11Jan 4 TB of hard drive space for $189
You can pick up an oem 4TB hard drive for around $259, so why is it that you can buy a portable 4TB hard drive with usb 3 port for $189? It seems to me that at a price of $189 it would make sense to simply order a few of these drives for your nas and take them apart to get the 4TB hard drive out of the unit. I’m not sure why there is a $70 price difference between these two drives maybe the portable drive runs at 5400 rpm as apposed to a 7200 rpm.
Not really sure what the cause of the price difference is, but $189 is a pretty darn good price for a 4TB drive. If you need a lot of storage space at a little less then 5 cents a gb, the Seagate 4TB external drive is worth checking out.
January 11th, 2013 at 8:42 pm
this looks to be the desktop model, not the portable drive. for mac users, you can find the firewire 800 adapter on amazon for around $40. be sure to get the “go-flex” adapter, not the cable.
January 16th, 2013 at 8:16 am
Got a link to what you’re talking about? I’d love to take advantage of this for my mac.
January 16th, 2013 at 11:57 am
It’s in the post.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Sorry. I meant a link to the ‘go-flex’ FW800 adapter that Scott was taking about.
January 11th, 2013 at 11:37 pm
Maybe the reason for this price – hdd with inboard usb controller? For example 1Tb 2.5″ WD external usb 3.0 drive has only usb interface, no sata or pata.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:42 am
The 3TB version has a standard Seagate ST3000DM001 drive installed. I would guess the 4TB model does something similar.
January 12th, 2013 at 11:30 am
Awesome!
January 12th, 2013 at 9:47 am
This drive comes with a backup software… I need a auto back up solution for my PC.
Wonder how well it works or is there a better solution (my back up needs a less than a TB). Thx
January 12th, 2013 at 3:29 pm
I bought 2 Seagate Back Up Plus 3Gig Drives from Costco for $200 during Black Friday.