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Hitachi 3TB 5K3000 Deskstar 3.5" SATA Retail - USD$108.49 (AUD$115 Per Drive Delivered for 5)

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Found this via an OCAU post this morning:
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=13438036&po…

This is retail packaging but at least $USD20 cheaper than any other 5K3000 3TB you'll find at the moment, and they ship to AUD.

Seems to be maximum of 5 per order at discount price, $USD139.00 afterwards.

The only thing I'm not sure about is warranty - maybe not same warranty as OEM drives that aren't in retail packaging.

According to my calcs based on the exchange rate of $USD1.10 to $AUD1.00 it's about $AUD115 per drive delivered if you buy the maximum of 5.

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I did some quick calcs using PriceUSA which would give you their "delivery protection" i.e. they handle warranty returns. It works out $125 per drive for 5 shipped with that protection. I think I'd take the risk and just pay to return to B&H myself.

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Bought 5 drives, total charged to cc (using AMEX) is $AUD575.31 = $115.07 per drive

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  • videoman on 28/07/2011 - 09:56

    How much is the postage to Australia?

  • videoman on 28/07/2011 - 09:57
    +7

    For 1

    $38.26
    UPS Worldwide Expedited
    4-6 Business Days Days Delivery

    $61.20
    UPS Worldwide Saver
    3-5 Business Days Delivery

    $111.20
    FedEx Priority
    3-5 Business Day Delivery

    $58.00
    International Express Mail
    5-7 Days Delivery

    $49.00
    International Priority Mail
    10-14 Days Delivery (No Tracking Available)

  • No Smoking on 28/07/2011 - 09:59
    +3

    Actual price is $146 after you factor in $38 for shipping. Although still cheaper than Australia, according to static ice the cheapest is $180.

    • HeXa on 28/07/2011 - 10:00

      sif just buy 1!

      max of 5 is also the recommended qty :p

    • PaTT0 on 28/07/2011 - 19:09

      You would be better off buying the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB for $179.00.

  • videoman on 28/07/2011 - 10:00
    +4

    For 5

    $88.66
    UPS Worldwide Expedited
    4-6 Business Days Days Delivery

    $113.16
    UPS Worldwide Saver
    3-5 Business Days Delivery

    $233.60
    FedEx Priority
    3-5 Business Day Delivery

    $107.00
    International Express Mail
    5-7 Days Delivery

    $100.00
    International Priority Mail
    10-14 Days Delivery (No Tracking Available)

  • seb on 28/07/2011 - 10:04
    +2

    Pretty sure Hitachi does not offer international warranty.

  • sonicentropy on 28/07/2011 - 10:06
    +1

    Nice price for 2 shipped, it still works out $100 bucks cheaper than MSY

  • Daabido on 28/07/2011 - 10:06
    +8

    Can't say enough about B&H. I bought a projector from them, the bulb blew after a couple of weeks. They sent me a new one straight away, no questions asked.

    I've also heard other stories of excellent customer service.

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 10:11

      Good to know.. think I'll take the risk of return shipping

      • Daabido on 28/07/2011 - 10:12
        +2

        Brisbane group buy anyone?

        • Kaboda on 28/07/2011 - 11:07

          I am keen to buy two. How shall we do this ?

        • Evil-Elmo on 28/07/2011 - 11:28

          Not sure how many Daabido wants, but if he wants two I could go for one for backups.

        • Daabido on 28/07/2011 - 11:40

          Sorry. Change of plans on my part. But feel free to go for it.

  • gadgetguy on 28/07/2011 - 10:12

    Ordering 4 works out at around $115 AUD each delivered which is a significant saving. I just ordered.

    • hellrazorone on 28/07/2011 - 10:15

      It states in the title that it works out to be around $115 delivered. Which is $54 cheaper than you can currently buy them for in Australia. Even if one out of the five dies (and you don't bother with the RMA) then you are still ahead.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2011 - 10:15

      Damnit, accidentally -1 meant to click +1…
      +1 because it's only $5 delivery when you order 5 and break down the cost of delivery into 5.

  • cyrax83 on 28/07/2011 - 10:18

    I also bought 5 drives !! CHEAP !

    By the way you can't pay with Paypal since you can't get a verified address here in Australia.

    I had to sign up and use my mastercard.

