Was 89 this time last year for the West digital equivalent.
Sharpharp
1 Dec 163#1
£99.99 if you have the £10 off a £100 Amex Deal loaded :wink:
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Sharpharp
1 Dec 163#1
£99.99 if you have the £10 off a £100 Amex Deal loaded :wink:
prynolfc to Sharpharp
2 Dec 16#31
How do you do that please?
shivasareen
1 Dec 161#2
Works with Xbox one ??
K1LLER HORNET to shivasareen
1 Dec 161#4
Yes.
Nothing new. It's been that way for the last 5 years. Hard drive £/GB does not seem to go down.
Darzen to shivasareen
1 Dec 16#8
I imagine so, I've got the 6TB version and that works fine.
lumpaywk1 to shivasareen
2 Dec 16#41
be cateful with xbox, sometime the drives tbat have there own power can take a secomd to wake from sleep. this is long enough for the xbox to think the drive is missing or damaged and drop the drive. its not a big issue as it will read it again but can be very annoying.
MatsyLR
1 Dec 164#3
Was 89 this time last year for the West digital equivalent.
sim11 to MatsyLR
2 Dec 161#35
That was at curry's , and was end of line if memory serves.
Personally, no matter how cheap it gets, I wouldnt buy it, because it IS a Seagate drive inside, and I have had no end of dead ones, some within warranty - which Seagate have then refused to honour.
In the last 12 months I have had FIVE Seagate drives fail, none of them very old and one only 16 months old and with less than 20% capacity usage; it was sent back under warranty (recorded delivery), but no replacement sent by Seagate because I didnt use their impossible to source packaging requirement.
JinkysOars
1 Dec 16#6
Do these require power supply?
Leftfield_2k2 to JinkysOars
1 Dec 16#7
Yes, these have a 12V 3.5" HDD inside
crazylegs to JinkysOars
2 Dec 16#42
Err a hard disk
It ain't a floppy :stuck_out_tongue:
JinkysOars
1 Dec 16#9
Set-up is straightforward. High-speed USB 3.0 and 2.0 connectivity offers plug-and-play functionality on your pc without the need of an external power supply.
goodfera
1 Dec 16#10
Glad I waited to at least see the £10 price drop, so becoming more attractive now.
MatsyLR to goodfera
1 Dec 16#12
Its still more expensive than it should be.
HDD prices have went up from last year, seems odd.
Xyzac
1 Dec 162#13
The weakening of the Pound maybe?
GK1020
2 Dec 16#14
It's not just the pound, storage seems to be getting more expensive. I bought a NAS box with 2 4TB drives for £180 on Amazon last year. I haven't seen anything similar this year.
allikiely
2 Dec 16#15
very good
garbagerich
2 Dec 16#16
bought it for this price in march
Sambat
2 Dec 16#17
Thanks. Wish it was easier to find out for all these units as quite often they are cheaper than buying just the HDD for some reason.
topss
2 Dec 16#18
Never trust the description on their site. This is a 3.5" external drive and requires an external power source. Will not work off USB power. One of the Q&A even confirms this.
From the Seagate site:
Set-up is straightforward. Simply plug in the included power supply and USB cable and you are ready to go. It is automatically recognised by the Windows® operating system, so there is no software to install and nothing to configure.
webvamsi666
2 Dec 16#19
looks like very bad reviews but are you sure this HDD was inside of that expansion 5TB?
Is this not 7200rpm???
reserved one and also just ordered WD 4TB elements for £87 in lightening deal. Not sure to go for this or WD :confused: any reviews on this good? :neutral_face:
Maverick77
2 Dec 16#20
This is the drive I have connected to my Xbox one. Been plugged in for about a year now and has only gone wrong once (turned power off and restarted, all fine). Great drive for the money in my opinion.
madpoweruk
2 Dec 16#22
Does it require a power supply? Some seem think it doesn't but others say it does
Moka-Bear to madpoweruk
2 Dec 16#25
Yes and that question is answered above.
captainbeaky to madpoweruk
2 Dec 161#27
Yep. It's a 3.5" drive & needs a power supply which is included.
RobM_UK to madpoweruk
5 Dec 16#55
Yes it will, all 3.5" drives require external power supply as they require more juice to spin the mechanism, only the laptop drives (2.5") and SSD's will run off usb, although some laptops (could be the older models) may not have enough to power the drives and may need to use the secondary cable that plugs into another usb port to provide additional power.
coconut
2 Dec 16#23
Pound value is sh*t and you are buying imports. All due to the "genius" voting in June.
Now let's just keep quiet and put our money where our mouth is.
unidentified
2 Dec 16#24
Yeah, goes up instead!
unidentified
2 Dec 16#26
Since it is a desktop drive, of course it does!
ChinesePate
2 Dec 16#28
I'm sure, I've ripped it out of the casing myself :smiley:
webvamsi666
2 Dec 16#29
This or Toshiba canvio 5TB as both are same price :disappointed: cant decide i also have 4TB WD elements but 5tb tempting me anyone tried Toshiba?
