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WD Elements 14TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0, NOW $399.41 + Shipping ($0 with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU

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WD Elements 14TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0, NOW $399.41 + Shipping ($0 with Prime) @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 01:29 amazon.com.au (1739 clicks)
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Lowest Price this has been in the last 6 months and quite a good drive, great for a PLEX drive.

Western Digital elements desktop storage with USB 3.0 offers reliable, high-capacity, add-on storage, Fast data transfer rates and universal connectivity with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices. The sleek design features up to 14TB capacity plus Western Digital quality and reliability.

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  • imranauz on 23/10/2021 - 01:38
    +12

    This is been cheaper before. I think prices are now comming down may get to the privious price of $299. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/572428

    • Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 01:48
      +5

      Who knows but I've been watching this for months. It teases a trend to lower prices then goes up again sitting around $420 ish for quite a few weeks.
      If it drops further to $299 that's great, it could be a gamble though.

      • bayc0n on 23/10/2021 - 01:52

        Been waiting for a deal on one of these for a while as well, not sure if I should pull the trigger :/

        • Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 02:00
          +3

          I think it's a decent price at the moment, certainty cheaper then anything local and I need one now anyway, can't wait, so bit the bullet.

          • [Deactivated] on 23/10/2021 - 07:44
            +4

            @Homerlovesbeer: Tempting to wait… because fleshing out 4 of these for a ZFS pool does get costly

            • modeski on 23/10/2021 - 10:31

              @[Deactivated]: Yeah, I am in the same boat. I'm waiting until prices get down to ~$25/Tb so I can put a few of these into my new NAS. Until then, I have to keep deleting stuff :(

            • MasterScythe on 23/10/2021 - 13:01
              +1

              @[Deactivated]: Wait, what drives are in these?

              As one of the resident ZFS nerds, have you seen the 9 day resilvers from SMR drives!?

              https://www.servethehome.com/wd-red-smr-vs-cmr-tested-avoid-…

              Btrfs is slightly better on SMR, but either way you want to stick to mirrors, if you're stuck with SMR.

              • [Deactivated] on 23/10/2021 - 13:31

                @MasterScythe: Thanks for the heads up.. I haven’t been paying too close attention as my last pool size was 8TB drives. So this is a good warning.
                Can you recommend as per community knowledge what the best shuckable option is of the 12-18TB WD or seagate options?

                Especially given the last exos 16TB drive I bought from new egg as a “tester” arrived dented and rattling I won’t be going down that route.

                Thanks!

                • TrevorX on 24/10/2021 - 03:07
                  +1

                  @[Deactivated]: The EXOS drives I mentioned in my previous post are shucked Seagate desktop drives. They're quiet, fast, and have relatively low heat output, I've been extremely happy with them, especially considering how much they would have cost me had I purchased them as EXOS drives (and I'm a Seagate reseller with access to bulk pricing from the national distributor - the disparity was eye watering). If you're ordering in 1,000 unit quantities the pricing is quite reasonable, but not many places buy drives like that (as most enterprise customers at that scale don't buy disk, they buy 'storage solutions').

              • TrevorX on 24/10/2021 - 00:14
                +1

                @MasterScythe: I have three of these in a RAIDZ1 array as actual external drives on USB - my TrueNAS Core server runs six 16TB EXOS drives in RAIDZ2, but runs 30min differential backup routines of the important stuff to the external array. This has been running for about 9 months without a hiccup, which is a pleasant surprise as FreeBSD used to have pretty unreliable USB3 support.

                Haven't shucked the drives, so can't comment on what model they use inside, but using them as-is has been reliable from my perspective.

        • matt0 on 23/10/2021 - 12:06
          +3

          Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals worth holding out for?

          • QuickdraW on 23/10/2021 - 15:05
            +5

            @matt0: I sent myself into the future and checked all the deals but when I got back the screen shots on my phone were wiped, time travel is kinda tricky.

    • UsernameChecksIn on 25/10/2021 - 11:02

      Does CamelCamelCamel not record the price history for Amazon UK/US products ordered via Amazon AU :( ?

