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8TB WD Blue Internal Hard Disk Drive WD80EAAZ $110
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| Product Name: | WD Blue 8TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5640 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EAAZ |
| Product Description: | WD Blue 3.5in PC Hard Drive - 8TB WD Blue internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you. |
| Product SKU: | 1Z4-0002-01NP8 |
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It's fine for the purpose of Blue drives.
sustained transfer rate, power consumption, warranty and cache all factor more. WD drives don't always spin at their quoted rate anyway
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What it means: SMART C0 and C1 values increase exponentially, the drive won't last long. The head parks every 30 seconds with inactivity and will 100% cause stutter when playing local music/movie files, because most media players preload files into the RAM and doesn't read the drive every second. I managed to slow down the C0 increase by using KeepAliveHD, but not the C1. The stutter issue will stay forever with this model until the drive dies.
What it means: SMART C0 and C1 values increase exponentially, the drive won't last long. The head parks every 30 seconds with inactivity and will 100% cause stutter when playing local music/movie files, because most media players preload files into the RAM and doesn't read the drive every second. I managed to slow down the C0 increase by using KeepAliveHD, but not the C1. The stutter issue will stay forever with this model until the drive dies.
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What it means: SMART C0 and C1 values increase exponentially, the drive won't last long. The head parks every 30 seconds with inactivity and will 100% cause stutter when playing local music/movie files, because most media players preload files into the RAM and doesn't read the drive every second. I managed to slow down the C0 increase by using KeepAliveHD, but not the C1. The stutter issue will stay forever with this model until the drive dies.
This is concerning.
I just bought 4 of these for a DAS, primarily for ripped Bluray storage.
Source and more info would be helpful.
I just bought 4 of these for a DAS, primarily for ripped Bluray storage.
Source and more info would be helpful.
Return them (WD80EAAZ) asap if you can... Buy Seagate instead. Seagate has tools like SeaChest and openSeaChest that users can easily modify the power saving settings in their firmware, and/or disabe idle_b mode.
If you know how to make a bootable os(dos/linux) on a usb drive, the previous model WD80EAZZ (128MB cache) might be fine to purchase. A reddit post confirmed the obsolete WDIdle tool worked on it several years ago.
Return them (WD80EAAZ) asap if you can... Buy Seagate instead. Seagate has tools like SeaChest and openSeaChest that users can easily modify the power saving settings in their firmware, and/or disabe idle_b mode.
If you know how to make a bootable os(dos/linux) on a usb drive, the previous model WD80EAZZ (128MB cache) might be fine to purchase. A reddit post confirmed the obsolete WDIdle tool worked on it several years ago.
What are considered bad values?
You'll need to transfer the values from hex to decimal first.
Data point:
0C: 62 (only powered on 62 times)
C0: 3639
C1: 418
WD80EAAZ is just a relabeled green drive with the same notorious head parking feature, and there is currently no way to fix it.
You'll need to transfer the values from hex to decimal first.
Data point:
0C: 62 (only powered on 62 times)
C0: 3639
C1: 418
WD80EAAZ is just a relabeled green drive with the same notorious head parking feature, and there is currently no way to fix it.
I've had four in an HTPC since January and play large TV show and movie files locally and over my home network with no stuttering.