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Ironwolf 4TB $160.26 Austin Computers eBay WD Red 4TB sold out

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Ironwolf 4TB $160.26 Austin Computers eBay WD Red 4TB sold out
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serrin on 07/11/2017 - 14:16 ebay.com.au (1830 clicks)
Last edited 07/11/2017 - 23:44 by 1 other user
PREZZY

EDIT:
And the 4TB's are all sold out. Austin Computer's other drives here

EDIT:
since posting it looks like Austin have done some mild price jacking, though to be fair, it's still slightly cheaper than last night's price at ~$203 pre-discount.
WD Reds are sold out, but if they come back the link is here.
Couple of Ironwolves left. Other sizes down below.

Original post:
Possibly the cheapest ever for the WD Red 4TB and close to cheapest ever for the Seagate Ironwolf 4TB. 4TB seems to be the sweet spot, and this breaks the $40/TB barrier ever so slightly. Both drives are pretty similar, choose whatever brand you have loyalty to. Other capacities available, not sure if they're particularly cheap/cost effective though. Prices went down a few bucks overnight, very sporting of Austin, would have worked out at $163 (if I recall?) at last night's prices and today's discount.

Ironwolf 4TB is also the same price at $156 link here

Here's a link to all of Austin Computer's HDD's for sale

WD Red 6TB is $247.2 after discount
Ironwolf 6TB is $231.2
WD Red 8TB is $319.2 sold out :(
No Ironwolf in 8TB size at time of posting.

Original 20% off at selected sellers eBay Post

Don't forget cashrewards for that sweet, sweet 1.25% cashback.

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  • inamberclad on 07/11/2017 - 14:36

    that's gold op! thinking of buying another 2 wd 4tb reds, just because it's so cheap!

    • buneyha on 07/11/2017 - 15:13
      +3

      no it's red.

  • bern1992 on 07/11/2017 - 14:39
    +2

    Did anybody else see the thumbnail for this deal and think it was a packet of cigarettes? Or just me?

    • TomGum on 07/11/2017 - 14:43
      +1

      No sorry. But then again I dont smoke.

      • bern1992 on 07/11/2017 - 22:03

        Glad to hear, me neither. Never have.

    • canigetsometoo on 07/11/2017 - 14:48
      +2

      its a smoking hot deal, marlboro-ific! dunhil-tastic! camel-icious! ummmm yea…

    • myusername on 07/11/2017 - 15:01

      winnie reds on special yo!

      • BargainKen on 07/11/2017 - 16:13
        +2

        Widdie reds

        OK that's just bad 😀

  • amarco on 07/11/2017 - 14:43
    +1

    Is it safe buying HDD online ?

    • Doge on 07/11/2017 - 14:45
      +2

      Yes

    • donnot on 07/11/2017 - 14:52
      +7

      Yep, if you're paying with PayPal, make sure to activate Refunded Returns so you get free return shipping should something happen to the drive.

      • VAA on 07/11/2017 - 15:15
        +1

        Thanks for the direct link.

  • amarco on 07/11/2017 - 14:54

    Cheers

  • dhleoz on 07/11/2017 - 15:12

    Sold out! Ozbargained !

    • alexGoodwin on 07/11/2017 - 16:31
      +3

      broden - someone bought 10

      https://imgur.com/a/9aVJq

      • philmarcracken on 07/11/2017 - 18:06
        +1

        They probably want to flip

      • serrin on 07/11/2017 - 20:35
        +1

        broden - someone bought 10

        That person did not flip those drives. That may or may not have been me. No further comment >_>.

        • alexGoodwin on 07/11/2017 - 20:59

          hahah must be quite a Video collection… XD

        • serrin on 07/11/2017 - 21:31
          +1

          @alexGoodwin: well a double layer blu ray is 50GB and I'm too lazy to get up and change discs, so I rip them all.
          It starts with a 4-drive off the shelf appliance, then you start rolling your own custom linux box and before you know it you're planning a 10x 4TB server with a similarly sized backup machine because RAID =/= backup.
          Parents, teach your kids not to play with servers. It only ends in tears.

        • airzone on 07/11/2017 - 23:04

          Real men put all their critical data on RAID 0 arrays, because RAID is definitely backup, and RAID 0 is the safest of them all.

          lol

        • NobalaKoba on 07/11/2017 - 23:46

          @serrin: I'm running my own server with WD reds and a lot of hard drives, so I kind of understand you.

          Keep your eyes out for when something like this goes on sale again, I find the biggest issue with my storage needs to be that I run out of sata slots, so 4TB drives don't cut it, and these My Book Duos tend to sell cheaper than the bare hard drives (not in this case) and sell less during sales, probably due to many people not needing 16TB.

          The drives are definitely WD Red drives and can be removed by pulling it out of the slot.

        • NobalaKoba on 07/11/2017 - 23:49

          @airzone: Oh Jesus, I hope nobody takes you seriously 😂

        • serrin on 08/11/2017 - 00:38

          @airzone: 0 is the coolest number so RAID 0 must be the best.

