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I saw a deal on Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External 3.5" USB 3.0 HDDs. So I posted a thread in the Hot Deals forum. I also ordered several.
The ebay reviews, were mostly positive (4.5 stars, like 30+ reviews).
But when I checked Newegg, the 5TB model only had three eggs, and had as many one-egg reviews, as the total of 5- and 4-egg reviews combined. Not a good sign.
Lots of DOA or early death reviews. Some complaining about the USB3.0 cable flaking out or being too short.
Now, I had previously bought a Samsung D3 Station 5TB Desktop External, which is made by Seagate and had a 5TB Seagate 3.5" HDD inside.
I had a horrible time getting the HDD to work in the factory external enclosure, but I looked up a video on YouTube and shucked the drive fairly easily, and once shucked, seemed to perform fine and reliable, using it in my USB3.0 HDD dock. (Ultra dual-drive dock)
Are there any external HDDs (desktop-sized, high-capacity) that A) work WELL, and B) are affordable?
I know that WD recently came out with their 6TB and 8TB MyBook and MyCloud (NAS) external drives. I almost bought a MyCloud 6TB NAS for $240 on ebay this past month, but I didn't have spare funds for it.
I'm basically assuming that I'll need to shuck these 5TB Seagate Expansion drives when I get them, but if I could somehow get them to work in the enclosure, or put them into my own enclosures (which I recently purchased some, I had forgotten about them), then I could plug them into the USB3.0 port(s) on my NAS units, and share out the 5TB HDD. Or use it to backup my NAS.
Edit: This is the Vantec USB3.0 UASP SATA6G 3.5" enclosure that I bought:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392075
The ebay reviews, were mostly positive (4.5 stars, like 30+ reviews).
But when I checked Newegg, the 5TB model only had three eggs, and had as many one-egg reviews, as the total of 5- and 4-egg reviews combined. Not a good sign.
Lots of DOA or early death reviews. Some complaining about the USB3.0 cable flaking out or being too short.
Now, I had previously bought a Samsung D3 Station 5TB Desktop External, which is made by Seagate and had a 5TB Seagate 3.5" HDD inside.
I had a horrible time getting the HDD to work in the factory external enclosure, but I looked up a video on YouTube and shucked the drive fairly easily, and once shucked, seemed to perform fine and reliable, using it in my USB3.0 HDD dock. (Ultra dual-drive dock)
Are there any external HDDs (desktop-sized, high-capacity) that A) work WELL, and B) are affordable?
I know that WD recently came out with their 6TB and 8TB MyBook and MyCloud (NAS) external drives. I almost bought a MyCloud 6TB NAS for $240 on ebay this past month, but I didn't have spare funds for it.
I'm basically assuming that I'll need to shuck these 5TB Seagate Expansion drives when I get them, but if I could somehow get them to work in the enclosure, or put them into my own enclosures (which I recently purchased some, I had forgotten about them), then I could plug them into the USB3.0 port(s) on my NAS units, and share out the 5TB HDD. Or use it to backup my NAS.
Edit: This is the Vantec USB3.0 UASP SATA6G 3.5" enclosure that I bought:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392075
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