Toshiba 5TB SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm ($149.99) @amazon

[SirNumbers]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OP2PKH2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00OP2PKH2&linkCode=as2&tag=o001b-20&linkId=3KU37KSOHU44CP54

• Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) Technology
• Tunnel Magneto-Resistive (TMR) Recording Head Technology
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Support
• Read/Write cache for increased performance 128MB Cache
• Low power consumption with adaptive power modes and Serial ATA DIPM

 

Its storage dayyyyy

[Andrewf]

I just actually laughed at the 4TB being only $10 less. I really hope no one buys the 4TB, why is that even a thing. I need this though but I only have a few hundred dollars left to spend on stuff, and I'm cautious about what I need for my computer. Although storage is a big one...

[FIXXX]

what's the catch?

 

It's old technology trying to stay relevant.

[watts300]

It's old technology trying to stay relevant.

And succeeding brilliantly. 

 

 

@Andrewf Compatibility with some external enclosures could potentially be a problem with a 5TB drive.

[SirNumbers]

It's old technology trying to stay relevant.

There are benifets of HDD and always will be

[danoedel97]

Anyone know how these compare the the competitors (WD and Seagate) 5tb drives?

[PLSZ]

toshiba .... will always be toshiba, i had too many problem with their hard drive .... but 5TB for that price isnt bad for someone who is looking for the bang for their buck !

[shirokado]

There are benifets of HDD and always will be

Benefit(s)??? The only benefit is that it's cheaper. It's slower, larger, louder, hotter, more fragile, etc.

[deguzi]

out of stock

[swifty7]

Bought two of these drives from Microcenter for $139 per drive.

[Joemoma]

i'd personally never buy a Hard Drive online... way too much risk in it being damaged in the transport process. Ever heard of never dropping a Hard Drive?? Good luck with that and FedEx or UPS or whoever...

[swifty7]

well!!  that logic is a bit flawed.  How do you think stores like Microcenter or Best buy get their HDD supplies delivered?  I tell you one thing,  it's not on the back of a floating unicorn...that's for sure....LOL!!!

[Lanciferp]

Benefit(s)??? The only benefit is that it's cheaper. It's slower, larger, louder, hotter, more fragile, etc.

It has a couple benefits that sad's don't have. They can be written to MUCH more heavily without wearing out, so they usually last longer. Also, while yes the disks are more fragile (though if you keep them stationary and limit vibrations you'll be fine), if your hard drive fails because of something aside from the disc you can recover the data. You can't do that with an ssd nearly as reliably. If a hard drive gets an unfortunate jolt of electricity it can be recovered. If an ssd gets that same jolt, the whole thing is fried. 

[Kyuubixchidori]

Benefit(s)??? The only benefit is that it's cheaper. It's slower, larger, louder, hotter, more fragile, etc.

are you kidding? thats like saying whats the benefit of getting a Prius over a lambo. only cost. its slower, uglier, not as cool, ect. 

 

the cost is radically different 150$ for 5 TB, or that gets you just short of a 500gb ssd. there is a hell of a difference between those capacity last time i checked. so we are talking a just over 10x cost diffrence per gb, yet a only 3xish gain in perfomance? 

 

 

unless you want to pay 30 cents a gig to store massive backlogs of photos, pictures, movies, ect. hard drives will have a place until ssds are cheaper per gig. 

[DildorTheDecent]

i'd personally never buy a Hard Drive online... way too much risk in it being damaged in the transport process. Ever heard of never dropping a Hard Drive?? Good luck with that and FedEx or UPS or whoever...

idk man. UPS handled my GTX 980 rather well. 

[Joemoma]

well!!  that logic is a bit flawed.  How do you think stores like Microcenter or Best buy get their HDD supplies delivered?  I tell you one thing,  it's not on the back of a floating unicorn...that's for sure....LOL!!!

Their shipments are handled a bit differently and IF they do receive a damaged package, box, or whatever they just refuse it and get sent another one... you on the other hand are stuck with it

[shirokado]

are you kidding? thats like saying whats the benefit of getting a Prius over a lambo. only cost. its slower, uglier, not as cool, ect. 

 

the cost is radically different 150$ for 5 TB, or that gets you just short of a 500gb ssd. there is a hell of a difference between those capacity last time i checked. so we are talking a just over 10x cost diffrence per gb, yet a only 3xish gain in perfomance? 

 

 

unless you want to pay 30 cents a gig to store massive backlogs of photos, pictures, movies, ect. hard drives will have a place until ssds are cheaper per gig. 

The other guy gave another benefit. All you did was elaborate on what I said. It seems like you were trying to argue against my point, but all you did was support it.

[shirokado]

It has a couple benefits that sad's don't have. They can be written to MUCH more heavily without wearing out, so they usually last longer. Also, while yes the disks are more fragile (though if you keep them stationary and limit vibrations you'll be fine), if your hard drive fails because of something aside from the disc you can recover the data. You can't do that with an ssd nearly as reliably. If a hard drive gets an unfortunate jolt of electricity it can be recovered. If an ssd gets that same jolt, the whole thing is fried. 

The heavier writing is a good point. But your other point, which was data recovery, I wouldn't count that as a benefit. If you look at it, on either side, if the  actual storage medium dies(flash chip, magnetic disc), the drive is dead. You could recover data from a HDD if another component breaks, but SSD's don't even have that point of failure. So id say that's actually a benefit on the SSD's part, less points of failure.

[Daegun]

The other guy gave another benefit. All you did was elaborate on what I said. It seems like you were trying to argue against my point, but all you did was support it.

I don't know, 10 times the capacity for a lower price seems like a pretty damn good argument against you.

[shirokado]

I don't know, 10 times the capacity for a lower price seems like a pretty damn good argument against you.

Against me? I clearly stated that being cheaper is a benefit. So declaring that its 10 times cheaper is supporting me alot.

[EarthboundHero]

i'd personally never buy a Hard Drive online... way too much risk in it being damaged in the transport process. Ever heard of never dropping a Hard Drive?? Good luck with that and FedEx or UPS or whoever...

I ordered a WD Blue 1TB. It was shipped through USPS, and apparently they threw it on my porch. So loud that it woke up my sister and made my dog bark, it's been fine and I've had it since February. It really just depends on how well it was packed.

[Daegun]

Against me? I clearly stated that being cheaper is a benefit. So declaring that its 10 times cheaper is supporting me alot.

Damn, I need to learn to read.

[shirokado]

Damn, I need to learn to read.

It might have been unclear, my my post was questioning the "s" in "benefits" since the only benefit I could think of was that it was cheaper.

[Daegun]

It might have been unclear, my my post was questioning the "s" in "benefits" since the only benefit I could think of was that it was cheaper.

Ah. No, SSDs are better in just about every way than HDDs. That's really the only area that SSDs can't touch them in.

[Lanciferp]

I don't know, 10 times the capacity for a lower price seems like a pretty damn good argument against you.

The argument is not over the current market status, but rather over inherent positives to each storage medium.