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8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #111461903 added 01-26-2018 2:51 PM by KryziK in Deal Talk
Got the same thing based on CrystalDiskInfo. Haven't shucked it yet. CrystalDiskMark (via USB 3): https://imgur.com/a/xZcPf
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #111424583 added 01-25-2018 4:09 PM by ForrestGump in Deal Talk
Thanks for the video links! :applause:
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105819968 added 10-13-2017 4:51 PM by peeps in Deal Talk
There's a couple of videos online on cracking these open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DevtBXP6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82D_VxVeolc I had to crack open a Seagate Backup Plus...
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105817788 added 10-13-2017 3:28 PM by wacio in Deal Talk
Can't. There are some tabs that will get broken when opening. Still this thing has only 1 year of warranty. If you need to pull it - test well before.
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105815004 added 10-13-2017 1:56 PM by angelmaldito23 in Deal Talk
how easy is to open the enclosure without voiding the warranty?
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105789420 added 10-12-2017 8:38 PM by valdemoort in Deal Talk
Good price, decent shucking candidate....but..... Seagate :(
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105782608 added 10-12-2017 5:06 PM by peeps in Deal Talk
I just ordered this yesterday (10/11) and got it today. According to Hard Disk Sentinel, the drive model inside is ST8000DM004-2CX188. I Googled it and it seems to be a unique Barracuda (not Pro,...
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105782388 added 10-12-2017 4:58 PM by nautilii in Deal Talk
Ironically for archiving lots of data they're quite slow. If you really need 8TB of storage, writing that 8TB will take, literally, about a week. If you want to write everything to it once a year...
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105781776 added 10-12-2017 4:36 PM by bassmann in Deal Talk
I agree SMR drives are kind of sluggish (I have one), but I only need them for archiving. So I can live with the worse performance. I just don't want helium drives. That's why SMR drives make sense...
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105775852 added 10-12-2017 1:46 PM by timta2 in Deal Talk
SMR mostly sucks, so it's not something you should be looking for, unless you're ok with saving a few dollars per TB for worse performance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105736392 added 10-11-2017 12:53 PM by mikethedanger in Deal Talk
Deal looks good, but... I...just... Can't... Trust... Seagate...reliability
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105729088 added 10-11-2017 9:46 AM by digitallyconnected in Deal Talk
Sounds like these would be good for a plex server where I am just writing once and only reading when I'm streaming movies. Do you agree?
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105706668 added 10-10-2017 7:03 PM by trisk in Deal Talk
As someone else mentioned, there are two drive models that can be found in these. One of them is a regular desktop drive, but the more common one is an "Archive" drive which uses shingled magnetic...
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105688144 added 10-10-2017 11:53 AM by bassmann in Deal Talk
Thanks for the helpful info. Do you know of any other brands that use SMR without using helium?
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105687556 added 10-10-2017 11:41 AM by euuser555943 in Deal Talk
Sorry to sound like a newbie, but can you shuck the drive out of these enclosures and not having any issues using them as an internal drive? TIA
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105685844 added 10-10-2017 11:06 AM by sr71 in Deal Talk
the SMR's DO NOT, the Barracuda Pro's do.
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105685444 added 10-10-2017 10:55 AM by bassmann in Deal Talk
Do you know if they use helium?
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105682528 added 10-10-2017 9:57 AM by flashdrive in Deal Talk
I bought 2 of them at the very end of August when Newegg had them on sale for $150 (AC) and they are both SMRs.
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105678872 added 10-10-2017 8:45 AM by junkmunch in Deal Talk
Just like dmprlat, I came here to say $20 per TB Check the "shucking" comment
8TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $160AC
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Thread created 10-10-2017 by sr71
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Post #105678680 added 10-10-2017 8:40 AM by Muckylogun in Deal Talk
Haven't bought a HD in a while, but If i needed a non portable HD why wouldn't I just crack this open and use it? Seems like the portable ones are alot cheaper these days. Also why don't they list...
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