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$150.48 Seagate IRONWOLF ST4000VN008 NAS HD 4TB/WD [WD40EFRX] 4TB RED Internal 3.5" Desktop SATA Drive Shipped @ Warehouse1 eBay

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$150.48 Seagate IRONWOLF ST4000VN008 NAS HD 4TB/WD [WD40EFRX] 4TB RED Internal 3.5" Desktop SATA Drive Shipped @ Warehouse1 eBay
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Product Description
Ensure that everyone in your organisation has access to the files they need, as and when they need them, with this Western Digital NAS hard drive. The Network Attached Storage concept allows files to be stored centrally and served when necessary, eliminating the need for local duplication. This drive has a generous 4-terabyte capacity and is made in the common 3.5-inch form factor for easy internal fitting.

Product Identifiers
Brand Western Digital
Model Red NAS
MPN WD40EFRX
UPC 718037810058

Key Features
Internal/External Internal
Drive Capacity 4 TB
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s, SATA III, Serial ATA 3
Rotation Speed 5400 RPM
Buffer Size 63 MB

Technical Features
Form Factor 3.5"

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Seagate-IRONWOLF-ST4000VN008-NAS-…

Seagate IRONWOLF ST4000VN008 NAS HD 4TB 3.5

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  • eclipse398 on 12/11/2017 - 15:59
    +4

    Noooo I just bought 2 from computer alliance last week… This is $18 cheaper. Oh well…

    • iMagoo on 12/11/2017 - 16:23

      Same :(

    • dreamscene on 12/11/2017 - 18:32

      Could have bought some bitcoin.

  • b-radicool on 12/11/2017 - 16:14

    I don't understand why the "everyday use" WD hard drives (ie the Red ones) are only 5400rpm. Is it purely to keep the cost down?

    • iMagoo on 12/11/2017 - 16:24
      +5

      To keep the heat down.

      • tonyjzx on 12/11/2017 - 16:32
        +4

        also this would be more likely used in a nas where you're not likely to need big time performance

        i've had mixed 5,400 / 7,200 in a nas and you couldnt really tell except in benches

    • okwombat on 12/11/2017 - 16:36
      +3

      The RED range are intended as NAS drives. I believe the BLUE range are the "everyday use" drives.

      https://www.wdc.com/products/internal-storage.html

      • magic8ballgag on 12/11/2017 - 18:19
        -1

        That's just marketing, the Blue drives are also 5,400 RPM.

        • WhyAmICommenting on 12/11/2017 - 19:07
          +1

          Reds run different firmware

        • magic8ballgag on 12/11/2017 - 21:05

          @spillmill:

          I'm aware of that, but essentially they're just Blue drives with a RAID feature and longer warranty.

    • hollykryten on 12/11/2017 - 16:41

      Probably because it's a NAS drive. And so it's not an everyday use drive either like a consumer desktop HDD is. It's made for NAS.

    • b-radicool on 12/11/2017 - 16:43

      Sorry, my bad - I was getting my blues and reds mixed up.

      • MHLoppy on 12/11/2017 - 17:42
        +2

        The Blue line (the actual "everyday" drives) are also 5400ish RPM once you go beyond 1TB though. It used to be Blue = 7200RPM and Green = 5400ish, but they merged the two product lines a couple of years ago.

        As to why: large capacity drives are mostly used for media storage, which generally doesn't benefit much from being faster. Lower RPM is generally lower cost, slightly quieter, slightly cooler, slightly less power usage. Not large differences, but I guess WD thought it was enough to switch to mostly the lower RPM.

    • asa79 on 12/11/2017 - 19:45

      RED are 5400 and Purple are 7200
      RED for File Servers and Purple for Surveillance servers

  • TomGum on 12/11/2017 - 16:53

    What are the benefit of this compared to the $149 portable ons from Jb hifi.

    • hollykryten on 12/11/2017 - 16:54

      It's designed to be used in a NAS which can be a benefit to some. That's probably the only benefit. I think it being made for NAS is only designed for storage. I would not use this drive on a desktop PC.

    • CyberMurning on 12/11/2017 - 16:58

      That was portable this one is not,…. Simple as

    • TomGum on 12/11/2017 - 17:02
      -1

      Couldnt the portable one be used in a nas?

      • moar bargains on 12/11/2017 - 17:22

        Well, you'd have to remove the actual drive from the shell (called shucking) and then get a mounting bracket, as it's only a 2.5" drive, but after that, yes theoretically you could. That said, they're not designed for it, so it's not likely to last as long as a drive designed for a NAS system.

        • pneumatic on 12/11/2017 - 18:21
          +2

          A lot of portable drives are soldered directly to the USB controller internally so you can't do that anymore.

        • moar bargains on 12/11/2017 - 20:38

          @pneumatic: Ah well, there you go.

    • pneumatic on 12/11/2017 - 18:20

      Shingles. Look up shingled magnetic recording and see what actual write speeds you get (hint: 2MB/sec, sometimes nothing for a few seconds). That's why they are so cheap. Hopefully this WD Red drive isn't shingled, although the cancer seems to be spreading to Western Digital nowdays, although this particular model probably isn't shingled (it's hard to even find specs from WD which say).

