4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STCA4000100) $150 + Free Shipping
 

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4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STCA4000100) $150 + Free Shipping
 

Buy.com via Ebay has 4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STCA4000100) for $149.99. Shipping is free. Thanks krushmer

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Model Number STCA4000100.

Was FP in this thread at $162 : http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/8...tca4000100

These might be 5900 RPM
There have been reports that the Seagate Backup Plus 4TB series may ship as a DX0001 or a DM0001. - This should be printed on the packaging, and on the enclosure itself.
DX is 7200 RPM and DM is 5900 RPM."
Can someone confirm that this is true? <--This is true. You can see from other threads that some people got the DX (like DarnCrazy) and few others getting the DM.
This drive has been on sale at various sites recently, and the DX model has been confirmed to be the Barracuda XT 7200RPM drive - see thread/pictures here: http://slickdeals.net/f/5861790-S...st57731698

Good deal. Tax in CA - boo!

Haven't checked on hard drives for a while.
Glad to see the prices are back down.

$37.50/TB cant be that bad !

I just bought 3 of these for $160. I'm tempted to get a 5th (I bought one for $190 before) for a zfs set up.

But where does this ebay seller get his supply? How can he undercut Newegg, Staples, B&H, and Costco? I would be cautious, although the ebay seller has excellent ratings. What is the date of manufacture?

He's a Seagate Authorized Reseller according to ebay, so my guess is he gets the drives from Seagate.

wow... just bought this for 161.50 from newegg a few days ago.... why must these deals come out and stab me like this?

Isn't this buy.com's ebay account?

hot.
damn you tax in cali

yes it is.

Not sure I would trust the warranty being honored if the only receipt is a paypal payment statement from an eBay auction. Staples was selling this earlier this week (now OOS) for $159, which was a cheaper deal when combined with coupons.

Best prices I have seen since the Thailand....wait 4TB wasn't out back then.

Good deal OP, the best price on a 4TB to date.

But still does not meet my math :)
3tb = $90-100 max
4tb = $120-130 max

Since I don't need extra drives at this moment, I am putting a "I don't need it but will buy it anyway" price of $99 on a 4TB :lol:

Just so people know, you can pull these drives from the enclosures to use as internal drives. They are 5900 RPM, which to me sucks, but for the price, you can't beat it.

Here is a video of how to remove the drive from the enclosure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN2ikVYBLK8

Be careful taking the matte black portion of the enclosure apart. I broke mine, despite being careful.


For anyone worried about warranty, from what I've read on here, just tell seagate that you opened the enclosure to see if the enclosure failed instead of the drive because you wanted to retrieve your data. Sounds legit to me and people were confirming that it works. I hope this helps people.



Most have more ram than that! :P

What is your "math" based on? You're looking a good 3+ months in the future, unless it plateaus. Best price for this drive.




@ OP, I just ordered my 5th. Damn you! 20TB, here I come!:bounce:

Anyone have any idea what hard drive is in this? Granted its a Seagate but does anyone have a model # or something of the hard drive itself. Could you open it up and place it in a desk top?

Nevermind, I found from the previous thread that its a ST4000DX000.

How about the other part of your question, can it be installed in a desktop?

Need this price without CA tax!

You don't need a receipt for warranty service on a hard drive. They don't care when you bought it or who you bought it from. The warranty in based on the drives serial number and starts the day the drive leaves the factory (plus a grace period).

The drive serial number is not on your receipt, only the model number. They don't want me to buy this drive today and then another of the exact same model 9 months from now. When this first drive fails, if it is out of warranty, I could just use the receipt from the second drive to claim it is still under warranty. Every serial number has it's own warranty. That is why you can pop the drive out of the external enclosure and get warranty service on the bare drive using the serial number on the drive itself. If they kept track of which drive was in which external enclosure the drive and external enclosure would have the same serial number.

Your math is based on a Black Friday deal. That moment in time is gone and has not come back since. According to your math this is a terrible deal because you can buy a 6TB drive for $90 (5 years from now).

corrected...
:teehee:

Just bought a WD Green drive for my server - 2TB for $90 from Newegg. I am tempted to get this drive, but I really don't need it now...

