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Good Buy! However, don't think you can use external hard drives with PS4!

There are several teardowns of the 5TB version of this product which show that the bare drive is standard SATA, so I can't imagine that the 4TB version will be any different.
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Anyone know if these can be stripped out and used as a Bare internal Drive at all please?? Or are these the "special" versions with different connectors on the drives...

Cheers!

Heated to get you to 1000 degrees OP

I just bought one and it does not work without power unit :disappointed: and the plug has 2 pins only. I'm rather annoyed ....taking it back ....

Desktop drives always require power unit

that wasn't what they asked.

Good shout

It IS a mains powered drive btw, NOT usb powered

:grin: nice price, bought.

No, usb powered.

Any penny items to add to this, so that £10 voucher can be gained?

Good price. I'm waiting for the recertified 6TB HDDs to come back into stock at WD though, can get them for about £105 using a code.

I've had similar clicking issues with an external Seagate drive before (followed by death of the said drive). And my replacement Seagate is making occasional clicks now which never bodes well. As for backing up, I'd recommend archived cloud storage (such as CrashPlan) - even if you get Ransomwared, you can just restore from an earlier pre-Ransomware archived version.

All that aside, this is a good deal. Just make sure everything is backed up. Especially if the clicking starts...

Cheers for the link, pretty tempted by that portable drive for £109.99

They can't ... if you've reserved it at a lower price they should honour it. It's happened to me several times, you just show them the reservation at the price.

Anything which you don't want to lose should be backed up no matter whether your main drive is making noises or not.

These are good, bought one a week ago at £109. I've not bought an external HDD in a couple of years and was amazed with how small it was for a 4tb!

"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. "

looking for HDD for my ps4 should I go Toshiba or seagate

Perfect drive for expanding storage on a PS4. I've got the 5tb version, it just works!
(also if your games are installed on this, and you switch consoles there is no need to re-download the games) :grin:

Play doh single tubs 913/2371 £0.49 for anyone looking for cheap items to get them over £100

It won't go inside it, though... The drive inside the enclosure is probably a 15mm ST4000LM016 rather than the 9.5mm that the PS4 needs for an internal drive.
Just adding it on as external is a lot more painless than fitting a new internal drive though, so probably better going that way anyway. And you'll keep your warranty that way.

Don't go too far back in time else you'll be paying £100 per Megabyte for a drive...

Firing up the Delorean as I type, F the sports almanac I'm all about that extra TB

Heat added, want? Yes. Sadly I need to spend the money elsewhere, besides I want it at £20/TB!

Great idea :sunglasses:

As the original poster had a picture of Stewie from Family Guy as his avatar, wasn't it self-explanatory ?

haha, I reserved a 5TB one from Argos last week, by the time I went to pick it up the price went up by £10 - so I left it - didn't realise they can change the price of reserved items!

Great deal. Thanks

I use these as Time Machine backup drives for my Macs, they have been reliable, so far, but a little noisy in terms of vibrations passed through the cabinet to whatever they are sat on (wood, in this case), when lying horizontally (but I should say this is in a very quiet room). I reduced the sound transmission by glueing 5cm of very complient cushion foam to the back of some scrap metal that I had and used that as mats for the Seagates to sit on. They are now just about audible but it doesn't disturb anyone. I know Seagate don't have a brilliant reputation on some models/batches but of the Seagate and Western Digital drives I use, failure rate has been low and about equal.

Anyway, this is around the online ebuyer type price, so good if you want to pick one up on the high street right away. Hot.

yeah and this is just inviting those who managed to snap up the prime bargain on these at circa £50 in 2016 to wax lyrical about that deal.

Want something to stream HD and above to kodi/plex.

This or the WD my book recertified?

woo
(there's always one)
((at least))

Ermmm.....last year !!!

No

Heat added but decided to go for the portable version for £10 more, and get a £10 voucher...

Is this the one you can dismantle and put directly in to a PS4?

This is not the portable version and I'm assuming it's mains powered rather than just USB?

Cannot believe I got a 5tb Toshiba for £80 back when Barclays Bespoke Offers was a thing.

For the "Porsche" Lacie it says 6-7 weeks lead time. which means the items will be shipped on the slow boat from China - so its actually a Trabant made to look like a Porsche. The drives inside both are Seagate ones.

Also a good deal but depends whether you want the free voucher or just the hard drive under the £100 mark.

Hold on, I’ll pop in the time machine. oO

Wouldn't this be better then with the 100 quid spend in mind?


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Yes, it does not count.
T&C number 33. "We regret that due to government guidelines we are unable to include the value of our single use carrier bag in your transaction towards our Free Voucher offer."

Wouldn't you go for the portable one for extra £10...? If you do you also end up £10 voucher so it end up same price as this but you get smaller portable one?

I got a WD Elements 5TB in Curry's for this price last year not really a great price

I had a portable Seagate and after a couple of years use it started to make squeaky noises and then failed. Guess what I had not backed everything up, so the moral of the story is any hard drive making more noise than usual back it up.

It used to be that you installed s large second hard drive which you could back up everything including the operating system Then if a virus hit you could reinstall from the backup

However with ransom ware it now locks and encrypts everything that is attached. So you are better backing up and then detaching the drive.

Thanks OP this deal os tempting to buy, to take out of its case and use as an internal drive to up htage my existing. Decisions, Decisions?

Options for this one - pick up this afternoon; for the LeCie 5tb - might get it by Christmas.

I'd also suggest spending an extra 1p+ to reach £100 spend to get a £10 voucher instead of just a £5 one.
argos.co.uk/eve…tml

It will need reformatting but yes

Will this work on a mac?

That review is for the portable version here. argos.co.uk/pro…870?rec=webRespPDP:2388421:alt:CWVTPUBOOT:6557870

Isn't Stewie on family guy?! oO

Nice price for a 4Tb. Heat and ordered!!!

Thanks ever so much for this Stewie :smile:



Who's Stewie?

Cheers stewie

There is a power connection point here visible below the USB connection point in the Argos Product photos.
And the Argos Q&As state that Mains connection is required.
My Portable 4TB Maxtor has only the USB3 connection and no such power connection point anywhere.

1) Pre or Post Brexit vote?
2) This drive's actually 30-50% slower than the 5TB Elements drive.

Yep, all it needs is formatting which the PlayStation takes care of :grin:

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This goes in a ps4 pro? Any good?

I ended up gettin the portable version for the extra £10 but with voucher works out the same, over kill space for my Ps4

Searching gift wrap also brings some 39p options but they are also clearance lines so may not be available everywhere. Interested if anyone can find anything cheaper