This was posted 3 years 2 months 29 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • expired

WD Elements 12TB External HDD $361.61 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon UK via AU

320
WD Elements 12TB External HDD $361.61 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon UK via AUAffiliate
Go to Deal
Cashback
Mtat on 26/08/2021 - 13:05 amazon.com.au (980 clicks)
Last edited 04/09/2021 - 18:26 by 1 other user
This post contains affiliate links. OzBargain might earn commissions when you click through and make purchases. Please see this page for more information.

"Deal of the day" (ends in 8 days) - as usual not the cheapest it's been but sadly not a bad price (~$30/TB) for the current times.

Expect delayed shipping if strikes go ahead, etc.

I haven't tried it personally but apparently you can get an AU power adapter from WD if this doesn't come with an international power adapter.

For people buying this, regarding AU adapter:
via johnmelb's comment & xecutor

Sign Up for a Western Digital account (if you do not have one)
Once signed into the site go to https://support-en.wd.com/app/account/profile or just click "Update your Profile"
Fill in all the relevant fields like your address, then register your new WD 10TB drive "Register a New Product" you will find the information as a sticker on the rear of the external drive case
Then create a "New Support Incident" and then select the following options

Product Type Other WD Products
Operating System Windows 10
Category Warranty & Replacement
Serial Number [Enter this info found on the sticker near the rear of your external HDD drive case]
Firmware Version [Leave Blank]
Summary Require Correct Power Adapter
Description Hello, I recently purchased the WD 10TB Elements Desktop External HDD through Amazon.com.au however the item came with a UK type power adapter. Could you I please receive an AU type adapter for this drive. Thank you. My Address Information: [List your address]

Western Digital support are really good at responding to your enquiries and will send out the correct power adapter for free but expect a longer wait time due to COVID-19. I know pre-COVID it was delivered within 10-14 days.

Price History at C CamelCamelCamel.
Computing 12TB Computer Peripheral External Hard Drive Western Digital

Related Stores

Amazon AU
Amazon AU
Marketplace
Amazon UK Store
Amazon UK Store

closed Comments

  • turtlesinmypants on 26/08/2021 - 13:09
    +1

    $30.13 / TB (Free shipping)

    • aragornelessar on 26/08/2021 - 13:15
      +2

      Is under $25/TB still the magic number? Or have HDD's gone the way of GPUs?

      • Notoriousbird on 26/08/2021 - 13:17
        +1

        I thought $20/TB was the magic number. But $25/TB is probably a steal these days considering the current market

      • turtlesinmypants on 26/08/2021 - 15:50

        You can get $25/TB with the 4tb drives at JB Hifi. But limited to 4TB though :-( And probably SMR (if that matters to you)

  • sky6688 on 26/08/2021 - 13:12

    I'm more concerning about what HDD inside.

    Anyone know?

    • Monsta-AU on 26/08/2021 - 13:17
      +3

      Usually a white-labelled drive, essentially similar to a WD Red of the same capacity when buying 8TB or higher. Perfect for NAS.

      External WD's of less than 8GB often have SMR drives which are not very suitable for NAS or storage array applications.

      If you want more details or specific drive codes or revisions being seen, I would suggest checking recent posts within the Datahoarders subreddit.

      Edit: clarity.

    • johnmelb on 26/08/2021 - 14:22
      +1

      I always got the EMFZ ones (for both 12TB/14TB shipped from US and UK) but again, that's almost 1y ago.

    • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2021 - 18:42

      Probably EMAZ, thats what I got

    • doxxie on 26/08/2021 - 22:42

      Ordered mine on the 12th July from Amazon UK
      WD120EDBZ-11B1HA0

  • jeremyOTZ on 26/08/2021 - 13:13
    +4

    Looks like a good way to get an HDD for your NAS or PC. Apparently it uses a slowed down enterprise version HDD.

