a few years ago when I had the same issue. Super easy to set up. Felt like when the sandlot kids found all those balls and could play forever now. $100 isn’t cheap but it’s huge, and if it’s cheaper per TB than going for a 1 or 2 TB HD.

u/arnham · 1 pointr/PS4

I got this

Wanted something USB powered, relatively cheap, and portable while still being decently large.

The only thing that could make some difference is the RPM, the larger "desktop" sized external HD's that need external power are sometimes 7200 RPM instead of the more typical 5400 RPM. From the tests I've seen on 5400 RPM vs 7200 RPM in a PS4, I don't think it makes much of a difference anymore. On a long loading screen, it might shave off a few seconds at most.

u/agentpanda · 1 pointr/homelab

Or, y'know, spinners at 2.5", for example these suckers once shucked.

u/PolishRoulette · 1 pointr/SonyAlpha

Bite the bullet and invest in an external hard drive for now. I'm going to assume NAS setups and off-site backups are out of your price range atm. For ex:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zBeJzbDGSJ628

u/remembertosmilebot · 1 pointr/SonyAlpha

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Here are your smile-ified links:

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zBeJzbDGSJ628

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u/nyintensity · 1 pointr/storage

How fast do you want access to be? You're probably going to be best served with a USB drive, but you could also use a network attached device.

u/Sig_P229 · 1 pointr/raspberry_pi

Yes. I have a 4TB connected to an RPI i use as a media box. There is no 'chugging' or 'lag' when using appropriately encoded videos. I use this drive

If you're concerned about power drain, make sure you're using a proper power supply to the RPI (not a typical phone charger, or powering it off some other device), and you can go a step further by using a powered USB hub.

u/shadeland · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

My go-to easy external storage is portable hard drives. You can get 4 TB ones for about $100 USD. Because they're powered by the USB connection, I find them more handy than the external powered larger ones (I also travel a lot, making portable ones more practical).

I've used mostly WD portable hard drives, and have had good luck with them (however my sample size is small).

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/

The important thing is to never let a single copy of important data exist. Make sure it exists on two or more places.

u/SpaceDuckTech · 1 pointr/CryptoCurrency

Especially when centralized storage is so cheap.

I've had my Computer with a 1TB HD since December of 2013 and I still have like 200GB free. And I used to Torrent movies and TV shows nightly. I'd delete them after watching, but still...

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1505432454&sr=8-4&keywords=4tb+hard+drive

u/ctwstudios · 1 pointr/Magic

yeah. 4K is crazy on file sizes. Get a 4TB travel drive for like $110. That'll hold everything you need for at least a year. I find the Seagate 4TB USB 3.0 to be the best value and performance. Plus the Red is pretty.

u/Quest2Kn0w · 1 pointr/ShieldAndroidTV

>copy the movie to a computer and share it with shield through a shared folder

Don't know how to do that. My Shield also isn't connected via Ethernet. Not sure if that matters.

>Stutters are usually due to the content not bring buffered enough.

I'm definitely not seeing a buffer icon, it was just subtle video stutters 5 times in one movie (barely noticeable) and not present at all in the other movie. Am more concerned about the movies just stopping during playback and having to resume playback after they stop.

I do have another HDD I could use, though I find it unlikely that this HDD (which is new) is experiencing issues. Did a full check with Seatools before I started using it and there are zero dead sectors. It's also USB 3.0 and someone mentioned that it can read/write up to 120 MB/s.

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u/seanp2500 · 1 pointr/ps4homebrew

i cover this in my jailbreak the ps4 for dummies post above yours here is the usb hd and usb wifi development board i am using:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010O1G1ES/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/eng_knight · 1 pointr/homelab

I have had good success with shucking these... occasionally they drop below $100, not bad for a 4TB drive.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/

They show up as ST4000LM024, which are PMR SMR(thank you mj_turner for the correction) drives.
They are 15mm drive height but that works fine for most if not all server disk trays.

I have also used these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LX13P71
not bad for the price and density.

u/PSN_SMARTARDED · 1 pointr/playstation

Here's the one I use. I definitely see all 4 in my settings. I'm not sure what the max is though.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/GregLXStang · 1 pointr/homelabsales

The Seagate I looked up was shuckable, I actually almost bought it for my PS4, but went with a cheaper 2Tb version instead.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza

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I've also got a PERC H700 which is 4Tb ( and up to 6tb from what I'm reading) compatible.

u/omegax84 · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

I own one of these currently. After 5 months it makes a terrible whirring noise all the time to the point i bought a replacement:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01

Why deal with the hassle when you can get it external, which has more value in multiple ways.

u/khenzel · 1 pointr/PS4Pro

I have a better idea.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L9R3AKA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2OCOGC9B25845



  • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZTRXFBA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

    cut a hole in the back of the HDD casing to support the connector, plug the connector in to the ps4. Done.