      Price tracking the product codes on US and UK sites directly seem to match up, price-wise, though additional charges/shipping/tax may be another factor

  • AMLagonda on 23/10/2021 - 02:41

    14TB :o

    • hawktalk on 23/10/2021 - 08:10
      +3

      15 years ago I was buying 256mb usb sticks for $40!!!
      10 yeas ago I was buying 250gb - 500gb for similar prices 2tb could be had for currently.
      oh how times have changed.

      • sillycattle on 23/10/2021 - 08:16

        16 years ago work paid $900 for a 1G stick for me. Boy it was fast and used it for many years.

      • pichxlonco on 23/10/2021 - 08:17

        I know right? I even remember thinking "how the hell am i going to fill my 1GB drive? That's way to much"

        • MasterScythe on 23/10/2021 - 13:02
          +1

          Thats a you thing though.
          By the time 1GB drives were retail available, MP3/Napster was popular, and the "how" to fill a 1GB drive was never a question in most peoples minds.

          • TrevorX on 24/10/2021 - 03:08

            @MasterScythe: Yeah I've never had enough money for the storage I need, let alone the storage for the data I need…

      • Jonzay on 23/10/2021 - 08:42

        When USB's came to my high school I paid $64 for a 32MB one. Absolutely no regrets, it was vastly better than using floppy disks.

      • Chickenleg on 23/10/2021 - 09:10
        +3

        In 2031 we should revisit this thread whilst chuckling at the 14TB drives on our keyrings that we bought for $2

        • timmof on 23/10/2021 - 09:27
          +3

          Keyrings?

          • Chickenleg on 23/10/2021 - 09:40
            +2

            @timmof: Wrist chip implants, free cloud storage that came with Maccas meal, whatever tech we’ll be using then!

            • TrevorX on 24/10/2021 - 03:10
              +1

              @Chickenleg: I am putting in door locks that have MFA to my phone… Do you know how easy it is to pick a physical lock?! WTH are people doing using keys anymore?!!

      • Jaduqimon on 23/10/2021 - 09:37
        +8

        15 years ago my broadband speed was 24mbit for $70/m
        today its 50mbit for $70/m.

        I guess time haven't change that much….

      • f23lda on 24/10/2021 - 09:25
        +1

        About 25 years ago, I was on an 89mb hard drive, knee deep in "doublespace" and every other alleged memory expansion magic pills. My friend came to school and announced he had a 360mb drive and it blew my mind, and continued to blow my mind for weeks afterwards. His social standing went up in the group (of nerds).

        (In the absence of anything else, our hardware was our flair)

        I remained a hardware beta of the group until my uncle kindly sent me 8mb of ram which put me up to 12 and in the lead in the group at something. Of course, it did very little other than slightly speed up load times - I still had a very slow computer and the ram didn't make the CPU spontaneously better at playing games.

  • Watanabe1995 on 23/10/2021 - 06:03
    -1

    Quite one, love it.

  • Hope140 on 23/10/2021 - 07:03

    5900rpm one, right? Does anyone know?

    • Trance N Dance on 23/10/2021 - 08:16
      +1

      Should be 7200rpm. Don't think any manufacturers make 5400/5900rpm drives in this capacity.

      Seems like a white label Ultrastar HC530

    • TightTerry on 23/10/2021 - 09:12

      5400

    • Freezies on 23/10/2021 - 09:28

      Older reviewed drives were 5400 and helium, but newer ones are WD80EDAZ which are 7200 and air.

  • PR0r on 23/10/2021 - 08:08
    +1

    Bargain. Thanks op

  • TheCandyMan2020 on 23/10/2021 - 08:17
    +1

    Nice price. It has been hovering around $420 to $499 for several months as per an earlier comment.

  • Averell on 23/10/2021 - 08:31

    Do you guys store your important files (like you kids' photos on this). Do you consider having a backup? If yes, how?
    Thanks

    • Trance N Dance on 23/10/2021 - 08:31
      +1

      Yes.
      Yes to backups. How, by having multiple copies stored on different drives.

      • Averell on 23/10/2021 - 12:53

        So you are copying the files manually?

