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WD Red 10TB NAS Internal HDD (WD100EFAX) US $400.25 (~AU $500) Including Shipping from B&H

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WD Red 10TB NAS Internal HDD (WD100EFAX) US $400.25 (~AU $500) Including Shipping from B&H Affiliate
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LNeBlackCat on 28/08/2017 - 21:35 bhphotovideo.com (580 clicks)
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These are WD's helium filled 10TB SATA 3.5 HDDs intended for NAS use. NAS use because of the low heat/power facilitated by the helium filling, the 5400rpm and the internal block read optimisation. But of course you can use them in computers too, they're ideal for archiving, home servers and media serving.

I'd been looking for them in Australia, the best price I found was $629 at MSY. Then, no doubt thanks to Google spying on me, I saw an ad for them at US$379 (AU$477) at B&H Photo with a reasonable shipping charge of AU$20ish for 10-15 day delivery (you can pay a little more for 5-7 days). So I ordered two.

Reviews say nice things about performance and power usage, for spinning metal anyway.

More info here and review here.

You can also get these at Newegg AU for AU$481 plus shipping.

B&H also have the Pro version (7200 rpm) of this drive for for US$499.

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  • hamwhisperer on 28/08/2017 - 22:03

    If only you could get them without the $1000 import shipping issue - pretty good price.

    • spackbace on 28/08/2017 - 22:04

      But it's under $1000…

      • hamwhisperer on 28/08/2017 - 22:06
        +12

        Yeah 1 is, sure but I don't buy disks by the 1 anymore.

        • idonotknowwhy on 29/08/2017 - 14:30

          Ship them to friends and family :)

        • NobalaKoba on 29/08/2017 - 14:35
          +1

          @idonotknowwhy: What if you don't have any? ;-;

        • hamwhisperer on 29/08/2017 - 15:05
          +2

          @BradleyDS2: True OzBargainer

        • dazaman on 29/08/2017 - 17:26

          Hi just wondering why not? I bought an 8TB DeskStar from the last deal and didnt buy a second thinking I will buy another 8TB disk (even if its another brand) later when I save a bit more money. Any problems of using different branded drives in my synology?

        • idonotknowwhy on 29/08/2017 - 22:10

          @dazaman: I prefer to use different brands (or batches).
          Where I used to work, we had 2 NAS's, and a bad batch of Western Digitals.
          1 Drive died, then within the space of 30 minutes, 3 more died (1 RAID array completely lost, one of them degraded).

        • idonotknowwhy on 29/08/2017 - 22:12

          @BradleyDS2: Marry into a rich family then?

        • NobalaKoba on 29/08/2017 - 22:30

          @idonotknowwhy: What if even wealth won't make people pretend to be your friend, and you have no chance of getting married?

          You're making this harder for me ;-;

        • idonotknowwhy on 30/08/2017 - 08:00

          @BradleyDS2:

          Give this a listen/read:
          Https://m.soundcloud.com/larry-amos-jr/sets/dale-carnegie-ho…

          A better title for that book would be "understanding people" imo.

        • hamwhisperer on 30/08/2017 - 22:19

          @dazaman: My NAS has 6 identical disks in it, next time I buy disks I want 7, 6 for the NAS and a spare.

    • OzViper on 28/08/2017 - 22:42
      +3

      $477 each means they are under the $1000 threshold..even if you buy two. Shipping is not included in the $1000 import limit

      • johnno07 on 29/08/2017 - 14:12
        -1

        I don't believe this is correct see: https://www.border.gov.au/Busi/Duty/Indi/Importers

        the value of the taxable importation is the sum of:
        the customs value (CV )of the imported goods
        any duty payable
        the amount paid or payable to transport the goods to Australia and to insure the goods for that transport (T&I), and
        any Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) payable, if applicable.

        • OzViper on 29/08/2017 - 14:28
          +1

          I take your point.. the customs website is pretty vague..

          But from past numerous experience with importing (pretty heavy) items just below the threshold but with high shipping rates. I have not been charged customs duties even though the total (goods + shipping) push it over the threshold.

