yeah just did that, but i think it needs to verify my CC and will take a few days for the code Snap, anyone want to grab a few RED WD for me and I pay you the cash if ur in Syd?
4TB WD40EZRX Western Digital Green - now $145 each delivered. AU Stock with local warranty in eBay special. I picked 3 up at $141 but price has gone up slightly. 6 drives left. Cheapest it's ever been? https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/161467
u think Greens are a better option than the reds for a homemade NAS I am not sure if you can do the hack on the greens anymore? EDIT looks like they are sold out of these too as well as the reds!
You can use wdidle3.exe tool on Greens to disable intellipark and change the park setting to 5 minutes (same as Reds) which greatly extends the life of the drives and is a must. What you can't do is enable TLER on Greens (which Reds have) with wdtler as WD have disabled the tool by firmware. Someone posted this article as to whether TLER is really necessary: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-features/31202-should-you-use-tler-drives-in-your-raid-nas Whether it's worth an extra $40 (30% of purchase price) for an extra 1 year warranty and TLER is questionable. For me, it's not. If the drives were going into a large disk raid array with critical data, go Red though.
Thanks, looks like there are none at the handy price people where getting them I can live with Greens, REd would have been nice, however if I can get 2 greens now that would be awesome - can anyone link me some cheap greens on Ebay to also take advantage of the 15%
Ebking just released more 4TB drives, best offer $195 accepted, discount applied = $165.75 Edit: back to $214 now
Hitachi/HGST 4TB Coolspins at B&H have dropped to US$149 each, down from $179. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=4tb+hgst&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search= Weird thing is, they're not labelled as being on special this time. Perhaps a permanent price drop? Aussie dollar is down so with shipping works out to $196 per drive for 2+ drives. Still pricier than local Seagate/WDs, but better quality and you can't buy them locally. Shipping time is under 1 week, warranty is worldwide and locally supported.
I have had the webpage open for the 4TB drives for weeks now waiting for he price to drop back down.... just ordered 10 Edit: ordered in 2 batches to avoid the duty tax, comes to AU$187 Delivered per drive.
I've used the Saver option, 5 bucks cheaper and faster delivery Can give feedback in 3-5 days if you want
Saver is actually about $7 per drive more expensive than the expedited option ($62.50 vs $84.00 for 3 drives). Estimated times are 3-5 days vs 4-6 days, figure 1 day won't hurt when they are otherwise identical options.
WD 4TB Reds $189 Delivered from PLE WD 4TB Reds $189 Delivered from PLE https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/162072
