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WD Blue 8TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD80EAAZ $202.75 Delivered, 2 for $377.11 (7% off) @ Amazon US via AU

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WD Blue 8TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD80EAAZ $202.75 Delivered, 2 for $377.11 (7% off) @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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Good deal on the WD Blue 8TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive from Amazon US.

ATA-600 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 256MB Cache, 2 Year Warranty

Promo code for 7% off for two.

I needed more room for my Linux ISO collection and these drives should be ideal.

Suitable for desktops, NAS at a pinch, but not suitable for surveillance systems.

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  • Bob81 on 26/10/2024 - 12:06
    +17

    FYI - CMR drives - Suitable for NAS.

    • Captain Musty on 27/10/2024 - 12:11
      +1

      Because it's Amazon US, is the currency $US, or because it relays through Amazon Aust, is it in $AU?

      I just wish retailers would identify the currency that is advertised.

      • Meld on 27/10/2024 - 17:34
        +1

        🤠 If you're on amazon.com the prices are in USD. If you are on amazon.com.au, prices are in AUD.

  • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 12:32
    +4

    Eastern Digital eBay are selling Exos 6TB for $120 each. just saying

    those are so definitely CMR

    I bought 2 last week, spinning nicely in a 2-way mirror in my PC right now

    • jazzza on 26/10/2024 - 15:07

      How is the noise?

      • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 15:12
        +1

        one can definitely hear them spin up when the system starts, rather pleasant reassuring sound lol

        writing noise is on par with other 3.5", maybe a bit louder, nothing critical not like some other enterprise storage I've seen over the years.

        let's not forget I got 2 of those in mirror setup so double the noise. it's not bad to the point of being annoying or disturbing sitting right next to them

        I am super happy.

    • frowny on 26/10/2024 - 15:28
      +3

      Isn't the general consensus that Eastern Digital is selling refurb'd hard drives?

      • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 15:29

        these came sealed, also listed as new both on eBay and their website

        they clearly mark the reconditioned ones

      • Clear on 27/10/2024 - 09:05

        There's a lot of speculation that the ones listed as new are refurbs but no hard facts.

    • BrewerHaHa on 26/10/2024 - 16:08
      +1

      Can you share a link? Would like to pick one up

      • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 16:26

        looks like OOS already.

  • bagachin on 26/10/2024 - 12:47
    +4

    If storage size is all you care, I just bought one from this place, fast shipping and drive seems fine…

    Seagate ST12000NM001G Exos X16 12TB - $256 => $21.33 per TB
    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/226205754179

      • bagachin on 26/10/2024 - 16:52
        +4

        I have used almost all big brand, they all have their fair share of issues, so at this point, I don’t care about brand much anymore.

  • S Baldrick on 26/10/2024 - 13:08
    +7

    I've heard horror stories about Amazon shipping hard drives with minimal packaging, has anybody experienced this?

    • BlupointJo on 26/10/2024 - 13:15
      +8

      Had to apply for replacement twice

    • Kaise on 26/10/2024 - 13:19
      +1

      Owned two of these blue drives from Amazon. No issues and still kicking

    • Freestyle on 26/10/2024 - 14:15
      +3

      even if true Amazon support is essentially the best i’ve seen in Australia, they’ll replace or accept returns pretty easily

      But i’ve had many hard drives shipped from them over the years, never faced any issues

    • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 14:25
      +6

      another reason why Eastern Digital is awesome. my order was packed well enough to withstand a missile blast

      • krisspy on 26/10/2024 - 16:26

        Packaging is one thing, but we really shouldn't be comparing brand new drives to refurb ones who's SMART data has been wiped.

        I got nothing against refurbs but something to point out to those who don't know.

        • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 16:29
          +2

          they clearly distinguish between new, pulls and refurbs. these are brand new, came sealed, no signs of use

          unless they can seal the drives after putting old plates into brand new exteriors.. would be a lot of trouble if even possible

          • krisspy on 26/10/2024 - 17:33
            -2

            @shabaka: Yeah the refurbs are like $10 cheaper than new drives? Hate to break it to you but they ain't new.

            • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 17:55
              +3

              @krisspy: I checked the connectors and exterior on mine, they have never been plugged into anything, and exterior is spotless, and drives came sealed in plastic.

              so in order for these to be not new, what do you think happened to them. I'm just wondering HOW

              they replaced the logic board and exterior somehow? and then sealed them? just interesting why would someone do that. recertified drives don't get that kind of treatment. puzzling business model if you ask me..

            • Clear on 27/10/2024 - 09:06

              @krisspy: Proof?

    • DogeConomy on 26/10/2024 - 15:18

      nope, ordered 3 from Amazon US via AU and they all came in Sealed Air packaging

    • bdl on 26/10/2024 - 15:27
      +2

      I've definitely had it from Amazon AU, bare ironwolf drive in box, bounced around so much the sata connector was cracked upon arrival.

      East Digital has great packing, I've kept their packaging should i need to send drives somewhere in future

    • photonbuddy on 26/10/2024 - 16:40
      +1

      I've also read some horror stories, so when my 2 WD Blue 8tb drives arrived from Amazon US with distinct rattling of contents, I was concerned.

      Opened the box to find 2 retail packaged drives. Tested fine.

    • buckster on 26/10/2024 - 21:09
      +1

      Yep, just in an antistatic bag bouncing around an empty unpadded box, not even bubble wrap around the disc.

