Costco Jan. 31-Feb. 24, 2013 Seagate 4tb Backup Plus $159.99

Quote from elviso33 : What was the part number. The other person had p/n of 1CL160-570 that was the 7200. My Costco in concord ca did not have any pn starting with 1cl they all had some other number. Wonder if seagate is replacing the 7200 drives for the slower on the new drives. Elviso

Went to costco to see if I can see a differece in packaging or case. Low and behold it was right there staring at me.

The DX (7200rpm) drives have the case that says "Windows 7 Compatible" with additional sticker that says "Windows 8 Compatible" kinda stuck on top.

The DM (5900rpm) drives just say "Windows 8 Compatible"...

Hope this helps somebody

Quote from Captainpsp : Went to costco to see if I can see a differece in packaging or case. Low and behold it was right there staring at me. The DX (7200rpm) drives have the case that says "Windows 7 Compatible" with additional sticker that says "Windows 8 Compatible" kinda stuck on top. The DM (5900rpm) drives just say "Windows 8 Compatible"... Hope this helps somebody

Nice catch thx for posting.

Quote from Captainpsp : Bought 6 for NAS. Opened and all 6 are ST4000DM000 Drives. The 5900 RPM version. Not much on google as far as reviews for these.

Do we know if these drives are good for use in a NAS? More precisely, do they have TLER/ERC enabled? Thanks

4TB for 160 seems like a pretty slick deal to me, especially when considering the unlimited Costco warranty...debating whether I should buy 3 drives...

Where is the 25 off 100 coupon?

Quote from DarnCrazy : 4TB for 160 seems like a pretty slick deal to me, especially when considering the unlimited Costco warranty...debating whether I should buy 3 drives...

That warranty is what made the decision easy.

Quote from bennynihon : Do we know if these drives are good for use in a NAS? More precisely, do they have TLER/ERC enabled? Thanks

Most likely 100% these drives dont have tler and erc. These are reserved for "enterprise" level drives now.

Not to say they wont work in a NAS that uses software raid. They will most likely work in a Synology for example. They will probably also work fine for software type raid systems like unraid.

Well I got 3 of the Seagate 4TB drives from Costco. All the external drives in the store said "Windows 8 compatible" on the boxes but still contained the 7200RPM XT ST4000DX000 inside. I actually wanted these drives so a huge plus!

This was in the Livermore, CA store if anyone is curious.

Went to Costco in CT and bought 2 of the drives.

'Windows 8' was 5400rpm
'Windows 7' was 7200rpm

Anyway to make this connect to a network port on router?

Quote from DealsBrokeMe : Anyway to make this connect to a network port on router?

not really since it doesn't have a network port to being with...

UNLESS....

you have a pc that's running 24/7, connect it to that, share it and then map the drive...

Quote from DealsBrokeMe : Anyway to make this connect to a network port on router?

Here you go:
http://slickdeals.net/f/5852606-P...e-Shipping

Check out the wiki link of the previous thread, seems you can install ArchLinux on this tiny server.

Quote from Captainpsp : Went to costco to see if I can see a differece in packaging or case. Low and behold it was right there staring at me. The DX (7200rpm) drives have the case that says "Windows 7 Compatible" with additional sticker that says "Windows 8 Compatible" kinda stuck on top. The DM (5900rpm) drives just say "Windows 8 Compatible"... Hope this helps somebody

While you may get a Baraccuda 5900 DM0000 drive inside packaging that mentions Windows 8, you may also get a Barraccuda XT 7200 DX000.

I say this because I have two opened enclosures in front of me. The same identical Windows 8 printing on both boxes! Event the PN on the sticker on the black plastic enclosure is the same: '1DXAP4-500 4TB'. Note the X in the part number here does NOT mean 7200 rpm.

I doubt Seagate cares much about which box they use to throw the black plastic external drive enclosure into. They certainly do not care to document what you are buying as to 7200 or 5900 rpm. It this was an automombile manufacturer who played foot loose and fancy free with the engine the plopped into your brand new car, there would be hell to pay. State Attorney General hell. Some may rememember when Cadillac threw in engines marked Oldsmobile and had to pay a substantial penalty. If memory serves me, the engines were the same specification, just built on different assembly lines. In the case of Seagate the disks are NOT the same. 7200 rpm is significantly different than 5900 rpm. Note though that some may prefer the 5900 rpm because it is a newer design and may have less heat. Regardless, IMHO this could be class action suit. Contract law requires specificity as to elements of a purchase that are viewed as material to such purchase. I doubt Seagate would succeed in claiming this information is 'proprietary'. How Seagate manufacures a drive may be proprietary, but NOT its RPM.

If I plan on using this as an external hard drive for backup purposes, how reliable is this model compared to the previous Seagate 3TB for $99 @! CostCo during BF?

All I care about is reliability, thanks!