Seagate Backup Plus 5TB Portable HDD (Blue/Red) USB3.0 only $199.20 after coupon applied.
Australian Stock
Australian Warranty
Red Version - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/STDR5000303-5TB-Backup-Plus-Porta…
Original 20% off Selected Stores for Father's Day at eBay Deal Post
Lol how slim can you make a 5TB portable hard drive?
In early 1999 i purchased a 6.2GB 3.5" desktop hard drive for $199 from ARC Computers Penrith. Was hard to imagine back then that they they could make a 500GB portable hard drives let alone 5000GB drives.
Hahaha wow how technology develops!!
It is just like the PlayStation 2 had an 8MB memory card and I never ran out of storage on it and I had heaps of stuff on there xD
Getting nostalgic now lol
Yes, those were the days. In 1991/92 I bought a Quantum 240MB (yes MB) hard drive for $1,200. They had previously been selling for nearly $2,500 and the one I bought hit the (at the time) Holy Grail of pricing benchmark of $5 per MB. I used it on a BBS system along with a Netcomm M5 modem that I bought for $2,200. Modems were very expensive in those days but it was 9,600 baud.
@cryptowiz: I still remember my $4200 486DX2/66 with 240MB HDD, 4x CDROM, and an awesome 800x600 Res Sony Trinitron Monitor LOL
My buddy purchased a 16gb thumbdrive when they first came out- from harvey norman for $1499.
You can get a 5TB SSD drive 3.5" form factor…
I think it's actually two drives sandwiched together into one enclosure nope, that was for the first generation, which had two drives configured in RAID0 and used a USB to Raid adapter.
I think these drives are 15mm tall.
if so.. that sux seeing you can get a 4TB drive as a single thick drive.
I think its one hdd, the below link discusses the new 5TB hdd.
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/10/19/13329232/…
Would this work on my Samsung Smart TV?
Don't see why not.
That's a lot of data to lose when you drop it
yeh the bigger they are, the harder they fall….
a 80gb drive would just float down to the ground
How much heavier are 5TB of bytes comparing to 80GB ?
You'd have to drop it pretty hard to actually damage the drive inside. The actual drives are rated to about 100G's IIRC, and the casing acts as a cushion.
I dare you to prove it.
Dropped a 2tb WD my passport out of my car (fell off the seat onto concrete) and it developed a clicking noise when started. My PC has only recognised it 3 times from the million attempts at using it
I would personally be using this as my back up and only use maybe once a month to back up. Saves having to get a power cord just to back up.
5TB desktop drive is half price, innit ?
Do you mean 5TB desktop drives are $100? If so where?
This deal is still active for anyone who wants a gigantic 8TB of storage.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/324732
$234 aussie delivered, which is an additional 34 dollars for a Desktop type backup drive. That's around $30 dollars per TB of storage, very good value.
You can also shuck the drive for a Seagate SMR archival drive, which might be of interest to those running a NAS.
I've never ordered from Warehouse1 as I've seen a lot of negative comments online. Can anyone (not associated with the company) confirm if they have had a good experience as I might just bite the bullet on this deal.
Have bought from them a few times during the Ebay 20% off sales and had no issues each time.
I've done two orders through them and both were good experiences. Good prices too.
I also have ordered from them & orders arrived each time as expected. Have not had any issues to see how their support goes.
Sigh. I just bought a 4Tb and now there's a 5… WD or Seagate?
It's Seagate Sherlock … as it says in the description. Lol
what size is it?
As in the 4Tb j bought is a WD, which is supposedly a better brand.
What colour? Who's selling it?
is this a smr drive and what rpm is the spindle speed?
For anyone interested, it seems to be 5400 rpm smr drive according to a review. However hard specifications were not listed anywhere I looked which is unusual.
Aparently its TGMR which is not SMR. Have no idea what TGMR actually means!!!
PRESENT Code isn't working for me - says cannot be applied.
Is this a 3.5" one or 2.5" one and also can anyone comment how loud it is?
Its 2.5. Cant comment on noise level.
Hi Guys,
FYI, we also have a silver for the promotion :)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Seagate-Backup-Plus-Silver-5-TB-E…
Have a good night.
Title should say 'External' not 'Portable'. Portable Hard drives draw power from the USB port, Externals require a separate power cable.
Whats your point? This is portable without any additional power supply!!
:O True!
Well technically this is called a "Portable external HDD" (with the 2.5" drive) and while the one with the 3.5" drive is called "Desktop external HDD".
wow .. 5tb in a portable drive.. this thing looks chunky.. must have lots of platers