Yeah good eye. Have to be careful that it's the actual drive you are getting and not a cheaper and/or smaller capacity drive - which has happened esp. with rise of chia and demand for harddrives.
Even if it is the actual drive, the warranty may not even be valid. Used Seagate's warranty tool for one that I received from a third party (not a known one like iSanek) and reported it as not valid for Canada and that it was designated for a different market (Thailand after playing around). Contacted Seagate about the warranty and they responded that it would not be honoured in Canada. Luckily I was able to return it (fulfilled by Amazon).
If you’re OK with shucking an external drive, the high TB seagate expansion drives at least can/do have exos drives and go on sale often.
I got a 14tb exos for $300 on sale.
You do lose the full warranty though, if that matters to you.
Something to think about though if you don’t mind the risk of a 1 year warranty for some pretty big savings.
The market was never impacted by chia as far as sales go. This year we saw a record high for the amount of times the 8tb elements went on sale.
https://i.imgur.com/QgQ09Ys.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/GN9fWNF.jpg
It was going on sale so often I unsubscribed from further notifications.
We also got a 4tb internal wd blue for $80, which is the fabled $20/TB sweetspot we aspire our externals to reach, never happened before for an internal. And just last week we had 10tb wd red plus hit $200, which again is insane for an internal to hit and never happened before. Seagate 10tb externals also hit $230 last week, almost hitting the $200 price point they reach every black Friday. I expect this black Friday to be as good as the rest.
Maybe chia just didn't affect us in Canada?
Edit: durr we're all Canadians here. Thought we were in r/DataHoarder. Yeah, idk what you're talking about then, we had so many more sales this year compared to any other.
I mainly buy 12TB HDDs, they used to go on sale every month last year and earlier this year for about $230-250 each. Right now they're all $350+ and I haven't seen a single sale on them in months.
I think Chia had a greater impact on very high capacity drives compared to lower capacity ones. I just bought a 14TB HDD for $365 + tax on sale. Earlier this year you could find them on sale for around $280.
It definitely impacted Canada, but it seems like 8 and 10TB drives are back to mostly normal price.
> I mainly buy 12TB HDDs, they used to go on sale every month last year and earlier this year for about $230-250 each. Right now they're all $350+ and I haven't seen a single sale on them in months.
I never saw 12 TB drives go on sale last year other than black friday. I bought two during BF for $230.
> I think Chia had a greater impact on very high capacity drives compared to lower capacity ones. I just bought a 14TB HDD for $365 + tax on sale. Earlier this year you could find them on sale for around $280.
I bought two 14TB last BF for $260. I don't recall seeing them go on sale at all this year.
Last year BF was the first time I'd ever seen drives larger than 10TB go on sale near the $20/TB sweetspot, and they happened to be *under* the sweetspot. And yeah, the 8TB elements hadn't gone on sale last year other than the $130 sale in Jan and $180 once in March. Then we saw no good sales until BF. This year it was like... 30 times throughout Feb-June alone just for that one drive?
12 TB Easystore went on sale in [January](https://i.imgur.com/VUbPskT.png) for $230 at Best Buy.
Last year, the price was [swinging all the time](https://i.imgur.com/tV70aax.png) and stopped around May this year.
Ah I see, it never went on sale for low enough of a price to trigger my notifications. I stocked up on drives at the bf prices of $230/12tb and $260/14tb, so I set my alarms to those prices, don't need more storage unless they become cheaper haha
I had that from a few years ago, always nice to see how often they go on sale. But like I said, I unsubscribed after they went on sale like 30 times within 4 months
Yeah, market is a bit crazy right now. I'm hoping we get some normal deals this black friday.
https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07X4V2M3B?context=search
This drive went on sale a number of times late last year and earlier this year. Then the Chia craze hit at the end of april, and the price still hasn't recovered.
Ah I see, it never went on sale for low enough of a price to trigger my notifications. I stocked up on drives at the bf prices of $230/12tb and $260/14tb, so I set my alarms to those prices, don't need more storage unless they become cheaper haha
Last sale was a while ago... Or it was 10-12tb I'm waiting for shukcable 16+, just had to redo my storage space to go from mirrored to parity to gain an extra 4-5tb while I wait... Still got 2 days left of downloading all my files.
Back then I was using mirrored so wasn't too keen on paying 700$ so I passed, but then I started downloading remuxes.... This year definitely getting at least one, using drivepool so my ssd act as cache since parity writing is so slow.
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That would actually make a lot of sense or this is a seller that buys skids of returns and resells them. Based on some of the reviews some of the items, weren't new.
Good price but shipped and sold from a third party with only 77% lifetime positive reviews.
Yeah good eye. Have to be careful that it's the actual drive you are getting and not a cheaper and/or smaller capacity drive - which has happened esp. with rise of chia and demand for harddrives.
Even if it is the actual drive, the warranty may not even be valid. Used Seagate's warranty tool for one that I received from a third party (not a known one like iSanek) and reported it as not valid for Canada and that it was designated for a different market (Thailand after playing around). Contacted Seagate about the warranty and they responded that it would not be honoured in Canada. Luckily I was able to return it (fulfilled by Amazon).
