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Seagate 5TB USB 3.0 Desktop Expansion Hard Drive - £130GBP -Free Shipping [Amazon UK]

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  • #2
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,352 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    Allyall wrote: »
    Seagate 5TB USB 3.0 Desktop Expansion Hard Drive - Black - £129.99 (~ €165) and Qualifies for Free Super Saver Delivery.

    €195.32 on Amazon France + Shipping
    €182 on Amazon Italy + Shipping
    €179 on Amazon Germany + Shipping
    €169 on Amazon Spain + Shipping

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    Would this work with the Xbox one ? Need to pick one up for it.


  • #3
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Great price.

    Would the more learned among us be able to tell me if most media players can read a 5tb hdd? I'd have thought they wouldn't.


  • #4
    eoin1539
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭eoin1539


    Looks like a really good hard drive. Only problem is that it's a desktop hard drive. I prefer portable ones they're handier.


  • #5
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    eoin1539 wrote: »
    Looks like a really good hard drive. Only problem is that it's a desktop hard drive. I prefer portable ones they're handier.
    You'll be waiting a while for a 5TB portable drive.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #6
    Access
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Access


    Great price... perfect backup drive. Good find!


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  • #7
    kingtut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭kingtut


    Esel wrote: »
    You'll be waiting a while for a 5TB portable drive.

    I was looking for an external/portable 3TB last week but all of them required an external power source (which for me is a pain in the arse).

    Based on that it will be a long time before you can get a 5TB one!


  • #8
    eoin1539
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭eoin1539


    Esel wrote: »
    You'll be waiting a while for a 5TB portable drive.

    Ye haha. I've a 500gb hard drive and a 250gb ssd and I only use just under half of my hard drive and only a tiny bit of my ssd. I've a backup portable drive of 2gb, it's a WD passport and it seems to be enough for me.


  • #9
    Etnies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Etnies


    Anything over 2TB uses a GPT partition table which needs a UEFI bios enabled motherboard if you wanted to use it as a boot drive just a FYI


  • #10
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Performance seems good (120MB/s ish), just dont be tempted to put all your data on one of these, chances of a URE increase as data density increases, and I doubt this is one of the new helium drives.


  • #11
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Got mine today. Quick delivery. Paid £108 (€142) in the end.

    Out of stock now and up to €150.

    The 4Tb looks decent value now though.
    Down to £95.


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  • #12
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭randombar


    Hmmmm with the new sizes coming out what are peoples recommendations on these for a Raid 1?


  • #13
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    How will you back this up ......


  • #14
    Beano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭Beano


    beauf wrote: »
    How will you back this up ......

    buy 2 :D


  • #15
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭randombar


    Beano wrote: »
    buy 2 :D

    Exactly, currently have 4 x 3TB Raid 1 but might replace that with 2 x 5TB Raid 1

    Finding a 4 disk raid 1 is hard to upgrade


  • #16
    nitromaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    Picked up the 4TB at £95 yesterday, worth it - thanks OP!


  • #17
    davo2001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,320 ✭✭✭davo2001


    GaryCocs wrote: »
    Exactly, currently have 4 x 3TB Raid 1 but might replace that with 2 x 5TB Raid 1

    Finding a 4 disk raid 1 is hard to upgrade

    RAID1 is 2 disks only. Are you referring to RAID10?


  • #18
    ixtlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭ixtlan


    I bought this last week in Argos... the 4Tb version for 128
    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2388421/Trail/searchtext%3E4TB.htm With price per mb it's pretty close.

    Ix.


  • #19
    top_dog
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭top_dog


    Would this work with a smart TV for recording live TV? Or would a harddrive with it's own power supply be required? I have a Panasonic TX-P50VT65B.


  • #20
    Plascebo
    Registered Users Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Plascebo


    top_dog wrote: »
    Would this work with a smart TV for recording live TV? Or would a harddrive with it's own power supply be required? I have a Panasonic TX-P50VT65B.

    The harddrives mentioned on this thread have a power supply, i.e. they are not portable harddrives.


  • #21
    styron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭styron


    top_dog wrote: »
    Would this work with a smart TV for recording live TV? Or would a harddrive with it's own power supply be required? I have a Panasonic TX-P50VT65B.

    Best advised to use a hard drive with a power supply - the manual doesn't envisage using a portable:

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  • #22
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭randombar


    davo2001 wrote: »
    RAID1 is 2 disks only. Are you referring to RAID10?

    Sorry have 2 Raid1 across 4 disk.

    I.E. 6TB of storage across 4 disks.


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