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JB Hi-Fi Buffalo Ministation Stealth 1TB Portable HDD USB 3.0 $98

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fchis on 21/07/2011 - 14:44 jbhifionline.com.au (1365 clicks)
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Buffalo Ministation Stealth 1TB Portable HDD
High performance 1TB HDD portable storage with USB 2.0 and 3.0 compatibility

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/computers-laptops/computer-ac…

Computing Computer Peripheral External Hard Drive USB 3.0

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  • fchis on 21/07/2011 - 14:54
    +2

    well, he didn't post it so not many can see.

  • Black Hole on 21/07/2011 - 15:08

    What make of HDD inside?

  • ozb-442 on 21/07/2011 - 15:34

    +1, cheapest by far.

  • asa79 on 21/07/2011 - 15:46
    -3

    Rather the reliablity of the WD over this.

    • effgee on 21/07/2011 - 20:50
      +2

      I've had several WD's fail; they certainly don't have a perfect record inj my book. Plus WD loves to load bloatware and intrusive partitions on their drives.

  • justtoreply on 21/07/2011 - 16:42
    +1

    Online only or in-store?

    • stebie on 22/07/2011 - 17:35

      I also would like to know. I'd rather pick one up over the weekend and move files from my laptop…

      • stebie on 25/07/2011 - 00:07

        To answer myself, YES, (limited) stock in-store at the same price. Probably an idea to call your local store to confirm stock prior to rocking up.

    • justtoreply on 25/07/2011 - 14:42

      Yep was going to answer my own Q too.

      In store ok, but much less stock than other brands.

  • CVonC on 21/07/2011 - 16:51

    yeah good price for usb 3.0

  • atlas on 21/07/2011 - 17:26

    USB powered 2.5" equals a pretty good deal.

  • atlas on 21/07/2011 - 17:26

    Nt

  • huu on 21/07/2011 - 17:59
    +6

    Can someone make a page for a collections of ozbargain's unpublished comments? ;-)
    everytime i saw "jv 3 hours 8 min ago Comment unpublished. (Inappropriate)" i really want to know what the comments was!! LOL

    • rumham25 on 21/07/2011 - 18:39
      +5

      He accused the hard drive's circuity of collusion in a Zionist conspiracy set on raising prices on green prawns

  • matchray on 21/07/2011 - 18:43

    nice stuff with good price

  • EnALup on 21/07/2011 - 18:54

    Does anyone know, how much is the warranty and if they are good value for money?
    I was waiting for a deal for Seagate flex usb 3

  • brenwildman on 21/07/2011 - 19:58

    Good deal. Other prices for USB 3 2.5" 1TB are ~$120 (MSY, CPL, OW, Centercom), and JB include delivery. This doesn't relate to this product but does the seagate flex looks like marketing scam where they claim its USB 3 but you have to buy the USB 3 connector for an extra ~$20.

    • JohnWest on 22/07/2011 - 11:57

      Nah that looks right,
      I've only seen 500Gb usb 3.0 included with the segate goflex.
      Goflex range are pretty durable, i have one and put it through a lot of bumps and it hasn't played up like some of the WD ones that i have had in the past

  • uraha on 21/07/2011 - 22:42

    what hard drive is inside it?

  • davidl2 on 22/07/2011 - 02:07

    does this use 2.5" HDD or 3.5" HDD?
    any power adapter needed? or plain USB powered?
    brand of the HDD inside?

    • EnALup on 22/07/2011 - 02:22
      +1

      Portables are 2.5"

      • davidl2 on 22/07/2011 - 10:34

        thx mate!

  • ModaMagic on 22/07/2011 - 07:48

    Good price for the fastest USB 3.0 Portable HDD. I might pick one up since the reviews are looking good for this hard drive.

  • m0tyrider on 22/07/2011 - 09:47

    Anybody know the drive inside and have some rep on the brand?

    • EnALup on 22/07/2011 - 11:44

      I think, its WD or Samsung. But I am not sure. They have mixed reviews, which I have read. Bad thing they say is the cover, which looks cheap. Rest all good.
      I am also confused to buy this or wait for any other big brand sale.

      • m0tyrider on 25/07/2011 - 12:57
        +1

        Might just wait….they can only get cheaper

  • freespec on 22/07/2011 - 12:16

    I have one of these, highly recommended. Paid $110 about 2 months ago.

  • teaBagger on 22/07/2011 - 14:00

    DO WE HAVE VERIFICATION OF THE BRAND OF HDD INTERNAL TO THIS CASE

    Anything except WD is ok.

    • teaBagger on 22/07/2011 - 14:07

      too good a deal to wait for a reply…. purchased.
      will post the brand of hdd when it arrives.

    • stebie on 25/07/2011 - 00:14

      Not sure. My computer recognises it as a "BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 USB DEVICE", and I'm not willing to sacrifice warranty by prying the case open to check further.

  • unclesimon on 22/07/2011 - 19:25

    who knows how many years warranty of this one?

    • stebie on 25/07/2011 - 00:15

      Rear of the box claims 3 year warranty.

  • myoda on 25/07/2011 - 20:41

    Officeworks now have a 1TB drive also for $98. Wester Digtal brand, there was pile of them in the clearance bin, Officeworks Richmond (VIC) store.

    • EnALup on 27/07/2011 - 04:23

      They are usb 2.0

  • koo88 on 27/07/2011 - 17:47

    Using this on USB2.0, I am transferring about 15gb and it is sub 1MB/sec.. quite slow is this normal?

    • Mikinoz on 27/07/2011 - 17:49

      laptop with or without power, also are you using a usb 2.0 port

      • koo88 on 27/07/2011 - 18:35

        Desktop with power @ 1.75MB/s now. doing the conversion online 480Mb/s = 60MB/s. 1.75MB/s at the moment is no where near 60MB/s. Yes I am using USB 2.0 port.

        • Mikinoz on 27/07/2011 - 18:41
          +1

          Ohh sorry for my assumption :) that is no good. one large file or many small?

          Are you using the cable that came with the hdd or one that was laying around?

      • koo88 on 27/07/2011 - 18:46

        1.88MB/s now. Around 8-10 large files. Yeah I am using the cable. I haven't tested the USB 3.0 speeds yet but will do after this slow process. Possibly because windows USB2.0 files transfer speeds vs macs USB2.0 transfer speeds are inferior.

        • stebie on 27/07/2011 - 20:52

          I've get poor performance on very small files, as low as 1kb/s, however larger files appear to go around 20MB/s+. In my case, it's probably my laptop (hibernated daily w/o reboot for months, using SuperCopier2 for file transfers).

        • koo88 on 27/07/2011 - 21:02
          +1

          I figured out the reason now. I connected the hard drive directly to the computer without and extension cord and the speed is now min 25MB/s. I guess an important note is that to get best speeds used the supplied cable and connect directly to the computer itself.

  • fault on 28/07/2011 - 21:30

    Grabbed one… On my Intel Core i5 desktop, moving 10 GB+ of AVIs around:

    • USB2: Around 25 MB/s average
    • USB3: Around 75 MB/s average

    For USB3, that's via a NEC USB 3.0 controller off my ASUS P7P55D-E PRO motherboard. Sweet!

    • fault on 29/07/2011 - 22:53

      Starting backing up 500 GB+ of crap on my computer today. USB3 speeds dropped to around 45 MB/s average when mixing in files and folders of random sizes. Bugga…

  • EnALup on 29/07/2011 - 03:21

    Finally got one :) . Hope, its a good decision.

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