However, it does seem like an outstanding deal.

Thanks OP!

any external HD can be installed on a desktop.

You might have to format it to get the software off, but the drives are the same ones that come off the hd making line.

I found this video on youtube [youtube.com]

Looks like you can use it as internal hard drive

Also found this on newegg [newegg.com] Its the only 4tb hard drive from seagate and its not available yet

My experience (albeit from a couple years ago and with WD) was very different. If the drive went bad WD expected you to ship the whole package back to them. If you tried to remove the drive the warranty would not be honored. I know because this was the tactic that I followed. Did not work.

Also, on the WD I had the serials between the enclosure and internal drive did not match. In fact, the serial on the internal drive only carried a one year warranty (at the time their internal drives carried a 3 year). Essentially, they had a different serial tracking system for drives used on externals vs internals. They absolute knew that the drive I was trying to replace was from an external enclosure. Popped right up when you typed in the serial on the RMA page.

Maybe Seagates different or maybe the market has changed over the past few years. That could very well be the case. I only share this as cautionary tale. If you plan on removing this I would strongly recommend you do further research just to be sure you aren't going to lose your warranty.

Repped - Bought 1 -Awesome deal for me - i have been using this for a while with no issues. Pretty quite device with no known issues to me.

Costco on sale for $160 you can return anytime (customer satisfaction) even several years later.

That's the way things worked about 2 years ago. Not anymore.

They have a 7200 RPM drive. Seagate isn't making 5900 rpm drives any more. It is the same series as in the 3TB external drive which I bought during BF deal. Very fast drives. Get up to 150MB/s through USB 3.0 as an external drive.

If you're saying it can be installed in a desktop, not all external drives can.

Western Digital has quite a few drives that has the USB controller mounted directly to the drive. There is no SATA interface on it, at all. So while yes, you can install it in the machine, you would still be limited to using it as a USB drive, not SATA. Here [mpecsinc.ca] is an example.

$163.11 after sales tax :(

Huh? Seagate hasn't changed this as far as I know. Have registered a few drives over the last couple of monhs without having to provide any invoice information.

Can you elaborate on what you mean?

in 4 1.
yay nys sales tax

Not true.
These comes with 2 diff drives. DX0001 and DM0001.
DX is 7200 and DM is 5900.
At costco, I figured out the difference on external box but you are kinda taking chance if getting it online.

That was an exception rather than the rule. I believe WD had a few drives with a form factor that was different from the typical 2.5 or 3.5 with these built in connectors. But you are correct, not ALL drives can be pulled out, but ALMOST ALL can be and that is easy enough to verify with a web search.

how reliable is this drive?

Thinking about using this as a dump for movies, photos, etc. Do this, or wait for a network drive to have the ability to stream?

How do you like the one's you have? I'm considering snagging 4 of these for a raid z or raid 10 ZFS array myself.

how do you spot the difference? Was thinking about buying in costco to save time for returning in case it fails.

Got this for $160 (I think) on Amazon last week.

Fantastic to just copy my entire 3tb drive onto this and then lock away the 3tb in a fireproof safe. $160 to backup my entire life's digital work is like getting a Corvette for $10.

Couldn't help myself, went ahead and got one. Thanks OP!

I'll go with Costco. I can buy it New Hampshire and save sales tax and it comes out the same price anyway. Plus, if anything goes wrong, I can bring it back to Costco instead of spending $10 on return shipping and getting a refurbished version in return.

Plus Buy.com sucks bigtime.

I'm considering two 4TB drives in a Raid 1 to backup important stuff from my 8 2TB Raid 5 array.

Hmmm

Thinking about the same. Just worried about Seagate reliability, but I suppose that RAID 1 will take care of that.

would like to know the same thing

I haven't seen many terrible reports on the drive that's inside this enclosure.