    No fear of mashing in a HDD in to a slot the PS Pro was not designed for. No fear of cooking your HDD as it'll live in a enclosure it was designed for. No fear of cooking your PS4 as, sure you have to run it without the back plate which messes a touch with air flow, BUT that should be more than offset by the fact that you no longer have a heat generating hard drive in the slot.

    Done.

    I'm ordering this today and will report the results.
u/3v1lkr0w · 1 pointr/PS4

I'm going attempt to use this 4 TB HD when I return from my deployment...it looks a little bigger than the one I'm currently using 2 TB HD but I think it will still fit.

u/Cardant · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

That seems like a good advice.
I was thinking of getting these : https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STEA4000400/dp/B017KE8OG0 but it appears to be 15mm high.
Is there any 9.5mm 2.5" external drives that are bigger than 2TB though ?

u/timtimtimmm · 1 pointr/buildapc

I don't mind it being too loud as it wouldn't be frequently plugged in and used but would a 5400RPM drive be noticeably slower than a 7200RPM, or not? Thanks!

EDIT: Something like this?

EDIT2: Also, I've been reading many reviews of this Seagate 4TB Portable hard drive too, with talks about binned/discarded low-quality drives with high-risk of disk failure and low speeds, can I ask your opinions on the buy? Should I consider it? It does seem cheaper than any of the 4TB drives I've found.

u/mikochu · 1 pointr/xboxone

I recommend a USB-powered drive. I've got this: Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_55ytxb4S1KYZ5

u/wholeywatah · 1 pointr/hardwareswap

Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_U1.BCb0701T6E

Same one I have and also where I got it

u/Fribbtastic · 1 pointr/gaming

It might be good to compare the Price of a Slim against the original version. The Slim has no real value except being smaller than the original PS4. The Original One might be even cheaper.

Also you can always check if you don't want to upgrade the Storage yourself through internal or external HDD (External must be between 250GB and 8TB).

So it might be cheaper to buy the original Ps4 with an external HDD that has 2 or 4 TB

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/get-help/help-library/system---hardware/storage---data/ps4--external-hdd-support/

For example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PlayStation-4-500GB-Black/dp/B01GVQVQH2/ref=dp_ob_title_vg (slim version)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/External-Devices-Data-Storage/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-Drive/B017KE8OG0/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1498217164&sr=1-6&keywords=external+hard+drive

With that you would have a Ps4 Slim and 4,5 TB (4TB external 500GB internal) storage for just about £350

u/ElBeh · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Gotcha. OK, I guess I'll just go with this, then. As long as the hard drive is USB-3, it should be fast, right?

u/WalkTheDock · 1 pointr/xbox

Don't buy the official Xbox Seagate drive it is over priced for being green and having a logo get this 4 TB drive for 15$ more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_mXswzbXJH4Z4N

u/jacques_martin · 1 pointr/bapcsalescanada

Hey buds - can anyone recommend some portable harddrives? I need one for school (1tb is recommended, but I'm open to anything 750 and up, I think).

Saw this one and it doesn't look terrible, and that's a shitload of storage.

u/Cedocore · 1 pointr/xboxone

You can get a 4TB external hard drive for $110. Around $60-70 for a 2TB.

Seagate 4TB - $110

Western Digital 4TB - $110

u/Melchiah_III · 1 pointr/playstation

I just got a 4 TB external drive. Best thing ever! I now have like 50 games installed now. Look on Amazon, tons of great options.

Here's the one I got:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_z.SLzbHYXSS32

u/skymcgowin · 1 pointr/ps4homebrew

Yes here are my drives. Both working fine but keep in mind I have modified my console drive housing to accommodate the 15mm height requirement of the new drive. You can see in the imgur post here:

4TB PS4 15mm internal drive (UGLY) install https://imgur.com/gallery/oT7Tq

Ordered 4tb on Amazon.

Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I gutted the external hard drive and used the 4tb drive in my console.

I bought 8tb at best buy.
Western Digital WD Easystore 8TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073LK1F6X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OwYSAb1T5R21M


u/Maortega89 · 1 pointr/PleX

First off, thank you for the vast amount of info. I feel lost after watching a lot of youtube videos on how to best host a PMS . From my understanding Plex is a media application which you use to upload your content and be able to share via the app. I've already started to download content from the net and have saved them to a 64 gb flash drive. I've created a PMS on my Mac and was able to log on to that same account on my Nvidia Shield TV and watch the movies but my laptop was running with the flash drive attached.

My goal is to be able to use the Plex app across different devices with the PMS that I have on my Mac without having to power up my Mac. If a Plex Pass is necessary, I am more than willing to pay for it.