    Besides, you might need to tape the 3.3v pin.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/gybpv9/wd_elem…

    • thedean on 26/08/2021 - 13:15
      +1

      This is a year old, WD could have put banana's in them now for all we know.
      Can be a bit of a lucky draw, I think the Seagate ones are a bit more reliable with whats inside.

      • gizmomelb on 26/08/2021 - 14:41
        +1

        seagate reliable? now there's an oxymoron.

  • ChickenDinner123 on 26/08/2021 - 13:13

    Shuckable?

  • CyrusL on 26/08/2021 - 13:21

    This should be legit…
    Comparing the 14TB seagate one on Amazon in the previous post, 6TB in the end :(

    So damn missing the time ~$24/TB

  • frkino on 26/08/2021 - 13:44

    Has WD deployed SMR drives into their 12TB Elements offerings ?

    • Sleepycat3 on 26/08/2021 - 14:54

      Not that I know of. As of beginning of 2021, the 8TB and smaller were SMR if they were from WD Elements drive. I have the 10TB and 18TB, both of which are CMR. So I expect the 12TB Element to also be CMR.

      • Mtat on 26/08/2021 - 14:59

        I don’t believe WD or Seagate make SMR above 8tb… yet.

        • thrillho556 on 26/08/2021 - 16:21

          so 8tb elements are now SMR?

          • Mtat on 26/08/2021 - 23:46
            +1

            @thrillho556: Looking at it, I can’t actually see a 8tb WD SMR drive so you’re probably pretty safe there - the WD Elements 8tb I got a couple of years ago had the usual white label CMR drives in them, but the Seagate 8tb I bought around the same time had an Archive/Barracuda Compute in it.

  • et tu brute on 26/08/2021 - 14:22
    +2

    For WD Elements sourced from:

    UK/EU - Models ref EESN - Usually come with universal plugs/cable/adapters including AU
    AU/NZ - Models ref AESN - Usually come with universal plugs/cable/adapters including AU
    US/CA - Models ref NESN - Only come with plugs/cable/adapters fir the North American market - i.e. USA and Canada. Register online a.s.a.p with WD.com and contact the Support phone number for Australia. Quote the Model/Serial number and WD will dispatch to you the appropriate plugs/cable/adapters for Australia. They are normally fairly quick (Pre COVID-19) and have received them from Asia within a few days.

    If you can't wait, go to Jaycar/Bunnings and see if you can purchase an appropriate adapter. (Most retail outlets ONLY sell adaptors for AU travellers going overseas to charge phone, use hair driers, electric razors etc. and NOT the other way around. If you can't find the appropriate adapter, I can recommend the Korjo brand. An Australian business based in Hawthorn, Vic.
    https://korjo.com/
    T: +61 3 9822 9252
    They are preferable as they can advise you which adapter is most suitable for your device's point of origin. Due to earthing of the EU/UK models, you would need to be careful.

    Disclosure. I am NOT associated with Korjo in any way or form. Just found their range of products to be most appropriate and are reasonably priced. Have been using their products for years without any problems.

    These days, I just register device with WD, contact their support and wait for appropriate cable/adapter to arrive in mail. I have done this many times and always found WD very helpful in his regard.

    • johnmelb on 26/08/2021 - 14:27
      +1

      You can get a free AU power plug from WD by creating an online account.

    • Sleepycat3 on 26/08/2021 - 14:55

      The earthing is also only for the power adapter. The drive casing itself has only + and - connections, so there is no earthing to the drive body.

  • johnmelb on 26/08/2021 - 14:26
    +7

    For people buying this, regarding AU adapter:

    Sign Up for a Western Digital account (if you do not have one)
    Once signed into the site go to https://support-en.wd.com/app/account/profile or just click "Update your Profile"
    Fill in all the relevant fields like your address, then register your new WD 10TB drive "Register a New Product" you will find the information as a sticker on the rear of the external drive case
    Then create a "New Support Incident" and then select the following options

    Product Type Other WD Products
    Operating System Windows 10
    Category Warranty & Replacement
    Serial Number [Enter this info found on the sticker near the rear of your external HDD drive case]
    Firmware Version [Leave Blank]
    Summary Require Correct Power Adapter
    Description Hello, I recently purchased the WD 10TB Elements Desktop External HDD through Amazon.com.au however the item came with a UK type power adapter. Could you I please receive an AU type adapter for this drive. Thank you. My Address Information: [List your address]

    Western Digital support are really good at responding to your enquiries and will send out the correct power adapter for free but expect a longer wait time due to COVID-19. I know pre-COVID it was delivered within 10-14 days.