          @BradleyDS2: Thanks for the tip, I am aware of the WD Reds in the mybook duos, but they haven't been cost effective for a while. I have a LSI RAID card crossflashed into IT mode. It supports 8 SATA devices out of the box, I have read that you can get cables that double the number of devices on certain SAS devices for a theoretical 16 devices per card, but I'm not sure if it's supported on that particular model and I haven't really looked that deeply into it. Between the Mobo SATA ports one card is more than enough, but for a 6 PCI-E slot ATX board you could populate it with 48 drives without using the mobo ports. Given that you effectively loose whole drives of storage with RAID 5/6 having more drives that are smaller is more economical, especially since 6TB+ sizes haven't really borne a massive drop in cost per TB. Although, granted, the risk of failure is an exponential of the number of drives.

        • airzone on 08/11/2017 - 13:57

          @BradleyDS2: Heh, on more than one occasion have I argued with company execs about that very point. And on more than one occasion have I had to deal with a RAID card that freaked out and trashed the array connected to it.

  • jason andrade on 07/11/2017 - 15:16
    +1

    4TB WD Red shows as out of stock

  • quantumlock on 07/11/2017 - 15:18

    Cheers, got the WD Red 8TB, it was cheaper per GB than the newer WD Red 10TBs.

    • asa79 on 07/11/2017 - 15:29

      New Size are always going to be alot more expensive but if you dont have many HDD slots can be cheaper in long run

  • quantumlock on 07/11/2017 - 15:37

    Wait for Black Friday sales to get parts for new rig? Or buy selected parts now? Are there some computer parts that don't generally get a discount beyond 20%?

  • Brgc on 07/11/2017 - 15:44

    Its available again, but 170.18 each.

    • Brgc on 07/11/2017 - 16:17
      +1

      Down again to 160.26

  • Kaise on 07/11/2017 - 15:55
    +2

    Available, but price jacked :/

  • dhleoz on 07/11/2017 - 16:09

    Picked one at $200.32 before discount. came down $160.26 after code, with cashrewards also. For a few bucks difference from original post, no hesitate for me. Thanks OP.

  • joshuARGH on 07/11/2017 - 16:33

    Bugger, snoozed and lost!

    • whyacow on 07/11/2017 - 16:48

      Dunno why it says expired cos I just used the code and got it for $160.

      • joshuARGH on 07/11/2017 - 17:00

        Showing out of stock for the WD for me.

  • YellowKnight on 07/11/2017 - 17:34

    What does everyone mainly use these ones for? Network storage?

    • asa79 on 07/11/2017 - 17:47
      +1

      RED for Network file storage. 24/7 operation and lower speed more power efficent. Pointless for anything else
      Purple for Video surveillance storage. 24/7 operation and higher speed rated to handle multiple camera inputs.

  • baycie on 07/11/2017 - 18:50

    I just got one for $160, so not expired yet!

    • inamberclad on 07/11/2017 - 18:51

      the original deal for $156 has expired… it's now $160 (op posted $195 without code, it's now $200)

  • rlexyd on 07/11/2017 - 19:31

    Bought a 1TB WD Blue HDD for PC for $53, not bad :)

    • alexGoodwin on 07/11/2017 - 21:03

      $53/TB vs $39, and WD blue vs red.

  • diceman99 on 07/11/2017 - 19:44
    +1

    The 8TB have sold out.

  • Polaremail on 07/11/2017 - 22:54

    just a silly question.
    if i don't have NAS setup, can i just use a single drive as a storage drive in my pc? Thanks in advance.

  • doweyy on 08/11/2017 - 09:28
    +2

    Everything has been jacked up from yesterday lol..

    Ironwolf 4TB now $179, WD Red 4TB now $179, WD Red 8TB now $367 ($50 higher than yesterday's deal)..

    • serrin on 08/11/2017 - 12:22
      +1

      Bah, what a bunch of jackanapes. Well it was a bargain until the price jacking.

  • RambunctiousRog on 08/11/2017 - 09:36

    Everything appears to be in stock again, but looks like they've jacked their prices up since this post went live. Everything is at least $40 more expensive this morning.

    • sschen on 08/11/2017 - 16:24

      Noticed the same too. MSY getting hit with that huge fine by the ACCC recently. And now this price jacking. Is there any honest PC retailers about??????

  • CheapDave on 08/11/2017 - 18:47
    +1

    What a joke. Ordered 2 early yesterday when this first came up and apparently they don’t have any stock of the 4tb reds even though they are still advertising them and they have cancelled my order

    • F-22 on 08/11/2017 - 22:39

      That's BS, I'm going to be so angry if they do that to me too.

      • sschen on 08/11/2017 - 23:04

        Wouldn't surprise me that they are trying to maximise profits. Even at the jacked up prices, it is probably still cheaper than many PC retailers after the 20% ebay discount?

        • F-22 on 09/11/2017 - 07:31

          It's still cheaper by about $15 but no where near 20‰ off.

  • sschen on 08/11/2017 - 21:12

    We need an option to revoke our positive vote, so we can downvote!

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