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I would like to know where you heard your info from, because I have heard nothing but good things. In professional reviews as well as by word of mouth in the industry.
Cannot beat this, especially...
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Got one! Been looking for one to go with my HTPC I just built.
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Limit 1 kills it for me. Pretty dumb rebate if you ask ne since these are marketed as NAS drives
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Seems like most of the 3GB drive (or even some 2GB) don't last long?
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Honestly, I dont think these are some way better stuff than Barracuda 7200rpm 3TB drives.
Those are at $120 now and then for months, although the only downside is its 1-year warranty - you can...
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That seagate only carries a 1 year warranty for one thing.
If you use raid 5 and have 3 drives for instance, a single drive failure wont bring things down though.
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You're right really. Storage needs don't stop and people have to do what they have to do. It's really frustrating - but just like about everything else in this nation/world, those in control call...
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I paid $119 for greens recently, so I'm not sure how this is slick unless the reds are more pricey.
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Update: Some at AT called Discover and was told that it did indeed stack with ShopDiscover. The Bonus works separate from ShopDiscover according to the CSR at Discover. FWIW! :)
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This is my job for the last 8 years :). Most people may believe unbelievable things :)
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So did I. Actually I bought 2 and they have not shipped from Amazon so I was able to cancel the order
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Hey, thanks so much for following up on that - repped.
Do want to repeat though, that in the case (TD) you'd be better off buying through MrR & using discover, 1% ($1.50) better deal. But I'm...
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It is not the same product. If one firmware supports TLER and one doesn't, and you are using a hardware raid card, then there is a distinct difference. The individual parts under the hood may be...
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One year longer warranty than WD Caviar Green.
I have spent too much money this month and do not have impulse to purchase any more hard drives.
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You will find that many vendors have this same restocking policy, especially vendors of primarily computer parts. The restocking fee is meant to cover just that. Restocking of the part. Your order...
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It is my understanding that the TLER on the 3tb Seagate is set too high for RAID usage, and can not be changed.
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I have 24 of these in an enclosure attached to a Areca raid card. So far so good. I haven't had any dead drives and I had 2 shipments. 12 and 12. All from CDW.
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Ergh :), I will just wait out for the Black Friday Costco $100 on GoFlex 3TB, and crack open them. 2 year warranty plus 1 more by Amex, plus enclosures are easy to re-assemble in case of RMA....or...
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Can someone please tell me if it's worth buying this drive and use it as storage hard drive in a PC as against using it as a NAS drive?
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I got the rebate back today, along with the others rebates like the Free Logitech webcam after $24.99 rebate. Good for TigerDirect.
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What other 3tb drives support TLER and are cheaper than this?
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It's interesting that you criticize people who buy hard drives (at least as far as I can understand your post). Do you have an alternate solution?
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I'm just wondering why the prices on HDD's is still so high. I know the flood disasters in Japan caused production issues last year to keep prices up, but this is stunning to me that we are still...
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MTBF: 1,000,000 hrs.
Warranty: 36 months for Parts and Labor (26,280 hours)
With that MTBF, it should only fail every 114 years (3,472 months), yeah right. I am wondering how they tested it.
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I had read on SD that they did but have not verified this (yet). Since I bought one, I guess I'll find out. I can actually see it going either way but I'm an optimist this week so I'm guessing 10%...
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He said he thought the wqarranty was the only reason to buy this. I said no, there are other reasons I saw in reviews I read, and although I can't recall exactly where off the top of my head, that...
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Hitachi and Seagate. Probably Toshiba too, I don't remember. WD intentionally deactivated it, so they can increase prices for their other lines. You just go to Sinology, check what is working with...
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That is an understatement. I will never purchase another drive from them ever again. I sent back 2 drives during their defective software debacle and they send me back 2 equally defunct drives as...
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reposting coz i never got a reply:
Personally, I looked at a few NAS and RAID solutions, Drobo, Synology, etc. They all seemed kind of expensive, and well, inconsistent in terms of failure...So I...
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DAMN! I just bought one last week on Amazon for $165. I feel anally violated......
PS. Does this rebate work with the drive purchase at any vendor (i.e. can I use this rebate for the Amazon...
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I read the marketing stuff.. but can anyone actually tell me why these are so good for a NAS? Or what justifies the price increase over something like the Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB?
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"One per household" on a NAS-friendly drive is a really mean thing to do >:[ I'll just wait until this price + no rebate.
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i was just thinking the same thing... anyone buying just one of these obviously doesn't understand their purpose.
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Can anyone give me some guidance on the proper way to partition a drive this size? Is partitioning recommended/makes no difference? Thanks.
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Just had my bro do a second order and the coupon worked for him.
179.99 is the price in cart, then down below it subracts $22 for the coupon "Coupon applied successfully"
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Will it be available on Costco online as well?
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Just got one. Nowadays TD is the no-tax vendor for Californians so this is the best I can get I guess.
I am going to use two (will buy one more later) in my HTPC. My HTPC case has 2 hot swap bays...
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