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Seagate 3TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive $115 Instore / Online @ Officeworks

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Seagate 3TB Expansion Portable Hard Drive $115 Instore / Online @ Officeworks
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Pfredk1000 on 17/12/2016 - 08:15 officeworks.com.au (8256 clicks)
Last edited 20/12/2016 - 00:40 by 3 other users

I bought a Xbox One S 500GB two weeks ago and it is full, 500GB is useless.
Bought a 2TB Seagate Expansion portable last night from a shop (not Officeworks), Xbox One S happy now with the space. I was looking online for specs etc, found this one. Bugger could of got the 3TB for the same price as the 2TB I bought hours ago, too late used already. Was going to rush in this morning an buy one before I unleashed the deal to ozbargin but this morning realised I have already spent too much money and changed my mind. Need to spend my money on a gaming monitor, damn xbox one s making me spend so much money.

The saving appears to be about $50 or so.

They seem to have plenty of stock every where. (Not like my last post sorry).

Of course you can plug it in a computer and use it as a normal drive.

Just some info
Seagate Make the Official Game Drive

Reading online
These are basically Seagate Expansion Portable Drives with a different green case (so save your money). As you can see below the models are similar.

Seagate Expansion 2TB Portable STEA2000400 $119 (Officeworks)
Seagate Expansion 3TB Portable STEA3000400 $115 (Officeworks)
2TB Seagate Game Drive STEA2000403 $169 or less (low as $139 I have seen)
4TB Seagate Game Drive STEA4000402 $200+ (Not worth it I think)

Also note, my 2TB is made in China, the 3TB says it is made in Thailand. Not sure if it makes any difference.

Happy Gaming, and Backups if you choose.

20/12: Sold out online for most but still available in store at selected locations.

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  • HugoHugo on 17/12/2016 - 08:27
    -8

    Hope you guys aren't going to store anything important on them because these have a nasty reputation.

    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/222267-seagate-faces-law…

    • stellaaddicted on 17/12/2016 - 08:34
      +13

      Are you referring to the well known issue with 3.5"? Your link refers to ST3000DM001.

      • zealmax on 17/12/2016 - 09:42
        +2

        I have had ST3000DM001 for over 3 years. Hasn't skipped a beat. Luck of the draw.

        • Kevan2 on 17/12/2016 - 15:04
          +4

          yes luck of draw. mine was the front end of bell shape curve, lol

        • tritty on 23/12/2016 - 02:32

          I work in data recovery and the ST3000DM001 is indeed a terrible drive. Not only can they fail without warning but the actual issue can be very difficult to diagnose. If you're using one, make sure you have everything important on it safely backed up somewhere else.

      • HugoHugo on 17/12/2016 - 09:58
        +2

        Oops, my bad! Thanks for checking up on that.

      • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2016 - 11:28
        +4

        A lot of those numbers are due to drive farming that Backblaze did.

        The drives put inside external portable kits are usually worse than the normal internal ones…

        https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze_drive_farming/

        Is it not a coincidence that the failure rates started to increase once they started buying the cheap 3TB ones?

        They weren't supposed to be used in an internal setting.

        • Epyc on 18/12/2016 - 00:46

          That was an very interesting read… never heard of this… thanks for the story :)

    • bchliu on 17/12/2016 - 08:53
      +1

      Desktop Hard drive you got there.. The one here is laptop 2.5" version (different SKU)..
      Although I have 4 of those 3.5" in my NAS that does play up every so often.. :( - hope the RAID5 holds up on them.

      • promethbastard on 17/12/2016 - 10:22

        Get some NAS drives into that thing, like WD Red's or the like. ASAP.

        • bchliu on 17/12/2016 - 10:25
          +1

          I had four original ones that died and claimed warranty from Seagate (just on 3 years). These ones in the NAS are the later ones that came back new from warranty. Hoping the later editions do not fail as much as the originals - except I do get the occasional iSCSI failure causing my Win2k12 server to bluescreen.. :(

        • promethbastard on 17/12/2016 - 10:31

          @bchliu: Oh rip :(
          Imo, worth the hassle of upgrading as funds allow.. Nothing server OSes hate more than BSOD. Except perhaps no RAM to work with, heh.

        • MrGrinchy on 17/12/2016 - 19:36

          @bchliu: an OS has to be on SSD, never trust an OS to run on platters, seriously.

