[WTS] 4000gb Baracuda XT Sata hdd $275 NOT YET AVALABLE TO PUBLIC

[shakaru]

I got a pair of these that I am not going to use for my self that I will let go for a decent price.
I bought them only because I could not even find them online at the time and Seagate does not have them listed on their site (only 2 and 3tb).

You will need to use a mobo with 2.2tb infinity or other EFI boot method to boot off the drive and use Vista/7 64bit to use a GPT partition in windows. Linux has no issues with the GPT partition. Other Windows flavors can mount the drive as a 2.2tb and a remaining partition.

Asking $275 ea including shipping. MSRP $349


As seen on...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SeagateOEM/ST4000DX000/
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-ST4000DX000-SATA-Drive/dp/B005WX3NEU

Sold one to amazingrando already in person.

[amazingrando]

A preview review of this drive was posted about two weeks ago on storagereview.com.   They found that it's getting close to 190MB/s on the outer tracks. 

http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_4tb_barracuda_xt_first_thoughts_review

Picked one up from shakaru over the holiday weekend (one of several good transactions I've had with shakaru).  Very nice drive and a really good deal!  Very happy with it. 
   

[amazingrando]

I had already planned to meet up with shakaru to get a couple of heatsinks:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51857.0

He had one on hand that he was using for testing that I picked up when I was down there on Friday.

I know the external version has been out for a bit, but didn't know that anyone had the internal version.  Even the storagereview.com review was only a preview and just posted on 11/17. 

If anyone wants me to run some benchmarks on it, I can do that and post the results here.

[shakaru]

Sold the pair, but now have 3 more! same price. Get them while they are hot!

[Tyson95]

Are these retail boxed drives or were they pulled from external enclosures?

Thank you,
Tyson

[shakaru]

Are these retail boxed drives or were they pulled from external enclosures?

Thank you,
Tyson

They are retail box purchased for corporate data solutions. I assume this question is to know if they are bootable with uEFI and yes they are.

I also have access to surplus from the same project of WD 5tb drives. I do not yet have a price on them as I only have one atm with 4 more coming in later today.  
If you have larger quantities or looking for some other type of drive like the 2tb or 3tb Xts, let me know as I can arrange such deals.

[Wynand]

Could you dump me a list of disks you have (new/sealed ones?), or can obtain + timeframe and the estimated shipping costs to 1000 Brussels (Belgium)?

[EPiSKiNG]

I am interested in the 4-5TB HDD.  Any available?  I'm in California.

-EP