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Yup, I've been in the same boat. But these still seem to be a solid $10 less than the best price to date on the 3TB Reds.
Given that multiple people on Newegg are claiming the warranty is actually...
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Hmm tough decision between these and WD Red series. I have been holding out in getting some drives for my next server build and may be tempted for prices to drop but this seems to be about the price...
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Thanks for the report - guess the warranty situation's a bit inconsistent right now, if we're to believe the Newegg reviews.
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I think I'll just look for a 2TB drive then mess with this for the time being.
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Just put a second one of these (from the shell shocker deal) into my main machine to create a mirror. Running great.
Here's a crystal mark run on sata 3.0gb (my sata 6.0 are full of ssds).
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Lots of useful information in this FAQ about Windows and GPT. Of specific relevance to your question:
Q. Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write, and boot from GPT disks?...
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Mine was December 2012.
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I wouldn't believe the 2 NewEgg reviews which say the warranty is 3 years. The confusion is from here. Neither of those reviews indicates the source of the information or that the reviewer did a...
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Indeed that appears to be the case.
I've updated the OP for anyone who comes across this thread in the future.
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For curiosity sakes, what month/year is the manufacturer date for the drives you guys are receiving from this deal?
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FYI - the three I bought when this went FP all have Jan 2015 as the warranty end date. So 2 years. I think the confusion is Toshiba announced that they were increasing their warranty on some drives...
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FYI, my testing of these drives indicate they're 7% faster than the next fastest 3TB drive I tested (which was the WD Red)., In turn, the WD Red was 17% faster than the Segate 3TB.
I noticed...
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Seems to be a lot of people excited to see these rebadged Hitachi drives back in circulation. They supposedly work well in arrays. I picked one up to act as a storage drive. Thanks OP.
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Seems as though this might be an ideal HTPC drive - power performance close to a Green drive, but still good speed and relatively quiet. It's also rated for 24/7 operation.
I have 4x 7K1000s in my...
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I ran a full badblocks -wvs on all 11 of the drives. Including an extended SMART test... and it all passed. They were ordered from 2 different vendors, J&R and SuperBiiz. No issues.
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Use promo code EMCXVVW33.
Offer expires 11:59 pm PST on 2/23.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-149-408&Tpk=N82E16822149408
Newegg reviews are reporting these have a 3-year...
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These are my favorite 3TB drives. Currently have 11 running with no problems.
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Thanks for the report!
I'm strongly leaning towards picking up 2 of these for a RAID1 array in my new HTPC build.
Was also considering WD Green/Red and the Seagate 3TB, but these seem to be the...
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Can this be used as a boot drive without any issues? I was reading the reviews which mentioned GPT rather than MBR. While familiar with MBR, I had not heard of GPT. And while I do not mind splitting...