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Seagate ST6000VN0041 6TB IronWolf Hard Drive $193.61 (15% Discount Applied at Checkout) @ Warehouse1 eBay

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PCTECH

Saw the deal from MaoZ (see below), but have been looking for 6TB drives for my NAS. Found this great deal (15% off + the 20% off PCTECH coupon) so snapped up 2 drives. If I get permission from my wife, might get another 2 and replace all existing drives in my NAS.

Please note 15% inital discount applied automatic when check out.

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/356771

Product Description
The IronWolf 6TB NAS Hard Drive is an incredibly reliable solution for those requiring extra storage and enhanced portability from their home systems. Optimised for NAS enclosures, this hard drive is bolstered by Agile Array technology and rotational sensors, bringing you better all round performance and ensuring your multi-drive systems run with ease. A great way to enhance and scale up the capabilities of your home setup.

Manufacturer: Seagate Technology
Manufacturer Part Number: ST6000VN0041
Manufacturer Website Address: http://www.seagate.com/au/en/
Brand Name: Seagate
Product Line: IronWolf
Product Model: ST6000VN0041
Product Name: IronWolf ST6000VN0041 Hard Drive
Product Type: Hard Drive
Spindle Speed (rpm): 7200
Buffer: 128 MB
Interfaces/Ports
Drive Interface: SATA
Drive Interface Standard: SATA/600
Drive Type: Internal
Drive Width: 3.5"

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  • +3

    similar to price to the 4tb model earlier…

    you should just tell the wife the drives are dead and need to be replaced…=D

    • +5

      Yeah, that's why I mentioned the 4TB deal in the description. However the 15% on the 4TB drive has been removed now but still up for the 6TB (at the moment).

      Certainly tempting to say that to the wife, but not a great liar so would rather be truthful about it. She loves a bargain as well, so if I say there's a 35% discount, more likely to get the green light.

  • So are these still good to use in a regular PC, for storing movies, games etc?

    • +2

      They're designed for NAS drives, but shouldn't be a problem for regular PCs. NAS drives usually run 24/7 in most cases and optimised for that kind of environment.

      • Cool, thank you. have about 6tb of storage now but it filled up pretty quick so i need more and this is cheaper per GB (and likely far more reliable) than the regular WD Blues id probably get otherwise. Plus i only have 1 SATA port left so may as well go all out on the hard drive that i use in it.

  • +3

    Jacked up already
    $284.72, after 20% => $227.2

    • +1

      It takes 15% when you put it in your cart - kind of a hidden discount. So, not jacked yet.

      • +2

        I've updated the description to show that the 15% is applied at checkout.

  • Aw crazy timing. I just ordered 6 of the 4TB this morning. I could have gotten away with 4 or 5 of these.

    • Why not 6 ;)

    • Sounds like a great deal then.

  • Tempting 6TB or wait for 8TB to come down in price

    • I've been waiting for 6TB Ironwolf drives to come down for more than 3 months to sub $200 level. I haven't seen any 8TB Ironwolf drives discounted for a while…

    • I have 5s now :( I refuse to update until at least 8s. Preferably 7 of themfor under 1600 shipped

  • Just ordered one, thanks OP. My old WD Green has slowly been degrading. Two questions:

    • Best way to clone my old drive to my new one?
    • Any decent way to use the drive externally? I have a very small ITX case and currently have 2 SSDs and my HDD crammed in but it doesn't help airflow. I store all my photos, videos and media on my HDD so use it fairly regularly but no need for super intensive applications like my SSDs.
  • +1

    How noisey are these bad boys? My 4 bay raid is connected directly to htpc.

    • +1

      Not sure, will let you know when they arrive.

    • They have a rotational speed of 7200 RPM, so will be noisy while in operation. Not sure about idle noise.

  • So, my 1.5TB portable is finally filling up.
    Any suggestions on NAS's, OP (or anyone else)?

    • +2

      I've got a Synology (an older one). Can't speak for any others, but find the Synology operating system is easy to use and also has a bunch of free apps for things like media players, photo viewing, email servers among others. I use mine for media storage, and run movies and music through it via my PS4. Also store photos and have it setup for Raid 1 backups.

      • I've also got a Synology 213j 2 bay NAS. I wonder if I want to replace the exiting hard drive, does it mean that the system has to be re-installed and copy all the stuff from the old hard drive to these? It will be a pain.

        • +1

          I've go the 413j at home and working well. As you've said, I believe you'll need to re-install the system then copy everything over. A pain, yes, but better than formatting over any critical data. That's what I'll be doing and setting up raid backups when I get another 2 6TB drives (not this deal though as it's sold out).

        • @ChepChep: RAID… Backups?

          Please tell us you're not serious.

    • Really like the Synology 4-bay "+" models.

    • I have the Synology DS916+ - Fits 4 drives with option for another expansion drive (I think up to 10tb each).
      They aren't cheap and the CPU could be a little better for the price.
      It's the software that makes it so good to use as it's very intuitive and easy.

      Paired with an Nvidia shield you are looking at one of the best consumer media setups.