Yeah, a Raid 1 of these would mean that I would literally have to lose 4 drives total to lose important drives. The Raid 5 would have to lose two drives and both 4TB would have to fail.

I guess a horrible power surge could do it, but that's a chance everyone takes. :bounce:

Can I add this to a wireless router that can support external HD and make it an NAS?

In for 1, thanks. Hmm, I'm thinking of just pulling off the bottom of the drive with the modular USB3 interface, attaching my SATA data and power cables to the drive and zip-tieing the case inside my computer. Warrantee preserved. I've just got to make sure that the drive is given enough breathing room for cooling.

They still make some 5900rpm drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822178338

If you already have a back up / mirror, why not just do raid 0 for speed (assuming you're pushing large files) or JBOD + your raid5 as a mirror?

Just curious, what's your set up?

wow~~ cheaper and cheaper~~ expected price is $130. lol

Thanks for the heads up. Mostly because I expected them to be 7200rpm and was planning on throwing them in my raid array. Saved me a headache.

STUPID SLICKDEALS EFFECT! I didn't really need one but I bought it anyways!

so tempting....realllllly don't need it though...but it would be convenient

pl. read the last post:

http://slickdeals.net/f/5821556-C...-99?page=3

wow great deal, too bad the seagate externals dont have on off switches :(

In for two, hell of a deal!

That is not accurate based on this http://slickdeals.net/f/5861790-S...st57731698

I'm in the build process still.

Using the celeron that was recently on sale.

Perc 5 raid controller(2TB limit :()

Either CentOS or Windows 7.

Currently I have two 2TB WD Reds. They'll be in a Raid 1 initially. As I get more, I'll convert to a Raid 5.

This will be a NAS, FTP, Torrent and VPN server. So Raid 0 doesn't make much sense. The OS will be on an SSD. If Anything, I could just get one of these and leave it external and set it to backup only important directories.

Oh the decisions.

I chatted with Amazon about the 3TB model and they said that it's 7200 RPM. Where did you see this about the DX and DM models?

I have them sitting on my table right now. Seagate used to use DX but newer versions of this drive seem to have DM's

I should do this too since i am all stocked up :)

Thanks for the info, will be helpful when i finally pick up the drive.

My math is based on a future/better pricing. And as I already stated in my post it is a good deal - for someone who needs it now - thus repped the OP and Thumbed up the deal. But as I'm already stocked up, I can wait for some more time to find a great deal.

Hey you don't see my listing down the recent 3TB at $70 at BestBuy or even the older 1TB for $2.50 at Staples as comparison deals :D

amazon reps arent really the smartest.

I wanted 7200rpm, but couldn't afford them. I had to settle for these.

I am not sure about this one.

But I have two different Seagate external hard drives, they always give me error: "generic volume error and can not be stopped" when I try to stop them after use.

I will wait for other brands, at lower price

Gotta pass on this deal. If they turn out to be 5900rpm, they will be useless to me. Then I'd have to sell the drives and I would be very lucky to make back what I paid for them.

I like 5900RPM, so in for one.

Ebay charges CA sales tax.

Pass.

More performance focused? I wonder how much of a difference 5900 vs 7200 RPM would affect recording with Fraps or MSI Afterburner. These still have to get 120-140 MB/s read-write. But I saw a benchmark where SSDs helped significantly when recording with Fraps.

I would pull the drives and build a RAID 1 NAS with them (would buy two of these). 5900rpm would probably be fine, but I'm a picky SD'er and want 7200rpm for the best performance.

For only backups 5900 vs 7200 really doesn't matter

If you really need more space, buy it now. Otherwise, you can wait till a good deal coming up. We're living in a free country, right?
I'll check mine if it's DX or DM when I get home.

agreed. Or this price after tax ;-)

It looks like you'll have to risk losing your data until then ;)

I bet there's only 500 of these. 2PB for $75K!

These are almost gone.

Eh, screw it. This is a really good deal, so I'll take the risk and pick up a couple. Seems to be that most of these are Seagate Barracuda XT drives and it would be a win if they turn out to be just that.

