I think this is the cheapest I have seen the WD Red Plus 4TB go for.
Mod Update 14/03: Price has increased to $122.79
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That's eBay Plus though? If someone has to create Plus memberships etc. might be a lot less hassle to buy this through Prime for members (probably faster shipping too).
Link?
Link to ironwolf?
Are they both CMR?
@S2: WD Red Plus are CMR Dives - WD Red Plus - WD40EFZX Spec Sheet and they have larger Cache than the regular Ironwolfs 64mb v 128mb
If I didn't read into the thread, I'd probably placed an order already.
May I ask which one is considered to be better quality? WD red plus or Seagate Ironwolf?
Thank you!
Researching the past few days and im leaning towards the WD Red Plus at this stage
I've had my red drives since 2013 in my Synology and they haven't skipped a beat. Saying that I work in the industry and have seen reds fail. I've had plenty of Seagates fail on me but it's also the other way around.
Agree! My current NAS has some old 2TB WD Reds from 2015 and no issues, Only upgrading as I'm getting a new NAS, so wanting some new drives as well!
I had two 4TB WD Reds, one failed at <10k hours, replaced under warranty but while it was being replaced I ordered and installed a Seagate IronWolf 4TB.
Now, I have the second of the original purchased WD Reds failing at 48k hours.
Waiting to see how long the Seagate lasts, but in the meantime have ordered another Seagate to replace the failing WD. I've not had a Seagate fail on me yet, however I've certainly seen them fail for others.
This is a dang good price though, so might just get one to fill the 4th slot in the NAS.
Thank you, everyone!
Grabbed one, besides, I personally like Amazon better.
I was in your shoes in last November. After days of research the conclusion I drawn was the WD is much quieter and slightly more reliable while the Ironwolf is marginally faster. I ended up going for the WD for $119 + delivery at Shopping express. No compain so far. My friend who went for the Ironwolf, is also satisfied. I would say both are decent drive, you can't go wrong with either one.
When I read reviews that say you miss out on certain features by not using Ironwolf in Synology NAS, can you mention perhaps the most important ones? Total amateur here trying to learn more.
Geez pretty good deal on these
will any local stores price match this?
Excuse my ignorance; if I already have a PC with an SSD, and just need an extra HDD to back up large files and install Steam games onto, should I still get this? Just want to make sure a NAS drive isn't something different.
NAS HDD is more for 24/7 storage. It would work for the purpose you want you could save money by buying a WD external HDD and shucking the drive
"more for 24/7 storage" doesn't really mean much.
The drives in external HDD's are almost always "crappy" SMR drives that are "more for write-rarely archive use" and that does mean quite a lot.
How much this matters depends on use case, but at this price I don't think there's much justification for making the compromise. Back when I got my shucked 4TB SMR's for $95 these 4TB WD Red Plus / Ironwolf drives were going for $150-$170, slightly lower on sale, and I even regret not paying the premium to avoid SMR drives back then.
"The drives in external HDD's are almost always "crappy" SMR drives"
I've shucked WD elements drives:
3x8TB
3x12TB
3x14TB
They were all CMR, "white label" DC Ultrastar, Helium filled.
Although WD Elements these days aren't DC series any more, they are still CMR drives.
HDD for backup is fine.
HDD for gaming is a pain.
While SSDs can load most games within 10s of seconds, HDD could take a minute or two.
Not for running games on, too slow. Better options.
highly depends on the game and your use case. no way you putting all of your games in to SSDs nowadays unless you are rich
You can easily have 2TB of SSD storage for a few hundred dollars these days, I wouldn't necessarily class that as rich in Australia.
Only way I can see it being an issue is if for some reason you feel the need to have hundreds of games you don't play installed on your machine.
Larger volumes also available. Just bought the 6TB for $29.33 per TB @ @$176. Above deal is $29.75 per TB
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12tb WD Red was about $406 on Amazon and someone had one for $400 on statice yesterday when I looked.
It's $123.22 now
Thanks OP…grabbed some
Damm, Bought one from Mwave last week, wish I didn't. Anyone know does it make any difference on warranty for those ones from US?
Ironwolf 4TB for $115 delivered is the way to go!