Hard Drive Purchasing Advice

LLuvvaGreatDeals on 07/11/2024 - 10:07
Last edited 07/11/2024 - 12:47 by 1 other user

Looking for advice on cheap and large hard drive for storage from reliable source.

I'm wanting something big (>16 TB) but am unsure where to purchase this from (and possibly when).

I'm hoping to get at the best price point ($/TB). Current leads seem a little expensive, and NZ price seems a lot higher than online).

Thanks in advance ^^

LGD

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  Wakrak on 07/11/2024 - 10:10

  @ace310

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    ace310 on 07/11/2024 - 10:35

    +2

    Have a look at old discussion here. It covers pretty much.

    1. East digital mentioned below are great. They also sell on ebay I think. Probably the best packaging for hdd
    2. bh photo (US) - Previous deal. Got 1 and it's great. packaging was good as well.
    3. Amazon. Can get some good deals sometimes, but be careful on the packaging front. Few complaints but no brainer if deal is good. Amazon service is good mostly. I have bought 12tb ironwolf few years back. There is not much protection in the box when it came so bit risky.

    If buying from US. Black friday/cyber monday there are possibilities of the deal. Also, look over www.slickdeals.net (it's similar to cheapies for US)

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  tombanks on 07/11/2024 - 10:14

  These guys pop up on ozbargain a lot and I've used them and can confirm they're reliable. Hard drives are shipped really well in tightly packed foam.

  https://east-digital.myshopify.com/

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    0mfgroflmao on 07/11/2024 - 12:02

    Used this guy twice, first time all 3x 16TB drives were I bought were DOA (damaged in transit), he provided a return label and later sent out replacements, can't complain, genuine dude.
    Second time went great, well packaged.

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  RockCartel on 07/11/2024 - 11:42

  Ordered one of these https://east-digital.myshopify.com/products/mg08aca16te-tosh…
  NZ$253 MG08ACA16TE Toshiba 16TB 512MB 7200RPM 6Gb/s 3.5 SATA Internal Hard Drive
  Will be using it as a backup drive, so don't need any performance. And since it's just a backup reliability isn't super important.

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  ABCDEFG on 07/11/2024 - 13:46

  I've not used them yet but I'd confidently used East Digital after seeing years of positive feedback. I have used Server Part Deals in the past and had a great experience; really fast shipping and really, really well packaged.