Hardware Bargains

[bromster]

My Seagate 3tb just died. A few weeks out of warranty obviously. I have been meticulous with my handling of this drive and only use it to copy to solid state media for watching series etc.

Now I get the click of death and have had to put it into my machine as an internal.

I will never buy seagate external again. Both my Samsung and wd have outlasted it be years.

 

[Zuner]

Makro have the 4tb at R1799 but go read reviews on amazon its crazy how bad these drives have gotten.

 

[Zuner]

NOTE: Amazon has combined the reviews for the 1TB, 2TB and 3TB versions of this product, with the 3TB version dominating the negative reviews (as of 2012-11-24), so pay attention to which version is being reviewed. This for expansion drive, don't know of they've gotten better since then.

 

[Bull1012]

My Seagate 3tb just died. A few weeks out of warranty obviously. I have been meticulous with my handling of this drive and only use it to copy to solid state media for watching series etc.

Now I get the click of death and have had to put it into my machine as an internal.

I will never buy seagate external again. Both my Samsung and wd have outlasted it be years.

My Seagate 2.5" 2TB (the slim drive) stopped working after a couple of weeks. Opened the case to try and do a repair on my machine - only to find it has a Samsung drive inside.

 

[skinndeep]

My Seagate 2.5" 2TB (the slim drive) stopped working after a couple of weeks. Opened the case to try and do a repair on my machine - only to find it has a Samsung drive inside.

Sorry to sound noobish, but is Samsung not good with hard drives?

 

[spiderz]

Hitatchi drives for the win ... just can't find them

 

[RichardG]

Xbox one bundle on takealot R5300( Game witcher)

 

[Fury05]

Opinions on the Lenco bluetooth tower speaker on daily deals?

 

[PostmanPot]

My Seagate 2.5" 2TB (the slim drive) stopped working after a couple of weeks. Opened the case to try and do a repair on my machine - only to find it has a Samsung drive inside.

Samsung = Seagate. Seagate bought their hard drive division. You'd have seen the model number belongs to Seagate, ST2000LMxxx or similar, yet the brand and S/N were Samsung's.

Samsung model numbers are HDxxx (3.5") and HMxxx (2.5").

 

[Adoxographist]

Hitatchi drives for the win ... just can't find them

Western Digital bought them. So go with WD

 

[Zuner]

Western Digital bought them. So go with WD

3 of my 6 drives are WD, they're great, but their externals encrypt everything, Seagate failure rate is ridiculous, the Toshiba 2 and 3 tb on special now at incredible I'm unsure of..

 

[opinionhated]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873...e-for-4tb-study-of-40000-plus-hdds-finds.html

 

[Zuner]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873...e-for-4tb-study-of-40000-plus-hdds-finds.html

Hot damn, looks like I made the right decision to stay away from the recent Seagate external specials.

 

[Beachless]

They can add my seagate 3tb to that list.

 

[Zuner]

Though the 4tb it's going for 1799 at makro, hmmm

 

[InternetSwag]

Is it just me or does GTX Gaming not have any stock in well... Anything?

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Is it just me or does GTX Gaming not have any stock in well... Anything?

Yeah I don't really stock much at all. Part time business I run for some spare cash

I only stock graphics cards and other goods I know I can offer cheaper than other stores.

 

[DA-LION-619]

Talking about hard drives, I heard Transcend is pretty good. Anyone had issues with them?

 

[Kayoss]

They can add my seagate 3tb to that list.

My seagate 3tb also packed in.. Went and bought an external enclosure, broke open the seagate one, and voila! Have my 3tb back again..

Not saying it'll work for everyone, but I do think the rubbish seagate enclosure is responsible more often than people suspect..

 

[Praeses]

Is it just me or does GTX Gaming not have any stock in well... Anything?

Check this thread: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/656643-Gtx-Gaming-Shop-is-Here!/page5

Then you'll see which and when new stock comes in.