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Looking at 8TB drives on Amazon right now, external USB 3.0 8TB drives are $150 (e.g. STEB8000100). Bare 8TB drives (e.g. ST8000DM004) are $200 and up. This is

by js2 8y ago

Looking at 8TB drives on Amazon right now, external USB 3.0 8TB drives are $150 (e.g. STEB8000100). Bare 8TB drives (e.g. ST8000DM004) are $200 and up. This isn't the same class of drive. Supposedly what's inside the STEB8000100 is a ST8000AS0002 5900 RPM archive drive. But that drive, which you can barely even find anymore, is over $200. What's up with this pricing?