4TB 7200 rpm hard drive deal: $140 shipped, exp 5/21

[kevm14]

Newegg, through 5/21, is offering the HGST 4TB 7200 rpm NAS drive for $140 shipped with promo code ESCEJFN22.

Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 145912-S0A

I bought this exact drive on 7/30/14 for $179. It has been flawless. The only issues reading reviews are the occasional DOA or infant mortality. Which is the only failure mode of a hard drive/hardware I really accept, since you find out early. The "NAS" part of these drives, or at least one part, is a 1,000,000 hour MTBF rating.

If you want a single partition, I think you have to reformat using GPT and I also think this is only possible on 64-bit systems. The good news is, you probably have that by now.

You don't need a NAS for this to work by the way. I just have one in my Dell minitower which holds....well, everything, ever. Including a backup of my DVD rips that are on my HTPC. I then back up select important stuff from that to a 1TB portable HD. But I digress...

[kevm14]

It's back at $140 for 48 hours.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 145912-S0A