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WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive $262.79 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU

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WD 10TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive $262.79 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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testeagles on 28/11/2019 - 19:30 amazon.com.au (2211 clicks)
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We all know what it is. 10tb of shuckable storage

Details stolen from a previous deal

WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN - older shell, easier to shuck. Also has an activity LED.

US version, contact WD support to be shipped a free AU plug. However, this means the part number is different, so you will struggle to pricematch this at Officeworks.

WD100EMAZ internally; according to previous deals - a White labeled, Helium filled Red drive.
May require 3.3v pin mod with Kapton tape, if not installed in a rack or NAS.

4 per customer limit
2-year manufacturer's limited warranty
Cashback appears to work

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  • Retailrecommprice on 28/11/2019 - 19:31
    +1

    Here for the comments.

    • moonbeam on 28/11/2019 - 23:25
      +4

      OK, I’ll bite:

      Ordering just one drive? A word of caution. Like abacus, you might find it packed into an Amazon packing box without any internal padding. If you do, consider yourself fortunate!

      When I last ordered a single drive it was shipped with no packaging whatsoever – just a shipping label slapped on the WD box. I raised a query about it and was assured by an Amazon Australia rep that it was a mistake and given $20 credit for my trouble, but evidently it’s still happening.

      Y-man 1: Your drive was still sealed in the WD box? Living on Easy Street!
      They took my external drive out and wrapped the cables around it to save on postage.

      Y-man 2: You still got the full kit? Paradise!
      They took the internal drive out of mine and shipped it BARE – not even a layer of Glad Wrap.

      Y-man 3: You received a whole internal drive? Heaven!
      They took the 3.5” platters out of mine and cut them in half to fit in a DL-sized envelope.

      Y-man 4: Ha!
      They ground my platters down to a glittery powder, decorated a postcard with it and sent via second class surface mail to save five pennies.

      With apologies to The Four Yorkshiremen.

      • Arigato on 28/11/2019 - 23:59

        The box it's designed to be shipped in? Interesting

      • riff.79 on 10/12/2019 - 22:01
        +1

        Yup, my 4 came in a box without any packaging inside. was room for another one in there. Ill give it a try.

  • SiliconBased on 28/11/2019 - 19:31
    +1

    I prefer oysters.

  • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:31
    -4

    Do you even try to get the title right? It shows you how….

  • gamerkonks on 28/11/2019 - 19:32

    Wondering if this'll go any lower for Cyber Monday?

    • Mister Plod on 28/11/2019 - 19:38
      +3

      Got mine for $228 back in April, so might come down near that again

  • diamondtouch1 on 28/11/2019 - 19:34
    +5

    Hold off still I reckon

    • namgib on 28/11/2019 - 19:46
      +1

      Yeah, hoping they match the 252 and change from a few months back. The couple I bought a more than half full now so time to start considering expanding.

  • 4foxache on 28/11/2019 - 19:34
    +2

    I just got an 8TB Elements for $203 had a Hitachi He10 (WD80EMAZ) in it

    • Felixrising on 28/11/2019 - 19:39
      +3

      Photos or it didn't happen.

      • 4foxache on 28/11/2019 - 20:23

        Lol already in the NAS but purchased from Amazon early Nov just arrived

        • gizmomelb on 28/11/2019 - 22:52

          yeah I spotted the 8TB WDs on amazon US, was tempted.

      • masuta on 02/12/2019 - 08:22

        I can confirm that I got the same drives (WD80EMAZ with an R/N: US7SAL080) which are HGST Ultrastar drives running at 5400RPM instead of 7200RPM. I'm happy with the lower RPM and have always chosen lower RPM drives for my NAS as it reduces the heat generated.

    • masuta on 29/11/2019 - 00:02
      +1

      I just had 2 delivered today. Haven't shucked them yet, but fingers crossed I get the same!

  • dws on 28/11/2019 - 19:37
    +3

    thanks op, bought 10 of these

  • runean on 28/11/2019 - 19:39
    +7

    Nah, we can do better. I'm quietly hoping we get some 12TBs, the WD Easystore was $209USD at BestBuy the other day.

    • AsukaST on 29/11/2019 - 18:42

      it was $180 usd 2 days ago

  • TightTerry on 28/11/2019 - 19:40

    What’s delivery cost?

    • O O on 28/11/2019 - 19:42
      +3

      AU$19.34

    • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:42
      +2

      Free with Prime as per title…. Worth signing up for by now….

  • Slut on 28/11/2019 - 19:43
    +2

    Would you cowboys recommend this as something to store media for a plex server hooked to a Shield?

    • cevad on 28/11/2019 - 19:45
      +2

      Yep, I'm planning on getting some to put in a NAS for Plex, but I'm going to see if it drops some more

    • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:45
      +2

      It'll do the job. I personally wouldn't want it to be spinning up and down though… It's the only way I killed WD 3.5 inch Drives.

      I've never tried using the Shield as a server so unsure if it changes its power behaviour but I doubt it…

      • Slut on 28/11/2019 - 19:47

        Sorry I’m really dumb, what does spinning up and down mean? Is that going to happen regardless if I use it for my purposes?

        • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:49
          +1

          It'll power on and off repeatedly, that's not ideal for the drives health. Ideally you'd just buy a cheap NAS and fill it with drives… Particularly if you are only streaming content internally.

          Maybe even a WD My Cloud Drive could suffice.

  • AsukaST on 28/11/2019 - 19:43
    +4

    will wait for upsize cashback tomorrow

    • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:46

      That's what I am holding out on…

      • metalslaw on 28/11/2019 - 20:17

        Last year that shopback went to 20% cashback at amazon on midnight (on the thurs)… (limit of $50 cashback, thus 250+ purchase was limited to 50)

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/418829

        Maybe happens again? :)

        • AsukaST on 28/11/2019 - 20:26
          +2

          GST is not counted for cashback, so it's under $250
          $262.79/1.1=$238.9
          let's hope there is some wonderful music tonight
          fingers crossed

          • capslock janitor on 28/11/2019 - 21:30

            @AsukaST: Do you guys know the retail sales Schedule please?
            I assume not all will start at 12am

    • O O on 30/11/2019 - 17:53
      +1

      Your wish granted.😉

      • AsukaST on 30/11/2019 - 17:55

        Great :) I've just order one
        I wish they allow multiple transactions, I would have order 3 lol

  • vlahka on 28/11/2019 - 19:47
    +3

    I wonder what suicide method would be best if I lost 10tb of stuff to a faulty drive.

    • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:49
      +2

      Buy 2…

      • vlahka on 28/11/2019 - 19:52
        +9

        Now I'm looking at 20tb lost! Oh the humanity.

        • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 19:53
          +2

          Lol back up re :)

          • AustriaBargain on 28/11/2019 - 21:28

            @scuderiarmani: You’d need four of them to back up 20TB. That’s over $1,000 just on hard drives.

            • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 23:03

              @AustriaBargain: You don't need to use RAID when you have an off-line backup…. Especially for Plex. It's just media streaming… Though some may put their time above it, I don't think it's worth it. Storage capacity is king for me.

        • cevad on 28/11/2019 - 19:54

          Buy 4 and setup Raid 5 or 6

          • Click_It on 28/11/2019 - 20:03
            +4

            @cevad: I'd forget RAID-5 at this stage. RAID-6 is probably the entry point. I've been using it for years, even when 1 drive fails you don't have to panic (though you should be taking action still)

            RAID-10 is another option

            • JAKEBAB on 28/11/2019 - 21:35
              +1

              @Click_It: Idk why you guys are talking about RAID at all. The thing with hdds is (if bought at the same time) they typically will die at the same time so any times rebuilding that Raid from your first drive loss another will die = mass data loss. I personally prefer unraid esp for something like a Plex server where storage speed isn't a concern, of course you can also add an ssd as cache to mitigate that but it has it's limitations.

              • Click_It on 28/11/2019 - 22:45
                +1

                @JAKEBAB: I've always bought in small batches (yes I know what you say in theory is true) and never experienced mass failures, never more than one at a time. Just because it can doesn't mean it will.

                By small batches i mean 2-4 at a time. I still never fill a NAS with the one batch. I have 2 Synology NAS boxes fwiw.

              • et tu brute on 29/11/2019 - 19:40

                @JAKEBAB: aah but most people building a multi drive NAS will buy drives from different sources to ensure independent batch and manufacturing dates… no big deal

            • et tu brute on 29/11/2019 - 19:37

              @Click_It: RAID 10 is good despite losing half capacity, although it is secure, encrypted and so far reliable for purpose (WD NAS)

          • mahdoo on 28/11/2019 - 20:50
            +1

            @cevad: Raid 5 is suicide on high density drives, your choices are really Raid 1, 6 or 10

        • mahdoo on 28/11/2019 - 20:48

          You buy 2 so you can mirror them (Set them up in raid 1) All data is then stored on both, so if one dies, you still have your data. Goes without saying you'd only have 10TB storage if you mirror 2x10TB drives.

          • skittlebrau on 28/11/2019 - 22:14
            +4

            @mahdoo: It’d be better to just keep one as an offline backup in that particular case.

            RAID is not a backup.

            • scuderiarmani on 28/11/2019 - 23:05

              @skittlebrau: This, RAID in average home uses is so grossly overrated imo. Off-line backup is infinitely better as a first resort.

            • Godric on 29/11/2019 - 18:02

              @skittlebrau: What software would one use, to back up new files not previously backed up prior?

    • juki on 28/11/2019 - 20:01
      +3

      strangulation with the power cord of the back up unit

    • vikvance on 28/11/2019 - 21:10

      It'll give you another reason to live:

      Searching for & finding all the data once again.

      • Wystri Warrick on 29/11/2019 - 01:00

        No it won't. You'll end up depressed, very depressed when the data is lost…. It wasn't me who wrecked it, it was "family"…

    • Wystri Warrick on 29/11/2019 - 01:02

      Thanks for bringing back memories….