    It works out to be around $118 per drive including shipping and including international surcharge on mastercard/visa of 2.95%

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 10:58

      Aah thanks for the info - didn't realise there was CC surcharge and PP won't work.. might not be that bad to go via PriceUSA after all - $7 per drive extra

    • Smigit on 28/07/2011 - 11:30

      My account is verified and has been for years.

      Just logged into Paypal to check…"Status: Verified"

      and

      "You are now a Verified PayPal user. In addition to increased security, buyers and sellers value your Verified status because it indicates you have passed PayPal security checks. Most importantly, you can now send unlimited payments with your PayPal account."

      Registered to an Australian address.

      • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 11:33

        Says on the site for PayPal "U.S. Canada & U.K. Only"

        • Smigit on 28/07/2011 - 11:35
          +1

          Sure, but I was responding to the statement "you can't pay with Paypal since you can't get a verified address here in Australia". You can. Whether they accept international payments from the account is a separate matter.

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 13:46

      Where did you get charged the surcharge? Did it show up on your invoice? I bought 5 with AMEX and I can't see any, so maybe it's only Mastercard & VISA

      • the discombobulated… on 28/07/2011 - 13:50
        +1

        He's referring to the currency conversion surcharge. Typically 2-3%, though as far as I've seen the bell curve peaks at 2.5%. When doing currency conversion to work out how much I'm paying I always multiple by 1.025. That gives me a more realistic figure.

  • Turd on 28/07/2011 - 10:28

    These are RETAIL boxes too!! So you get everything! And will be packed very very very well!

    • Utopian on 04/08/2011 - 09:39

      OMG… Everything?! Does that mean 4 screws? :P

  • RandomNinja on 28/07/2011 - 10:43

    Anyone know off the top of their head if these will work with the HP Proliant server? Seem to recall they only support max 2TB drives?

    • cyrax83 on 28/07/2011 - 10:44
      +1

      confirmed they will work.

      • Turd on 28/07/2011 - 10:44
        +1

        Double confirm they work.

        • RandomNinja on 28/07/2011 - 10:49
          +11

          sigh Order confirmed - wife's not gonna be happy lol

          Thanks for the replies!

        • motlking on 28/07/2011 - 10:54
          +14

          hahaha wives are never happy

  • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 10:56

    Anyone see what the warranty is for these? Any reason why it'd be less than OEM period of 3 years?

    • Turd on 28/07/2011 - 10:59
      +1

      Retail would suggest it is 3 years return to B&H

      Also it says:

      What's in the Box
      Hitachi 3TB 5K3000 Deskstar 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Disk Drive

      • 3-Year Limited Warranty
      • ryang on 28/07/2011 - 11:15

        Retail would suggest it is 3 years return to B&H

        Exactly… The issue with the warranty isn't the period, it's the option. No local warranty options, back to the supplier only. So you'll be paying for shipping back to them, and maybe even back again.

        Great price aside from the potential warranty issue though.

        • Turd on 28/07/2011 - 11:20

          Id say the risk is worth it!

          All in or nothing. Black or Red!

        • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 11:31

          The other option is to use PriceUSA which works out to be $7 more per drive but gives you their warranty protection.

          However given the good rep these guys have for warranty and the excellent reliability results these drives are giving so far (see BackBlaze) I'd take the risk.

  • KLoNe on 28/07/2011 - 11:07

    4x of these would be good in a Synolgy DS411j. Hmmm.

    • pull the lever on 28/07/2011 - 11:20

      I have Synology DS211J. compatible??

      • bryans on 28/07/2011 - 11:41

        I have a Synology DS211+

  • allergic2work on 28/07/2011 - 11:11
    +2

    sweet deal, except i dont "need" 5…. group buy melbourne?

    • iduosports on 28/07/2011 - 11:55
      +1

      How many do you need?

    • Charlie-B on 28/07/2011 - 12:52

      Haha group buy please! in melbourne too

    • davidl2 on 28/07/2011 - 19:23

      I need 2 drives, in Melbourne CBD area! anyone?

      contact me!!!

      • impulsebuy on 28/07/2011 - 22:29

        I'll take two, can order and have it ship to my office in Oakleigh. Let me know if anyone want in, up to 5 to save on $hipping

        • Lukian on 29/07/2011 - 00:38

          I'll take 1-2, can pickup from oakleigh on a weekend?

        • davidl2 on 31/07/2011 - 10:41

          you not accepting any messages, change your settings? or contact me!! :)

  • the discombobulated… on 28/07/2011 - 11:34

    I wish I could've bought 6, 3 per microserver, raid 5'd.

