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Good price for this shuckable drive if you missed the Prime day deals
Seagate 10TB Expansion Desktop Hard Drive $283.45 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU
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el santo on 19/10/2020 - 02:20 amazon.com.au (433 clicks)
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Nope, both of mine are CMR Ironwolf pros.
I thought it's a bit of a lottery with the 10TB drives? I got Exos X16 in mine, but many others got Barracuda Pros.
I got a Barracuda Pro from a Backup Plus Desktop 10TB enclosure. The same drive you get in Expansion Desktop 10TB enclosures at times. I guess it depends on whichever left over stock which Seagate has at hand in which you get.
Here's a link to when I posted a similar deal for the same 10TB Expansion drive a few months back: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/551231
The discussion showed most people got Barracuda Pros ST10000DM0004, and a couple of people got Exos X16 ST10000NM001G. Didn't see anyone else get Ironwolfs though (but I vaguely recall reading it on Reddit when I was researching).
So basically yes I agree, it's a bit of a gamble… so as long as you're happy with any of the drives, then I think it's a great value buy. Given the reviews of even the Barracuda Pro 10TB, I'd recommend this shucking opportunity easily.
@jace88: Yeah. Obviously some got a drive from a different batch where Seagate switched to Exos x16 drives probably because there was an excess. It's luck of the draw which batch you get.
This or 14tb? Or wait for 18tb?
Always wait if you can.
Agreed. I would've said HDD prices tend to go down over time but in all honesty they have sortof plateaued in recent years with the volatility probably coming more from general supply/logistical shortages and FX.
wait until at least black friday, you should be looking at about 25 dollars per TB.
I didn't mind the gamble. I already had 3 Exos (retail, not from shucking) and they are noisy AF, so I actually wanted quieter drives.
I got 2x Barracudas from UK Amazon (MFR was 03/2020 so before even opening I had a good idea, as they started shoving better drives in for the July batch)
Run great, super happy with them in my NAS. Might sell my other 3 and replace them with barracudas given the low amount of load these go through and the fact that nothing I have on here isn't backed up/not vital.
Very good price. I paid a bit extra a few months back to get one from Amazon AU and it had the Baracuda Pro drive inside. Very happy with the drive (just using it as storage+games in my desktop).
I bought 2 of these from Amazon UK for around $284 (ordered 17/09/2020). They were Barracuda Pros. These replaced 2TB Barracudas I commissioned 8 years ago.
Price dropped to $265 on this
SMR?