      Had two faulty nas drives in a row, gave up and bought elsewhere

      Edit: this was from Amazon AU. Absolutely ridiculous

    • Ulysses31 on 26/10/2024 - 21:11
      +1

      I bought cereal and soft drinks (and other stuff), which arrived Friday… All loose in a large box. Soft drink 2x12packs on top of busted cereal boxes

    • Indomietable on 27/10/2024 - 11:06

      Hard drives are generally designed to stand more than 200G of shocks when powered off. The packaging from Amazon should protect multiple 1-2m drops without any issues.

      • bdl on 27/10/2024 - 13:17
        +1

        My packaging from Amazon AU was an empty cardboard box with a new sealed drive in it's antistatic bag - no effort at packaging at all.

    • nea ozb on 28/10/2024 - 09:00
      +1

      Yes absolutely. A WD Red I purchased from the US arrived with no padding, just the bare drive in anti static (no box) in a paper delivery bag. The drive works, and it has for the past 6 months, but I was really skeptical to put anything sensitive on it.

  • Barry off EastEnders on 26/10/2024 - 13:11

    Looking to build a NAS for file storage as well as virtual machines.

    Would these HDD be suitable or should I look at some SDDs?

    • eggaz on 26/10/2024 - 13:14
      +2

      Personally for VM I would opt for a SSD, rather than HDD. YMMV, I ran a RAID 50 array years ago and spun up a few VMs on array, and its performance was average…

      • fatbunn on 26/10/2024 - 13:46
        +4

        ssd for os hdd for storage

    • ReaperX22 on 26/10/2024 - 14:16
      +2

      If you're building your own, set aside some ssd space for vms.

      If you're buying like a synology, some models have a spare m.2 slot or two you could run vms off the m.2 and general storage on the nas for example.

      But really if you wanna run some vms, just grab one or two of those Dell optiplex 7060s micro PC's! Chuck em full of ram and desired storage (usually have a spare Sata slot) and you're golden for most things.

      • Barry off EastEnders on 27/10/2024 - 14:58

        I wasn't sure if its possible to mix a couple of SSDs and HDDs in the same enclosure I've been glossing over the mini PC deals that get posted and wondering if those have enough processing power. Seems like the way to go.

        Pretty keen to compare products before Black Friday.

        Thanks for the advice guys!

    • Smigit on 26/10/2024 - 15:04

      As others said, SSD for VMs and HDD for files/backup.

      If you’re using UnRaid as your NAS software, you can also set it up so that new writes to the NAS will go to the SSD first temporarily and then in a schedule the files get written to the HDD. Can improve performance when sending new data to the NAS as you’re not waiting on a slower drive, and calculation of parity, at the time of write from another PC.

    • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 15:17
      +1

      if doing windows storage spaces you can pool together a few hdd and ssd together into single volume. storing vms on that is smart enough to dynamically allocate often accessed stuff on SSD and the rest on HDD. on average it's better than just thinking "data separate OS separate". what if your data needs to be accessed fast. what if more than half of your OS setup folder is static files.

      other systems can also do that if you're not blessed with free or easy access to windows

  • Bearlion on 26/10/2024 - 16:06

    Looking to build a NAS for file storage and plex.

    Should I go with red plus drives or these?

    • Bob81 on 26/10/2024 - 16:25
      +1

      Why not buy a few of both? That way there's less chance of a bad batch of hard-drives.

      • Bearlion on 26/10/2024 - 16:53
        +1

        the 10tb wd red was $300 on Amazon, it's just gone up…

    • krisspy on 26/10/2024 - 16:59
      +3

      Get the cheapest GB/$ with the longest warranty. Treat these things as consumables

  • angers on 26/10/2024 - 16:49

    Hmm, for around $25 more you can buy from an AUS reseller and you have the local warranty.

  • chris666 on 26/10/2024 - 17:09
    +1

    Eastern digital is only way to go with hdds

    • f0d on 26/10/2024 - 18:42
      +1

      yep
      i have bought 6 of their new 12tb drives and they have been great
      imo its not worth getting their refurb drives when new drives are just a few bucks more

      • Ulysses31 on 26/10/2024 - 21:31

        Depends on size. With 14TB, it's like $10. With 18TB, it's like $70.

        But when even "new" is like 40% cheaper than MSY (which legit worries me), just buy "new".

        • shabaka on 26/10/2024 - 22:27

          in case of those 6TB I mentioned above (OOS now), they are "new" but cheaper than any refurb 6TB they got. this was something to contemplate but I bought 2 after all.

          running fine, looks and feels brand new.

  • bazingaa on 26/10/2024 - 22:14

    I have this for couple of years, it is CMR but slow. Better to get Seagate X16 16TB from EastDigital around $250. I have two of them on two NAS, they are about twice faster than this WD HDD even through 2.5G Ethernet

  • vinayjoseph on 27/10/2024 - 12:21

    anyone have any good guides to setting up a NAS? which one to buy etc? am new to all this

    • Smigit on 27/10/2024 - 21:38
      +2

      If you want an easy option then Synology, Qnap or similar as they’re pretty plug and play. Work out how many drives you want, whether the NAS needs to do any other value adds (like run a media server) and compare from there.

      You can roll yourself using something like UnRaid, TrueNas or even Windows (with or without something like Stablebit Drive Pool). If you’re not sure where to start but and want something simple, I’d recommend one of those vendor optioned I mentioned first as any of these other do-it-yourself are going to be more hands on and less plug and play.

  • Mondorock on 30/10/2024 - 04:20

    How do these compare to the older WD Green drives? I still have a 1TB Green (WD10EZRX) drive bought in 2013, looking for something with similar performance/noise levels.

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