Seagate 6TB 7200rpm $170 - $10 (maybe) = $160 @ Tigerdirect

[vibe]

you must copy and paste the full url to get the $170 price

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=9832183&sku=SGI-103040439&SRCCODE=WEBBP264

possible $10 off $100 coupon (only one per account/cc/etc)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/include/events/2014/TD_Discount/satisfy-your-sweet-tooth.asp
or
http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/include/events/2014/TD_Discount/happyanniversary.asp
or
http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/include/events/2014/TD_Discount/SpecialDelivery.asp

additional $10 off $100 via ibotta via rebate, stackable (pain in the #%!@)
https://ibotta.com/rebates/12499/spend-100-on-tigerdirect-com

$20 off $400

http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/include/events/2015/coupondotcom/

 

[DF-1]

great price.

 

[Deadjasper]

"Currently Out Of Stock!"

 

[xSneak]

Is this a smr drive?

 

[vibe]

wow slickdeals effect I guess, or maybe backblaze bought them out

waiting to see if amazon ever price matches, probably not


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013JPKYQC?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[vibe]

"Currently Out Of Stock!"

just popped back in stock, limit 4

maybe too many people had it in their cart

wait, no, out of stock again, wtf

 

[DPI]

Is this a smr drive?

Any Seagate bigger than 4TB is SMR, yes sir.

 

[Hulk]

is this drive really 6TB or is it more like 5.2 or 5.5TB?

 

[ccityinstaller]

is this drive really 6TB or is it more like 5.2 or 5.5TB?

Really?

 

[westrock2000]

is this drive really 6TB or is it more like 5.2 or 5.5TB?

This one is 5.484TB. However they plan on doing a special during Christmas that has 20% more free, for a limited time only.

 

[MrGuvernment]

is this drive really 6TB or is it more like 5.2 or 5.5TB?

Depends which OS you use and what standard you follow, it is 6TB, but formated windows, no it wont be 6TB.

 

[drescherjm]

Any Seagate bigger than 4TB is SMR, yes sir.

I think this is wrong. It says in the specifications 6 disks / 12 heads. For SMR I would have expected less disks and less heads. Yes I know they do have that reversed (12/6) instead of (6/12).

http://www.seagate.com/www-content/...14/en-us/docs/desktop-hdd-ds1770-6-1507us.pdf

 

[myren]

Any Seagate bigger than 4TB is SMR, yes sir.

NO false.

Seagate just dropped a 8TB non SMR enterprise drives. @DPI is completely wrong.

 

[DPI]

NO false.

Seagate just dropped a 8TB non SMR enterprise drives. @DPI is completely wrong.

"oh em gee rolleyes they just announced a new enterprise drive thats not even for sale yet". Very relevant here in deal-hunter, thank you.

 

[DPI]

I think this is wrong. It says in the specifications 6 disks / 12 heads. For SMR I would have expected less disks and less heads. Yes I know they do have that reversed (12/6) instead of (6/12).

http://www.seagate.com/www-content/...14/en-us/docs/desktop-hdd-ds1770-6-1507us.pdf

Thank you for that, I stand corrected then based on these 2015 refreshes to the >4TB line, because last time I checked they still weren't disclosing platter counts on the >4TB stuff in their spec sheets. Which is how I got suckered into a batch of ST5000DM001's, only to find out they were SMR when they'd appear to freeze for 30 seconds at a time during write ops.

So ST5000DM002 6/12 is the new ST5000DM001 4/8 (SMR), and ST6000DM001 6/12 replaced ST6000DM000 4/8 (SMR). Mind those model numbers, kids. I suspect there will continue to be confusion as the old 4/8 SMR drives are blown from inventories.