      • airzone on 12/11/2017 - 20:51

        These aren't. The drives you mention are high capacity archive drives. They're not meant to be put in an environment where random writes are going to be needed.

        • limucat on 12/11/2017 - 21:37

          So I was thinking to use this HDD just solely as an archive to keep my photos inside my desktop pc. I usually just plug it in and transfer my photos from my phone then take it out once done.

          Sometimes I would need to print some out and plug it back in that would be my only use for this. Still recommended to use this HDD just for this purpose? Just want something cheap big capacity and reliable. Thanks

        • airzone on 12/11/2017 - 22:26

          I would recommend it if you were doing disk - disk - tape backups and needed a few TB scratch space.

          You're looking for an external disk - something with a USB cable attached to it.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/11/2017 - 17:23

    Key Features
    Internal/External Internal

    What did he mean by this?

    • magic8ballgag on 12/11/2017 - 18:21
      -4

      What did he mean by this?

      Why are you assuming Warehouse_1 is a male?

    • Indomietable on 12/11/2017 - 18:42

      It means to be used as internal drive.

  • punkman on 12/11/2017 - 17:39

    WD Red 6TB $272.16 Delivered with this code !!!

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Western-Digital-WD60EFRX-Red-Hard…

    • colvs on 12/11/2017 - 19:11

      Even cheaper at $255.60 here. Same seller :

      http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WD-WD60EFRX-6TB-RED-NAS-HDD-5-yea…

      • punkman on 12/11/2017 - 20:29

        how is this cheaper?

        $379.00 with code ~303??

        • leyton01 on 12/11/2017 - 20:37

          It was $320.

          The shopping express link I posted was also $320. Despite it being flagged as referral link it was not - I had just bought during this sale ($256) and so it lists as an eBay rover link not a direct link.

          Edit: looks like it has gone up to $345 too

        • punkman on 12/11/2017 - 20:40

          @leyton01:

          ok then how do I buy for 255?

          I found the shopping express 322 WD red 6tb, code does not apply!

        • leyton01 on 12/11/2017 - 20:46

          @punkman:

          Not sure. I was able to buy for that from shopping express.

          If my comment hadnt been unpublished the warehouse 1 price was still active for at least an hour :(

  • rexii2300 on 12/11/2017 - 17:46
    +5

    someone needs to bring back the microserver deals!

  • lostn on 12/11/2017 - 18:10

    Good price.

    I'm using it in a desktop. Just a warning though, it's noisier than past HDDs I've had and seems to always be spinning. It could be my new case not being as good at dampening sound as the old case, but I went from Define R3 to Define R5, so this should be an upgrade not a downgrade.

    • pneumatic on 12/11/2017 - 18:28

      I bought the R5 for its reported noise cancellation and found it doesn't suppress noise at all. There is really no difference compared to my cheap $50 Antec. R5 looks a lot nicer though and has lots of nice space inside, but that noise cancellation foam seems to do nothing. Try removing the side and top moduvents , on mine that reduced the HDD hum a lot. With the moduvents closed I think the hum of the HDD bounces off the panels inside like an echochamber and causes more resonance, opening the panels seems to alleviate that. Mine is even quieter with the entire side panel completely removed. In the end I wanted a totally silent PC and got rid of all mechanical HDD's for SSD's. My wallet is absolutely destroyed but my room is quiet. Well actually now that it's so quiet I can hear the R5's case fans spinning and some intermittent coil whine from my PSU, so it looks like more money needs to be thrown at it :)

      • lostn on 12/11/2017 - 18:34
        +1

        I replaced the R5's fans (and my R3's fans) for quieter ones. Pack-in fans I never expect much from.

        I found my R3 very quiet, so I don't know what happened.

        Later revisions of R5 got rid of the three square pieces on the roof of the case. It's now replaced with a magnetic sheet of mesh. You can't close the top completely anymore. There are holes.

        I have a fanless PSU.

        If you want to throw more money at it, get a fanless CPU cooler..

        • MHLoppy on 12/11/2017 - 21:11

          The R5 fans were actually well regarded by SPCR in their review of the case, and they built a high-end gaming system that was only 17dBA under prime95+furmark load using the stock R5 fans: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1422-page4.html (quote from page 3)

          We noted that the stock Fractal R4 case fans could be upgraded with quieter fans. Is it worthwhile to try that with the quieter R5 fans?

          This is a revelation. The stock R5 fan is at least as quiet as the Antec TrueQuiet 140, which is one of the quietest we've measured. So there's no benefit at all to swapping out the R5 fans. They are as quiet any 140mm fans we've heard.

        • lostn on 12/11/2017 - 21:17
          +1

          @MHLoppy: Well that's very interesting. I never even tried the pack in fans. I guess I have a spare set for my future build.

      • sblash on 12/11/2017 - 20:23
        +1

        Are you sure it's the echoing hums and not direct vibrations onto the panels of the case?