      • theg00s3 on 23/10/2021 - 23:01

        and in different locations

    • Midnight Lunch on 23/10/2021 - 08:34

      I have important photos/documents/other personal stuff on a drive like this that also gets backed up weekly to IDrive (cloud service).

    • timmof on 23/10/2021 - 09:35
      +5

      for family photos especially, I have a nas that has had mirrored drives, and every now and then use one of these externals to back up everything. It stays at my folks place.

      So if one of the nas drives dies, then I’m covered. The external drive snapshot covers me if the house burns down or i simply am a meathead and delete the wrong folder permanently.

      Otherwise, look into something like carbonate, backblaze etc. Yeah it’s a cost, but it’s what I use on, say, my elderly dads pc, because it’s pretty bullet proof, and he doesn’t need to do anything.

      Really don’t wanna be that dad at the 21st birthday showing pics of my kid from the age of 13 and over because I didn’t back up.

      Ps All harddrives will die.

      • tofusana on 23/10/2021 - 12:30

        Is there any pros or cons to buying this 14tb over a NAS? I know NAS is like a cloud storage but is it just as long lasting as regular external storage? Or is it totally dependant on what kind of drives you put into the NAS? Basically I wanna know if NAS wears down the drives faster or not since it's wireless and using wifi.

        • Averell on 23/10/2021 - 12:56

          I think for $400 we can have a NAS with 2+2TB?

        • timmof on 23/10/2021 - 13:49

          I'd assume the drives will wear out quicker in a NAS, but it's (mostly) always on, so it's not spinning up and down.
          (edit - there are HDDs are are more suited to running all the time.)

          I use my synology nas for more than just storage. eg, running a plex server. (Pretty handy and not too hard to set up.) Obviously costs more to buy a dedicated nas. Otherwise there's a lot of guides on the internet that show how to take an old PC and set up your own using free software. A dedicated NAS hardware is usually lower power, with some other features for other specific use cases.

          If you're just looking for some extra storage of stuff to be connected all the time, a lot of routers will let you plug in an external drive and let you access it over wifi from any device on your network pretty easily.

          Otherwise, these external hdds are fine to just plug in to your PC when you need them, like when doing a regular backup etc.

    • boomramada on 23/10/2021 - 12:13

      Google drive is safer unless you backed them up in few locations, not just one.

    • Whisper Quiet on 23/10/2021 - 15:57
      -2

      Why would kids photos be important? Wouldn't you rather have a good time so you remember it, than take pictures constantly. Never understood the mentality of always having to photograph every moment of your life. Live for the moment and enjoy it instead of worrying about pictures. Thats why we have memories. 95% of these photos you'll never look at again

      • itshammer on 24/10/2021 - 06:48
        +1

        Google photos + Google home hub

        My memory is rubbish, and photos on a phone take a second but last a lifetime

        I look at the photos because they randomly play, when I'm cooking dinner and it makes me happy, or sad, but it helps me remember.

        Don't be so synical

        • Whisper Quiet on 24/10/2021 - 20:33

          I'm a very cynical chap :)
          Especially with the way everyone has to have their phone and take photos of everything they do these days. To have that much content of it that you need 14tb worth is a bit ridiculous

          • Hisalt on 07/11/2021 - 20:02

            @Whisper Quiet: You really think people are buying these large capacity drives just to store photos on them? Hahahaha

            One movie can take up 100gb easily, people create 4k content and the list goes on and on.

            Also, it only takes 1/8 of bugger all to take a photo.

            • Whisper Quiet on 07/11/2021 - 20:10

              @Hisalt: What is wrong with you. Im saying for the person asking about storing photos if this drive is good. Im well aware of what drives are able to hold. I have over 100tb of drives. Other than the lord of the rings in 4K can you name another movie that is close to 100gb?

              • Hisalt on 07/11/2021 - 20:21

                @Whisper Quiet: haha ok, fair enough, guess I didn't really read all comments, just saw you having a go about photos

                plenty of movies 80 to 100gb, after having a quick look on my computer I found Iron Man 2 & 3, couple of the Batman moves were 85Gb

  • vorno on 23/10/2021 - 09:05
    +1

    Is it a good idea to throw one of these into the nas?

