$14.75 cheaper than the last time it was posted. Best price I've seen for a 8TB NAS hard drive for quite a while but still not as good as the price I posted 11months and 28 days ago..
Storage Capacity: 8 TB
Cache: 256 MB
Rotation Speed: 7200 RPM
Product Line: Ironwolf
NAS Optimisation: AgileArray™ with CMR technology
Multi-User Optimisation: 180 TB/year
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 1 million hours
Warranty: 3 years
I'm after 8-10TB NAS drive atm but not keen to get afterpay at all… Will keep looking for someone to price match.
What's the problem with getting afterpay? You can pay it off instantly.
If you're ever in a circumstance where you need an important loan (such as a house), even having a history with those services (even if its clean) can impact you.
Banks often dont want to lend big to people who needed to borrow small amounts.
They (layby services) say it doesnt affect your credit score; which is true. But thats not what its about. Its an audit on what financial aide you've needed previously.
It wont affect most people, but its the sort of thing some people prefer not to get involved with 'just in case'.
@MasterScythe: Too hard getting a home loan anyway as it is. You ain't allowed to buy a coffee every day lol.
I've used afterpay twice, only to get the good discounted price, and just make the payments straight away. Not recommended for people that don't really have the money or get out of their depths with credit.
Anyway it's also true it is probably hard to get a good credit rating without ever having any form of credit commitments/repayments. Alright if you just pay cash for everything
@G-rig: Nah homeloans are easy once you get full time work. Though, it was very tough when I was a teenager. They wanted payslips and everything. Basically didnt trust a 17yo could have a full time job, lol. Way smoother in your 30's, trust me.
And ratings?
No, thats a common myth. There is no such thing as a "good credit rating" you either have a bad one, or you have no notable history.
When people talk about establishing a positive line of credit, and history, it only applies within the same institution. So i guess it could matter; but rarely is a good bank, a good home loan.
You do not need a history of needing credit, to have someone offer it to you. Quite the opposite in some cases.
@MasterScythe: Well yeah mostly about savings history and incomings/ outgoings. still never appears that easy and would have to keep your bank accounts clean for 3 to 6 months
can u use it for regular storage?
NAS drives are designed to work for long periods of time and sometimes have sensors to detect vibration. They're typically used in a NAS appliance which is always-on.
It will work fine in your regular desktop PC or in an enclosure.
too noisy in a normal PC say on the floor?
depends entirely on the case.
@gromit: Meshify C,
Would like to keep it quiet and cool
Should really get a small nas box one day but dont exactly have a need for it (and the cost adds up). 2TB data drive pretty much full but movies/shows are hardly worth backing up these days with various streaming services.
Is the 60$ gift card available on purchase of two drives?
The terms and conditions on Seagate's site says the promo is limited to 250 claimants. Most likely, all 250 would have already been claimed.
Promo has been running since 21 Feb. You should not expect to get a gift card this late.
edit: fix link
Will this work as a security cam drive? Or do you need the DVR specific drives
I see the seagate skyhawk advertised for that but not sure if those are different to other NAS drives.
If I am planning to just use it inside my desktop, is there any benefit to this compared to like a WD Blue which is under $200?
This is 7200RPM, while the WD Blue (WD80EAZZ) 8TB is 5640RPM
https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library…
Warranty period for the WD Blue is 2 years, while the Ironwolf is 3 years.
Most users should buy the WD Blue if they just want to stick it into their desktop PC and don't require top performance.
For NAS purposes however you should buy a NAS drive.
You can read discussion here if you want to know more about this particular drive
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/11823024/redir
Thanks for all your information! Ah so this one is a bit faster, I will just use the drive for storing movies, etc.
So warranty also longer in ironwolf. I wouldn't mind paying more if it was more reliable and last longer but now not sure with the helium thing, haha. This is not going into a NAS for me, well no plans right now anyway.
The 8TB Ironwolf is an air filled drive anyway.
@Trance N Dance: Go for it I may as well. Tax deductible, my very old WD are faultless but low capacity now
@JL1: It's not, you can confirm with the info listed on the data sheet.
https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/ir…
@G-rig: Yep I definitely was, my apologies to everyone. Was undecided between this and WD blue 8tb but that sold out on ebay so made the decision a little simpler.
@Trance N Dance: Sorry I got mixed up with the 10tb for sale. How there are air and helium version of the 10tb but see from your data sheet that from 8tb and below they are all air. My apologies.
@JL1: either should be alright for this price right?
i don't leave them running all the time, just a pc storage drive upgrade
@G-rig: I was just worried about the aspect of helium lacking out in time and drives stop working.
I did buy one of these and now tempted to add a WD Red Plus as well. But don't know if I want to keep buying sub 8tb drives.
@G-rig: Sorry leaking out, not lacking out, I mean.
Yeah I already have 2 other 10tb plus externals for back up stuff, but tempted to add the 6tb here as it's a good price per Tb, haha. Or just buy WD Blue 8tb to save money.
No idea what is better but I just needed a new one either way ;)
Interesting, just got a confirmation email from ebay that the HDD has been shipped from "Kai Seng Computer Solution Pty Ltd", which has a website of http://www.kscomputer.com.au/
Same but has futu online on eBay
Don't Think it would matter, as long as it's the same item and brand new etc
Just received the drives from Sydney, sent by express post. Very good experience
Same, was delivered to the post office yesterday.
Ebay plus is usually very fast!
Still got old 3.5" hdd laying around, don't particularly want to go to landfill but not the kind of thing can really sell. There are electronics recyclers but to buy a box to put stuff in isn't that cheap (10$ maybe ok)
I don't have ebay plus though…Unless the seller mixed up my order with someone else :)
sorry ebay/ebay plus, still seems fast
but not the kind of thing can really sell
Put it on Gumtree or OCAU forums, I can guarantee someone will still pay money for it.
I put out some low capacity 1TB drives on sale before and they sold for $5 to $10 a piece.
Old drives should sell for $10-15 per TB, should be closer to the $10/TB mark considering the pressure from chia is gone and prices on new drives are dropping.
Yeah still got some of those WD green drives (320GB, 500GB, this 8tb will replace a 2TB etc
![[Afterpay] Seagate IronWolf 8TB 3.5" 7200RPM NAS Hard Drive $250.75 Shipped @ Futu Online via eBay](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/66/689466.jpg?h=69117fd2)
Pretty good price. Shame I don't have afterpay.