        • bchliu on 17/12/2016 - 20:37

          @RalX: haha.. I'm no amateur mate. I've been building servers for 20 years so of course I know what is best.. :) I've actually got the hardware to upgrade except I've been so lazy actually doing it.

        • MrGrinchy on 17/12/2016 - 23:26

          @bchliu: Tech does change in time, ive been using linux since 0.99, so there dude, and thats about '91 which is what…. 25 years.

          Sure the Seagate Constellation disks are better, but at that price, go with intel SSDs.

          If you want even more speed, just copy the OS to a 32gig ram disk, run of that with sync to ssd, tripple sync to raid, quad sync to copy.com.

          If you have more money, go stupid on rack dell servers with 64 cores and 128gig ram and 64tb disks and 2tb ssd cache, just to host your personal emails/photos. Or save your self $30k, and sync to googles servers for $10/month.

        • MrGrinchy on 17/12/2016 - 23:38

          @bchliu: I used minix before Linus did, I used VAX machines and EDT in the old days. I read cpu instruction set manuals in the 80s.

        • bchliu on 17/12/2016 - 23:40

          @RalX: Its ok mate. No need to show your Resume in OzB as I no need to show mine.. :) Thanks for the advice, but my server is already in a similar SSD config.

        • MrGrinchy on 17/12/2016 - 23:41

          @bchliu: No worries hehe, as any home equipment, make sure doesnt get too dusty, bloody dust sucks.

        • imcold on 19/12/2016 - 08:27

          @RalX:

          Some stuff never change like Windows BSOD and war.

          Thanks And there was a little stock left at my local store.

          Going to retire 5 portables or use them as backup of backups

  • overlook on 17/12/2016 - 08:40
    -3

    i do remember people were talking how unreliable these 3tb portable drives are..

  • Muscles on 17/12/2016 - 08:43

    So these ones don't have issues with reliability?
    But this is a good price!

    • cmd1106 on 17/12/2016 - 09:26
      +5

      after some googling, appears only 3TB ST3000DM001 internal HDD has the issues. No one mentioned the faults of this product.

      • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2016 - 11:39
        +2

        I disagree, it's the external ones that are the problem.

        Seagate’s Barracuda 3TB Hard Disk Drive, Desktop Expansion HDD 3TB, Backup Plus 3TB External Hard Disk Drive, GoFlex 3TB External Hard Disk Drive, or other Seagate hard drive with model number ST3000DM001 exist.

        The few internal ones that were sold are pretty reliable from the anecdotes. I wonder if the one zealmax is talking about is internal. I suspect it might be.

        Backblaze was farming out the ST3000DM001 from the external kits…

        https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze_drive_farming/

        There is even a lawsuit going on about how they incorrectly used the drives.

        • ninjataki on 17/12/2016 - 14:37

          That made for a good read, thanks for linking. I didn't even know there was a crisis at that time, musnt have been on the PC much.

  • tarulov3 on 17/12/2016 - 08:45

    Are these good for the normal xbox one? Tech noob sorry! 🙁

    • Dilbery123 on 17/12/2016 - 08:48

      Anything over 256gb will be usable for storage on the Xbone, so you should be fine.

    • Morien on 17/12/2016 - 13:19
      -1

      Normal as in non-S? Or normal as in original xbox released circa 2001?

    • MeesusEff on 17/12/2016 - 17:31
      -1

      bought this for mine too :3

      • amazonaddict on 10/01/2017 - 06:41

        Hi, Any updates on this? Mine is god damn slow.. Games Jitter.

  • amazonaddict on 17/12/2016 - 08:54
    +1

    Same problem. Halo1-4 + BF1 + GOW4 + Odyssey + Few Demos -> Storage full.
    Ordered just now. Thanks OP. Good Price.

    All I need now is an XBox Controller Deal. Damn, I am spending a lot of money on this.

    • garage sale on 17/12/2016 - 09:53
      +1

      same here, will pickup a drive today ……
      yes also after a good controller deal…… feel ripped paying $80 for a controller when the whole unit was $299 with a game.
      these xbox one S are just sooo cheap and they are a 4K video player

      • johndemonik on 17/12/2016 - 10:54

        If you bought the xbox one s, shouldn't the other person who wants to play with you pay for the controller or bring their own? ;)

        • ialam99 on 17/12/2016 - 11:58
          +5

          Im hoping the second controller may help get someone to play with me

      • amazonaddict on 18/12/2016 - 19:14

        There is one deal coming up in Target for boxing day: $69. Hope well get a $50+ deal somewhere.

