ST320005N4A1AS-RK Versus ST32000542AS

bgrubb1 wrote:
Does any one know if these are the same physical drives ?? the first one (retail kit I assume) is from Frys and says it comes with a 5 year warranty Thanks in advance ..Barry

http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datashe ... l_sata.pdf


http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datashe ... uda_lp.pdf

Note that this type of retail box drive is a crap shoot. Could be the 542AS or it could be a similar model or older series from last year.

I have purchased four of the 5N4A1AS-RK boxes from Fry's and all four contained the 542AS drive.

bobchap

bobchap wrote:
I have purchased four of the 5N4A1AS-RK boxes from Fry's and all four contained the 542AS drive.

I just bought a 5N4A1AS-RK box from Best Buy last week and it also had the 542AS drive in it. $99 on sale and I am looking at getting either a diskless Duo or NV+ and throwing that drive in it to start, then adding another drive each pay period. If I can only afford the Duo, I suppose I'll be stuck with RAID 1 but I will be done in a couple of weeks. :)

I purchased the retail kit just now, listed in best buy as ST320005NA1AS-RK for $69.99 and got a ST2000DL003.
No problem there..... And it's fully supported in the compatibility list.