SDLiam
2 Dec 16#30
Seagate is awful.
prynolfc
2 Dec 16#32
I have had a 1tb protable for about 3 years and its still sound, but thats about it, it seems like whatever Hard drive you buy, its a gamble and it might just give up and die on you after a month or 2, joke really!
doricell
2 Dec 16#33
The bit about the warranty is scary...
doricell
2 Dec 16#34
Log in on the Amex website. Next to the Transaction tab, there is an "Offers" tab, scroll over and you should find the Argos one. Then you just need to click in order to activate it
doricell
2 Dec 16#36
Where did you find the WD 4TB at that price pls?
jahman
2 Dec 162#37
But at least you're not bitter. When we negotiate a fair trade deal with Trump, prices will come down I think.
If you have the XBox DVB Tuner, can you record TV easily onto an external drive like this?
pantaiema
2 Dec 16#38
Decent price, not a bargain.
If you search 5TB Seagate was already appear a few time in this HUKD for less than £100 or less. in the past
Jawz
2 Dec 16#39
These the ones you can put in your PS4?
Looks like one I used but 2TB version
webvamsi666
2 Dec 16#40
Amazon Lightning deal, the deal is finished now sorry.
sim11
2 Dec 16#44
That's Currys clearence for you.
kidou
2 Dec 16#45
thats a lot of data to lose.......
3guesses to kidou
2 Dec 16#48
... so be careful not to lose it.
coconut
2 Dec 162#46
That would make sense if Hard Drives were made in America. And that's IF you were even able to negotiate with the fu*ktard.
dck
2 Dec 16#47
Think you may have misunderstood that article. It refers to bare drives that have been pulled from an enclosed model (possibly this one). For some reason, bare drives are more expensive than buying them in plastic enclosures.
The voided warranty issue refers to the people buying the pulled drives.
abrisshkval
3 Dec 16#49
For what it's worth I own 4 of these drives and they are great USB3 performers. They are faster than the portable USB-powered versions. I know because I have both and I've tested them. The best price I ever saw them was Amazon over a year ago at £90. I guess prices are increasing for one reason or another!
doricell
3 Dec 16#50
Oooooh alright then, thanks for the clarification!!
suoer_cds
3 Dec 16#51
they had 6tb for this price at argos couple of weeks back
unidentified to suoer_cds
3 Dec 16#52
Good to know. I'm holding out for 6tb then :smile:
suoer_cds
3 Dec 16#53
it was £10 more actually looking at the reciept
£119.99
worth it for extra 1tb
unidentified to suoer_cds
4 Dec 16#54
Yep still a good price. Knowing that is what they were going for that now, I will not be paying a penny more :smiley:
jahman
6 Dec 16#56
That's bilionaire fu*ktard to you.
Apple have already said they'd consider bringing manufacturing back to the US under Trump so, yes, tech goods will come down in price I think and we'll have lower or no tariffs on other stuff too.
Longy
8 Dec 16#57
£10 voucher back now when spending over £100 making it £99.99. Bought two for my NAS. Drives are cheaper this way and fairly easy to remove. See Youtube video
Vicar_in_a_Tutu
15 Dec 16#58
Quidco had 1% cashback on this deal at the time, TopCashback had 10%
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Nothing new. It's been that way for the last 5 years. Hard drive £/GB does not seem to go down.
http://www.legitreviews.com/seagate-barracuda-st5000dm000-5tb-desktop-hard-drive-review_161241
Personally, no matter how cheap it gets, I wouldnt buy it, because it IS a Seagate drive inside, and I have had no end of dead ones, some within warranty - which Seagate have then refused to honour.
In the last 12 months I have had FIVE Seagate drives fail, none of them very old and one only 16 months old and with less than 20% capacity usage; it was sent back under warranty (recorded delivery), but no replacement sent by Seagate because I didnt use their impossible to source packaging requirement.
It ain't a floppy :stuck_out_tongue:
HDD prices have went up from last year, seems odd.
From the Seagate site:
Set-up is straightforward. Simply plug in the included power supply and USB cable and you are ready to go. It is automatically recognised by the Windows® operating system, so there is no software to install and nothing to configure.
Is this not 7200rpm???
reserved one and also just ordered WD 4TB elements for £87 in lightening deal. Not sure to go for this or WD :confused: any reviews on this good? :neutral_face:
Now let's just keep quiet and put our money where our mouth is.
If you have the XBox DVB Tuner, can you record TV easily onto an external drive like this?
If you search 5TB Seagate was already appear a few time in this HUKD for less than £100 or less. in the past
Looks like one I used but 2TB version
The voided warranty issue refers to the people buying the pulled drives.
£119.99
worth it for extra 1tb
Apple have already said they'd consider bringing manufacturing back to the US under Trump so, yes, tech goods will come down in price I think and we'll have lower or no tariffs on other stuff too.
Thanks to the Highest Cashback Guarantee doubling the difference, I turned it into £19.69.
Counting the £10 voucher, that made the purchase effectively £80.30.