      • amazonaddict on 10/01/2017 - 06:45

        Hi, how is your drive doing? Mine pretty much sucks. Games Jitter & Lag if I load from the external Drive.

  • Mahogany Granger on 17/12/2016 - 09:01

    Western digital more reliable

  • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2016 - 09:01

    Can I use this to replace the 500GB one in my PS4?

    • futaris on 17/12/2016 - 09:12
      +2

      No. Only the 2TB is 9.5mm thick.

      • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2016 - 09:18

        Thank you.

      • johndemonik on 17/12/2016 - 10:55

        Is it even worth replacing the 500gb hard drive, when you can just use the 2tb externally? I guess it must be easy to open up an xbox

        • Smigit on 17/12/2016 - 12:37
          +1

          You'd void your warranty opening up the Xbox and I don't believe there'd be much or any performance benefit over USB.

          PS4 is another matter given they don't support externals.

      • ialam99 on 17/12/2016 - 12:02

        Does the 2tb one for into a xbox one s as well or just the regular one? Also, is there an idiots guide to replacing the harddrive?

        • Smigit on 17/12/2016 - 12:41

          I'd say it's a bad idea to be honest. You void your warranty doing so and you won't see any performance benefit from what I've seen in the past. You should have almost 20 months of warranty at worst case on a One S given it only launched recently.

          That and using USB would give you 2.5TB, where replacing the drive you'll only have 2.0TB.

    • promethbastard on 17/12/2016 - 10:25
      +2

      If you want to physically replace the HDD inside your PS.. don't buy a drive from officeworks. Get one from a PC shop. You only need a naked hard drive (or SSD if you want to spend more money/get less storage/but make it fast as hell) - not one of these things in a pre-fab case.
      1-2TB 2.5" HDDs are from around $100 upwards. SSD is more expensive but a lot faster.

      • ninjataki on 17/12/2016 - 14:42

        What about the PS3? Like if I buy a miracle 3.55 firmware ps3 and swap out the internal drive then will I lose that firmware? I guess what I'm really asking is where does the firmware get placed

        • yacman on 19/12/2016 - 11:08

          I have a PS3 with the firmware that you can load emulators into and all that with a 3k3y installed, I got it just before I moved house, never set it up in the new house because I was going to use it as a Blu-Ray player but scored a good one in the Dick Smith closing down sales, it's just in a box brand new and chipped somewhere with an extra controller and Blu-ray remote, is it something you'd be interested in, I have been thinking about selling it, it's going to waste :/

  • Saiya on 17/12/2016 - 09:06
    +1

    Awesome price! I got the drives from the previous deal https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/268795 that I use for my low power server that downloads and seeds Linux distos and they perform great!

    I am not sure if you can use them for the XBone as these drives are thicker than the regular 2TB versions, unless you connect it up via the USB cable.

    • garage sale on 17/12/2016 - 09:55

      usb is the way to go …… to swap the existing drive and format it isn't a DIY job on an xbox ….. easy on ps4 though. The xbox one S doesn't have enough built in boot code to rebuild a drives, the PS4 does, and it just reinstalls after it sees a new drive.

    • avan1976 on 17/12/2016 - 10:41

      This is a fantastic find. Cheaper than Amazon and can return to officeworks if I have issues.
      Thank you

  • sween64 on 17/12/2016 - 09:09
    -5

    I can't believe you spent $115 on a 2TB HD. That's a rip.

    • fredk1000 on 17/12/2016 - 09:18
      +12

      thanks for the salt. yeah I know I read on oz bargain I could of got a 3TB one for the same price.

      • sween64 on 17/12/2016 - 11:23
        -6

        $50 per TB is the max price one should pay.

  • DiscoJango on 17/12/2016 - 09:15

    i did the same, had to buy an external 2tb hdd for the xbox one, 500gb lasted about a month, and with the 4 free games with gold games per moth, it goes quick!

  • DanielR on 17/12/2016 - 09:34

    Has anyone pulled these apart for a cheap internal hdd?

