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Costco Members: 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Expired

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (STHP5000600) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Not_Johnnybravo for finding this deal.

Note: Members Only: Warehouse pick up is available for this item. Availability for warehouse pickup may vary by location.

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  • Drag and drop file saving right out of the box
  • Available SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port (required for USB 3.0 transfer speeds) or backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds
  • Includes 2 Years of Data Recovery Services
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Costco will be offering $35 off starting 3/10 on the Seagate 5TB, bringing it to the lowest it has been, similar to last year.
This will be available both in-store and online @ costco.com.

https://www.costco.com/seagate-ba...10586.html

NOTE: Doesn't start until 3/10!
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Last Edited by nashi March 22, 2021 at 12:30 PM
Don't forget to use your Chase Freedom card for 5X back!
This is a SMR drive

https://www.seagate.com/internal-...-smr-list/



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At $89.99 that would put it at around $18 per TB. Still not as good as sale priced larger capacity external 3.5 USB desktop drives. but better than the $20 to $21 or so of the typical sale priced WD portable; Easystore, My Passport and Element drives. Will be interesting to see what others say about this particular drive considering the number of folks around these parts who dislike (or hate) Seagate drives in general.

For anyone interested past slickdeal discussions on this Costco drive.
2020:
https://slickdeals.net/e/14616118-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-94-99
https://slickdeals.net/e/14227235-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-2-years...
https://slickdeals.net/e/14039009-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-90-free...
https://slickdeals.net/e/13917035-seagate-backup-plus-5tb-portable-hard-drive-89-99
https://slickdeals.net/e/13892861-seagate-backup-plus-5tb-portable-external-hard-drive-with-rescue-d...

For 2019 and earlier one can use the search bar.

Edit to add: Past posts in earlier deal discussions, like this post, indicate the drive (at least in the past) was shuckable. Some, like this post, likewise claim this drive is SMR which may account for the horrible speeds some claim they have.
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I bought this drive on sale for $65 about 2 years ago(it was the last item on shelf) I shucked it (it is thicker than usual 2.5" drive) and put it in my pc. No issues with it.
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atx11
03-01-2021 at 08:34 AM.
03-01-2021 at 08:34 AM.
Quote from bonuschickens :
does it go to sleep on idle? my shucked WD drives goto sleep if no data is read/write after X minutes.

WD has a utility that can disable that. Not sure if the utility works after you shuck it.
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TBoneTheOriginal
03-01-2021 at 08:55 AM.
03-01-2021 at 08:55 AM.
Quote from amoroso7 :
Is this hard drive works with PS5 ?

Yes, via USB. Just keep in mind it will NOT run as fast as your internal drive… not even close. But I believe the PS5 prioritizes PS4 games onto the external drive so that your PS5 games get the benefit of speed.
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ElatedGuitar705
03-01-2021 at 09:44 AM.
03-01-2021 at 09:44 AM.
Not a bad price. $90 seems to be the pricepoint for these 5tb portable drives. The WD has been this price a few times over the last year. That being said, I'd hold out for the WD as the seagate drives are pretty universally known to be trash.
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ssi
03-01-2021 at 10:16 AM.
03-01-2021 at 10:16 AM.
Quote from ElatedGuitar705 :
Not a bad price. $90 seems to be the pricepoint for these 5tb portable drives. The WD has been this price a few times over the last year. That being said, I'd hold out for the WD as the seagate drives are pretty universally known to be trash.
ditto that. Blackblaze [backblaze.com] stats could back that statement as well. keep in mind that Blackblaze uses Seagate higher end drives, and they are still trash.
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03-01-2021 at 10:16 AM.
03-01-2021 at 10:16 AM.
Random but I went through all of my old drives this weekend to again back up the content on them. Two of them, both Seagate drives, actually worked perfectly even though the last time I used them was 2013. I was surprised and happy cause there was content on them I thought I had lost.
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03-01-2021 at 10:33 AM.
03-01-2021 at 10:33 AM.
How is it not a requirement at this point for manufacturers to note whether a drive is SMR or CMR? Even if not on the box, it should be noted in the spec sheets.

Anyhow, not trying to crap on the post. This is a good deal. Just venting about HDD manufacturers shadiness on the subject.
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S_Klass
03-01-2021 at 10:49 AM.
03-01-2021 at 10:49 AM.
Is the disk 7200 or 5400 RPM?
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rage4order
03-01-2021 at 12:00 PM.
03-01-2021 at 12:00 PM.
This one or the WD one at Best Buy for $99? Just gonna use it as a small media center connected to a Raspberry pi.
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GregoryJ8621
03-01-2021 at 12:49 PM.
03-01-2021 at 12:49 PM.
Quote from roguephoenix :
are costco members the only ones who can buy this?
Yes. You have to log in to even view it. If you go to the store, they check your membership at the door.
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03-01-2021 at 12:54 PM.
03-01-2021 at 12:54 PM.
If this is the USBC model, I bought this one on Amazon while ago for video storage and games and stuff. It's great, very fast for a hard drive but know that since it is a hard drive you won't get the full speed of USBC, I can't give numbers but the noise level is fine and it will only get slightly warm If You Really work It. At the regular price I was happy with it.
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pikapalooza
03-01-2021 at 01:41 PM.
03-01-2021 at 01:41 PM.
I had hooked mine to my PS4. When I got a PS5, all I had to do was switch it over and it installed all my games and all my info moved over.
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cylove2009
03-01-2021 at 02:31 PM.
03-01-2021 at 02:31 PM.
Quote from rage4order :
This one or the WD one at Best Buy for $99? Just gonna use it as a small media center connected to a Raspberry pi.
Same question here! Any expert to help? Thanks in advance.
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03-01-2021 at 03:24 PM.
03-01-2021 at 03:24 PM.
I have the WD 5TB game drive. I believe it's not shuckable. Then that's an advantage for this drive.
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03-01-2021 at 04:07 PM.
03-01-2021 at 04:07 PM.
Link pls for BB 5tb WD ?
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03-01-2021 at 05:01 PM.
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Quote from stanclave :
Link pls for BB 5tb WD ?

https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/14867284
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