WD4000FYYZ $145
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FYI, the link above has shipping for US listed at + 12 $ (so 157$ total)
for comparison, here are some prices from amazon on new 4tb drives ( the ebay link above is for a used RE4 drive, which many will argue is a much better drive than even the new ones below, i personally would agree, with the exception of the HGST drive below *MAYBE*)
164$: ( I bought 2 of these last week, they came in, i ran badblocks (w destructive read/write), 0 bad blocks found on both drives! , and i was seeing 180-200 MB/s read speed and 90/90 simultaneous read/write speeds. Im very happy with these 2 x drives so far:
HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 4TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit (0S03664)
others:
$159.99
WD 4 TB WD Purple SATA III Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM AV Hard Drive 4 sata_6_0_gb 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare or OEM Drives WD40PURX
$154.99
Western Digital WD40EFRX 4 TB WD Red, 3.5 inch, SATA III 5400 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM NAS Hard Drive
for comparison, here are some prices from amazon on new 4tb drives ( the ebay link above is for a used RE4 drive, which many will argue is a much better drive than even the new ones below, i personally would agree, with the exception of the HGST drive below *MAYBE*)
164$: ( I bought 2 of these last week, they came in, i ran badblocks (w destructive read/write), 0 bad blocks found on both drives! , and i was seeing 180-200 MB/s read speed and 90/90 simultaneous read/write speeds. Im very happy with these 2 x drives so far:
HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 4TB 7200RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive Kit (0S03664)
others:
$159.99
WD 4 TB WD Purple SATA III Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM AV Hard Drive 4 sata_6_0_gb 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare or OEM Drives WD40PURX
$154.99
Western Digital WD40EFRX 4 TB WD Red, 3.5 inch, SATA III 5400 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM NAS Hard Drive
RE is leaps above all of those drives. Besides, the drives in my link have warranty until 2018. It's still a fantastic deal at a little over half the price of a new drive.
Western Digital RE WD4000FYYZ 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com
Western Digital RE WD4000FYYZ 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com