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Should I consider purchasing this Seagate 14TB drive from costco? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone, my easystore 14tb I use as my NAS backup is no longer copying, so I'm looking to replace it. I saw costco is having a sale on the Seagate 14TB Expansion Desktop drives starting on Nov 21 for $149 down from $199. I have been very weary of Seagate for a while due to negative personal experience and other reports of drives failing. Is this still the case with these seagate drives? Does anyone know if these drives are slow? I have seen other capacities on this sub from other stores being reported as Ironwolf Pro drives, perhaps that's what this is? At $149, this seems extremely hard to resist. Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is a video on YouTube of someone shucking one. It was an Ironwolf Pro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

can you link it or point me to it, i want to make sure its the same, please and thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

https://youtu.be/NwSkGp1n3pw?si=jZOdnRfoN3vIiZo-

That’s the video I was referencing

However, in this other video the author got an ironwolf pro but mentioned in the comments they have also gotten Exos X18s before.

https://youtu.be/_mmnjS7l4Wg?si=nyHiQ70xzh5-6c-9

In the second video the box matches the box advertised from Costco

In this third video the author got an Exos, also same box advertised from Costco

https://youtu.be/41JwxULVdAs?si=BvBA5vkoUwIEk4OO