2TB 2.5'' SSHD Hybrid Drive £1 less than the lightning deal posted over a month ago. Using to upgrade the secondary drive in a new laptop.
Couple of interesting details from Amazon: * 100% compatible with PlayStation 4.... EDIT: but don't let that put you off (LOL) * 5 years warranty
Prime exclusive only, so won't be for everyone.
All comments (30)
zizzles
17 Jul 17#1
The price is attractive but "100% compatible with PlayStation 4" puts me right off.
LeftResponse to zizzles
17 Jul 17#2
I can't say if its true or not, I would imagine it is if it states. It's not the reason I bought it though.
I don't think its compatibility with a PS4 should be something to put you off the deal if you need a drive. xD
ST3123 to zizzles
17 Jul 172#16
It's handy to know as PS4s don't take all 2.5" drives ( 'fat' ones over 9.5mm won't fit without modification). Plus if they left that info out the listing would quickly turn into a deluge of questions asking "if this will fit in my PS4", still might though as if there is one thing I know from occasional eBay selling, people are notorious for not reading the product listing properly. If Amazon really wanted to push it they could have even said recommended for PS4 and various sources including digital foundry do recommend this specific drive for use in PS4.
I have one in my PS4 Pro and it works very well, no complaints at all....
steveyboy79
17 Jul 17#3
I'm not an expert on these matters. Looks like a good deal but I want an external drive. Anyone know if I could put this in a caddy and connect to USB, and if so whether that is cost effective? EDIT: Have answered my own question just by following link. The answer appears to be yes.
barmrest to steveyboy79
17 Jul 171#5
It's not cost effective unless marginal speed gains are worth about £25 to you, otherwise I'd just wait until a deal for a portable HDD at £50 comes up.
captainbeaky to steveyboy79
17 Jul 171#7
Wouldn't have thought there is much benefit using a sshd as an external drive in normal circumstances. 3TB Portable drives are around this price.
zizzles
17 Jul 171#4
What I meant was the marketing blurb suggests that the product is being marketed towards the gullible, or at least the intellectually-challenged
Examples would be the GLUTEN-FREE on a bottle of stupidly-priced water
or
the LOW FAT stickers on bananas priced 60% higher than the same bananas on the stand beside them.
I prefer not to encourage such nonsense.
LeftResponse to zizzles
17 Jul 17#6
I understand what you're saying, but it is useful information for those that own a PS4 and don't know about drives and the "if it fits" rule I suppose.
On a side note, I know what you mean in other instances. A good example would be 4K TV's that (arguably) arn't actually 4k.
1920 x 1080 = 1080p
2560 x 1440 = 1440p
4096 × 2160 = 4k?
Sure its 4 times the amount of pixels, but it doesn't really make sense and would cause confusion should 4xxxp TV's become available. Now EVERYONE has to list them as 4K, because if its not "4k" (even though its the same resolution) people are turned away if it doesn't include that specific phrase/information.
EDIT: On the other hand, if I recieved 500 questions asking if it was compatible (when all 2.5'' drives are compatible) I would probably just end up putting it on my listing so I don't have to deal with the questions lol.
steveyboy79
17 Jul 17#8
Thanks captainbeaky and barmrest. I see exactly what you mean and will wait for a good 3TB deal.
jezzery
17 Jul 17#9
Also after a portable drive for the xbox. Can anyone recommend one? Is there much of an advantage getting an SSHD hybrid like this or should i just go for a standard USB 3 type. It would be for loading on games. Cheers
LeftResponse to jezzery
17 Jul 17#10
You would see a performance increase if you were installing/running games from the drive. If you're looking for a portable USB drive there won't be much point if you're just using it to copy data onto your xbox. USB 3 caps at about 5GBps, so it won't be the bottleneck for the current drive.
It's a cheap option, but would work. Those adapters are infinitely useful if you have alot of 2.5 inch drives.
rhodyate
17 Jul 171#11
hot
CampGareth
17 Jul 171#13
5 year warranty? Seriously? That's nice, makes these about £25 cheaper than a 3.5" 2TB drive with 5 year warranty, so I'm seriously tempted to pick up some for a NAS. As an added bonus the reduced size would be better for stacking and reduced power consumption would pay for itself in 24/7 usage (by my maths about 6W difference pays for itself with 10p/kwh electricity over 5 years with a 100% efficient PSU, optimistic values, it's more like 3W with 15p/kwh and 80% PSU efficiency).
LeftResponse
17 Jul 17#14
Ah, you've actually made me feel better about my upgrade. It was upgrading my secondary drive (1TB 3.5'' Mechanical), and I don't "really" need it because Windows + other programs are installed on an SSD. I never considered it would be saving me power aswell!
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Opening post
2TB 2.5'' SSHD Hybrid Drive £1 less than the lightning deal posted over a month ago. Using to upgrade the secondary drive in a new laptop.
Couple of interesting details from Amazon:
* 100% compatible with PlayStation 4.... EDIT: but don't let that put you off (LOL)
* 5 years warranty
Prime exclusive only, so won't be for everyone.
All comments (30)
I don't think its compatibility with a PS4 should be something to put you off the deal if you need a drive. xD
I have one in my PS4 Pro and it works very well, no complaints at all....
Examples would be the GLUTEN-FREE on a bottle of stupidly-priced water
or
the LOW FAT stickers on bananas priced 60% higher than the same bananas on the stand beside them.
I prefer not to encourage such nonsense.
On a side note, I know what you mean in other instances. A good example would be 4K TV's that (arguably) arn't actually 4k.
1920 x 1080 = 1080p
2560 x 1440 = 1440p
4096 × 2160 = 4k?
Sure its 4 times the amount of pixels, but it doesn't really make sense and would cause confusion should 4xxxp TV's become available. Now EVERYONE has to list them as 4K, because if its not "4k" (even though its the same resolution) people are turned away if it doesn't include that specific phrase/information.
EDIT: On the other hand, if I recieved 500 questions asking if it was compatible (when all 2.5'' drives are compatible) I would probably just end up putting it on my listing so I don't have to deal with the questions lol.
It's a cheap option, but would work. Those adapters are infinitely useful if you have alot of 2.5 inch drives.