What powered external hard drives are you referring to? When I googled it the #1 suggestion is the Seagate Personal Cloud 4 TB or the Buffalo link station which both have NAS capability. I just saw another video on the Seagate personal cloud, seems like even though it is able to integrate a Plex account and use it as a PMS it is not the best option because the transcoding speed is not strong enough to host it on all devices. So are you referring to a regular portable external hard drive?

Such as the one:

Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_mJ0aBbNYCF33R

u/squiffywolf · 1 pointr/MaddenUltimateTeam

I have thisexternal hard drive for my PS4. Is it compatible with the two things you posted? I’m not super tech savvy

u/SHANE523 · 1 pointr/playstation

That should be fine. I think I remember them stating that you should use a "powered" external meaning a power adapter but I have never used one with the adapter and have not had an issue.


Also remember that you cannot use a USB hub.
I too have a 2TB internal and have a 4TB external that I will use in the future.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017KE8OG0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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u/orairwolf · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

What drives are you looking at? SATA or SAS? SSD or HDD?

You might take a look at these: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B017KE8OG0/

These are shuckable 4TB 2.5in x 15mm 5400 RPM drives. It's a Seagate ST4000LM016. They use perpendicular magnetic recording, as opposed to shingled magnetic recording, so they are well suited for lots of writes. I have been running these in an R810 for a couple years now with no problems. Hard to beat for $98 a pop.

https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/laptop-hdd-4tbDS1887-4-1603US-en_US.pdf

u/Awhite2555 · 1 pointr/xboxone

I'm looking to get a new 4 TB bus powered drive. I have something else that is a plug in, and its SO loud that I can't take it anymore. Every time I do something on screen I can hear it "thinking" and loading.

Looking for a QUIET drive. I know this green one is overpriced but is it quiet? What about this one? http://amzn.com/B017KE8OG0

Thanks!

u/wackyphill · 1 pointr/oculusnsfw

Not sure if that's legal or not. I wouldn't get a flash drive. Instead something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01HAPGEIE&pd_rd_r=BCM4VNKDVAERJZQ11BK8&pd_rd_w=5B6Lg&pd_rd_wg=quqkJ&psc=1&refRID=BCM4VNKDVAERJZQ11BK8

But if you're plan is to keep the videos online you might be better off just accessing the site again when you want them.

u/TimJay22 · 1 pointr/xboxone

I have a 4TB Seagate and I just bought a 2 TB WD SSD. If you go bigger you will have to go to an external power supply but a lot of people like this 8TB Seagate: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE

u/jdorje · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

How does this compare?

u/chizrocker88 · 1 pointr/xboxone

I’m a big fan of western digital externals, but last year they had a great deal on Seagate’s 8 TB external for $190. I would strongly recommend that if you can shell out the cash. I’ve got 250 games installed and it’s not even half way filled.

u/InSearchOfTh1ngs · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Yes they are. I've boughten 3x 8TB ones now for $150 each. Here is a link to Amazon .

FYI, Each one I have opened up has been a Barracuda drive

u/mason729 · 1 pointr/Cortex

I do! Under the title: "You Should (Almost) Always Use Spaces"

> Generally speaking, using tabs is barbaric. Makefiles are an exception, as they originate from a less civilized era. Go source files are also a weird exception. I don't know what Rob Pike was thinking, but he's pretty smart so I guess he gets a pass.

> The only argument you can really make for tabs is they result in smaller file sizes than those delimited with spaces, but seriously? Are you that pressed for disk space? May I suggest one of these?

u/klepperx · 1 pointr/buildapc

It's on sale now for $150. Surley your 6TB + Enclosure is more than this

u/2ndEntropy · 1 pointr/btc

> Primary concern - Block latency propagation and bandwidth

X-thin/Compact blocks

> Secondary concern - CPU and Ram

bitcrust

>Least concern - Hard drive space

Metcalfe's law... 8TB for less than $200 will be good at full 8Mb blocks for 3 years.

Also... you know about all this... so you are not being objective!

u/scarabic · 1 pointr/personalfinance

Thanks, that confirms that this hard drive for $154 was a good deal. It's still available the rest of today:

Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0fqzzbKFD9DTA

u/KickAClay · 1 pointr/drobo

If I understand correctly, The most storage you will ever get is less than 60T and that is with 5x12T drives. Not worth it at the current price.

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Also, I am confused why you would want a Raid enclosure (your 5N) to function as an unprotected external hard drive. You only have 19.97T available as you are protected across your 5 drives from a single drive failure. If you could, switch to an unprotected setup and have the raw capacity of 25.46T available, you would lose everything if a single drive failure. Why would you want this?

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I prefer the Dual Disk Redundancy (allowing for 2 drive failures), which in your case would reduce you to 14.52T available. But it gives me time to order a drive with Amazon Prime and replace the bad/full drive in case a second drive goes as well, and only if a 3rd drive where to fail would I lose any data.

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In my opinion, you have a few options.

