[DEAD] WD reds 4/8TB $90/$200 via shucking - update, 8TB reds now $180, 4TB deal looks dead.

[RobertFontaine]

Now that the 10TB drives are on pre-order I am willing to buy your 8TB for half of what you just paid

 

[formgen]

I had 2 ship today and the other 3 should be in the store on Saturday.

Anyone had any problems with Ship2Store? I only did this due to needing a different address to buy over the QTY 3 limit.

Heads up you do not need to use a different address to place multiple orders. I had all 5 of my orders goto my home address and all orders placed while logged into my bestbuy account and used same credit card for all orders.


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[Churchill]

Heads up you do not need to use a different address to place multiple orders. I had all 5 of my orders goto my home address and all orders placed while logged into my bestbuy account and used same credit card for all orders.


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damnitt i should've had them all shipped to my house...

 

[PnoT]

they're back in stock + shipping for now

 

[klammore]

I ordered 6, 2-3 days ago. 1 was delivered today, 2 from the same order are scheduled for delivery next wednesday. Then 2 from the 2nd order will be delivered tomorrow and the 3rd will be delivered on monday.

What the hell Bestbuy?

 

[xrayos]

I've got 4 of these already. Wonder if prices will drop lower. Hate to buy too many

 

[PigLover]

Looks like it might really be dead this time - 8TB back to $299, more expensive than the bare drives.

 

[DouglasteR]

Just got mine !

Time for 16GB raid 0 (after some extensive tests) !

 

[Fritz]

I don't even have a flash drive that small.

 

[xrayos]

^^ hmm, are those different than the wd reds? white label only?

 

[CyberSkulls]

Those enclosures look like the WD My Books rather than the Best Buy easystore which is why they are white label rather than the Reds.


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[ColPanic]

4TB are available again at $105 but 8TB are $299. I managed to get 3@8tb but I'd like to get 3 more.

 

[DouglasteR]

^^ hmm, are those different than the wd reds? white label only?

I believe they are HGST He 8Tb but at 5400 rpm.

Its the same hardware/enclosure.

 

[Marsh]

I read on Reddit, what make this deal is special because BestBuy's deal is WD RED. If you like your drive RED.

 

[fossxplorer]

See Western Digital 8 TB Helium WD80EZZX 5400PM- 219.88

Helium drives => better power efficiency. but looks like no TLER?

Just got mine !

Time for 16GB raid 0 (after some extensive tests) !

 

[DouglasteR]

See Western Digital 8 TB Helium WD80EZZX 5400PM- 219.88

Helium drives => better power efficiency. but looks like no TLER?

Yep, i need a way to switch TLER on, they are very very good already. Dead silent and fast.

 

[CyberSkulls]

Yep, i need a way to switch TLER on, they are very very good already. Dead silent and fast.

Unless something has changed, last I knew switching TLER on doesn't survive a reboot on the white label WD80EZZX?


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[DouglasteR]

But this will make an impact on performance ?

From what i gather, TLER is about recovery retries correct ?

 

[Churchill]

http://products.wdc.com/library/other/2579-001098.pdf

"To this end, Western Digital has introduced Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER) in its enterprise hard drives to improve error handling compatibility between WD hard drives and RAID controllers."

 

[DouglasteR]

to improve error handling compatibility between WD hard drives and RAID controllers."

Meh, i think it dont worth the trouble then.