    • 4foxache on 23/10/2021 - 09:11
      +1

      Yep probably an Hitachi Helio drive

    • TrevorX on 24/10/2021 - 03:11

      Err, if you're putting just one drive into a NAS, you're not doing NAS right…

  • serpserpserp on 23/10/2021 - 09:24

    Are these powered by the USB cable only? No external power source?

    • Vladdo on 23/10/2021 - 09:27

      Power cable that will be a US plug so you will need an adapter (or you can raise a ticket with WD and get them to send you an Australian adapter) and USB3 cable.

      • TheCandyMan2020 on 23/10/2021 - 10:08

        Yeah agreed. I dont know why they give you a 2nd USB cable?

        • Nom on 24/10/2021 - 20:45

          Because 3.5" drives like these are 12v drives.
          A second 5v USB cable isn't going to help much 👍

      • Broody on 23/10/2021 - 10:23

        Hi Vladdo,

        I just ordered the drive.

        What is required as proof to request an AU Plug from WD Support.

        And is it AU WD Support or USA WD Support.

        Also what did you say to get an extra USB3 cable.

        Thanks

        • cheach on 23/10/2021 - 11:45

          Got one from Amazon UK and the other from Amazon US.

          Go to https://support-en.wd.com/ and create an account and raise a support ticket to request for an AU power supply.

          They will send one out at no cost.

        • Vladdo on 23/10/2021 - 11:47
          +4

          I didn't get an extra USB 3 cable, only a power adapter. I went to https://support-en.wd.com/ and asked a question.

          "Hi,
          I just bought two 14tb elements hard drives from amazon australia but they came with UK & US plugs. Is it possible to get an AU plug for the power adapter.
          Thank you."

          Before anything can happen you will need the physical drives as they'll ask for the serial number.

          They replied with

          "Dear Vladdo,
          Thank you for contacting Western Digital Technical Support. My name is Katherine M.
          I understand that you want an Australian Power Adapter. I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.
          I would request you to please provide us the following information in order to raise your request for an Australian power adapter:
          - Shipping Address
          - Contact Number
          - Serial Number of two hard drives
          We will be waiting for your response. Thank you for your kind cooperation!"

          • Broody on 23/10/2021 - 12:56

            @Vladdo: Hi Vladdo,

            Thanking you.

            You made my response easy as. I will just do a cut and paste.

            Thanks for the extra info, I will wait until delivery before proceeding.

        • swampson on 23/10/2021 - 14:20

          i requested two AU plug kits for the 2x 14TB i got from a prev deal - all i did was create the account, did not even register the drives. They sent them without question or verification of the products themselves. Not bad

    • Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 09:27
      +1

      Has an external PS with a US plug but works on 110-240v so you can use an adaptor (or just bend the pins to fit AU Power point)

      • cheach on 23/10/2021 - 11:51

        Don’t do that if you have little kids because where the pins are bent are not insulted, like on the AU plugs, and they are exposed. Easily for kids to touch the pins with flat metallic objects like a butter knife.

  • Freezies on 23/10/2021 - 09:39
    +5

    Tempted but I think I will tempt fate and wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday next month.

    • slick7 on 23/10/2021 - 10:25

      thinking the same - I'm after 2x 10TB maybe even 14TB if the budget can stretch depending on deal + Synology 920+
      I've waited months already so I can wait till November but there's no guarantee I'll get any bargains…

  • fatcat83 on 23/10/2021 - 09:41

    I've got this drive as my Xbox Series X External drive from the $299 deal last time.

    Emailed WD support about an AU plug and they were quick to send one.

    Have not had any issues.

    • Broody on 23/10/2021 - 10:20

      Hi fatcat83,

      I just ordered the drive.

      What is required as proof to request an AU Plug from WD Support. And is it AU WD Support or USA WD Support.

      Thanks

      • cheach on 23/10/2021 - 11:53

        Only your WD Elements serial number.