There is a lot of FUD generated when a WD or Seagate drive is being discussed because of the polarization between the two groups but Seagate brought this on themselves in these external drives by not being transparent about these drives. Part of it is the product marketing problem when the previous beliefs about performance, power consumption and heat generation is no longer applicable to the next generation drives.

Disk drive industry is a dirty business. There are no saints.

Having said that I would not recommend these 4TB versions despite my endorsement earlier. Turns out there are versions of this 4TB drive that are different from the really good second and third generation 1Tb platter drives in 1-3TB configurations if you intend to use these as high performance internal drives. I would wait for these 4TB models to stabilze.

You will see the difference in specs here.

http://www.seagate.com/files/stat...1212us.pdf

There are 1200 remaining at the time of this post.

What's the likelihood that these are in fact the problematic 1st generation as you mentioned, which is why Buy.com is offloading them for cheap? Maybe Seagate had a palette full of these that they sold to vendors for cheap.

well, the 5400 is supported by my synology so if it is the 7200, great I'll try it, if not, at least I have two 7200 4TB to use for something else.

Dam... i bought my WD 3TB USB 3.0 External for the same price back in December...

7 is my lucky number, so I shall wait till it drops to $7.00 before I pick this up, that would be a deal.

:lmao:

I waited and waited for the price to drop and eventually picked up a 4TB Hitachi for $169 few weeks ago. Now it is down to $150. Good deal!

can i open the case and use it as internal drive? i'm thinking of putting it in my popcorn hour.

Just curious, anyone got any opinions on how much further prices can drop? Is this pretty much as good as it's going to get or can we expect the cost per GB to go down further in the coming months? Thanks.

This would be $27 cheaper than Costco which i was planning to pick up this week. I was thinking buying a Synology ds212j, if it is the ST4000DX000 it should be supported according to their hard drive matrix.

I bought 5 of these at Costco a few weeks back and all were 7200rpm models ST4000DX000. Put 2 in my Thecus N2800 NAS for 8TB of JBOD, and another 2 connected to external USB3 on same NAS for weekly backups.

I am good to go on home network storage for awhile.

2 drives? Pass! too expensive!

If that safe isn't rated for digital media (hard drives, optical discs, etc.) then your drive is not protected from fire as temperatures can reach several hundred degrees in a normal fireproof safe (that is rated for paperwork, not digital media). Temperatures that will melt solder sooner than paper will ignite.

Just keep that in mind!

The difference being that my number will probably appear at some point in the next year while yours never will. Except maybe used on craigslist after 2020 or so...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...TCA4000100

reviews say these are 7200rpm

i prefer to buy at costco [costco.com] for $160 than ebay. If something wrong, return to costco within 90 days. less headache.

One of my HDDs is clicking and disappearing from within Win7 now so it needs a replacement tonight. I'm about to pick one up tonight at Costco. I believe they use their own model numbers. Is there any way to confirm the drive speed?

STCA4000600
S/N: NA5JXW49
PN: 1DXAY6-570

Actually it was. I bought one on amazon a month or two before the floods for around 189 I think, and then I noticed the price skyrocketed to almost 300 for the year after. They were in very limited supply though.

Sent from Slickdeals App for iPhone & iPod Touch.

I'm noticing something.
The 3TB 7200 is ST3000DM001
The 4TB one isn't 'DM001' it's 'DM000'. So maybe that means the one I bought was a 7200 and this 4TB one is 5400?

Well I'll be damned! What's the total!?

Costco has changed their return policy about 2 yrs ago, ALL electronic items have 90 days return.

here is the return policy from costco web site:

http://www.costco.com/returns-rep...funds.html


quote"We guarantee your satisfaction on every product we sell with a full refund. The following must be returned within 90 days of purchase for a refund: televisions, projectors, computers, cameras, camcorders, touch screen tablets, MP3 players and cellular phones."

This one is actually 5900 rpm. :nod:

He's probably waiting like me for prices to go back to where they were before the crisis in Thailand. $59-$69 for a 2TB drive. I bought 4 at the time. Still, this is a great price thus far. I'm thinking hard to pick up 2 or not...for storage.

is the 7200rpm vs 5900rpm a big difference in speeds?

