Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - $139.99

Rainmaster20

Nov 23, 2023 3:53 PM

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Rainmaster20Nov 23, 2023 3:53 PM

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Any advice: go in for this, or the WD red plus 10TB thats also on sale?

mainly want to use the drives to backup photos/videos on my NAS (synology 224+)?

polymeraser

Nov 23, 2023 4:13 PM

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polymeraserNov 23, 2023 4:13 PM

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Quote from Rainmaster20

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Any advice: go in for this, or the WD red plus 10TB thats also on sale?

mainly want to use the drives to backup photos/videos on my NAS (synology 224+)?

Same question but for streaming media from a Plex ...

zerolimit

Nov 23, 2023 4:20 PM

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zerolimitNov 23, 2023 4:20 PM

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This will work great for Plex

bcm00re

Nov 23, 2023 5:41 PM

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bcm00reNov 23, 2023 5:41 PM

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I bought a WD 'Red' drive for $128 almost 8 years ago...this price isn't even remotely slick.

Might as well spend $5 more to get 2 more TBs:
https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/17033947

Last edited by bcm00re November 23, 2023 at 09:46 AM.

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sharartimunda

Nov 23, 2023 7:30 PM

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sharartimundaNov 23, 2023 7:30 PM

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Quote from bcm00re

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I bought a WD 'Red' drive for $128 almost 8 years ago...this price isn't even remotely slick.

Might as well spend $5 more to get 2 more TBs:

https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/17033947Comments like this is why we <3 SD.

Telegan

Nov 24, 2023 12:29 AM

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TeleganNov 24, 2023 12:29 AM

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I think these things were selling for around $120 and less just earlier this year. Doesn't seem like all that great of a deal.

JMattes

Nov 24, 2023 1:59 PM

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JMattesNov 24, 2023 1:59 PM

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Prices are on the increase...

cowdog360

Nov 24, 2023 2:54 PM

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cowdog360Nov 24, 2023 2:54 PM

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Why would you buy this over a 10TB Exos for less?
https://www.newegg.com/seagate-en...6822178941

Just curious. For home use I'd assume the Exos is still amazing.

MurderMostFowl

Nov 24, 2023 4:19 PM

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MurderMostFowlNov 24, 2023 4:19 PM

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Quote from cowdog360

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Why would you buy this over a 10TB Exos for less?
https://www.newegg.com/seagate-en...6822178941 [newegg.com]

Just curious. For home use I'd assume the Exos is still amazing.

I can't see any measurable difference in the specs. The Ironwolf has lower start up power requirements, which might make people with low end NAS's a little happier. The EXOS is 512e, which emulates 512b sector size, where as the Ironwolf is native 512bytes, so that does potentially make for lower performance in some extremely specific circumstances, but frankly that's extremely unlikely to occur.

HOWEVER, that price you're quoting is a 3rd party seller "Goharddrive" which is a notorious fake-refurbish reseller. They take used drives, and wipe the SMART data to make the drives look new. Sometimes they'll leave the SMART data intact but I wouldn't trust them at all unless you were not putting annoying important on the drives. The warranty is legit, but you're just playing with fire with drives more likely to fail from use.

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MurderMostFowl

Nov 24, 2023 5:02 PM

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MurderMostFowlNov 24, 2023 5:02 PM

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In case anyone is interested, it looks like Best Buy has price matched the deal the OP posted.
Seagate - IronWolf 8TB Internal SATA NAS Hard Drive [bestbuy.com]
It is the ST8000VNA04 which is the retail version of the ST8000VNZ04/N004 in the Amazon deal. Identical specs, warranty etc.

l0veinlife

Nov 26, 2023 5:15 PM

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l0veinlifeNov 26, 2023 5:15 PM

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Even cheaper on the Newegg TikTok shop if you got coupons there

Dirty566

Nov 26, 2023 10:53 PM

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Dirty566Nov 26, 2023 10:53 PM

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if you are buying for a NAS make sure the drive you are buying is designed for NAS systems because those are meant to be running continuously. The drives tend to last longer than traditional drives. This meats that requirement.

thosu2

Nov 27, 2023 2:20 PM

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thosu2Nov 27, 2023 2:20 PM

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Quote from bcm00re

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I bought a WD 'Red' drive for $128 almost 8 years ago...this price isn't even remotely slick.

Might as well spend $5 more to get 2 more TBs:
https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/17033947

Double digit inflation

jason6084

Nov 27, 2023 3:19 PM

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jason6084Nov 27, 2023 3:19 PM

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Actually just purchased it for $109 on Neweggs Tic Tok shop using the 30% off coupon which takes $42 off the price.

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cowdog360

Nov 27, 2023 4:24 PM

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cowdog360Nov 27, 2023 4:24 PM

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Quote from jason6084

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Actually just purchased it for $109 on Neweggs Tic Tok shop using the 30% off coupon which takes $42 off the price.

Thanks for this!

Since I needed to get 2 drives, I bought them separately to maximize discounts:

Drive 1: $139.99 + $12.18 - $42 discount = $110.17 shipped
Drive 2: $139.99 + $12.18 Tax - $30 discount = $122.17 shipped

Total: $232.34 shipped with tax, so $14.52/TB. Not bad. (or $207.98 before tax at $12.99/TB)

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