{"product":{"product_id":"B01HAPGEIE","title":"Seagate (STEB8000100) Expansion Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop","price":"159.99","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41aLB6r2ybL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE"},"comments":[{"body":"EDIT: This drive is the equivalent to an archive drive (SMR or a different, equivalent name), so this should be write little read many. Write performance will drop severely for heavy, random writes, but copying large media files will hold 150+ MB/s writes. 6.5TB of writing large media files to this held 170MB/s for most of the session when I first received this.\r\n\r\nThe Seagate Expansion contains this drive, so if you can't jump on this, you can usually find the [Seagate Expansion](https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/) around $120-$130 to shuck and get a free USB3.1 enclosure.","subreddit_name":"buildapcsales","author":"Quietly_Yell"},{"body":"10TB drives are overpriced , you can pick any 8TB drive for half the price . WD easystore or Seagate Expansion , for example , buy them and remove the external USB housing\r\n\r\nThis one has 5 out of 5 , highest rating on amazon\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-STEB8000100-Expansion-Desktop-External/dp/B01HAPGEIE/\r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"DataHoarder","author":"Thousandsmagister"},{"body":"tfw a post like this is on my frontpage *right* next to a post for a 256GB SSD for 140$.\r\n\r\nWhy are they so expensive now.... If I could buy another 1 TB SSD for 90$, I'd be so happy.\r\n\r\nAlso: a similar deal on [amazon](https://smile.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;keywords=8%20tb%20hard%20drive\u0026amp;portal-device-attributes=desktop\u0026amp;qid=1495742026\u0026amp;ref_=sr_1_1\u0026amp;sr=8-1) atm","subreddit_name":"buildapcsales","author":"CaskironPan"},{"body":"[Amazon link for the lazy](https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1520436768\u0026amp;sr=8-3\u0026amp;keywords=seagate+expansion+8tb\u0026amp;dpID=41mDnJ8-plL\u0026amp;preST=_SY300_QL70_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch)","subreddit_name":"DataHoarder","author":"mtucker502"},{"body":"If you're after 8TB and are OK with SMR, and wouldn't mind a shorter warranty, you can save quite a bit more by buying the Seagate external USB drives and shucking them.\r\n\r\nFor example, the Seagate Expansion (STEB8000100) is currently $199.99 at Amazon:\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE\r\n\r\nThis drive as well as the 8TB Backup Plus hit a low price of $170 last year at Black Friday according to CamelCamelCamel...  They haven't been near that since, but the Expansion was $190 last December.","subreddit_name":"DataHoarder","author":"i486dx2"},{"body":"They're $205 currently on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1482265360\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=8tb.\r\n\r\nI've never paid more than $100 for 5TB and $200 for 8TB. You mostly just have to wait for deals on externals and then shuck them. If you are in it for the long haul, it is worth saving money shucking as long as you have a backup. Example for $750 you could get 6 x 5TB of shucked Seagate drives. You would only be able to get 3 x 5TB of WD Red.","subreddit_name":"PleX","author":"MasterKongQiu"},{"body":"I don't disagree with that but I would think twice before buying \r\n\r\nAmazon has this Seagate Expansion 8TB on sale for $160 , it seems to be \"safer\" than the one on newegg . \r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE","subreddit_name":"DataHoarder","author":"Thousandsmagister"},{"body":"Amazon may have them too although from what i have seen WD's on Amazon don't go on sale as often as Seagate's I usually get [these](https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1523112969\u0026amp;sr=8-6\u0026amp;keywords=wd+8tb) from amazon however they are SMR. These drives are best for WORM (Write once read many) storage and since my use is all media im okay with it. If you start getting into swapping large amounts of data writes can be considerably slower. At any rate you will just have to see what available on your end but personally id go that route or similar.","subreddit_name":"DataHoarder","author":"Cyromaniap"},{"body":"I have an 8TB self-powered HDD from seagate when Amazon had a sale going last year. A link to the listing:\r\n\r\nSeagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rBKuBb37WWHCS","subreddit_name":"Xbox_One_X","author":"Matt_StL"},{"body":"I just order them from Amazon (speed, convenience, and usually a good price if not the best).  