Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) On Amazon, you can see these 2 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B075XPBD5B/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=AEDYXTHYD8DT7&psc=1 And https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07J351T2V/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?smid=A10XTVRAJRWPGO&psc=1 Honestly, they look the same But, 1 has English language and the other, Chinese. Should I go with the English one with a 3rd-Party seller? Or go with the Chinese sold by Seagate? EDIT: THIS IS U.S. Based purchase Edit 2: looking to see which model to get. 3rd-Party, with English pictures OR Seagate seller with Chinese pictures. Edited January 29, 2020 by G4mingArt1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 29, 2020 the first link; Price: $329.52 + No Import Fees Deposit & $10.52 Shipping to Australia Details the 2nd link; Price: $305.00 + $106.80 shipping with both pages displaying in English...not much of a choice is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 29, 2020 Author 14 minutes ago, Pharr Carnell said: the first link; Price: $329.52 + No Import Fees Deposit & $10.52 Shipping to Australia Details the 2nd link; Price: $305.00 + $106.80 shipping with both pages displaying in English...not much of a choice is it? I'm looking for the difference between the two. If the the 0008 version is the updated version. Which might be, but I don't want a knock-off/counterfeit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 29, 2020 ST12000VN0007 https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/ironwolf-12tbDS1904-9-1707US-en_US.pdf ST12000VN0008 https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/ironwolf-16tb-DS1904-14-1907US-en_GB.pdf Every spec sheet includes several models, but both are included. There doesn't seem to be any technical difference between them. Looks just like some sort of revision, there might be some difference in firmware which is not mentioned here. I could check the Seagate firmware page, but it requires serial number of the actual drive to show firmware and that's something we don't have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 29, 2020 Maybe @seagate_surfer can help you out with this specific detail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 30, 2020 The difference between the drives is a minor revision. Effectively the same drive, same performance. Use whatever one is cheapest. As far as what has changed between the two it is hard to know for sure. Could be anywhere from a firmware revision to tweak in the casing. Be sure to @Pickles von Brine if you want me to see your reply! Stopping by to praise the all mighty jar Lord pickles... * drinks from a chalice of holy pickle juice and tossed dill over shoulder* ~ @WarDance 3600x | NH-D15 Chromax Black | 32GB 3200MHz | ASUS KO RTX 3070 UnderVolted and UnderClocked | Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX X570S | Seasonic X760w | Phanteks Evolv X | 500GB WD_Black SN750 x2 | Sandisk Skyhawk 3.84TB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 1, 2020 Basically this is summarized in the following: "Revision number" ST12000VN0007 (Rev. D Gen 2 - December 2017) :https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/ironwolf/en-us/docs/100818527d.pdf ST12000VN0008 (Rev. C Gen 2 - June 2018) :https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/ironwolf/en-us/docs/100835908c.pdf Manufacturers will revisit their products from time to time and changes can be made, those changes could be only the labeling or packaging of the product and, in some other cases, the changes are bigger than that, materials, design more attractive, etc... What I recommend to people who encounter this situation is that they use the newest revision, however in some cases there are people who are rather looking for a specific revision for different reasons but to tell the truth the changes are not so big enough to pay so much attention to one revision or the other, the model remains for NAS yet and it is ready for battle. Seagate Technology | Official Forums Team IronWolf Drives for NAS Applications - SkyHawk Drives for Surveillance Applications - BarraCuda Drives for PC & Gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 1, 2020 Author That's very good information and thank you for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 1, 2020 1 minute ago, G4mingArt1st said: That's very good information and thank you for the reply. You are welcome! Seagate Technology | Official Forums Team IronWolf Drives for NAS Applications - SkyHawk Drives for Surveillance Applications - BarraCuda Drives for PC & Gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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