  1. Buy normal External Drives, with no cloned safety (aka Non-RAID) and move your content to them. You could get a few $140 each ($17.50 per Tb) Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 and plug them into your Router.
  2. Buy bigger drives for your 5N. Seagate 8TB IronWolf $240 each, you will need 2 to gain any storage.
  3. Delete data you don't need.
  4. Buy Cloud Storage (Google, DropBox, Amazon...) and store data you don't need at the moment.

    Good luck.
u/Steffwiz · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Just wanted to add that many Seagate enclosures have SMR drives inside. These have poor write performance and so many people prefer the WD Easystores which have WD Red equivalents that do not use SMR. If your use case is write-once read-many SMR drives will be just fine and can often be found for pretty cheap in Seagate external enclosures. Amazon has the 8TB model right now for $146.99.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/

u/smo0shy · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_bs_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ESWZVQE3R25V8G77MCE2


I normally buy these. I've found they are the best bang for buck. They won't be WD Reds but I don't need reds so it suits my purpose. ~ AUD$242.22 for 8TB

u/xodakahn · 1 pointr/PleX

Alright thanks. Nah, the Seagate was an 8TB with 16MB of cache. At least that's what a reviewer said. I have all WD drives. The 500GB is an old WD that I used for my first Plex drive.

u/HeloRising · 1 pointr/Firearms

I'm guessing what you meant was this.

And, again, this is assuming only 1080p/30fps footage at 3 videos a week and doesn't include other footage or data generated by/for video shoots.

You also need to buy two of whatever solution you end up going with (so your cost would be over $300 just for a pretty basic YT set up) because a single on-site backup is not a back up.

u/zobbyblob · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

Is it this one???

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE

I'm super tempted to add 1 or 2 of these to a NAS...

u/highlord_fox · 1 pointr/sysadmin

8TB External drives are fairly cheap nowadays.

Presumably, OP will also have other backups in case of emergency anyway.

u/smudgepost · 1 pointr/PleX

Not a fan of WD too many burned out drives. Doing well with these as archive storage, mirrored from Linux, one used one as backup. Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_U88VCbT4HV3TH

u/LordNando · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I see a Seagate internal archive drive for $237 on amazon right now, that works out to $2140 for nine. If you're willing to shuck you can get nine of these and end up paying $1979.55. :)

u/Tockity · 1 pointr/pcmasterrace

What's the difference between these two Seagate externals?

Seagate Expansion Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop - Amazon: $139.99/Newegg: $139.99

Seagate Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac - Amazon: $139.99/Newegg: $219.99

u/kvandy15 · 1 pointr/burstcoin

The sweet spot for size/price is generally 8TB drives. This is a good example, $17.50 per terabyte. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/

u/GangsterOfTime · 1 pointr/storj

Agreed.

No, they are brand new. Seagate Expansion External for $180

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE

u/Billy1121 · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VHaSAbD6QCB9N

What about this one? Is this as good? It is about 150

u/randomUsername2134 · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Such is the world we live in.

Seagate 8TB (USB) = $149.99 USD (https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/)
Seagate 8TB (SATA) = $214.56 USD (https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Archive-128MB-Internal-Technology/dp/B077XZWJNZ/)

Some of the USB drives have Barracudas, which are probably better drives.

I don't know why this is the pricing structure we have. It cant just be for warranty reasons, as the externals also come with a warranty.

u/NonmechanisticIvry · 1 pointr/TrueBitcoin

To answer the question naively, it would cost $20 / week to store full 1GB blocks. Cheaper than one BTC fee this December and January!

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/

u/Skwids · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

For what it's worth, if you buy them from US Amazon, you can get 8tb Seagate Expansions that I believe contain barracudas for AU$217.46, shipped:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_FyEMAb7MNKVVP

u/Matt_StL · 1 pointr/Xbox_One_X

I bought this seagate one.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Fv3NAbAVQTTZW

Seems to work well thus far.

u/bonehead5550123 · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Where do you see that?

8 TB Easy Store $199.00

8 Tb WD Red (which is in the easy store) $288.00

Also, the Seagate 8TB externals (which generally carry the Archive drives) are the same way. Over $200 for the bare drive and $170 External.

u/kabrandon · 1 pointr/hardwareswap

These Seagates are also $150 brand new on Amazon if you spend the 10 minutes it takes to shuck them, plus free shipping. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1526461402&sr=1-3&keywords=8tb+external+hard+drive

Pretty sure they're almost always this price too.