        Try suspending the hard drives next time: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article8-page2.html

      • MHLoppy on 12/11/2017 - 21:14
        +1

        Acoustic dampening foam in cases does only a little to reduce the dBA-output level; it's mostly to improve the tonal characteristics of said output. There are a few other ways a case can reduce (or otherwise favorably improve) noise, such as airflow paths that aren't directed at the user (no straight line between user and noise-making parts), so noise doesn't "directly hit" you while you use the computer. You might be interested in the (somewhat dated, but still useful) SPCR article on cases: http://www.silentpcreview.com/Case_Basics_and_Recommendation…

        I concur with sblash that you may have been having trouble with vibration based on what you've described.

        • pneumatic on 14/11/2017 - 19:22
          +1

          I was able to significantly reduce fan hum by reversing the air flow direction - instead of the default intake on the front and blowing out the back, I'm intaking through the floor (added taller feet as well to give a good inch of ground clearance) and exhausting out the front. For some reason this is the configuration which gives me the quietest result. Still, even with this configuration there are resonant hums at certain fan speeds. For example at ~1000RPM the Noctua NF-F12 starts to generate a distinct sine-wave like hum, but increase it to 1100RPM and it's quiet. Back down to 1000RPM and it hums again. My GPU fan is the same actually, I had to dial in a custom curve in Afterburner to make it skip over the resonant RPM's. I believe my room acoustics are playing a part too as when I first got the R5 the fan hum was quite bad until I moved the entire case to the other side of my desk. Combined with the new fan position, and getting rid of HDD's the result is quite good, except under load when GPU and CPU coil whine start becoming an issue :)

          Another part of the issue I believe is the sound profile of larger fans. Prior to getting the new case I had been using nothing larger than a 80mm/90mm fan (or whatever the stock Intel CPU fan is) and had no issues with hums. When I switched to the larger 120/140mm fans I started noticing hums at certain RPMs. I believe the sound profile of larger fans is lower frequency, whereas a smaller diameter fans are higher frequency.. Something about a low frequency ~130hz-ish sine wave of the larger fans doesn't play nice with my brain. After a while it feels like it gets inside my head like a stereo phase offset effect through headphones. A lot of this is probably psychological and subjective, others will be intolerable of higher frequencies.

    • asa79 on 12/11/2017 - 19:46

      I run 4 REDs in my Microserver and dont hear anything. Maybe you have a faulty one

  • asa79 on 12/11/2017 - 19:54
    +1

    $330 for the 8TB RED Drives

  • Ratzie on 12/11/2017 - 20:01
    +1

    has this expired ? showing $209

  • superroach on 13/11/2017 - 07:49

    Wow the first 4tb red wd i bought was about $250. Probably about two and a half years ago. Seems like a goodish price - the thought of recovery times needed for an 4tb or above array scares the crap out of me though!

    • ipiok on 13/11/2017 - 10:57
      -1

      I'd go the ironwolf over a wd red any day.

  • Sven Nijs on 13/11/2017 - 21:17

    Has anyone had any contact from Warehouse 1 regarding their order? Over 24hrs after placing order, I have zero information other than a paypal receipt.
    By contrast, Computer Alliance had confirmed and delivered it to my door within 24hrs….

    • Sven Nijs on 14/11/2017 - 11:20

      UPDATE: I sent an ebay message last night and I've just been advised that the drive will ship later today.

  • rentonc on 13/11/2017 - 21:47

    Now price @ 209, PREZZY gets it to $167.20

  • diamondd on 14/11/2017 - 10:23

    I wouldn't bother unless you get two and run them mirrored for redundancy.

  • Aussie89 on 15/11/2017 - 11:53
    +1

    Thanks, Just ordered one for my Synology NAS. The price is still $150

  • highground on 22/11/2017 - 18:10
    +1

    Well… the shipping was fast. But unfortunately the Ironwolf drive appears DOA. Probably the worst packaging I've ever seen on a hard drive too. Not sure if it came like that from Seagate, though the anti-static bag was completely sealed, the flimsy cardboard box with no other internal packaging was obviously not enough.

    • Sven Nijs on 25/11/2017 - 18:57

      So I'm not alone then @highground. My WD Red was DOA too. Have to agree the packaging was probably not good enough (some bubble wrap around the drive inside a plastic post satchel) and unfortunately mine took more than a week to arrive.
      I have lodged a return/replacement request and have my fingers crossed for a positive outcome.

      • highground on 25/11/2017 - 19:54
        +1

        I was told by phone that they couldn't offer a replacement, only a refund due to eBay terms and conditions. But the offer was made that I could re-purchase at the current more expensive price!

        I've since bought two drive elsewhere from a brick and mortar store while waiting for the refund, both work fine.

        • Sven Nijs on 25/11/2017 - 20:26

          What was the procedure for returning the faulty drive?

        • highground on 25/11/2017 - 23:45
          +1

          @Sven Nijs:

          Requested return via eBay button, electronic postal label supplied, then dropped off at a Parcelpoint location.

        • Sven Nijs on 06/12/2017 - 17:59
          +1

          @highground: I followed the same procedure, drive has now arrived there and await refund. Thanks for your advice.

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