:shake: LOL. Please read and re-read again what you wrote and what the topic of this thread is.

I am just about look at some HD. I am struggling on this, it seems like a good deal. Question is I read some reviews on amazon, and some of them said it doesn't last after a year or so...

Had to pay NY State sales tax.
$13.12

Just open mine. You can't say anything until you open the enclosure to see hdd.
Product of Thailand, assembled in China.
ST 4000DX000.

Yup. Same here.

~22% depending on how you look at it.

*XT4000DX000 in case people see this and were confused. Very nice on getting a 7200 RPM drive.

Higher RPMs are better for low access time and more I/O operations per second. All of the 1, 2, 3, 4 TB drives will have dense platters (what, at least 500 GB platters these days). The throughput will be very good on any of these drives, but slower RPM drives are not good for I/O-intensive programs like operating systems. Operating systems are best left to SSDs.

I just replied to this guys:

If you can only verify the drives speed by opening the enclosure, why don't the mods delete the incorrect posts about identifying the difference right on the box?

over 1100 now.. I just bought one.

I don't see hard drives on your list ;) But I'd bet a manager would!

In for 1. Even if this turns out to be not a 7200 rpm drive, it's solely for media/backup storage so I really don't care. For me, it's a lot of space for a great price. Thanks OP.

In for 4! Thanks and repped! Great deal!!

Had mine delivered today from Amazon. Still wondering whether to open or not.

Part - 1DXAN5-570
Serial - NA5Jxxxx

Does it sound like a 7200rpm drive? If 5900rpm drive sucks less power and lasts longer due to running cooler, it's probably better for me as an internal drive.

im just starting my media collection on a 1 tb and have a few 100 gb left. Im hoping this is a sign of things to come and can get it even lower come summer time

There is no reason to think that a "DX" is anything other than a 7200rpm Barracuda XT.

Bought 3. I'm actually hoping they are the 5900 rpm ones, as they will run quieter, cooler, and use less power. And considering I'll have them in a RAID anyways, performance won't be an issue.

Cheaper than Costco, but no way of knowing if you'll get the 7200 or 5900 RPM. ;(

Opened up my Costco drive just now. This one had the Windows 8 sticker.

The packaging says: 1DXAY6-570
The enclosure says: 1DXAP4-500

Opened it up and the drive says: ST4000DM000. 5400rpm

Is it worth going back & picking one up that says Windows 7 on the packaging?

Wow anyone notice the 3TB version is $119.99 + fs from amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Bac...tb+seagate

EDIT: Noticed it was $110 from ebay a few days ago...prices dropping.

you do the math and tell me which one is cheapest/GB

The reviews on Amazon for this drive is nothing compared to the reviews for the Western Digital 4td external drive "My Book" & "Element"

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Extern...igital+4tb

I picked up a 2TB WD Element from Frys for $80 and took it straight back after reading the horror stories on Amazon.

Also, if you're running a mac or pc with Thunderbolt, you can purchase an adapter that will allow this drive to have higher read and write speeds... unfortunately, if you get a 5400RPM drive, it wouldn't be worth it but you can also use the adapter with any SATA SSD drive and that would definitely be worth it. They cost about $150 for the adapter and $29 for the Thunderbolt cable.

+1

My experience is the same, drives are sold to company marketing the external enclosure in BULK. Such drives have a different warranty than those drives purchased at retail.

In a nutshell, Due to discount given the "buyer" (The external drive company) drives shipped out in bulk may or may not have a warranty thru drive manufacturer, the warranty is thru the enclosure company.

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Where on the drive does it say 5400 rpm?

DM = 5400 or 5900 rpm (I think it's 5900 rpm though)
DX = 7200 rpm

only found on the drive itself. But you could probably plug the drive in and get the details that way too. Better than busting it open only to find what you don't want. This is from Costco though, not the buy.com deal on ebay.

