Same deal as usual, comes with a US plug, usually a white label WD80EMAZ.
$27/TB ain't too bad!
CamelCamelCamel.
r/datahoarder on reddit is also a good resource for anyone getting in to it - https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/7fx0i0/wd_easy…
and https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/7g2v9o/33v_pin…
The last deal on the 10TB @ $228 was better.
I was going to buy a second WD blue 3TB to backup my files. Although these 8/10TB drives are more expensive, they seem better value.
The issue with the new connector PIN seems easy to fix. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3-uOl4ruc for details.
Hahaha, true, but that did seem like a once-off deal unfortunately. Wouldn't mind if that popped up again.
Storage density is starting to be an issue for me, my only drives smaller than 4TB are SSDs now. I have done the pin blocking on a few and it is indeed an easy fix.
Thanks bought 2!
Buying drives is easy, finding a place to put them is hard!
It's a USB drive. You can plug it in almost anywhere.
Shuck it and put it inside a NAS
register your drive online once received, and send in a support ticket regarding the power adaptor,
they will send you a new multi-plug one free.
On Amazon or WD?
WD
Handy! They are a standard 12v 1.5A adapters though, I had a look through my house and office and came up with half a dozen from old modems etc.
Thanks for the tip. I just used an adapter, but US plugs are weak and wall warts fall out easily, I had to zip tie the adapter on!
Interesting tip, thanks.
What do you say to them? That you moved country and need an au tip?
I just did another one for the second one that I arrived.
I just filled out the support ticket after registering the drive,
just say you ordered from amazon AU and it shipped with a US plug.
They will ask for your shipping address and send the plug via Fedex.
"just say you ordered from amazon AU and it shipped with a US plug."
I'm surprised they honour it and don't ask why you didn't click the Australian plug model… or maybe it's just not worth their hassle (until this becomes OzBargained).
Can you elaborate on this? This is my main reason for not buying a US sourced drive, but if they send out free power plugs… do you need to ask for something to get it free?
see my comment above
I need red for NAS
Comes down to cost/benefit, right? White label drives are functionally the same as reds, but you risk not getting the warranty if you shuck it. But $27/28/TB vs $40/TB for reds generally I find difficult to argue. I have bought a few reds/Ironwolves but it's just a lot of cash when you have multiple drive bays that need filling.
very reasonable. how ever I still need <6T hd to use in my NAS. I think the NAS manufacturer are very tricky. most of NAS have limit for capacity.
I have an 8 bay synology, the max volume size is listed here as 108TB, which would definitely allow more than 6TB/bay. I don't know about others though. What are you using?
https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutoria…
@escalier: I got one of the 10tb ones the other week. I just plugged it into my router to make a cheap NAS. My router recognises the device, but doesn't recognise volumes over 2tb. I had to partition it into 5 volumes. That's ok though.
@macrocephalic: Ah yes, that makes sense for a router. Pretty neat, I would probably have just given up and installed a pi or something.
@escalier: I've resisted the urge to play much with pi's. I don't really have the time to make custom electronics gadgets, and if I just want a low spec linux machine then I can find any number of old laptops or phones lying around.
I honestly get confused with Amazon, is this AUD? They never actually state the currency from what I can see.
If you are ordering from .com.au, the total is in AUD and includes GST.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
yes this is .com.au and is in au dollars.
this is a tax dodge from .com.au to reduce tax paid on.com. they still charge the liberal border tax on .com price but whilst claiming that they are freight forwarding they ain't.
the product is sold effectively from.com.au and not us.com
the terms and conditions on the global infer us.com sales but in reality these are followed by .com.au in whichever way it suits them, and the us.com item descriptions and terms are not followed by.com.au but varied. so the item description may be different on .com.au to where it is allegedly being purchased from them - normally us.com which is important to know.
this means you need to play smart with amazon about what products you buy and from where to take advantage of Australian trading laws where possible.
the shipping cost from us.com is minor compared to being able to deal with where it was actually sold from in some cases - especially since .com.au is set up so that you can't talk to .com.us about the item you allegedly purchased from them.
remember whenever amazon.com.au claim to be the seller in any correspondence to keep it…
Thanks guys.
Still waiting for the previous one to arrive.
Apparently not even getting shipped until mid May.
Buuuuut… was a good price, so I guess I can't have everything :).
$1 more than when I got a couple a few months ago. Nas running fine and streaming well. Kept in a very cool room and only being pushed to 1080p single stream.
This comment has all the info I could provide after I shucked them.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/438314#comment-7031623