2TB Seagate external drive - 59 Sterling Amazon free postage

Jonny7

Good price, free postage

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-STBV2000200-Expansion-Desktop-Drive/dp/B0084LZI5Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380027666&sr=8-2&keywords=seagate+2tb

(the plug in type, USB3)

positron

Cheaper than 2 TB internal. Would it be a good idea to take the hard disk out of this and add it into something like a HP microserver?

positron

Answering myself there, no warranty if you take it out of the case, so probably not a great idea. Also Seagate can not confirm if they come with 5400 or 7200 drives, "what ever was available at the time of assembly" seems to be official reply.

Amalgam

positron wrote: »

Cheaper than 2 TB internal. Would it be a good idea to take the hard disk out of this and add it into something like a HP microserver?

BEWARE >>>

The manufacturers know this.. which is why a lot of the brands have HD to USB2/USB3 hardwired to the HD circuit board. There is no SATA connector inside for many Western Digital drives, for instance. Which I found out, to my sorrow, after a 1TB Passport Drive purchase.

paddyp

Could be 5400rpm drive according to seagate they put in whatevers is available, also you'd have to decase and recase extremely carefully inthe event of a warranty claim.

Was typing at the same time as positron

beauf

If anyone gets one let us know if the USB is hardwired.

zom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouaO946KnDA

However, there is always chance they change inside for newer models...

kaizersoze

Amalgam wrote: »

BEWARE >>>

The manufacturers know this.. which is why a lot of the brands have HD to USB2/USB3 hardwired to the HD circuit board. There is no SATA connector inside for many Western Digital drives, for instance. Which I found out, to my sorrow, after a 1TB Passport Drive purchase.

I have only come across this with the portable 2.5" drives, not the desktop models. That might have changed though.

Alanstrainor

The USB drives, even the 3.5" disks are typically slower than their internal counterparts. And have less cache. Hence the difference in price. I'm tempted to get this though. Need a backup drive.

beauf

zom wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouaO946KnDA

However, there is always chance they change inside for newer models...

Does that video ever show the normal sata connector?

kaizersoze

beauf wrote: »

Does that video ever show the normal sata connector?

Yes...http://youtu.be/ouaO946KnDA?t=2m28s
On the connector board.

zom

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The USB drives, even the 3.5" disks are typically slower than their internal counterparts. And have less cache. Hence the difference in price. I'm tempted to get this though. Need a backup drive.

They call them "green" drives because they perform slower but use less energy ;-). And one can buy these "green" the same way as standard drives:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-ST1500DL003-Barracuda-1-5TB-5900RPM/dp/B004C0UWZC/ref=sr_1_6

jamescd

Paid the exact same price for this 10 months ago. No problems with it so far