    • kudoz on 17/12/2016 - 09:49
      -1

      I think from recollection these use a nonstandard connector internally

      • g12345567 on 17/12/2016 - 10:41
        +6

        The 3tb portable uses a standard 15mm thick 2.5" Samsung sata drive so can be easily removed and used in another device if they can fit. Normal 2tb portables are 9.5mm thick and are the largest internal supported by game consoles PS4/XB1.

        Check out this YouTube video showing one of the Seagate 3tb portables being pulled apart.

  • x2u on 17/12/2016 - 09:54

    I missed the TGG 20%off Ebay deal last time for Seagate Portable 4TB and I think this is a good deal.
    But I'm just wondering which one is better or reliable, desktop or portable HDD? I'm planning to plug in the HDD to my router for streaming.

    thanks

    • garage sale on 17/12/2016 - 10:00

      depends if your router will keep checking the drive or not …….the portable drives aren't meant to spin 24x7 …… need a NAS drive for that …….. my android box used to keep spinning the drive up all the time …..

      • Smigit on 17/12/2016 - 12:47
        -1

        I can't imagine most low cost desktop drives are designed to spin 24x7 either. You'd be looking at NAS ones probably which do appear in some more exy enclosures.

        Desktop might be the safer buy in that you won't hit any issues with the router struggling to power the HDD if it's an older USB 2.0 port (USB 3.0 would be ok mind).

  • knobbs on 17/12/2016 - 09:59

    How easy/possible is it to remove this from the cover and use as an internal HDD?

    I am in need of a new storage drive but this looks to be fairly cheap.

    • g12345567 on 17/12/2016 - 10:59
      +2

      Very easy. Keep in mind these are a thicker 15mm drive and no warranty if removed.

  • T1OOO on 17/12/2016 - 10:00

    Yeah I'd rather get this than a Xbox with 2tb which works out like $100 more expensive and u get 1.5tb less!

  • cala90 on 17/12/2016 - 10:01
    +1

    Thanks OP. I picked up a 4TB desktop drive for my XB1 but definitely need another portable drive.

    Saw this deal and yelled out to my partner "we're going to officeworks!"

    Thankfully she understands the ozbargainer in me..

  • cnut on 17/12/2016 - 10:02

    I actually just want a 1TB. Any good deals on those?

    • cmd1106 on 17/12/2016 - 10:10
      +1

      maybe wait for the boxing day sale, jbhifi normally do 20% off on the hard drives

    • chrism238 on 17/12/2016 - 10:11
      +2

      Would sir like me to freshen your drink with that?

      • ialam99 on 17/12/2016 - 12:05

        That'll be great….thanks :)

  • Coops1 on 17/12/2016 - 10:36
    +1

    Thanks OP..picked up 1 in Hobart, think there might be 4 left

    • Morty on 17/12/2016 - 10:42

      Nice. I got a click and collect there

      • Coops1 on 17/12/2016 - 10:46
        +1

        probably don't need to know for C&C, but wasn't on the shelves or in the cashier compactus, but they found them in a side cupboard after 5 mins :)

      • Coops1 on 17/12/2016 - 10:48
        +2

        Cheers, pleasing to see comments being helpful.
        I appreciate those that take the time to value add comments on stock levels and experiences
        Always try to do the same

  • johndemonik on 17/12/2016 - 10:51
    +2

    I am now up to date on the life of Fredk1000. That was a thorough write up.

  • AngryAlfred on 17/12/2016 - 11:24
    +1

    I've been using one of these with Xbox One for the past few months, I have around 50 games installed and it's only at 30% full. Never missed a beat and been waiting for it to come back down to grab another one, thanks OP.

  • KevinL on 17/12/2016 - 11:45
    +1

    Thanks OP, just picked one up at North Sydney - they were behind the counter rather than in general shelving, if anyone is going in for one.

  • ozf1 on 17/12/2016 - 11:48
    +1

    Thanks OP, waiting for the3TB to come down to this price for a while now.

    You should add FREE delivery also. Although it was free delivery for me I am so close to my OW that i will walk to it once I'm notified it's ready to pick up.

    With all the recent first choice deals and this plus Sennheiser headphones, my Credit Card is feeling like as slapped around as a strippers arse on a hens night!

