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WD Red 10TB WD100EFAX USD $329.01 (~ AUD $440.85) Delivered @ Amazon USA

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Let tu brute on 13/04/2018 - 15:37 amazon.com (284 clicks)
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Amazon has dropped their price for the Western Digital WD100EFAX USD318.88 (~AUD427.28). Shipping to Australia is approx USD10.13 (AUD13.57 - shipping to Regional NSW). Maybe cheaper if you opt to use ParclePoint (or like services.

Price drop was advised to me via email CamelCamelCamel.com product/price watch alert. Previously this unit was USD358.88
https://camelcamelcamel.com/Red-10TB-Hard-Disk-Drive/product…

This is a good price. Current best price on StaticIce.com.au is AUD489.00 from Mwave.com.au (subject to stock availability). I had originally planned to get more WD Red 8TB drives, but at this price point and margin, it was worth my while to upgrade.

Note that this is NOT the PRO version. This is the 5400rpm version. I use these as my preferred drives for my NAS. When in a RAID configuration, it is good to have a spare HDD around in case of HDD failure (rare with these 5400rpm drives).

AUD figures figures based on the current bank FX conversion at the time of this posting. Amazon USA AUD f/x conversions can be higher, however you may get better rates through your bank's credit card (plus 3% transaction f/x fee from MasterCard, VISA).

Product link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0719498XY

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  • PlushToys on 13/04/2018 - 15:44

    Barracuda Pro 10TB is $US349.98 (7200RPM, 220MB/s write) for those not using a drive in a NAS.

    https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-S…

    • Homr on 13/04/2018 - 15:58
      +2

      What's the difference between the Barracuda Drive and the WD NAS drive??

      • mskeggs on 13/04/2018 - 17:18
        +1

        Not sure why that question got you negged.

      • MissKitty on 13/04/2018 - 17:20

        For one thing the WD is 5400rpm. I would not put a 7200RPM drive in a tightly packed NAS like a gen8, both for heat and noise reasons.

        • Homr on 13/04/2018 - 18:22

          oh…i thought the faster RPM the better.

        • dibbz on 13/04/2018 - 19:25

          More rpm more energy in (electricity) more energy out (heat noise).

          A tightly packed nas is probably reading media files sequentially anyway where there's no difference, your bottleneck is the sata 3 bus not your OLTP workload.

      • EnegueWeil on 13/04/2018 - 20:55

        NAS drives are built to run 24/7 for eg. usage in a external cloud storage set up or in traditional cctv setups. They are also commonly used in servers. I know i'm not answering the question with regards to the two brands, but pointing out the differences of NAS drives, where durability is a must.

    • justtoreply on 13/04/2018 - 17:41
      +3

      Id rather save $ and not have a seagate

    • FabMan on 13/04/2018 - 23:35
      +2

      Seagate are not my favourite brand, I used them years ago and kept failing on me. A WD failed on me too, but only after dropping it.

      • spoonmugen on 14/04/2018 - 00:47
        +2

        sure dropping it had nothing to do with it failing ;)

      • syousef on 14/04/2018 - 21:49
        +1

        I'm still having them fail on me, and I don't buy them anymore. I have a drive packaged and ready to go back, but I'm not sure if it's worth getting a crappy 2nd hand refurb for the $15 postage. Normally I don't bother because I don't like handing back a drive with my personal data on it, but this one has had nothing but xbox games on it.

        Pity. The 6.5 year old Seagate 2TB drives in my old desktop are still running with no issues. Somewhere about 5 years ago Seagate lost their way.

  • kiwijunglist on 13/04/2018 - 16:04

    What's the $/gb breakdown compared to cheap/special priced 8gb wd reds or cheaper greens?

    • Nadder on 13/04/2018 - 16:15

      The green 8gb models are antique and therefore worth a lot more as novelty items.

  • Homr on 13/04/2018 - 16:18
    +2

    10Tb = $44.085 per TB

    This one below is $37.19 per TB for 8TB
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/371570

    This seagate one is $38.80 per TB for 10TB
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/371744

    I got this one here which worked out to be $30.75 per TB for 8TB
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/364694

    • hamwhisperer on 13/04/2018 - 16:47

      That bottom one, the 8TB WD, bloody Amazon never discount it.
      Newegg did, to $149 US, they do it, rarely - but shipping is so insane expensive with them, vs Amazon, that it's all a bit of a wash.

      I wouldn't buy a 10TB for more than 33$ a TB, it's just too much.

    • ericshurn on 13/04/2018 - 17:41

      I second the bottom option; just crack it open and its good to go

  • aspirepranesh on 13/04/2018 - 16:22
    +5

    You can also buy it on ebay for $447 with the PUMP20 code

    or here

    I'm guessing faster shipping and local warranty.

    • norkle on 14/04/2018 - 09:44

      Thanks, went with FutuOnline.

  • Ninja9 on 13/04/2018 - 17:31

    Whats the warranty like with Amazon US?

    • Unclefugger on 13/04/2018 - 20:41

      FWIW - I've had 1 WD hard drive die that I bought through UMart, just dealt directly with WD and got replacement through them. Had to spend $23 shipping it to Malaysia, but I would've had to ship the disk to Umart eitherway as I moved away from there.

      • quacker on 13/04/2018 - 21:04
        +1

        There is a phone number you can call and WD arrange a courier to pick up free from your home. The process was fairly simple, I had to return a 8TB red drive. Search the whirlpool forum you can find the number.

  • justtoreply on 13/04/2018 - 17:42
    -1

    8tb is only $250ish though (wd external 8tb cracked open), so this is still quite a premium

  • Jabba the Hutt on 13/04/2018 - 17:50

    10TB Skyhawk can be had for $399. Difference between that and other models discussed here.

    • Click_It on 22/04/2018 - 13:47

      Yeah I looked into using surveillance drives in my NAS once. Some have and they work fine but those drives are focused on writes and not reads from memory, so I'm not sure what the long term outcome would be using them in a NAS but it may shorten their lifespan. IMHO not worth it for a few bucks saving but certainly if they were $100 less per unit I'd be more willing.

  • mikezillakind on 23/04/2018 - 20:50

    anyone recommend ? the HGST 10TB Deskstar 7200 anyone recommend ?

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

  • et tu brute on 25/04/2018 - 19:58

    Just a heads up… my drives arrived last Monday from Amazon USA to regional NSW - 11 days transit time, including two delays during transit. AusPost took delivery last Friday, cleared customes and delivered on Monday.

    Bloody local suppliers who have been drop-shipping rather than holding and shipping physical stock have taken longer than this in the past.

    Good work on AusPost's part this time. I had some recent shipments from Intel Singapore/Malaysia arrived in Oz in 2 days and in transit with AusPost for the next 10 days!!! Go figure. I suspect that AusPost is trying to stay in the good books with Amazon AU as they have shipped a couple of my orders from the US. It all helps in the end :)

  • norkle on 25/04/2018 - 20:44

    Lol, I got mine from futuonline+ebay, ordered when this deal came out, and had mine a week. NAS just about finished reconfiguring them into the array already.

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