    Just realised I bought 15TB of storaged and wished I could've bought 18TB.

    Mein gott!

  • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2011 - 11:36
    +3

    wow retail boxed HDDs.. I haven't seen those for ages.

  • arescarti42 on 28/07/2011 - 11:40
    +2

    Oh lame, I ordered a netbook from them literally last night, could have stuck one of these in the order and probably cut down on shipping.

    • RandomNinja on 28/07/2011 - 11:45

      Might not be too late to get them to amend order, probably worth asking the question

  • bryans on 28/07/2011 - 11:43
    -2

    Average specs:
    Drive Speed 5400rpm with CoolSpin Power Management Technology
    Buffer 32MB

    Maybe okay as a backup device.

    • watwatwat on 28/07/2011 - 12:20
      +5

      Nah, I need 3TB for my boot drive. I like having 2000 installs of win7 so i can have multiple desktops.

    • ryang on 28/07/2011 - 12:31
      +5

      Maybe okay as a backup device

      Maybe you could research a tad first. Most TB sized drives are operating @ 5400RPM and beating performance numbers of lower capacity, higher speed drives. Platter density beats RPM, basically.

      eg. http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_spinpoint_f4eg_review_h…

  • gnarly on 28/07/2011 - 11:53
    +1

    Great price if you buy five.
    I prefer to stagger out my drive purchases to avoid any potential systematic defects affecting all my drives.
    Also have concerns about shipping to claim on the warranty.

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 11:54

      Works out almost the same for 4 drives as the shipping drops

    • Utopian on 04/08/2011 - 10:48

      Me too.
      I also spread between brands. (for example) 5 of one, 5 of another. Tired of losing 1000's of hours of work, when something dies, all for the sake of being too tight/naive to do a REAL backup. NOTHING less than 1:1 backup now. No RAID rubbish, genuine 1:1 caveman backups. Every HDD purchase is pairs now. Last week: 4x 2TB WD Green EARX, 4x 2TB Samsung HD204UI.

    • Utopian on 04/08/2011 - 12:35

      (can't edit previous post, so I'll add here)

      New article, reinforcing what we knew, but many still ignore…
      http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-…

      Let's put everything we've explored into some rational perspective. Here is what we know about hard drives from the two cited studies.

      • MTBF tells you nothing about reliability.
      • The annualized failure rate (AFR) is higher than what manufacturers claim.
      • Drives do not have a tendency to fail during the first year of use. Failure rates steadily increase with age.
      • SMART is not a reliable warning system for impending failure detection.
      • The failure rates of “enterprise” and “consumer” drives are very much similar.
      • The failure of one drive in an array increases the likelihood of another drive failure.
      • Temperature has a minor effect on failure rates.

      So… RAID, and/or putting all your eggs in one basket (brand/model/machine) is still as foolish as always.

  • Trojan on 28/07/2011 - 12:34
    +2

    Anyone in Sydney want to group buy? I can meet up in CBD (Wynyard)

    • the discombobulated… on 28/07/2011 - 12:42

      You tempt me to get a 6th disk. Muchly so. Can I give a tentative yes for 1?

    • RayEarth2133 on 28/07/2011 - 12:52

      I can also meet up in CBD - need one.

      • cyrax83 on 28/07/2011 - 12:57

        I'm in wynyard CBD. Will take two. how will warranty work on these split orders ?

    • mrcucc on 28/07/2011 - 15:05

      Hi I will buy off you as well and meet in Wynyard.

    • Chivalry on 28/07/2011 - 15:55

      yep im in Wynyard as well and would be happy to get 1 off you. lol

    • nhanold on 28/07/2011 - 21:07

      Im keen to get 1. Happy to meet anywhere Sydney CBD.

  • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 13:08

    Ah balls.. have to ship to billing address, I prefer to ship everything to work :/

    • shawn_low on 29/07/2011 - 02:47

      I've ordered from B&H. If you put a work address, they will either email or call you to verify and ship to your work address anyway.

  • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 13:18

    Just got my invoice for 5 drives - there's no surcharge mentioned for using my AMEX

  • superforever on 28/07/2011 - 13:24
    -1

    Also remind u guys as I understand 3TB will not work as an OS Windows drive.