    • Huskydog103 on 18/12/2016 - 12:46

      ozf1…..FREE delivery only within metropolitan area.
      $5.95 regional delivery for me but the nice guy in the service dept overrode my delivery fee(as a one-off) when I placed my order by phone. He was unable to override the fee online….

  • vid_ghost on 17/12/2016 - 12:10

    no stock had to order online for click and collect at my local store in 2 days :) all good thanks op.. great price!

  • Panama on 17/12/2016 - 12:15

    I only have 4 Xbox One and a couple of 360 games installed and my 500GB drive is full, which is an absolute joke. Pretty tempting.

    I imagine installing everything on this, then plugging it into the Scorpio later next year when I trade in should be fine yeah?

  • xxxx84 on 17/12/2016 - 12:31

    Is this fit in xbox so? :)

  • pencilman on 17/12/2016 - 13:05

    Good work OP !

  • NEEDHELP on 17/12/2016 - 13:06
    -7

    Seagate is one of the worse unreliable companies I've ever dealt with! My External Hard Drive failed a little past the warranty, but it was only used 2-3 times to update my backups. If i had used it more during the warranty period then these issues would have happened during the warranty period. It wasn't detecting anymore and on top of that the USB port broke off onto the inside of the enclosure. Do not trust extremely valuable data on these ticking time bombs!

    • johndemonik on 17/12/2016 - 13:28

      Maybe it broke because you were fapping so hard under your desk while you were doing those heavy cpu intensive backups?

    • MaMan on 17/12/2016 - 13:35
      -1

      Negging you for negging the deal. Mod's feel free to retract my negg for the negg if you wish.

  • Cleremy on 17/12/2016 - 13:40

    Took the plunge. Might help me to upgrade from XP to windows 7. I guess portable HD prices are finally surpassing what they were before the floods in Thailand years ago. Bought a 500GB Seagate around 2010 for only $70.

    • Cleremy on 20/12/2016 - 13:31

      Still waiting for word that my click and collect order is ready to collect….

      • Cleremy on 20/12/2016 - 21:48

        They sent me a text today, I was able to pick it up with just some photo ID.

  • drezy on 17/12/2016 - 15:04

    Awww yeah just picked up my drive from Officeworks Yarraville.. thanks op :)

  • dqtl74 on 17/12/2016 - 15:43

    Didn't need one. Bought one anyway.

  • Shads on 17/12/2016 - 16:09

    Cheers, picked one up.

  • OverburdenedWarrior on 17/12/2016 - 16:22

    Grabbed one from Airport West, Vic. Sounds like they had a few left. (They're behind the counter, shelf has placeholders and old price ($135).

  • NEEDHELP on 17/12/2016 - 17:22
    -4

    Seagate has a high, drive failure rate, if you purchase them then you always need a backup of a backup hard drive more often! I have a WD, Maxtor and a Toshiba which have had no dramas at all! Use at own risk!

    • pencilman on 17/12/2016 - 17:28
      +2

      Give it up please. Why are you still looking at this deal, since Seagate is obviously not for you.
      All hard drives have a failure rate, some models more than others.
      You had an isolated hard drive failure just after warranty expiration - it's upsetting, I know, but it happens,
      You were just unlucky.
      I've had WD drives fail - still buy them……..

    • virsagomk2 on 18/12/2016 - 13:51

      2 months ago, my 2tb WD passport failed, only after 2+ years, past the warranty period.

      WD was kind enough to allow me RMS it but I lost faith with WD now.

      My wife's old 1tb hdd bought back in 2011 is still working fine up until today.

    • gummibear on 27/12/2016 - 02:39

      Maxtor, How big is that. 400mb?

      What about your Quantum Fireball? =P

      • CVonC on 27/12/2016 - 03:48

        IBM Deathstars ftw

  • NEEDHELP on 17/12/2016 - 17:37
    +1

    I also don't understand after many years why the prices are almost the same and why 2 or 3 TB is not the norm? Are manufactures all going by the Apple method and still having almost the same capacity and using old hardware yet still charging the same prices? 5400rpm in the IMac is a disgrace in 2017 terms!

  • spida on 17/12/2016 - 18:51

    Thanks just picked one up

  • AirJordanFan93 on 17/12/2016 - 18:58

    Went down to Office Works this afternoon and got the 2TB drive since they had none of the 3TB ones. The fact the connector actually fits into the drive unlike my old Toshiba 1TB HDD makes this much better.

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