I notice that Staples has a 20% off coupon coming on Sunday. This drive is $167.99 on the Staples website.

$167.99 - 20% = $134.39 + tax

That's what I was hoping to do as well and don't see any reasons why it wouldn't work...so far.

I guess I'll bite. Thanks OP

Can you format these drive and take off all the software they load on them? i bought a 3t and plugged it into my mac, it wanted to install all this backup stuff and wouldnt let me simply drop file to it.

The crazy thing with Costco, if you have more than one near you, I would bet at least one would end up returning it on a technicality anyway.

Absolutely. That is what I did.

Do you guys think it will work If I buy 2, yank the drives and put them in my new Synology DS212?

How do we get the 20% off coupon?

I never considered this. THANK YOU.

You certainly can depending on your router. I tried using mine on an older Linksys 610N ver1 with DD-WRT but it would not recognize the entire capacity. You need a router that has GPT disk support.

Also, keep in mind that even if the hard drive works, the transfer speed is often limited since most routers are USB 2.0 and even under ideal circumstances transfer around 30 - 40 MB/s.

Costco has this for $159. I bought one 3 days ago.

Thanks OP. Will be good back up for my Chromebook Pixel :-)

1700 sold!

....and now a dead deal.

HOLY COW! I made my order yesterday at 12:10PM ET and just received my purchase. They got it to me in under 24 hours VIA FREE SHIPPING.

Can honestly say I've never had something like this happen before. Attached a screenshot with my order date. Definitely a bigger fan of buy.com now

What drive did you get? 7200 or 5900?

That use to happen to me about 10 years ago. Buy.com warehouse was in Tennessee, and I was in St. Louis. It would freak me out in a good way.

I ordered 3 drives from the buy.com ebay deal and 3 from amazon with the last few weeks. You can find a better deal on a plain naked drive. Crack those bad boys open and dromp them in a Drobo!

That's the plan. If the drives in them are ST4000DX000, those are on the Synology list [synology.com]. If they are the other type or something else, then we'll have to try and see if it is compatible.

Is there a way to tell the drive speed by plugging it into a laptop USB port? I'd prefer not to open every single one.

Thanks. I think the new TP-Link 3600 router I just got from the other thread will support this. Hopefully it's not a USB 2.0 although it wouldn't be a deal breaker if it isn't.

It will be on the front page of the weekly ad.

Second shot I got the Barracuda XT! Opened it up right in my car in the Costco parking lot. FWIW my 5400 had the windows 8 emblem on the box and my 7200 had the Windows 7 emblem.

gone
 

"This listing has ended." "1700 sold"

Dude...you seem to be the only one that received it so far here. Did it have a win7 or win8 emblem? Seems that is a possible indicator of the drive inside.

I had to head to work after receiving it but I will have a look at it and post as soon as I get back home.

It has the Windows 8 emblem and is a DX
PN: 1DXAP4-500!
It is printed on the back of the enclosure as well as the bottom of the box

Cool....it will be compatible with my synology.

mine is in transit with fedex :) The deal is definitely over for now:

Ended:
Feb 22, 2013 07:47:04 PST
Quantity:
0 available / 1,700 sold

I received a PN 1DXAN5-570 on the retail box, and 1DXAP4-500 on the enclosure. Opened it up, got a ST4000DM000 drive. GRRRRR

I bought packs of 4, and the date on the outside of that box was 02-01-2013. Win8 labels.

I have 3 coming my way and would prefer the quieter, lower power 5900 rpm drives. If someone in the Portland, Oregon area would like to do an exchange (assuming I get the 7200 rpm drives and you get the 5900 drives) PM me. Seems most people would prefer the 7200 rpm drives, but I would prefer the 5900 rpm drives.

You didn't drop yours did you?;)

Haven't even received them yet. But in anticipation that I may receive the 7200 ones, while I prefer the 5900 rpm guys, I figure someone would want to exchange since most seem to prefer the 7200 rpm ones.