  • Tyson64 on 28/07/2011 - 13:30

    Great find Yanman, I just crunched some numbers on 1 drive delivered here in Australia and the one here offered and shows around a $70 saving and the Australian store stated not available until August 3, not that its that far off. Be good for your own little Network setup… Oh and of course, the more you buy would be a greater saving due to P&H costs as well…

  • oceang on 28/07/2011 - 14:04

    Just ordered 4 for my yet (soon?) to be delivered Micro Proliant! Thanks.

  • Turd on 28/07/2011 - 14:19

    FYI this was posted on OCAU at 12:19 AM by user: mashera
    http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=13438036&po…

    so you are all late to this. :P

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 14:21

      That's where I found out about it. Should I reference that post in my OP?

      • Turd on 28/07/2011 - 14:22
        +1

        yea you should :) give credit where credit due..

      • mashera on 28/07/2011 - 15:36

        I don't mind either way, but I put it on OCAU first as a thank you for my microservers.

  • Adamiam on 28/07/2011 - 14:21
    +2

    Seems like a good deal, I considered it but what I think you need to remember is how long it will take to fill up 3TB HDD's.
    I just purchased 3TB of storage, and by the time I've filled that up, prices locally will have come down a lot, making the price compatible with a local warranty.

    For power downloaders, this is great if you need a lot of storage right now.
    For most people I'd say just consider 1, or 2 if you want to make a back up drive.

    • Redmo0n on 28/07/2011 - 18:30

      Agreed, I think 1.5TB will do the HP server fine for a bit and then maybe down the line I'll throw a 3TB in :)

  • bohn on 28/07/2011 - 14:31

    Is this a good drive to play 1080p movies from?

    • superforever on 28/07/2011 - 14:39

      Doesn't matter, even my WD green 2TB no problem.

  • ronnknee on 28/07/2011 - 14:38

    Pretty cheap!

  • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 14:50

    For anyone wanting some benchmark info try here:
    http://www.servethehome.com/hitachi-5k3000-2tb-35-green-driv…

    • the discombobulated… on 28/07/2011 - 15:04
      +1

      Cheapest 2TB SATA drive on static ice is $79 without delivery. Direct conversion to 3TB would make that $118.50 without delivery.

      These 3TB drives, if you buy 5, are $118 with delivery and currency exchange surcharge.

      This is what makes this a good deal. Unless you wind up having to RMA. Then there'll be tears, but until that happens, good deal! :)

    • ryang on 28/07/2011 - 15:39
      +3

      I really wish people would get the message…

      Current generation 5400RPM high capacity drives ARE NOT SLOW.

      • Agret on 29/07/2011 - 01:16

        My 2TB 5400RPM green edition seagate is faster than my 500GB 7200RPM western digital drive.

  • KayDat on 28/07/2011 - 15:09
    +2

    For those of you who are going to buy drives for their HP servers, you might as well check out their ECC RAM while you're at it.

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 15:13

      Nice find! That's $20 cheaper than the cheapest I've seen (direct from Crucial)

    • the discombobulated… on 28/07/2011 - 15:18

      This is where I say: take care.

      Customs do, at times, group packages together and if they go over the $1k limit, you'll get GSTed and possibly worse.

      • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 15:25

        Good point. I'll get someone else to order the other 5 =D

      • qazwsx on 28/07/2011 - 19:42
        +1

        Bit OT, but there's actually a proposal out at the moment (discussion paper sort of things) to reduce the import GST threshold to $500. Won't affect anybody now, but just a heads up.

  • videoman on 28/07/2011 - 15:12
    +2

    I only want one or two but its very tempting to buy 5 to save on postage and then and sell a few on ebay….

  • motlking on 28/07/2011 - 15:48

    Seems they may have ran out of stock for now. Now lists as "New Item, Available for pre-order".

    Might be a good idea to put this in the description…but then again are pre-orders allowed on ozbargain?

    • yanman on 28/07/2011 - 17:45

      Huh? Says In Stock for me

    • mashera on 28/07/2011 - 17:51

      Looks like B&H have got more stock.

    • motlking on 28/07/2011 - 17:55

      yep its back in stock now :)

      • motlking on 28/07/2011 - 22:38

        lol out of stock again

  • ozb-442 on 28/07/2011 - 16:13

    Great deal.. what a find! Get a 3.5" sata to eSata/USB3.0 and you're set!

  • lonewolf on 28/07/2011 - 17:12

    I am keen and am in Sydney, if anyone wants to go for a Group Buy, I dont know if I need 5 now, although my 2 HP servers still arent doing anything yet….. been months ;)

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