        • Broody on 23/10/2021 - 13:36

          Thanks cheach,

          All ready just waiting for the drive so I can grab the Serial Number.

      • fatcat83 on 23/10/2021 - 15:08

        Hi Broody,

        Correct just a serial number of the drive so you can register the device through WD support.

        I follow these instructions at the bottom the this OZB Post by johnmelb and crediting xecutor:

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/572428?page=1#comment

        Cheers.

        • Broody on 24/10/2021 - 01:07

          Thanks fatcat83, will do.

  • Kansin on 23/10/2021 - 09:54
    -1

    $396 can buy you 4 4TB here https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/seagate-4t…

    • ProffessorMLT on 23/10/2021 - 09:58
      +2

      limit 3 per customer . .

    • Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 10:02
      +1

      I believe these drives have not been very reliable

    • TheCandyMan2020 on 23/10/2021 - 10:08
      +5

      IMHO i would much prefer 1 x 14tb over 4 x 4tb

  • Broody on 23/10/2021 - 10:18
    +2

    It is now $402.49. I took the plunge.

    • Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 10:19

      Going back up?

      • Broody on 23/10/2021 - 10:40
        +1

        Yep.

        I survived a dying 2TB Drive by transferring the info out before it failed completely.

        Thus I have pretty full 2TB, 3TB, 4TB and 8TB HDD's.

        So want to merge the info out of these drives to this 14TB (My info) and let the Misses keep all her info on the 3TB, 4TB and 8TB drives.

        This will allow a joint 2TB HDD and she has 15TB storage and I have 14TB.

        I could probably live with the 14Tb failing, but not sure about the better half.

  • atlas on 23/10/2021 - 10:35

    Are these easily shucked?

    • quick-dry on 23/10/2021 - 11:21

      very easily, just need to pop the little clips on the side and you're in

    • cheach on 23/10/2021 - 11:54

      Yes and plenty YouTube video to guide you.

  • hamwhisperer on 23/10/2021 - 11:36

    Wildly expensive :/

    • Nom on 23/10/2021 - 23:14
      +1

      You realise you've just posted this in a deal with 85 upvotes and over 1000 clicks ?

      It's a great deal.

      • hamwhisperer on 25/10/2021 - 10:46

        I don't care how many upvotes and clicks, it's wildly expensive and I will wait for prices to return to normal.

        Is there more expensive? probably. Is it even close to cheapest? Not by a long mile.

  • formeragent on 23/10/2021 - 13:34

    Anyone used this in a mame arcade setup?? Have a 6tb and 4tb but almost out of space .. wanting to upgrade to the 2x10tb setup. But maybe this might work

    • Nom on 23/10/2021 - 23:13
      +1

      … it's just a normal hard drive, it will work anywhere a hard drive will work 👍
      There are really old devices that can't cope with drives bigger than 2TB, but that's not an issue for you cos you're already using 6TB and 4TB.

  • BargainKen on 23/10/2021 - 13:34

    Hopefully chia mining dies in the arse and storage prices come down.

  • Homerlovesbeer on 23/10/2021 - 14:59

    Price updated….

  • HaiG on 23/10/2021 - 15:47

    Been $410 for at least the last week.

  • epz420 on 23/10/2021 - 21:13
    +2

    this good for storing a 10TB+ porn collection?

  • kfp187 on 24/10/2021 - 18:54

    Can I ask how do they compare to a WD NAS Red? I have a 418Play with 4x6TB WD Reds and may need some more space shortly… Was thinking of buying 2…

  • whitepuma on 25/10/2021 - 10:09

    they finally broke out of the $400's, this is excellent news! i'm going to keep waiting though. There was a time where these were below $300, but i still think it's a while away.

    I reckon as we lean closer to xmas they will have some deals that will shave $50+ off in 1 hit.

  • whitepuma on 25/10/2021 - 10:37

    they just updated the price from amazonuk to $384!

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/659110

  • bradl822 on 31/10/2021 - 18:37

    Price drop on Amazon UK to $378.58
    Amazon Link

  • Homerlovesbeer on 26/11/2021 - 19:49

    Going for $325 now

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