Sounds like boxes with Win8 stickers have 5900rpm and Win7 boxes have 7200rpm

Did you see that Lord2Fight got a win8 that had the DX (7200) ?

Nope, didn't. Guess that flushes my theory right down the sh!ter. :lol:

The DX in PN: 1DXAP$-500 does NOT mean the hard drive inside is a DX drive
 

Are you saying that you opened the black plastic enclosure and the drive insided was marked Barracuda XT, ST4000DX000?

Or are you going by the 'PN: 1DXAP4-500' printed on the label attached to the black plastic enclosure?

The DX in PN: 1DXAP$-500 does NOT mean the hard drive inside is a DX drive.
I say this because I have opened up two such enclosures. One had a 7200 rpm drive inside, the other a 5900 rpm drive.

Thanks.

Honestly I haven't opened up the enclosure, just replied based on the part numbers provided with the box and enclosure. I fully intend to use mine as a backup for all my movies and tv shows just in case of one of my current hard drives fails.

I'd probably break the enclosure when trying to get it open anyway.

that price is more like it.

where do you get this coupon exactly?

I took my drive apart using an iSesamo today. No scratches or broken parts. I could put it back together without anyone being the wiser. I did a warranty check on the bare drive and Seagate says: Expiration 21-Dec-2015
I did a warranty check on the external and Seagate says: Expiration 21-Mar-2015

So by holding on to the external enclosure I get an extra 3 months of warranty service. Total warranty is 2 years 1 month from when I bought it. The part number on the drive inside is: 1CL160-570 It's a Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM drive.

Sounds like you get an extra 9 months with the bare drive. Unless you meant Dec 2014?

The Staples coupon is on the front page of their newspaper weekly ad and should also be available online via their website.

Oh yea, you're right. I don't know what I was thinking. Thanks.

Ordered 3 of them. Ended up getting all 5900 RPM ST4000DM000 drives. This is actually what I wanted for a low-power, quiet, low-heat NAS. All boxes said Windows 8 ready.

Can anyone confirm if they put the ST4000DM000 in a synology and it was compatible? I recently received the two I ordered and prefer not to open the boxes as they most likely seem to have ST4000DM000 from what I see here so far. If the ST4000DM000 are compatible with synology then I'll surely keep them.

Thanks.

do the 5900 drives get extra warranty like the 7200 ones?

The 5900 drives so far don't get extra warranty. I can look them up separately on the seagate site, so I don't know if they must be coupled with the enclosure during RMA.

These drives have metal tape on them that is connected to the metal casing with the rubber feet once the enclosure is opened. I'm hoping that doesn't cause the RMA process to be rejected.

Every drive I received was 5900rpm, but that's preferred for my home storage anyways.

Hello guys, I am a silence freak.
#1501 of the 1700 ordered.

5900 Rpm

ST4000DM000

My drive is somewhat loud... the samsung 204UI 's 2tb's (3) and seagate 3tb backup plus (which is the standard 3000GB Barrucuda) moderately and noticeably more silent. Anyone else care to help?

Mine seems to be vibration prone. It also makes a little bit more noise than the 7200 rpm Barracuda 3tb.
It also consumes more power... Confirmed - with Kill A Watt Meter.
5-8 watts for the 3tb backup plus. And 15-20 watt for the 4tb 'new' and more "quiet" ST4000DM000 Backup Plus. Hmm, what gives.
The 4tb Newegg reviews claim 4tb is hot, but alas, didn't expect the 5900 rpm drive to be hotter along with more noisy and vibration prone than the other drives!


Anyone else notice their 5900Rpm drive is vibration prone compared to their other model drives?



And for whatever it's worth, to all B ^ + owners. Seagate offers warranty on open (external) drives, as long as you don't break anything.
Ask Seagate about a free 'backup warranty'. A generous and helpful Seagate CS rep offered me a free 'data backup warranty' provides warranty on open external hard drives.

I bought two - both are 5900rpm versions. Also going in a Synology.

Did anyone ever confirm if they worked in a Drobo or Synology? I read about issues with the seagate format, which was near impossible to undo or format over?