These are what I've been buying lately:   \r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE\r\n\r\nSeagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) $169.99","subreddit_name":"PleX","author":"mredofcourse"},{"body":"I use an 8TB Seagate HDD. It's plenty quiet and is plenty fast and only costs $180. I store most of my games on it and I can play most from it, but if I want one to be on Quick Resume it has to be on the Series X hard drive.  \r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HAPGEIE/ref=ppx\\_yo\\_dt\\_b\\_search\\_asin\\_title?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;th=1","subreddit_name":"xbox","author":"smackaroonial90"},{"body":"It’s silly to buy that thing. \r\n\r\nYou can get way more storage for cheaper. \r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=2YOAURHLNUWTZ\u0026amp;keywords=8gb+hdd+external\u0026amp;qid=1641873882\u0026amp;sprefix=8+tb+hdd%2Caps%2C78\u0026amp;sr=8-5","subreddit_name":"xbox","author":"UnHoly_One"},{"body":"Yes they are.  I've boughten 3x 8TB ones now for $150 each.  Here is a link to [Amazon ](https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1523886636\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=STEB8000100).\r\n\r\nFYI, Each one I have opened up has been a Barracuda drive","subreddit_name":"DataHoarder","author":"InSearchOfTh1ngs"},{"body":"I bought a [Seagate Expansion Desktop 8TB External](https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-Drive/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sxin_2_ac_d_pm?keywords=Seagate%2B8TB\u0026amp;pd_rd_i=B07NPMMZ8C\u0026amp;pd_rd_r=4ab17c96-0ccc-4976-97b9-cd580937fa8b\u0026amp;pd_rd_w=abk4U\u0026amp;pd_rd_wg=ZX9jq\u0026amp;pf_rd_p=64aaff2e-3b89-4fee-a107-2469ecbc5733\u0026amp;pf_rd_r=RH233RY4824C888E2J2P\u0026amp;qid=1561434520\u0026amp;s=electronics\u0026amp;th=1) from Amazon — it’s currently $140 US.   It’s not clearly stated what speed it is (though one of the answers in the Q\u0026amp;A section says the 8TB is a 7200rpm).  \r\n\r\nI got some bad info and was told I could share a single drive across my PS4 Pro + XBOX One X by the dipshit at GameStop, otherwise I’d have bought two 4TB drives which is more than enough for this generation.  Come next gen though (with both machines running SSDs), I may buy another one.  The drive that you linked; the Barracuda Pro... is that an internal only?  What makes the difference between the “prebuilt cheaper version” and the “good version”?  Sorry if it’s obvious, I’m clearly not enough of an electronics enthusiast to have gotten it right the first time.","subreddit_name":"xboxone","author":"And_You_Like_It_Too"},{"body":"I bought a [Seagate 8TB USB3.0 external drive](https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=8TB+external\u0026amp;qid=1563401724\u0026amp;s=gateway\u0026amp;sr=8-4) (it’s currently $134 from Amazon)... it’s far more than anyone could possibly need this generation.  I could be imagining it, but it seems like games installed on it run faster than the Pro’s internal 1TB.  I bought it because a gamestop clerk was telling me that she personally uses a single external HD for both her PS4 and XBOX One as she was ringing up my XB1X purchase.  I dunno why she’d make that claim, and we definitely weren’t talking about saving music/movies.  I could have just bought a 4TB for each console and had plenty of room.  \r\n\r\nWith the 8TB, there’s 7.35TB free space available with nothing installed.  I’m got 515 games installed on it right now, and I’m *still* only 5.64TB/7.35TB.  I’m even installing every PS+ game and shit I’ll never, ever play just to see if I could possibly fill it up before next generation.  And then I have 381GB/861.4GB of my internal filled almost entirely with screenshots and video clips.  \r\n\r\n*****\r\n\r\n***My advice for anyone looking at buying an external — 4TB is more than enough for this generation but the next generation of games will be larger so it can’t hurt to buy a large one.  It’s nice to have every game you own installed at once, but you’re probably only bouncing between playing a handful at a time.  I expect the USB3.0 standard will be the same on the PS5 so for the extra $55 you can double the 4TB to 8TB and carry over *all your PS4 games* ***and have room for PS5 games as well***, and then only use the **internal SSD** for games you’re actively playing as your primaries .","subreddit_name":"DaysGone","author":"And_You_Like_It_Too"}]}