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Western Digital 16TB WD Gold Enterprise Class Internal Hard Drive $492.54 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU

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Western Digital 16TB WD Gold Enterprise Class Internal Hard Drive $492.54 Delivered @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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ozbs25 on 25/03/2022 - 22:09 amazon.com.au (321 clicks)
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Really good price for a WD Gold Enterprise HD. Maybe not the best if strictly going by per TB costs but this is supposedly a very high quality drive.

Not sure what's going on with the camels as apparently this was cheaper from a third party a little while ago but I don't know the details. In any case it's the cheapest right now and the cheapest from Amazon by a long, long, way and a lot cheaper than what I can find on staticice.

I'm tempted to get one but I'm better off getting a few smaller externals and throwing them into my NAS.

Be warned, delivery won't be until mid-late April according to them.

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  • atlas on 25/03/2022 - 22:18

    Very tempting

    • ozbs25 on 25/03/2022 - 22:21

      I'm wondering how much better they are than other drives in this price range.

      • jv on 25/03/2022 - 22:32
        +6

        A bit

  • psyphon11 on 25/03/2022 - 22:20

    Just a note that WD will flat out reject warranty on OEM drives like this unless you get lucky. Just factor into the cost that you will only get a year and it will be a 4-6 week return shipped warranty to the US.

    • CptnObvious on 25/03/2022 - 22:26
      +2

      but even if it breaks I can still trade this in to the gold buyers in my local westfield

      • jv on 25/03/2022 - 22:32

        It's fool's gold…

    • Feeblely on 25/03/2022 - 22:37

      Sorry, never bought these before, but why would they reject warranty? Isn't this from amazon?

    • AustriaBargain on 25/03/2022 - 22:45
      +3

      If it crashes and I sent it in for repair, would they see all the pirated 4K porn on the drive? That would be an awkward conversation to have with WD.

      • Trance N Dance on 25/03/2022 - 23:17

        You're not using encryption?

        • Osiris on 26/03/2022 - 00:02
          +4

          The way you said that makes me feel like I need to ask…am I the only one who doesn't encrypt their tv/movie NAS drives?

          • Ezuku on 26/03/2022 - 09:41
            +1

            @Osiris: I don't encrypt my NAS. Probably should. Was quite disappointed to find that synology's encryption seems kinda troublesome.

          • Trance N Dance on 26/03/2022 - 11:47
            +1

            @Osiris: Nah, you're not the only one. But if you're that worried about sending a drive in and having the contents known, you should really be using encryption in the first place.

  • Neology on 25/03/2022 - 22:28
    +12

    I've ordered three WD DC HC550 18TB HDD from Amazon AU(Amazon US stock) and one was DOA.

    This is the review I left on Amazon:
    "I've ordered three in total, one out of three is DOA:NAS reported error and Win10 PC cannot recognize the HDD. It can be registered on WD website, but cannot create RMA online because it is an "Out of Region OEM Product". Called WD Australia, they are unable to create local RMA, either. WD agent suggested me contacting Amazon for a replacement. Amazon AU can only return the item and I have to place a new order for replacement (shipping ETA 4-6 weeks).

    The two working HDDs are fantastic, low noise, the temperature is always under 42C degrees in the NAS while performing bad block scanning, given it was summer here in Jan and air-con is not turned on.

    Summary: The HDD itself is pretty good while it is a bit painful to deal with DOA/RMA situation."

    Hope it helps

  • RichardF89 on 25/03/2022 - 22:28

    how is this compare with hc550

  • [Deactivated] on 25/03/2022 - 23:25

    thanks, perfect for my feet-pics collection.

  • Spizz on 26/03/2022 - 08:08

    Not to bad a deal through Amazon.

    Just purchased myself another WD HC550 16TB for $367 AUD which just shipped via Fedex through the 2nd Group Buy- https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/690340

    • RichardF89 on 26/03/2022 - 10:42
      +1

      mine shipped as well

  • mikezillakind on 28/03/2022 - 13:33

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/690002 Better Buy ?

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