3TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (STCA3000101) + 1-Year Extended Warranty $130 + Free Shipping (expired)

Is this a good deal?

As of now, yes it is

time to return my HD at best buy =)

Priced like this at Costco right now..

Anyone know if I need to install any additional software to use this drive? My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

can anyone comment on the quality of the drive?

I bought one last time. Looks nice, though their proprietary cable setup is a pain in the a**. Don't matter for me tho - I wanna crack open the case and put the drive in a RAID setup.

Anyone have any luck opening the case without destroying it?

Quote from dealslover82 : Seagate Backup Plus 3TB deal is back!! Newegg offers Seagate Backup Plus 3TB USB 3.0 external hard drive STCA3000101 + 1-year Extended Warranty for $129.99 after $20 off using promo code SEAG928. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...22-178-110

Costco has satisfaction return policy, plus extra year warranty if you buy it with their AMEX. Occasionally, Costco's price has been $119 ($10 instant coupon), although $129 as I write this today.

Drive is fine and you can easily extract from case. I have 3 of these from Costco and their returns policy & warranty peace of mind. No reason to post this as a "Deal"- OP your bad.

Quote from tipstir : Priced like this at Costco right now..

Really? I just bought two this weekend at Costco for $140 each! Haven't opened hem yet. Wondering if I should pull the trigger on newegg or just go back to Costco to check.

Quote from countchocula : Looks nice, though their proprietary cable setup is a pain in the a**.

It's not a proprietary cable - it's the new standard micro B USB 3.0 cable. Pretty much every USB 3.0 drive ships with this cable.

Quote from countchocula : I bought one last time. Looks nice, though their proprietary cable setup is a pain in the a**. Don't matter for me tho - I wanna crack open the case and put the drive in a RAID setup. Anyone have any luck opening the case without destroying it?

yea, i got mine open. case is perfectly fine.
drive inside is Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822148844

take off the plastic band that wraps around the two sides in a L shape the seagate logo on it.
Then pull the two sides apart, I used pliers for this. Pull on the pliers instead of squeezing. You want to separate the 2 sides
then inside you will notice the hard drive in a metal casing. Just pull the hard drive with the metal casing out.
Its only held in by rubber gromets.
Take off the rubber gromets, underneat the gromets, you will find screws that will remove the hard drive from the metal casing.

Connect it internally to your pc. Start computer
you'll only see 277 gb or 377 gb or somewhere around 300. i forget
to fix, goto START MENU > right click on MY COMPUTER > MANAGE > click on DISK MANAGEMENT > wait for it to load
you should see your drive split into 2 partitions. Delete the smaller partition by right clicking and DELETE VOLUME
Then right click on the corresponding DISK #, and click CONVERT TO GPT DISK.
Wait several hours

I've gotten upto 100MB/s + speeds from transfering files to this drive from other crappier drives via my SATA II motherboard

Quote from danpi : Costco has satisfaction return policy, plus extra year warranty if you buy it with their AMEX. Occasionally, Costco's price has been $119 ($10 instant coupon), although $129 as I write this today. Drive is fine and you can easily extract from case. I have 3 of these from Costco and their returns policy & warranty peace of mind. No reason to post this as a "Deal"- OP your bad.

yup last month it was at $119.... was gonna buy one but by the time I got there they were back to reg. price of $129.....not sure about the person who paid $140at costco....
If they were the dame price I'd go local unless you can get away with no tax. Doesn't use of AE card extend the warranty??

Quote from boilerroom86 : can anyone comment on the quality of the drive?

The drive is supposed to be decent. It should be a 3 platter instead of 5. I believe it is this drive inside:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822148844