Seems like a good price for 3tb portable HDD...Just in time for the upcoming ps4 system update allowing use of externally HDDs to store your games.
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rakeanomander
6 Feb 17#1
Apologies if not useful...
Virgin deal posted, please be gentle
MBeeching to rakeanomander
6 Feb 17#2
All good, might be worth adding to title: @ Amazon (Lightning Deal)
AppStar to rakeanomander
6 Feb 17#11
No offence intended, but is that what you said to your missus on your wedding night??
Heat for the deal btw :wink:
scott_w_1981
6 Feb 17#3
Will this Def work with ps4? Thought they had to be mains powered?
DarrylJohn
6 Feb 171#4
Heat added. Just need a Y Cable for the Wii U :smile:
A1M
6 Feb 171#5
45p more than the 2TB model. No brainer really.
hotdealsuk1973
6 Feb 17#6
nice deal for a 3tb good first post mate heat added
scott_w_1981
6 Feb 171#7
Just got in with 9 seconds to go for delivery tomorrow with this bad boy will have 5tb storage in total for my ps4 happy days
iAmLegendFam
6 Feb 17#8
Please don't buy a toshiba drive, they're awful, had two fail on me in the past 5 years.
escortboy to iAmLegendFam
6 Feb 171#10
Customer services were unhelpful and rude even I had to use them!
MBeeching to iAmLegendFam
6 Feb 171#15
Backblaze rates Toshiba pretty highly for reliability
le_jaeger
6 Feb 17#9
Are lightning deals limited to one per customer?
madfastwasp
6 Feb 17#12
Is an update coming to store ps4 games on external hdd???? That's jailbreak to my ears
arczi19 to madfastwasp
6 Feb 172#14
Yeah, it will come with the next software update :smiley:
shu123 to madfastwasp
6 Feb 17#17
Yep an update is coming.
LuckyDavid
6 Feb 17#13
Ordered. Cheers.
rap451
6 Feb 17#16
Thanks OP!
Been looking for cheapish 3TB/4TB HDD for backup purposes.
K0smopolitan
6 Feb 17#18
Thanks, finally got myself a new HD. Was waiting for Seagate's 4TB price to come down, but disappointingly it went up. Does anyone know if these Toshiba Canvio drives can be stripped from their cases? I don't like feeling dependant on one whole unit (HD + case) if something goes wrong, like in the case of WD hds. Also being able to plug them directly to the motherboard through SATA is a plus.
mike_6480
6 Feb 17#19
Thanks OP. Have ordered.
Now need to ideally find an internal hard drive to match - need to add another drive to my NAS and this is going to be the back up to that!
rakeanomander
6 Feb 17#20
Smart A**, and yes I did!
K0smopolitan
6 Feb 17#21
I see what you mean there. Just an unbiased though to be the devil's advocate: the error margin for the Toshiba drives on that table is rather big
flamesong
6 Feb 17#22
Damn!
It said 97% sold, I went to check my bank balance which took all of 45 seconds and then they were gone.
hillebrand_alex to flamesong
6 Feb 17#24
too bad i canceled mine i wish you could take mine
AppStar to flamesong
6 Feb 17#27
Next time order 1st, then check your bank balance as you can always cancel the order before they debit your account. Anyways, on the upside your bank balance remains the same so perhaps your funds are meant for something else.
Wakinglimb
6 Feb 17#23
Good deal OP. Heat adds.
rakeanomander
6 Feb 17#25
chuffed! Not bad for a first deal posted here...Thanks everyone!
iAmLegendFam
6 Feb 17#26
They haven't really tested many of them.
david_witty
6 Feb 17#28
just got one after being on the waiting list! very pleased and will solve my PS4 storage woes
flamesong
6 Feb 17#29
Actually, I have found that not to be true. last summer, I placed an order on Amazon at about 02.00 one Saturday morning and tried to cancel about two minutes later when I realised I had made a mistake regarding the item's details yet Amazon would not cancel the order and by the time I actually got a response from customer services some time on the Monday afternoon, it had already dispatched and I had to go through a returns charade before I could get my money back and be able to pay for the correct item. I've been very wary ever since.
david_witty
7 Feb 171#30
I've never had anything but great experiences with Amazon. when I can't cancel an order, I just refuse delivery and they refund it straight away. they let me return an opened hdd and phone case before Christmas because I didn't like the quality.
CHAOSEN3
7 Feb 17#31
Not sure if the internal HDD is 2.5" or not, but if it is and you don't like having an external device connected 24/7 you could transplant it into the PS4.
david_witty to CHAOSEN3
7 Feb 17#32
you might as well keep it external and have the additional space, though right?
flamesong to CHAOSEN3
7 Feb 17#33
Portable = 2.5".
And you can tell in this instance as there is no connection for a power supply on the case; therefore it is bus powered and cannot be 3.5".
[edit] It also says so in the title of the item page on Amazon.
thecoolguy
7 Feb 17#34
when does the 4.5 ps4 update come out?
rakeanomander
8 Feb 17#35
Late March I believe, it's already in beta currently....
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All comments (35)
Virgin deal posted, please be gentle
Heat for the deal btw :wink:
Been looking for cheapish 3TB/4TB HDD for backup purposes.
Now need to ideally find an internal hard drive to match - need to add another drive to my NAS and this is going to be the back up to that!
It said 97% sold, I went to check my bank balance which took all of 45 seconds and then they were gone.
And you can tell in this instance as there is no connection for a power supply on the case; therefore it is bus powered and cannot be 3.5".
[edit] It also says so in the title of the item page on Amazon.