Dead Again: Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Desktop External HD $139.99 Free Ship

[Nunya]

Got in for 2, thanks OP.

 

[Sentinel]

dead price now 155.99

Yep, dead.

 

[ElFenix]

just received mine. is usb 3 fast enough to tell a difference between the 5 platter 7200 rpm drive and the 4 platter 5900 rpm drive without cracking it open? or maybe my killawatt could tell a difference?

 

[LikeLinus]

just received mine. is usb 3 fast enough to tell a difference between the 5 platter 7200 rpm drive and the 4 platter 5900 rpm drive without cracking it open? or maybe my killawatt could tell a difference?

Use HD Tune Pro or CrystalDiskInfo. Either of those will tell you what drive and RPM it is.

 

[ElFenix]

Use HD Tune Pro or CrystalDiskInfo. Either of those will tell you what drive and RPM it is.

sweet posrep

 

[Binky]

just received mine. is usb 3 fast enough to tell a difference between the 5 platter 7200 rpm drive and the 4 platter 5900 rpm drive without cracking it open? or maybe my killawatt could tell a difference?

This guy claims that you can tell from the box:
http://slickdeals.net/f/5908978-Sea...X000-XT-Drive-Internal-Costco-159-99-Tax-YMMV

Why I am posting this is not for External drives but for the 4TB internal XT drives that are in these cases. Most of the external drives now have the ST4000DM000 Drives which are 5900RPM. But there are plenty that have XT. How do you tell... which cases have what...?

Pl. see the attached pics.. If it has the Windows 7 logo... it has XT drive. If it has Windows 8 logo... it has DM drive. I bought 11 of them.. and found XT drives in each of those windows 7 logo boxes.

 

[zposter]

Mine have Windows 8 logos and the one I tested with CrystalDiskInfo says it's 5900 RPM.

A nice extra benefit, especially if you got it for the internal drive... the bottom of the enclosure with the USB 3.0 interface comes off and you can plug another SATA drive directly into it.

 

[ensign_lee]

Looks like this deal is live again!

And this time, you can get it from newegg (for those like me who have to deal with amazon sales tax)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822178111

$150 - $10 off with code EMCYTZT3134 = $140. Woohoo!

And for those that prefer amazon, looks like it's only $150 there.

 

[agressiv]

For the people that got these from Amazon the other day, did you get the 7200 or 5900 RPM drives?

 

[zposter]

5900 rpm

 

[philipma1957]

5900 rpm for my amazon

 

[zposter]

And it's running pretty hot just idling in the enclosure. About 42 degrees.

 

[zmhaha]

same here. 5900rpm

 

[Centauri]

$139 @ Amazon now.

 

[TwiceOver]

Man I wish I had $600

 

[ensign_lee]

And now back again at $140 at Amazon. lolol

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STCA4000100/dp/B00829THLE

 

[fleshconsumed]

And now back again at $140 at Amazon. lolol

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup.../dp/B00829THLE

I'm actually seeing $130. Lowest price ever so far?

 

[The0ne]

This time I was able to buy one

 

[Pardus]

raised to $149.99 at amazon

 

[ensign_lee]

I'm actually seeing $130. Lowest price ever so far?

I'm seeing $130 now too. Freaking awesome!

 

[chetansha]

Its 129$ now.
What's happening ?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...tag=amzn192-20

 

[IceBergSLiM]

chatting with Amazon help now to get a price match on last weeks order.

Edit: They price matched the gold box deal from last week.

 

[Centauri]

May be OOS, but they're still taking orders for it at $129.99

Also, if you have a Discover card there's a promo to get 1 day shipping for free.

 

[zposter]

Also, if you have a Discover card there's a promo to get 1 day shipping for free.

They totally ignored that promo when I used it for my order the other day. It went via USPS and took at least 3 days.

 

[Centauri]

The code pops up fairly often, and I always thought it didn't work because it never did anything when I put it in - just told me it was invalid. Last night, under the mental guidance of a beer or two, I finally figured out that you have to select 1 day shipping first and then put in the code.