Should I consider purchasing this Seagate 14TB drive from costco?

Hey everyone, my easystore 14tb I use as my NAS backup is no longer copying, so I'm looking to replace it. I saw costco is having a sale on the Seagate 14TB Expansion Desktop drives starting on Nov 21 for $149 down from $199. I have been very weary of Seagate for a while due to negative personal experience and other reports of drives failing. Is this still the case with these seagate drives? Does anyone know if these drives are slow? I have seen other capacities on this sub from other stores being reported as Ironwolf Pro drives, perhaps that's what this is? At $149, this seems extremely hard to resist. Thanks

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I just shucked the Costco seagate drive that is 149.99 and it has a exos 2X14 Mach 2 drive inside. Was hoping for a ironwolf
Has anyone shucked yet? What’s in the case?
Has anyone shucked yet? What’s in the case?
- There is a video on YouTube of someone shucking one. It was an Ironwolf Pro.
  
  can you link it or point me to it, i want to make sure its the same, please and thank you.
Hey fun tip. For just a few pennies more per TB, Best Buy has a WD 18TB drive for $199. If you need a bit more storage and desk space is limited, this might be another option to consider.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-14tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6425303.p?skuId=6425303
- Unfortunately they have been out of stock since Wednesday, but I do appreciate the tip. I was able to find a wd 14tb new being sold by another redditor for $140. My drive search has concluded
Did you register it and check the warranty period? If so, RMA the failed drive back to Seagate. They've gotten really good at replacing failed Exos drives within the warranty period. Of the 24 Exos drives I have spinning: 4 RMAs in the last 4 years. One failure was for a previously RMA'd drive.
- Thanks for the info, my failed drive is a WD easystore out of warranty.
  
  ugh, sorry to hear that.
  
  Had a variety of seagate Exos x16, x18, and Ironwolf drives shucked from expansion desktop drives over the last few years. They’ve worked well enough for home lab and media server use. failure rate not bad enough to complain about.
Link?
- Not yet on sale but this is the drive
  
  https://www.costco.com/seagate-14tb-expansion-desktop-hard-drive.product.4000203297.html
  
  That's the product but I've gone into the store and had them do some looking. Can not confirm this $149 deal for Phoenix area anyway. If you see it for that price, snag it! Grab 2.

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