u/CoinMasterSpark · 1 pointr/VitaPiracy

I have been thinking of doing the same thing but just for PSV. I have calculated from NPS cvs a couple of days ago that all PSV games from NPS that have download links available will take up around 2TB, so a $150 8TB hard drive would be more than enough for PSV games + updates + dlcs. Get a second one and you can do RAID 1 for that extra redundancy. Attach both of them to your regular home computer or home server, setup software RAID 1 for those drives, setup a VPN if you are as paranoid as I am to download all games + updates + dlc from Sony from your clear IP, setup a cronjob to get the latest csv from NPS website and download new games and overwrite existing ones that have hashes changed, optionally backing up older revisions of games. So the operational cost is around $300 + VPN + a little of electricity. You might also need to buy extra drives if they fail, but NPS archiving doesn't require a lot of read/write operations, so the hard drives shouldn't fail that often. For read operations you would just need to calculate hashes of game files, once per downloaded game, and for write operations - the initial download of all games and occasional addition of new games + updates of the existing games. You probably won't even reach 12 TB of reads and 12TB writes in years to come, which is nothing. Having hard drives powered does increase the failure chance, but you could sync with NPS like once per month, having the drives powered on only for several hours per month.

u/sagor4 · 1 pointr/PleX

may i suggest https://www.ebay.com/itm/FreeNAS-4U-36-Bay-Storage-Server-2x-Intel-Xeon-Hex-Core-SAS2-6Gb-s-48GB-9211-8i/142754052203?hash=item213ccdf86b:g:xuYAAOSw1cNaAKd2

not knowing your budget you can pair this with these

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1525915442&sr=1-3&keywords=seagate

you can remove the drives from the enclosire and add drives as needed. that said i suggest installing crystal disc to make sure your drives are not dmged on arival since they were not ment to be used in this way if there all set the drives should run flawless for several years


that said if your not looking for huge storage options then
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-R720xd-R720-Server-2x-Intel-Xeon-E5-2650-2-00Ghz-32GB-24-Bay/192522805869?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D50999%26meid%3D7c484cd71eb94670abdbbf359eb783ae%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D142754052203%26itm%3D192522805869&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

this is efectivly 50% better for processing videos and will have u encoding atleast 7 videos at 1080p X264

u/kulps · 1 pointr/bapcsalescanada

It will depend on what your actual goal is with storage but this isn't that great of a price per GB.

https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca

Amazon has been selling this 8TB drive for $200 for months. Yeah you need to shuck it but dollar, power, space and setup wise it's easier.

u/miekster · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

These Seagate 8TB are $149.99. I've had decent luck with them. By decent I mean I haven't been lucky enough for a Barracuda Pro yet, but I haven't gotten a single archive drive yet. So go me.. I guess.

u/sou-ght · 1 pointr/btc

Yeah, I mean we do want "regular users" to be able to mine. But I mean... look, you can get 8TB of storage for under $200: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01HAPGEIE/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1510364020&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=10tb+hard+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=41mDnJ8-plL&ref=plSrch

Gigabit internet is available in many cities in the US and more is coming all the time. What exactly is preventing regular people from mining? Bandwidth and disk space don't seem to be problems. Is there something else?

And seriously... 2mb instead of 1? Like, does anyone really think that that second megabyte of data every 10mins was gonna be the one that broke the camel's back? An MP3 of my favorite song is 5mb, but since disk space is cheap nowadays I don't use mp3s any more, I use flac so the same song takes 45mb. And 1 extra MB was so dangerous to the Core team that they had to cause a rift in the community by basically disallowing the users and miners from the 2x fork?

u/Dirtycajunrice · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

2 things.

  1. Jesus y'all's stuff is more expensive even after conversion.
  2. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B01HAPGEIE/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1509495563

    That is only 1300 CAD today's prices
u/smitbret · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

The better deal is the 8TB at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01HAPGEIE/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1517691663&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=seagate+8tb+external+hard+drive

Same type of SMR drive but puts you a little under $20/TB and you won't really notice the performance dip because you'll be mostly reading from it.

u/gregsterb · 1 pointr/DataHoarder
u/Xenu2112 · 1 pointr/personalfinance

> I was kind of hoping that I'd see some really good deals on external hard drives, but they aren't any cheaper than I've seen them anyway, so I guess I'm just gonna hold off for now

I just bought a Seagate 8GB external for $150. That seems like a good enough deal to me.

EDIT: Link

u/ArmyTrainingSir · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

You could buy a USB 3.0 external drive, plug it into a system on your network and share it.

Here is 8TB of storage for $209: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/

u/jigsaw1024 · 1 pointr/bapcsalescanada

Amazon has 8TB on special now too:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/

Works out to nearly the same price/GB. The 6TB is slightly cheaper.

u/cryolems · 1 pointr/xboxone

Why that over the cheaper Seagate?

u/RedAscendant · 1 pointr/buildapc

This is the amazon link for the HDD I plan on using
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The specs say it's 4.75 x 6.93 x 1.44 in, so I'm assuming that's a 3.5" but I don't really know

u/oouhriu · 1 pointr/DataHoarder
u/madmax12ca · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Since it's external, I would likely get something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01HAPGEIE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480702752&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=8tb&dpPl=1&dpID=41mDnJ8-plL&ref=plSrch

It's a good deal, 8TB, and USB3.

