HITACHI Touro Desk Pro 4TB for $250

[Kwan Khan]

Just Picked up one for $249 from B and H.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/846330-REG/Hitachi_0S03503_4TB_Touro_Deskpro_Hard.html

Still confused.. Why thier external drives are way cheaper then their RAW 4TB? Hummmm...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/835056-REG/Hitachi_0S03355_4TB_SATA3_3_5_INTERNL.html

Hummmm... May be 2X2TB Deskstar inside... But still cheap
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/758517-REG/Hitachi_0S02861_2TB_IDK_Deskstar_3_5.html

 

[Gary Paul Walker]

Just Picked up one for $249 from B and H.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/846330-REG/Hitachi_0S03503_4TB_Touro_Deskpro_Hard.html

Still confused.. Why thier external drives are way cheaper then their RAW 4TB? Hummmm...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/835056-REG/Hitachi_0S03355_4TB_SATA3_3_5_INTERNL.html

Ho do people rate the Touros? I was thinking about picking up some myself shooting

 

[JanneJansson]

Probably 2x2TB drives in the external one. HITACHI drives have not been good to me. Probably just random (un)luck, but anyway. I always use WD western digital. Never problem.

 

[Gary Paul Walker]

I was thinking of the 2tb version of the My Book essential, but saw some mixed reviews

 

[Kwan Khan]

Just connected via USB 3 and I made 3 partition. why my Disk Test Speed is Write (134.5MB/s) and Read (130.6MB/s)?
That's Strange...

 

[JanneJansson]

Some usb3 drives behave strange. Sometimes work with usb3 ports, and sometimes just with usb2 ports. This sounds like a mix, write of usb3 speed but read of usb2. I have changed mabye 2 of 5 usb3 drives just because of this. Try a different port or a different computer. On some usb3 drives there is a special cable that eliminate this standard mix with fysical wiring.

 

[Kwan Khan]

oops.. my Error.. It was Reading at 130.6MB
I'm using my MBP (Retina) and I'm suppose to be getting above 300MB/s

 

[Tommaso Alvisi]

kwan, there is the limit of the internal hd...