  • metalslaw on 28/11/2019 - 20:13

    According to the camel, it's price has dropped to a similar level to prime day price of $258.54.

    • spinferno on 28/11/2019 - 21:55

      I'm betting on it dropping lower too!!

  • rainbowyen on 28/11/2019 - 20:15
    -2

    Is WD better than this? https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Photography-…
    Around $30 cheaper

    • AsukaST on 28/11/2019 - 20:24
      +3

      you are looking at Amazon US

      • rainbowyen on 28/11/2019 - 20:47

        Yes but ship to australia?

        • AsukaST on 28/11/2019 - 21:02

          join prime on amazon au for free shipping to Aust
          the other model of seagate is the same price as wd on amazon au

    • Elecore on 28/11/2019 - 22:30

      the WD Red perform better barracuda pro
      https://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Red-10TB-2017-vs-Se…

      Edit: the WD drives look like they cost more as well

    • gizmomelb on 28/11/2019 - 22:54
      +4

      if you value your data and time, NEVER buy seagate

      • RefusdClassification on 29/11/2019 - 02:21

        Seagate Ironwolf drives are good, and I didn't have issues with the older 2TB and 4TB Barracuda drives, but I would stay away from Seagate 6TB and 8TB Barracudas (the sort you find in enclosures).

      • PainToad on 30/11/2019 - 06:43
        +1

        if you value your data and time, NEVER buy seagate

        This.

      • Whisper Quiet on 01/12/2019 - 14:00

        My comment got flagged for inappropriate when all I said was how many Seagate drives nave failed me over the years and how good WD drives have been for me?! Thats ridiculous. Is Seagate themselves looking at these comments

  • frozenkuku on 28/11/2019 - 20:46

    I need one mechanical HDD, as my current HDD has 05,c5,c6 error now.

    is this drive good enough to pull off and put inside PC for storage (already have 3 x m2 1TB samsung evo plus 970 SSDand 2TB samsung evo plus 870 SSD

    • [Deactivated] on 28/11/2019 - 22:57
      +2

      Depending on your power supply etc you may need to mod a power cable, user a molex to SATA converter (good quality one highly recommended) or use kapton tape to cover one of the pins to allow it to work in your case. If it detects 3.3V in the power input, which is on most of the newer power supplies SATA power cables it shuts down.

      Most NAS units and server backplanes don't supply the 3.3V so it becomes a non issue for them.

      • Whisper Quiet on 29/11/2019 - 00:13
        +1

        It's kind of the opposite. Most newer PSUs are ok with the 3.3v. As it only has four pins (some PSUs come with 4 and 5 pin SATA connections for you to choose). If it does have 5pins then it recognises the 3.3v and activates the shut-down and start-up in a continuous state which won't allow the computer to read it.

    • relentless on 29/11/2019 - 04:47

      My external 2tb Seagate just threw up a hardware error and I am also looking for a hdd for storage, not in a NAS. Is this drive or a WD red fine? Haven't been able to find a good deal on a WD blue, Seagate or equivalent non-NAS drive.

  • saliya on 28/11/2019 - 20:56

    20T usable for ~$2400 (2 x 10T RAID1 + 1 hot spare in a DS1019+) is small footprint cost effective storage.

  • honkas on 28/11/2019 - 21:00
    +3

    C'mon Amazon… You can do better. an extra 2tb.. 12tb total for the same price and we got a deal!!!

    • theg00s3 on 29/11/2019 - 00:29

      wouldn't that be nice
      EDIT: bought one from bestbuy via comGateway's BuyforYou service

      • nofate on 30/11/2019 - 13:32

        Has it been shipped yet? I though BestBuy cancels orders to forwarding services?

        • theg00s3 on 30/11/2019 - 14:52

          The Buyforyou service doesn't operate like a normal forwarding service. You pay comgateway and then comgateway purchases it for you, and ships it to your "suite" where you can ship it home. The order has been placed, and should be shipped soon.
          Also, if you are planning on buying one, the buyforme service's fees are currently 3% instead of the usual 10% until the 2nd of December

  • dfg555 on 28/11/2019 - 21:06
    +4

    Finally I can store my 4K VR Porn.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/11/2019 - 22:44
      +2

      Nah, there's a limit of 4 per customer.

      • Wystri Warrick on 29/11/2019 - 01:08

        Starts creating multiple accounts….

  • idjces on 28/11/2019 - 21:19

    There's a US deal with a free 64gb thumb drive, wonder if AUS will get the same deal

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YD4TBTC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1j…

  • Tsapena on 28/11/2019 - 21:20

    What's everyone doing with so much storage ?

    • AustriaBargain on 28/11/2019 - 21:32
      +15

      If you need to ask, then you don’t need to know. But making a Netflix with everything in their own home is one guess. If society collapses then they’ll be sitting pretty.

  • riff.79 on 28/11/2019 - 21:29

    So the consensus is to wait eh?

  • hypie on 28/11/2019 - 21:32

    Doing some reading online… it looks like you still get covered for warranty despite shucking these drives? I fail to see the downside to shucking.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/afmcuf/shucked…

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