    Credit xecutor

    Maybe OP can add this in the description …

    • et tu brute on 26/08/2021 - 14:30

      @xecutor … it's 'kismet' … just posted similar advice. I endorse your advice 100% :)

    • Mtat on 26/08/2021 - 15:00
      +1

      Will do shortly, on mobile this second but thanks for finding that!

    • Mtat on 26/08/2021 - 16:08
      +1

      Done :)

  • jeeg on 26/08/2021 - 14:29

    For those of you who shucked these drives for use in a NAS, does that mean the drive is no longer under warranty since it is being removed from the casing? Just wondering if I should get one for my NAS also.

    • et tu brute on 26/08/2021 - 14:35
      +3

      @jeeg. These are pretty reliable drives (let's not get caught up in the ridiculous debate re WD vs Seagate), however if you keep your case intact and without any sign of tampering you may be able to claim warranty support. I have seen many unsupported claims that warranty is okay, but of course that varies from country to country and always treat with a degree of scepticism.

      • eraser215 on 26/08/2021 - 15:21
        +1

        Backblaze are a pretty trustworthy source of real world drive data: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard-drive-test-data.html

      • jeeg on 26/08/2021 - 16:28

        is it really possible to remove the drive from the casing without signs of tampering? I would imagine there are seals at the screws or stickers of some sort?

  • gizmomelb on 26/08/2021 - 14:45
    +7

    geez last time I bought one of these (Nov 2020) it was $281… thanks so much Chia mining, you suck as much as other speculative mining schemes.

    • greennick on 26/08/2021 - 15:01

      At that time you could get the 14TB for $299.41 ($21.39/TB), though as I already have 2x 10TB parity drives, I just got another 10TB for $239, expecting the 14TB to come down in price, not go up…

      • gizmomelb on 26/08/2021 - 19:04

        yeah I missed out on the 14TB, must have sold out at the time. I used the 12TB to upgrade my Synology and replace the 4TB WDs which I had fail after 35,000 hours of use.

  • Homr on 26/08/2021 - 16:23

    shuckable?

    • Mtat on 26/08/2021 - 17:17

      Unless they've drastically changed the WD Elements design, should be pretty easy to shuck (although harder if you're careful about the plastic pins for possible future warranty)

      • Switchblade88 on 26/08/2021 - 17:23
        +8

        If you ever have a warranty claim on a shucked drive then you tell them it was "removed from the case for troubleshooting, data recovery and diagnostics; and to rule out USB to SATA faults"

        Support won't mind as it's one less fault-test for them - they'd be doing the same thing anyway

        • jeeg on 26/08/2021 - 17:28
          +1

          That's a good tip to know!

  • MelBorn on 27/08/2021 - 19:14

    Do you get free shipping for brand new amazon accounts (no prime)?

    • johnmelb on 27/08/2021 - 20:18
      +1

      Brand new Amazon account can get free prime trial.
      Otherwise just pay $6.99 for 1m month prime, you can consider it a lower shipping fee.
      Without prime no free shipping.

  • mangew on 06/09/2021 - 22:09

    Mine arrived DOA
    Returning :(

    • Mtat on 07/09/2021 - 09:53

      Mine's due for delivery today so I'll reply back as to how it goes, sorry you got a bad unit though!

      • Mtat on 09/09/2021 - 17:06

        Well it got delivered, a couple of days late because of the parcel backlog - it at least starts up using the adapter from the last Seagate I ordered, running extended tests on it now…

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join