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That gives me some peace of mind, the one I got was a white, and the last sale I got a red. Running both now in a Synology DS216J so I guess they're fine for the long haul.
7SGMZ - White - Also...
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Looks like I missed the deal, showing $200
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My xbox one is on instant on..the hard drive itself is silent..not a peep(I put electrical tape on the blinking light since it was annoying) but at night you can clearly notice the inside of the hard...
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does anyone have link to best buy chat?
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www.bestbuy.com/pricematch
search for online chat.
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The only reason I dont disconnect it from my XBOX ONE X is if I do it might corrupt the hard drive..I had to return the NEBB version of this drive to best buy before yesterday because the drive got...
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So everything worked fine for both drives? I also have a QNAP that I'd like to upgrade.
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Thanks. With Raid5 I'd need a minimum of 3 drives, right? 2 for data and 1 for parity, which would be 3 bays. 4th could be for backups or surveillance app.
Otherwise, use 4 drives for Raid5...
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How are everyone getting a multiple item pricematch? i tried online for an order that has 2 drives and said BB PM policy is only 1 item per order? so i got a credit back of $10.89. I swear these...
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As far as I know, the Seagate 4TB and 8TB are SMR. I have both, and I paid $160 for the 8TB one just 2 months ago. These WDs are better, white label or red drive.
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I forgot to add that you should make sure you use the BBY order number that the eBay Store will send to you via email/eBay messages. That's the number they will look up. Luckily they email that,...
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what is enterprise connectors, can this bare drive take out easy for desktop internal use?
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I returned mine bought before BF but within the holiday period then purchased at the store. I wanted to make sure I received one of the reds. At $139 with a $10 credit, not bad. Not opened, so I...
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nice, PM'd for my 6 drives and picked up another 2 since these are likely going to be phased to whites.
also, anything below an SGT seem to be guaranteed white. between SGM-R, luck of the draw. I...
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Seems white drive is slightly faster, a little bit
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I seen people use it.
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it's not the white vs red you should be looking for or worried about
it's the 256mb cache vs 128mb cache
some whites have 256mb and some 128mb, same with the red
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I wonder if the white is compatible in my DS418j as there is a 3.3v problem, right? Did you do anything about it? I received a 7SHxxx believe it will be a white. Can you let me know what you did for...
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I created a bootable USB of Ubuntu to run smartctl and badblocks.
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Is there a way to determine cache size without shucking?
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Same here, and it was very easy to shuck too. Fishy
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It seems to average around 200 MB/s on my tests in HD Tune. Pretty good for a USB drive. The easystore portable 4TB I bought does about 220 MB/s, which I didn't expect. That one should work well with...
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Don't go below 7,200rpm for games. For media, 5,400rpm is totally fine and makes little difference.
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Oops just read it will not be sent until 1/14/2018.
Note, valid for purchases made between 12/3/2017 - 12/16/2017. Savings codes will be emailed starting on 1/14/2018 w/ expiration date of...
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3 minutes of chatting with online help and they easily refunded me $10 from purchase 2 weeks ago!
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For those who uses this for the PS4, I have the non-pro ps4 (first model) is the hard drive just plug and play or will I need to reformat it to work?
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yeah tried that option too, chat with expert is disabled from long time
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RAID 5 requires minimum 3 drives, correct. And what do you mean a separate box to perform backups? The RAID array could be used for your backups and the RAID will provide some disk failure tolerance...
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Eh, these seem like not the best option for xbox ext storage. I can unplug my usb powered hard drives all day and not have problems. I also dont like how one guy reported that these drives never...
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Mine does NOT do that..at least not this one..this one is silent..doesnt make a sound at all when it is off(Or instant on mode) but the lights are constantly flashing and in the dark you can see it,...
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The advantage of usb powered.
If anyone has concerns though on reliability, my ext 5tb has been connected non stop to my xbox one for 2 years now without issues. I'm willing to give them another...
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They have Chat option right there on every product page. Click on floating Help button on right and you'll see "Chat with an Expert" option.
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Man, cant help myself. In for two.
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ok I see this now. lol ok I'll do it again.
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Not 100% accurate. I just looked. Got 3 7SGM and 2 7SGN that are all Reds.
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Have the white and reds also, performance and firmware all look the same. Honestly only issue is the 3.3V but seems most NAS and newer PSU don't have issue with this.
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hopefully you didn't crack them open to find out..you can use a free app to find out what model is in it. Check what I did, https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=109123099&postcount=431
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Does anyone compare the performance of red and white drive? Since white drive is newer, isn't it supposed to be better (except the 3.3v feature, not really a problem, just the future)?
I ordered a...
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There is no restocking fee on hard drives. I don't know what they are talking about.
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Oh, ok.
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