Cheapest on static ice is $319.
I'm just using this to replace a few 1 or 2TB drives and consolidate all of my files, not worried that its 5400rpm. I boot off an SSD like most people.
Gets quite good reviews, very cheap price for 8TB. Get one before they're gone :-)
CamelCamelCamel.
the shuckable WD white 8TB emaz is around $230ish atm, isn't it?
Link?
https://www.amazon.com.au/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG…
Not the best price they've ever been, but probs the cheapest 8TB right now, in theory white label wd80emaz though it is possible one of the newer types could start filtering through to the smaller drives (currently the 14TB and 12TB have new suffixes coming through other than emaz for the white labels, where their specs don't seem to be as well known, eg WD120EMFZ)e)
I'd stay away from SMR for the normal desktop usage as well, may have the terribly slow write speed after used for a while. Ok to save backup and put aside, but USB drives are cheaper and more convenient for.
Yep a dodgy SMR - to be avoided for most cases here’s a link to known SMR disks
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/list-of-known-…
Store name in the title please :) (Amazon US)
sorry, missed that in my haste to post :-)
I don't mind SMR, used for media storage only.
Yeah, I been using this as a media drive on my PC and haven't had an issue. It's good for it's purpose.
Yes this is cheap for a reason as it's SMR. It's only Barracuda Compute 10TB or over which is SMR and 7200rpm. I myself have got the Barracuda Compute Pro 10TB 3.5" shucked out of a Seagate Backup Plus Hub 10TB which i got from Officeworks. It's heaps better than the lower grade SMR drives. I use it as a Steam game drive.
I don't understand these CMR/PMR vs SMR discussion on literally every single HDD post.
Im just waiting to pick up another 2x10Tb Ironwolf drives yet no sale above 8TB.
Should I not be looking at seagate for NAS drives and be waiting for some random amazon recased HDD conspiracies :S
The point is to let people know what they are buying since it's not stated anywhere (usually) on the product page.
Valid point to be informative but also creates abit of confusion if like me your not totally aware around the differences yet looking for deals.
Also, not sure why I've been downvoted lol
Either way thank you for the reply.
It's the same kids that "discuss" about SSDs not having "mUh DRAM" or "dAE tHiNk QLC iS BaD?!?!"
Like many post it's important if you want the drive as a boot drive… They are fine as games library and secondary drives… So same point as SMR it's great guys point them out so everyone knows the use case for the drive.
Well it matters a heck of a lot if you want to use the drives in a raid configuration in a NAS, and it is something WD and others did wrong by not labling the drives as they either don't work in zfs configuration or when used in a NAS the performance is atrocious…
SMR have their uses but not in a NAS or raid config so it's great the community mentions them in the discussions.
If you want to know what the technical hubbub is all about, there's a few YouTube tech vids that explain.. 😊
I've had a few SMR drives and they're fine for single drive media storage, just not great for boot drives, raid arrays and what not. Write speeds are decent initially but slow to a crawl as the drive fills up.
Can someone please quickly explain all these acronyms, I honestly don't know what is SMR compared to non SMR or…
Cheers
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/St…
SMR have slower write speeds and in everyday use perform poorly vs PMR drives.
SMR are horrible in raid arrays. So NAS drives basically.
What's brought all this discussion up is WD switched out some of their NAS range to SMR and actually hid the fact they did it. No documentation anywhere and it was 'submarined' inside of the drive so even hardware didn't pick it up. When I say horrible it performs terrible and in some cases breaks certain raid configs.
Really bad practice to be honest.
This isn't a "deal", this is their standard amazon pricing.
The $200 price in January was an actual deal. This has been the price since April (and also earlier) with some currency fluctuations.
You could have posted this "deal" 100-150 times this year, with each subtle movement in the AUD/USD. I don't think this website was created for the purpose of FOREX updates.
Edit: After checking the US store (where the item ships from, I was wrong - the price has actually gone up lol.)
So if you took up this "deal", you would be buying this item at it's highest price in almost a year. Historically the standard pricing over the past six months means the item should be around $220-230, and a "bargain" would be <$200.
This item actually spiked to $403 briefly in May, so it wouldn't be close to the highest price of the year.
..However, $240 is the average price of the year, so I do agree with your initial post and say that this isn't a deal.
SMR, not a deal at this price point.
I need to store “adult” documentaries will this suffice. I got an NVME for OS and SSD for games.
better to get USB stick and store in your sock draw
SMR … Stay away if you are using raid/nas Or zfs