If you decide you want a backup (highly recommended), depending on your connection, you can get Amazon Cloud Drive. As long as you encrypt your backup data on there, you'll be fine :)

u/Its_Twitchyy · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Yeah, I've got a few of these (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1) sitting in my cart, I'm just hoping they go on sale, otherwise I'm gonna have to wait for a little since I'm a poor teenager slaving away in retail ;-;

u/AH_Josh · 1 pointr/xboxone

I bought the Seagte 8TB stand up drive, and still havent filled it up. Was 160 USD on sale. One of the best purchases I've ever made.

Edit: Here it is

The best part of tech is it continues to drop in price. Also it has a passthrough that is recognized by the xbox, so you can use USB devices on the drive, and it'll be usable on the Xbox.

u/stonerdatafiend · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I picked up one of those, for the heck of it.

I also picked up one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Probably-Shitty-Too-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/

I'm guessing it also has some less-than-awesome drive in it but don't know. zxseyum? Do you know what to expect?

u/KongoOtto · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I think I'm buying this https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6

So it's connection is USB 3 instead of SMB. I plan to make weekly backups and possibly edit a few files from time to time. Should that be fine?

u/The_Finglonger · 1 pointr/Backup

I agree about tape being cheap, but it's not much cheaper than a modern external USB HDD nowadays. Now if you have a library (old dell TL2000 or 132T's) it's pretty fun to script the library control stuff.


I setup a SSH RSYNC process before i used CRASHPLAN to an old LINUX box at my dad's house. Provided remote replication that was active all the time. that was a fun project for me. Maybe something similar could be your next adventure. Rasperry Pi3's are plenty beefy to serve as a LINUX NAS/RSYNC destination. And they are super-cheap.


Data protection is a thankless skill/profession, i'll tell you. I'm happy to see someone taking an interest. My field of expertise is a lonely one. :) Good Luck!

u/ApricotPenguin · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

If you don't care too much about write speeds, the Seagate Backup Plus 8TB - $200 or the Seagate Expansion 8TB - $170 would be the cheapest options for now.

Shucking them would be the SMR Barracuda Compute


Edit: That's 3rd party for the Expansion at BB. NewEgg.ca has it for $190

u/plus_c · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I shucked these 8TB Seagate hard drives and the screw holes placements are the same as the 8TB reds. So I'm guessing that's just how the 8TB hard drives are.

u/DropLuz · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Thanks for your opinion!

I dont know much about buying external drives and opening them to retrieve the hard drive, but the little I read about it says not all models you can retrieve the drive since some have soldered SATA->USB connection and of course, you probably lose the warranty.

I can buy this for half the price of RED 8TB, for example:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Storage-Photography-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6

u/6to23 · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

What's good about this drive when other 8TB drive are around $180?

u/Andymal · 1 pointr/btc

Store over 5 years of full blocks for a whopping $155

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_xP76Ab98HBY98

u/stewartisme · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Is this a bad external drive? I got one a while ago and just ordered another one on black friday. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/shadyinternets · 1 pointr/PleX

im using 2 of these. my old comp didnt really have the option to expand with internal drives so went USB and it works perfectly fine for my needs and is convenient for when/if i need to take my files to go for whatever reason. just me here streaming though, not sure if multiple people streaming at same time would work the same.

Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/sebuhcoin · 1 pointr/siacoin

Its going good. I have 2 setups now and we have a #siaberry channel in Sia Discord. Also heres a parts list if your interested in getting one.

http://amzn.to/2g8nc0R -32GB USB
http://amzn.to/2wr6JLu - RPI Kit
http://amzn.to/2xvPvJU - 32GB MicroSD
http://amzn.to/2w0K5IU - 8TB Hard Drive
I have been working on Siaberry a lot and it has been going pretty good.
If you are interested in Hosting on the Siacoin network this is a real good entry point.
I just launched another Siaberry a few days ago and its been running with 100% uptime. Here you can check and see if its running right here https://siahub.info/host/5675

u/HallwayHomicide · 1 pointr/xboxone

This is the one I bought. I've used it for the past four months without any problem. I paid 100 for it. Looks like Amazon has it at 105 right now.

WD 4TB Black My Passport  Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_7VWJAbPFD321H

u/cdwilliams1 · 1 pointr/hackintosh

Been using a 1tb Western Digital “Studio” daily for three years. I bought it because it has both FireWire and USB which made moving between my MacBook and Hackintosh pretty easy. It’s been rock solid.

I just last week upgraded it to a WD “My Passport” drive. Too soon to report on it but so far so good.

u/ohanewone · 1 pointr/PS4

I don't believe so, uses all of it.