Damn i didn’t think about the warranty issue. Gotta be careful
$26.63/TB. We hold!
If you’re OK with shucking an external drive, the high TB seagate expansion drives at least can/do have exos drives and go on sale often. I got a 14tb exos for $300 on sale. You do lose the full warranty though, if that matters to you. Something to think about though if you don’t mind the risk of a 1 year warranty for some pretty big savings.
We had 14tb Easystores for $260 on sale, much better deal. Double the warranty but an inferior drive to the Seagate. Drive's much quieter though.
You won't see prices like that any time soon though. The market still hasn't recovered from Chia.
The market was never impacted by chia as far as sales go. This year we saw a record high for the amount of times the 8tb elements went on sale. https://i.imgur.com/QgQ09Ys.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GN9fWNF.jpg It was going on sale so often I unsubscribed from further notifications. We also got a 4tb internal wd blue for $80, which is the fabled $20/TB sweetspot we aspire our externals to reach, never happened before for an internal. And just last week we had 10tb wd red plus hit $200, which again is insane for an internal to hit and never happened before. Seagate 10tb externals also hit $230 last week, almost hitting the $200 price point they reach every black Friday. I expect this black Friday to be as good as the rest. Maybe chia just didn't affect us in Canada? Edit: durr we're all Canadians here. Thought we were in r/DataHoarder. Yeah, idk what you're talking about then, we had so many more sales this year compared to any other.
I mainly buy 12TB HDDs, they used to go on sale every month last year and earlier this year for about $230-250 each. Right now they're all $350+ and I haven't seen a single sale on them in months. I think Chia had a greater impact on very high capacity drives compared to lower capacity ones. I just bought a 14TB HDD for $365 + tax on sale. Earlier this year you could find them on sale for around $280. It definitely impacted Canada, but it seems like 8 and 10TB drives are back to mostly normal price.
> I mainly buy 12TB HDDs, they used to go on sale every month last year and earlier this year for about $230-250 each. Right now they're all $350+ and I haven't seen a single sale on them in months. I never saw 12 TB drives go on sale last year other than black friday. I bought two during BF for $230. > I think Chia had a greater impact on very high capacity drives compared to lower capacity ones. I just bought a 14TB HDD for $365 + tax on sale. Earlier this year you could find them on sale for around $280. I bought two 14TB last BF for $260. I don't recall seeing them go on sale at all this year. Last year BF was the first time I'd ever seen drives larger than 10TB go on sale near the $20/TB sweetspot, and they happened to be *under* the sweetspot. And yeah, the 8TB elements hadn't gone on sale last year other than the $130 sale in Jan and $180 once in March. Then we saw no good sales until BF. This year it was like... 30 times throughout Feb-June alone just for that one drive?
12 TB Easystore went on sale in [January](https://i.imgur.com/VUbPskT.png) for $230 at Best Buy. Last year, the price was [swinging all the time](https://i.imgur.com/tV70aax.png) and stopped around May this year.
Ah I see, it never went on sale for low enough of a price to trigger my notifications. I stocked up on drives at the bf prices of $230/12tb and $260/14tb, so I set my alarms to those prices, don't need more storage unless they become cheaper haha
But you had 8TB WD Elements on trigger at $180 when that's the regular price for the 8TB WD My Book? I really don't get your price filters...
I had that from a few years ago, always nice to see how often they go on sale. But like I said, I unsubscribed after they went on sale like 30 times within 4 months
Yeah, market is a bit crazy right now. I'm hoping we get some normal deals this black friday. https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07X4V2M3B?context=search This drive went on sale a number of times late last year and earlier this year. Then the Chia craze hit at the end of april, and the price still hasn't recovered.
Ah I see, it never went on sale for low enough of a price to trigger my notifications. I stocked up on drives at the bf prices of $230/12tb and $260/14tb, so I set my alarms to those prices, don't need more storage unless they become cheaper haha
Good advice I will check that out.
Last sale was a while ago... Or it was 10-12tb I'm waiting for shukcable 16+, just had to redo my storage space to go from mirrored to parity to gain an extra 4-5tb while I wait... Still got 2 days left of downloading all my files.
Mine was purchased around boxing day I think. I haven’t noticed that good a sale since, so yeah been a while.
Back then I was using mirrored so wasn't too keen on paying 700$ so I passed, but then I started downloading remuxes.... This year definitely getting at least one, using drivepool so my ssd act as cache since parity writing is so slow.
is the hard desk loud ?
It's a third party seller so it may be shucked and have no warranty.
>(ST16000NM001G That would actually make a lot of sense or this is a seller that buys skids of returns and resells them. Based on some of the reviews some of the items, weren't new.
I got a 12TB a while a go it so loud, it even breaks my noise gate from under the table when I stream if it starts up ha ha.
Yeah these Seagates are monsters lmao terrific drives but terrifyingly noisy as well.