          I did a bit of digging and found this ebay discussion with an actual reply from customs about this question… the customs answer is right at the bottom of page 1
          http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Buying/Australian-buying-fro…

          Anyways, you could always ask customs yourself if you want a definitive answer

          Cheers

      • AustriaBargain on 29/08/2017 - 19:22

        today I learned. Which exchange rate do they use, which ever it is at the time it arrives in customs?

  • seniordoc on 28/08/2017 - 23:10

    If you buy 2 disks, it will be cheaper to get from Neweggs (see link above). Including the shipping, is still < $1000.

  • mfauser on 29/08/2017 - 00:35

    Seems like such a bad deal given the $410 10 TB IronWolf Drives yesterday.. Or are these $90 better?

    • flopsy on 29/08/2017 - 02:18
      +2

      Still a deal for 10TB drives. IronWolf price was great with the eBay 20% off but they went "out of stock" pretty fast. Hard to compare them to these drives as the Red is geared towards NAS use, but I personally avoid Seagate even if they have improved in recent years.

      • Click_It on 29/08/2017 - 13:59
        +2

        I'm not so sure they have. I have a NAS full of HGST CoolSpin (4TB's) imported from USA in 2014. Flawless brilliant drives. I went to add 1 in 2015/16 and thought I'd give Seagate another chance having avoided them for many years now. Sure enough recently one of the drives failed, sure enough its the new Seagate. Much younger than the HGST/Hitachi's. Crapped out.

        It wasn't a "NAS drive" but nor are the HGST's.

        These things can happen any time with any drive but I won't put Seagate in my NAS boxes again ever. I didn't lose data due to double redundancy but dropping a drive is a problem I'd still prefer to avoid.

  • Dontreadthis on 29/08/2017 - 00:48
    +3

    Considering i got 2x8tb seagate NAS drives around xmas for AU$250ea from amazon its a bit of a joke that 10TB drives cost this much 8 months later. The bottom has to fall out of the mechanical HDD market sooner or later…

    • mfauser on 29/08/2017 - 10:43

      That's a good deal

    • Click_It on 29/08/2017 - 14:01

      Yeah I'm waiting to upgrade my NAS. I missed that $250 deal but going from 4TB drives to 10TB would be great for me. The price isn't quite where I want it to be though. Given I need 3 minimum.

    • IamEzza on 29/08/2017 - 14:34
      +1

      I got quite a few 2TB Samsung drives back in 2011 for $69, it wasn't a one off sale either, it was just the price PLE had them for at the time.
      Then the Thailand floods happened and 2TB drives have never been as cheap as that since.

      • Click_It on 29/08/2017 - 17:15
        +1

        Yeah I've had this convo before on OzB. Sadly, HDD prices have been near those <2011 prices since. Even if you convert capacities, though there has been the occasional 4 and 5TB drive come close - but 6 years later!

        Looking at the new capacities one would expect 8TB drives to find a home just shy of $200 at some point. The >10TB will remain a premium for a long time. There is of course 5 and 6 TB drives too but I can't see them being very popular as most are sitting on 4TB these days and won't upgrade without doubling capacities.

        I think 16TB's are pretty much ready but not being released yet, they want us to soak up the existing stock first. Prices will have to tumble at some point.

    • NeBlackCat on 30/08/2017 - 01:27

      Maximum capacity is never the best value mate. Twas always thus.

  • Pricebeat on 29/08/2017 - 17:20

    Here is another option. Even cheaper using coupon code PINCH5 (US $ 377.37 [AU $475.26])

    • Click_It on 29/08/2017 - 20:29

      Another option is the WD Purple here for US $330 for yet another option, being purple it's for 24/7 CCTV use but maybe it's perfectly fine in a NAS etc?

      Interestingly the 10TB Gold Datacenter drive can be had for around US $420 too, that should be an amazing drive.

  • mikezillakind on 29/08/2017 - 20:42

    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1354329-REG/hgst_0s04…

    Keep an Eye out for this !

  • Smithy2300 on 30/08/2017 - 19:04
    +1

    Just need to remember if you cant find where you put it look on the roof.

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