4TB HGST Deskstar 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive $189

I'm going to look up seperate reviews and what other people think, but I'd be interested in any first hand experienced people here on the forums and what they think about this drive! please

Either way good find :)

This may work well as I need to order other stuff at BH
 
Winter tires...4TB HDD...winter tires.........fuck. I guess the HDD can wait :(
 
5 platter drives? These may run kind of hot, may want to wait until they release 1TB per platter version.
 
I run a pair of these in a silverstone usb3 external enclosure, no issues whatsoever
 
My buddy has like 10 of these and swears buy them and he has more drives than most mid size company server rooms :) Last we counted he was up to 93 drives.
 
ziggo0 said:
Winter tires...4TB HDD...winter tires.........fuck. I guess the HDD can wait :(
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If you are implying that you would be getting four new tires or four 4TB hard drives, then ok.


If you are implying that four new tires for you are under $200 then I hate you.

Going to get new rubber on my Jeep next week, $800 :(


Soon as these are around $135 or so I will be replacing mine.
 
man. I already have 8 4tb. drives. and I do want 4 more. but weee... i should not buy 4. maybe two? :{
 
Hitachi? Have their drives improved from the Deathstar days? Yikes.

4TB is pretty sweet, though.
 
Hm, if you get a board with 7 pci-e x16 slots and put 4 port e-sata cards in there and hook up the the 5 drives in 1 enclosure via pmp, that should give you (5*4*7) = 140 drive capacity in a single box :)

Someone should do it!

140*190 = $26,600
motherboard = $600 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157327)
cpu = i7-3820 = $300
Qty 28: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132015 = $4480
Qty 7: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215322 = $1183
Qty 8: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239116 = $600
Just add Case & PS: ($250 should be sufficient)

Total = $34,013 + shipping for 560TB of space (~ $60.73/tb).
 
Robstar said:
Hm, if you get a board with 7 pci-e x16 slots and put 4 port e-sata cards in there and hook up the the 5 drives in 1 enclosure via pmp, that should give you (5*4*7) = 140 drive capacity in a single box :)

Someone should do it!

140*190 = $26,600
motherboard = $600 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157327)
cpu = i7-3820 = $300
Qty 28: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132015 = $4480
Qty 7: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215322 = $1183
Qty 8: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239116 = $600
Just add Case & PS: ($250 should be sufficient)

Total = $34,013 + shipping for 560TB of space (~ $60.73/tb).
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You honestly think you can run 140 hds off of 1 power supply :eek:
 
Citizen _insane said:
You honestly think you can run 140 hds off of 1 power supply :eek:
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No, that is why you have the external e-sata enclosures EACH with their own ps. The rest of the computer (cpu/motherboard/ram) I expect to run off one power supply
 
AMD T-type said:
If you are implying that you would be getting four new tires or four 4TB hard drives, then ok.


If you are implying that four new tires for you are under $200 then I hate you.

Going to get new rubber on my Jeep next week, $800 :(


Soon as these are around $135 or so I will be replacing mine.
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I can 1-up that -- I get to spend $740 dollars (just for the tires themselves) all TWO of them on my Z06. damn sexy awesome 345mm tire. Thankfully my front tires are still good.
 
collegeboy69us said:
I can 1-up that -- I get to spend $740 dollars (just for the tires themselves) all TWO of them on my Z06. damn sexy awesome 345mm tire. Thankfully my front tires are still good.
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That's the one thing I don't miss about my Z06, expensive tires that don't last too long. I loved that car though.

On the OP, too bad it's back up to $269 today :( I would have like to pick up 4 of them to fill my recently emptied N40L.
 
TType85 said:
That's the one thing I don't miss about my Z06, expensive tires that don't last too long. I loved that car though.

On the OP, too bad it's back up to $269 today :( I would have like to pick up 4 of them to fill my recently emptied N40L.
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dang it. :( i was sleeping on it too.
 
DoomDoomDoom said:
Hitachi? Have their drives improved from the Deathstar days? Yikes.

4TB is pretty sweet, though.
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I'm surprised they're still using the "Deathstar" brand, and it looks like Western Digital now owns Hitachi, or so the box in the picture says.

That was such a long time ago though, even Seagate has had problems with their drives. None of them are immune to technical gaffs.
 
Dangerdog said:
I'm surprised they're still using the "Deathstar" brand, and it looks like Western Digital now owns Hitachi, or so the box in the picture says.

That was such a long time ago though, even Seagate has had problems with their drives. None of them are immune to technical gaffs.
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Deathstars were one generation of bad drives 13 yrs ago while IBM still solely owned their drive manufacturing, before Hitachi ever entered the picture and bought out IBM's manufacturing. Drives were reworked from scratch at that point, and Hitachi (and now Toshiba who took over manufacturing after the WDC buyout) have been some of the best drives you could buy ever since. In my experienced with several hundred Hitachi's between home and work spanning 6 years, they've all outlasted their warranties and seem to run forever. I've only ever RMA'd one Hitachi and that was due to dropping/clumsiness. Anecdotal yes but when you've got a few hundred of anything you'll see patterns begin to emerge good or bad, be it russian hookers or ball point pens.

Dullards parroting the word 'deathstar' is actually music to the ears of people that know better since its one less person contributing to the supply/demand equation and Hitachi's have always been priced reasonably.

When Toshiba release their 4TB offering early next year along with a new model of Seagate 4TB and the price war on the 4TB form factor begins, the Toshiba 4TB will be the drive to buy, since it'll essentially be a rebadged Hitachi manufactured in the same plant that Hitachi's have been. But if you can afford the current Hitachi 4TB, you can't go wrong.
 
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