WD My Passport 4 TB Portable Hard... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LQQH86A?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

That's the one I have

u/davidreiss666 · 1 pointr/videos

Depends what you want to do and what actually needs to be backed up.

If you want, you can just buy a few USB thumb drives and occasionally copy a lot of your personal files to the individual drives. If you do that, you want to copy stuff off to them weekly or nightly depending on what you want protected and how nervous you are.

If you want to be a bit more prepared, you can buy an external Hard drive that has a lot of storage on it. For example, a WD passport drive like this one with 4 TB of storage. That just backup the contents of your system to it occasionally.

As with everything, you can spend more to get more capacity on things too.

Of you want more storage that more reliable long term, Western Dig also makes things like WD 20TB My Book Duo Desktop RAID External Hard Drive. Which is a higher price point, but that's going to have more storage capacity and if you configure it be RAID-5 or RAID-1 rather than RAID-0 (don't get into the alternatives for home use.... and that will offer greater levels of protection for your data.

I just use the West Dig products here as examples. There are lot so competition in that product space. Be it Seagate or other players. Both Western Dig and Seagate have been around for a while so I tend to trust them more than the newer companies. But that's at least in part me being old and having seen their company names around for decades now.

Myself, at home i have a half dozen thumb drives and just copy stuff to them on occasion. I used to be a guy with 4-6 computer systems all the time, with a home network that was large. Now I have one laptop and just use that. I have friends and co-workers who get very anal about things and go a tad insane.

So, a lot of thing depends on your personal situation and how paranoid you want to be about your data.

u/zenotds · 1 pointr/italy

Un hard disk qualunque really. io ho preso di recente 3 di questi

u/Houston_Centerra · 1 pointr/PS4

I ended up buying this one last night
and it's working great so far

u/bearlife · 1 pointr/teslamotors

I wonder if a HDD or SDD would work if it had SATA to USB.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OzTUBb667H05V

u/ProbablyUserError · 1 pointr/gratefuldead

I've been using these 4tb portable externals for a couple years, with no issues yet.

u/dirvin7588 · 1 pointr/PlayStationPlus

I have a 4TB WG Passport external that just plugs in through USB. Setup was quick and easy, Transferred everything to it and only paid $120.00. I do see here they have the black one on sale, the same one i have, for $99.00. WG has 2 types "My passport" and "My Book", The big difference is that the "My book" uses a power cord and the "My Passport" does not.

u/RedDeadRedemptioner · 1 pointr/reddeadredemption

No worries, its good to ask!
No, I haven't had any issues whatsoever. Most of my games are stored on there and they all work as if they were stored internally.
Here's what I have
WD 4TB Black My Passport  Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYFT0040BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_pfbRBbKPQ8H2M

u/heyryanletsgo · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

I suggest getting one of those 2.5 4tb externals. They just cost around a 100 bucks. Just plug in and start backing up.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=4tb&qid=1569839449&s=gateway&sr=8-3

u/yozzy_zxyah · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

Since we're talking aesthetics, I like the My Passport drives better than both of these: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A

It's on sale apparently (I think it's just going to be this reduced price from now on) which brings the 2 tb to the same price.

I've had one on these for ages and it's small, nice, really fast, and looks great sitting on the desk.

u/sliverme · 1 pointr/xboxone

Agree on WD, I use this and can highly recommend it:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B01LQQH86A

u/SnappyCrunch · 1 pointr/24hoursupport

There are several ways to accomplish this. Other people in this thread have mentioned using a Raspberry Pi, or a wireless hard drive. These are both okay solutions, especially the wireless hard drive. However, I'd be worried about either of them being able to serve files to seven people at once. I just don't think that a wireless chip in a hard drive enclosure will have the power or speed necessary to make that happen. One or two people, sure, but not seven. Similar problems with the Raspberry Pi. The Pi would also be a significant amount of setup, would be pretty fragile given the number of interconnecting pieces needed to make it work for your needs, and you'd still have problems with bandwidth on just about any USB wireless card. There might be a solution with multiple USB wireless cards, but that just makes the whole thing that much more fragile.

I think what you need here for pure bandwidth purposes is an honest to god wireless router. Not a travel router, but the full thing. Modern wireless routers have USB ports on them, and you can plug USB storage devices into the router and have the router share the files on that storage device. So I think the right solution for you is a desktop wireless router and a USB hard drive.

The router is somewhat harder of the two items to find because of your physical size requirements. In addition, I think you don't want any protruding antennas which could break off. For that, I can recommend the Netgear R6300. I have the R6300v2, and I can personally attest that it's a fast, reliable router, and it measures 7.75" to a side.

