Got my self a £35 1TB model of this drive from Sainsbury's Merton. 2TB portable for £59 is not bad I think. Went in to pickup some biscuits, came back with a drive... forgot the biscuits.
This should be wicked for a PS4 drive upgrade.
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zebrum
1 Jan 16#35
I used my nail in the corner and then worked a plastic card around the edge to pop off all the tabs, was super easy.
I bought the standalone drive, which bizarrely costs more than the same unit in a case! Only comfort I guess is that the drive can go back if it develops a fault - the chances of me getting one out of a case without knackering the case are pretty slim.
Skid_
30 Dec 15#4
I put one of these in the ps4, tricky case to get into.
ArticIcon to Skid_
31 Dec 15#29
How did you manage to get access to the hard drive? I have this hard drive the model is STEA2000400 2TB hard drive. I can see the case is tight.
Any tips?
ArticIcon to Skid_
31 Dec 15#31
How did you manage to get access to the hard drive? I have this hard drive the model is STEA2000400 2TB hard drive. I can see the case is tight.
UPDATE
I managed to access the hard drive using a knife. For those wondering if the drive is a Seagate or not inside i can confirm that the hard drive is a Samsung Spinpoint Momentus Hard Drive. It says 2000GB on the label and the model number for the Samsung Hard drive is ST2000LM003
The model number of the Seagate drive that i bought said STEA2000400 on the box.
Springer64
30 Dec 15#26
Installed a 2TB drive in my PS4 yesterday. After reinstalling firmware, without any other data on, available space was 1.77TB. Remember being shocked years ago when a small pen drive didn't have the advertised capacity. Used to it now.
ArticIcon to Springer64
31 Dec 15#30
How easy was it to access the 2TB hard drive? The casing is quite hard to take apart.
bazward75
30 Dec 15#28
Hmm, its all well and good going to the supermarket to buy biscuits, but this drive can cause you pain if you mistake it for a biscuit and bite it. Ask Popeye he has a similar problem.
Why, when advertised as 2GB, when it is plugged into my PC, it tells me that there is only 1.8 TB available?
That is a massive amount of missing space!
cawsmawr to trevorfranklin
30 Dec 15#22
Yeah, welcome to the world of computers, usable space would be around this mark. I wish they would make the usable space 2Tb and the actual drive size 2.2Tb or something
thebuyer to trevorfranklin
30 Dec 151#23
Hard drive manufacturers use the decimal definition of mega, giga, tera, etc. because it makes their hard drives seem bigger than they actually are. In reality, data is calculated on the basis of powers of 2, not 10. Therefore, in data terms 2TB = 2,048GB = 2,097,152MB = 2,147,483,648KB. Your 1.81TB is actually 2,000,000,000KB.
M3 has USB3.0 socket soldered to a bespoke board rather than standard SATA connection: yes. Can still be removed from its casing and used as client-powered drive. I had one without its enclosure fitted inside a TV.
morocco1
30 Dec 15#17
concur that this is perfect for a PS4 upgrade did it a couple weeks ago, although you'll have to damage the case - even using case-opening tools and delicate pressure, the clips inside are very fragile. Still goes back together with the old PS4 drive in though, usable as a 500GB portable.
Decentbloke
30 Dec 15#16
Doesn't the Samsung M3 have the usb connector soldered to the drive, so you can't use it in a laptop or PS4, unlike the sata drive in the seagate ?
grabme
30 Dec 15#15
Nice looking drive but looks like the one that slides all over the show.
shasnir
30 Dec 15#14
Great for Xbox One just plug into a USB port and done plus you keep the internal drive space.
You can also install, move or copy games to the USB drive and take just the drive to any other Xbox One anywhere, sign in and play the games from the drive instantly without waiting for any downloading and all while your Xbox One is sitting safely at home.
broughton1988
30 Dec 15#13
Personally not a fan of Seagate much prefer to go with Samsung or WD. Even if these are just Samung HDDs inside this is not much of a deal as the Samsung M3's have been £60 since July when I got one.
AndyRoyd
30 Dec 15#11
Seagate Expansion = 2yr warranty; Samsung M3 = 3yr warranty. Ease of enclosure dis/reassembly important if attempting to have warranty serviced on a drive that has been removed from casing.
MarkT1967
30 Dec 151#9
If your putting this in a ps4 are you not better off getting a bare drive and keeping the warranty? This would be ideal for an Xbox one! Just a thought.
kilboy to MarkT1967
30 Dec 15#10
The Samsung HDD inside is the only 2tb that fits in a PS4 and annoyingly the HDD on it's own costs more.
You can also stick the 500gb drive from the PS4 back in the seagate caddy and get a portable drive too. :smiley:
zebrum
30 Dec 15#7
£60 pretty standard for 2TB and you are probably better off with the Samsung M3.
Uridium to zebrum
30 Dec 151#8
these have a Samsung drive inside
BraddersJ
30 Dec 15#6
USB 3.0 for those wondering.
Seems like an ok deal, heat added.
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This should be wicked for a PS4 drive upgrade.
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http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-samsung-st2000lm003-spinpoint-m9t-25-hard-drive-sata-iii-6gb-s-5400rpm-12ms-oem-for-ps3-4-pc-mac
As you can see its a good hard drive.
Any tips?
UPDATE
I managed to access the hard drive using a knife. For those wondering if the drive is a Seagate or not inside i can confirm that the hard drive is a Samsung Spinpoint Momentus Hard Drive. It says 2000GB on the label and the model number for the Samsung Hard drive is ST2000LM003
The model number of the Seagate drive that i bought said STEA2000400 on the box.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkIOoSGf7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCLfHCq_794
That is a massive amount of missing space!
Read here:
http://mintywhite.com/vista/terabytes-tebibytes-hard-drive-capacities-explained/
You can also install, move or copy games to the USB drive and take just the drive to any other Xbox One anywhere, sign in and play the games from the drive instantly without waiting for any downloading and all while your Xbox One is sitting safely at home.
You can also stick the 500gb drive from the PS4 back in the seagate caddy and get a portable drive too. :smiley:
Seems like an ok deal, heat added.
Same price in Argos - http://v.gd/rnTryi