      • Yeah damn they aren’t cheap.
        Hmmmmmm

        • Wait for ebays next 20% off tech sale. Thats how i got mine for an alright price.

      • Shield is overpriced niche product, for a media player.

        • +1

          On Amazon its reasonably priced. In terms of a player that can stream 4K HDR atmos rips from the nas it's worth its price.

    • Hp microserver

  • +1

    Damnit, just bought WD 6TB last week for $270.

    Oh well, bought four of these as well. Two thumbs up.

    • For what it's worth seems Warehouse1 has been listening because the disks I ordered were delivered today and were very well packaged. Large Australia Post cardboard box, foam insert clearly designed for shipping disks, ESD bag around each disk. All the SMART tests reporting OK and although haven't surface-scanned the disks, fairly confident will be OK.

      Might be that ordering 4 disks helped. There's a lot of packaging - can't imagine they'd do all this for 1 disk.

  • $1,161.65 for 6 Drives, guess I should get the missus's approval

    • +4

      it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission ;)

      • +1

        Nah, dont worry about. Ive been married before

      • +1

        Username checks out ;)

  • +1

    Nice find. Bought.

    One of the rare times you get two discounts off the full RRP (the 20pc off comes off the ORP, and the 15pc comes off the ORP as well).

    • +2

      actually 3. don't forget cashrewards :)

      • Forgot about Cash Rewards. Not sure what I'll spend the $1.93 (1% reward) on though ;)

    • -2

      Don't forget a plus vote.

  • -1

    A little off topic but has anyone had any experience with the INTEL 1TB SSD6. It seams like a good price. Comes down to $348.92. Thanks

  • Tempting. Is it worth to hold out until the WD blacks come back down to around $220 or the reds come down to this price?
    Or is Seagate now on the same level as WD in terms of reliability?

    • The general opinion is that WD is still more reliable, but I've always have Seagate drives and never had a problem (knock on wood). I've been waiting to see which 6TB drives come down sub-$200 first and the Ironwolf drives won. Would've brought the WD Red if they got there first.

      • I had 4 Seagates die within 3 weeks 1 after each other in my HP Microserver, the Seagate RMA is pretty good tho

        • Were they all from the same batch?

        • @ob123: pretty close i guessing as bought them all at same time

  • +6

    Don't bother with these guys. They don't package the drives well and it'd end up damaged when it arrives. I've been sent drives from them twice and both times they came damaged. All they do is put 3-4 layers of bubble wrap, which is then put inside a plastic satchel. Knowing how the postal system works, these will be thrown around. If it's not damaged when it arrives, then you're lucky, but I wouldn't be surprised if it breaks down earlier than expected.

    I got a replacement from Seagate directly and they cover the drive in foam, which is placed in a hard box, which is how it should be done.

    • +1

      this… better off paying a bit more for knowing they were transported properly

      a thin layer of bubble wrap and freedom to bounce around doesn't make for a happy HDD

    • +1

      +1
      Had to return a 4TB WD RED as it was shipped in a satchel from these guys (Warehouse1). Eventually got a refund - what a waste of time.

      Computer Alliance weren't much better but the HDD survived for now.

      Shopping Express / Futu seemed to be the only ones that used a bubble envelope + box so packaging was the best of the lot. Haven't powered up the drive though to check if DoA.

    • +1

      My sentiments exactly - I took the risk and bought 2 hard drives (4TB IronWolfs) for Christmas and like many others, found them wrapped in merely two layers of bubblewrap in a plastic satchel.

      Fortunately they are fine, and I suspect Warehouse1 probably calculated that the cost of addressing failures due to bad shipment is less than the cost of properly packaging the each drive they ship for transport. Which is a sad indication that its purely motived as a cost saving measure and I'd be happy to pay $10 for better packaging as the savings would still be worth it. I since then bought another one but from MSY as I didn't want to take the risk with these guys.

      For the extra $70 you can buy from PCCG (not including delivery for discussions sake) and yes you can get the version of this drive with a 256Mb cache (vs 128 which seems to sell for the same price) and know its been handled correctly, and know you'll get a higher level of warranty aftercare. Assuming $35 for each, you are paying $35 for double the cache (not sure how much of a performance increase this would create) and $35 for better care…

      Now you could argue, 6Tb of data, its worth it…

    • And what would they care right? If it arrives DOA, they'd just shift the blame back to Seagate telling them that the drives were faulty.

      Plus they probably just worked out the cost savings from a shipment/return point of view and NOT the cost of "time". If you take into account the staff costs to go through a returns process, repack/send to the customer and send the faulty drives back to seagate (which seagate doesn't pay the postage costs); it all adds up. Pure waste of time in the end and because of that these guys won't get repeat/returning customers.

    • Mine arrived yesterday, wrapped in bubble wrap inside a box.

  • -2

    A shame it's Seagate.

  • Damn why are there never any deals in aus on WD blacks

  • Thought I would update - my 6TB drive arrived today. It came wrapped in a wad of bubble wrap in a cardboard box. Still room for improvement, but better than just in a satchel.

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