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Sep 2, 2021 5:44 PM

8TB Seagate Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

$131

$190

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Lenovo has 8TB Seagate Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STEB8000100) for $130.61 w/ eCoupon Code EXTRAFIVE. To earn Slickdeals Cashback, before purchase, follow the cashback instructions below (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • 8TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-USB 3.0 Port (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
  • USB 2.0 Compatible
  • Drag-and-Drop Files
  • Built-In Power Management
  • One Year Data Rescue Services
  • Preformatted for Windows
  • Windows and Mac Compatible

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $49.38 lower (~27.4% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $179.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.5 from over 340 B&H customer reviews.
  • About this store:
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Lenovo has 8TB Seagate Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STEB8000100) for $130.61 w/ eCoupon Code EXTRAFIVE. To earn Slickdeals Cashback, before purchase, follow the cashback instructions below (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member msung330 & Deal Editor oceanlake for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 8TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-USB 3.0 Port (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
  • USB 2.0 Compatible
  • Drag-and-Drop Files
  • Built-In Power Management
  • One Year Data Rescue Services
  • Preformatted for Windows
  • Windows and Mac Compatible

Editor's Notes

Written by CChoiVA
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $49.38 lower (~27.4% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $179.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.5 from over 340 B&H customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Lenovo's return policy here.

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GigaTexan
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Buy 4. Use PayPal offer of $100 off of $500+. Gets price down to $112.48 per drive or $14.06/TB.

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EUMaster123
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Finally, the prices are going down!
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Marthisdil
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doesnt matter if you're storing media (movies, tv shows, etc)
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Sep 3, 2021 5:57 PM
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soultar1Sep 3, 2021 5:57 PM
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Quote from maybe_just_one View quoted comment :
It's back
Can you imagine losing 8TB of data because you were cheap enough to get Seagate and not just that but Seagate SMR.
Sep 3, 2021 6:52 PM
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beatleSep 3, 2021 6:52 PM
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Quote from soultar1 View quoted comment :
Can you imagine losing 8TB of data because you were cheap enough to get Seagate and not just that but Seagate SMR.
I cannot. That's what backups and RAID are for. You shouldn't trust any hard drive.

One of the drives in my server is an 8TB Seagate SMR. Big, sustained writes to it are slow, but reads are fine and on par with my other 5400 RPM drives. It's been fine for 3 years, 151 days so far. My most recent drive failure was actually an 8TB WD red that was less than 3 years old. No data loss on that one either. Applause

I don't think this would be a great drive as a backup target though, especially if you're backing up an entire system. The sustained writes would cripple it. If you're just tossing movies and TV shows on it though, it's fine.
Sep 5, 2021 4:38 PM
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wildsage123Sep 5, 2021 4:38 PM
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Quote from downwithopp View quoted comment :
Funny to hear that since my experience has been nearly the opposite.

I've owned 5 WD Externals and 10 Seagate Externals.

I've had 2 of the WD External drives fail and none of my Seagate have. It's not an issue with age either, some of my Seagate drives are 8+ years old. And all these drives have just been for data storage only, not constant read/write.
0"data storage only, not constant read/write" --that is not exactly a good test situation. Write to the drive, shove it in a drawer. In the last decade, every seagate of mine has crashed hard. WD all the way for me. I thrash my drives reading and writing. Seagates can't hang. Anecdotal? Well, the community consensus hints otherwise. There is something fundamentaly wrong with seagate design, and has been for a while.

But, I see it, some will experience the exact opposite. But, most know seagates are trash.
Sep 5, 2021 7:09 PM
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downwithoppSep 5, 2021 7:09 PM
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Quote from wildsage123 View quoted comment :
0"data storage only, not constant read/write" --that is not exactly a good test situation. Write to the drive, shove it in a drawer. In the last decade, every seagate of mine has crashed hard. WD all the way for me. I thrash my drives reading and writing. Seagates can't hang. Anecdotal? Well, the community consensus hints otherwise. There is something fundamentaly wrong with seagate design, and has been for a while.

But, I see it, some will experience the exact opposite. But, most know seagates are trash.
There was a time about a decade ago when their 3TB expansion drive was known to have issues, however, those days are long gone. Backblaze publishes their hard drive tests every quarter with huge sample sizes that no consumer on this forum can replicate. Their data shows no statistical significance of Seagate drives failing at a higher rate than their counterparts. I'll trust their data more than anything anecdotal people post about here.
Sep 7, 2021 12:08 AM
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got-beerbatteredSep 7, 2021 12:08 AM
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Shipment delayed by as much as 30d
Sep 7, 2021 12:53 PM
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dealcrackerSep 7, 2021 12:53 PM
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Quote from bloomfielderic View quoted comment :
Shipment delayed by as much as 30d
Yes, I got the shipment delay email also. Some retailers use 30-days as their own internal threshold for choosing to cancel vs delay orders. I am hoping that is why they used the 30-day number and not because they expect it to take that long.
Sep 7, 2021 3:49 PM
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wildsage123Sep 7, 2021 3:49 PM
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Quote from downwithopp View quoted comment :
There was a time about a decade ago when their 3TB expansion drive was known to have issues, however, those days are long gone. Backblaze publishes their hard drive tests every quarter with huge sample sizes that no consumer on this forum can replicate. Their data shows no statistical significance of Seagate drives failing at a higher rate than their counterparts. I'll trust their data more than anything anecdotal people post about here.
0Ive been to their site. Read the data. It is useful, especially weeding out high failure rate drives.

However, its a different usage scenario. Everything in that environment is completely different than my home environment. Especially drives being banged around while in use. I doubt servers get knocked over a lot, or picked up and dropped like a laptop.

I don't know why seagates often fail with me. But, i figure they are not as hardy as WD in a "chaotic" environment. I have some drives that have been taken in and out of many different computers. Carried all over the place, handled a lot and tossed in boxes between use. I still have 160GB hard drives. Almost all WD. The Seagates bit the dust long ago.

Its a mystery to me, but going WD fixed my sad "failing drives" era of my life.

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Sep 9, 2021 6:27 PM
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got-beerbatteredSep 9, 2021 6:27 PM
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Order cancelled lmao, oh well...
Sep 9, 2021 6:29 PM
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blackoperSep 9, 2021 6:29 PM
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order was cancelled as well
Sep 9, 2021 6:29 PM
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dealcrackerSep 9, 2021 6:29 PM
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Order cancelled lmao, oh well...
Mine too Frown
Sep 9, 2021 6:34 PM
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maybe_just_oneSep 9, 2021 6:34 PM
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Yep. Cancelled.
Sep 9, 2021 6:41 PM
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Samuel1613Sep 9, 2021 6:41 PM
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cancello!
Sep 9, 2021 6:46 PM
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ddollarSep 9, 2021 6:46 PM
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They just cancelled my order wtf Frown
Sep 9, 2021 6:56 PM
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aptalcaSep 9, 2021 6:56 PM
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cancelled mine too

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