Once you have a router, you need a hard drive. Get one in a small form factor that runs straight off a USB port and has a reasonable size. A 4TB drive should be more than enough, and you might get away with a 2TB drive drive depending on how much you want to store on it. I recently ripped my DVD collection and I was happy with the quality at about 1GB per movie. Since you'll probably be downloading movies from the internet, sizes and quality will vary. You may want to transcode the larger movies down to a more manageable size. You can batch transcode movies with Handbrake or other programs. Choose more aggressive compression and downsize 1080p movies to 720p, for example, to save space. Keep in mind that conversion takes a long time, so start early. Smaller files also stream more easily, so more people will be able to stream at once if you manage the file sizes well.

Good luck!

u/reefsurfer226 · 1 pointr/DataHoarder

if you can wrangle up a little more I love these WD 4tb drives

just reformat it, when you get it, their software is crap

u/mindofjunaid · 1 pointr/Model3

Better than a Sandisk extreme go 64gb?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01NARBPI7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_er1TDb6RA7AJR

And better than a Wd passport?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01LQQH86A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_9s1TDb6GEYH3C

Ive used both with the same problem occurring shortly after starting driving.

u/heyjim · 1 pointr/Logic_Studio

Great response. One thing to note is you're going to want to get more storage. USB 3.0 External HDD's are pretty cheap these days. 256gb will run your Logic fine but you will want to store all your audio data on an external since it will fill fast.

4TB for $99 Western Digital My Passport 4TB

Good luck!

u/salesmunn · 1 pointr/PS4

Right now this is $79. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTTIA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage Just pop open the enclosure and use that drive to replace the default 500gb. Then take the PS4's 500gb drive and pop it into the enclosure, if you want to make use of it.

u/OyabunRyo · 1 pointr/GameStop

Oh I wouldn't either. We need sales. But doesn't mean we need to buy into it too.

I purchased this drive for 99.99 for 2 tb more. Many drives go on sale. https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-External-Storage-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

u/jhallen2260 · 1 pointr/xboxone

You can get a Seagate 5TB on Amazon for 120 right now. 4TB is 119.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0O5R2I/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_.565yb19C0XP4

u/qwrki · 1 pointr/DestinyTheGame

yeah, it's actually pretty easy just plug and play for the most part, pretty simple. I have a 5TB Seagate drive I got a few years ago for $130 on sale and I've already filled it to 50% since I buy a lot of games and download them all and never uninstall them.

This is the drive I got - Seagate 5TB USB 3.0 Back-up drive It's as fast or faster than the standard Xbox One HDD in pretty much every game I've tested. However, I'm fairly sure there are better options for you and your storage needs.

u/Sharpopotamus · 1 pointr/PleX

A 5 TB external hdd for $139 is pretty hard to beat.
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STDT5000100/dp/B00J0O5R2I

u/MiracleShock · 1 pointr/buildapc
u/Presto99 · 1 pointr/buildapcsales

[Amazon - cheaper](Seagate Backup Plus 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (STDT5000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0O5R2I/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_aPaFub0EST6J4)

u/hesaidwhatupdeezus · 1 pointr/ipad
u/_ALLLLRIGHTY_THEN · 1 pointr/buildapc

So use an external drive like this? And return the 2nd internal drive? It's about a $60 price difference.

u/6x9equals42 · 1 pointr/buildapc

There might be a newer version by now, but I use this. Any Western Digital or Seagate external should be fine. I leave it unplugged when not in use so it's not susceptible to power surges (which is why I don't recommend RAID, if something is bad enough to kill one disk it will kill all of them).

u/MVPbeast · 1 pointr/xboxone

Dont do it! Spend just a bit more! Trust me, it's worth it for that extra gig.

u/freestuffrocker · 1 pointr/PS4

Is this Seagate 5TB a good buy? It's the only one that will ship to my location.

u/odorous · 1 pointr/battlestations

Battle Station

First the base unit:

Toshiba Qosmio X70 - ABT3G22

4th Gen I7 4700MQ - 3GB GDDR5 GeForce GTX 770M

Came with Toshiba 750GB 5400 RPM HD and 8GB DDR3L 1600MHz memory


The UPGRADES:

Samsung 840 EVO 256GB MSATA SSD

2X - Corsair Vengeance Performance 16GB DDR3L 1600MHz PC3 12800 32GB Total.

2X Samsung Spinpoint M9T 2TB 5400 RPM HD Set as a Raid 0

The spinpoint drives were obtained by removing the drives from these external drives.

Old 750GB drive was put into one of the external USB3 cases.

Finally, Seagate 5TB External HD

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CrystalDisk Benchmarks:


Samsung 256 SSD

4TB internal raid 0

5TB External Seagate USB3

Original 750GB Toshiba in one of the external USB3 cases.

Desktop Screen Shot








u/GamerPhfreak · 1 pointr/xboxone

I got this one a few weeks ago [Seagate 5tb] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J0O5R2I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) when it was $130. Works like a champ and I haven't noticed any difference in game play speed wise.