Newegg | Western Digital Red WD20EFRX 2TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive -- $99.99 + Free Shipping (Starts 3/23)

Ah, I folded, cancelled the four drives I ordered this morning and reordered five for the Synology 1512+ we ordered this week. Hopefully both orders will be here early next week. In fact, Newegg has only one day delivery! I see Newegg is already packaging the drives. Kudos to Paige of Newegg.com for handling my live chat case smoothly!

It would be nice to get 3TB drives for future-proofing but I think the 2TBs are a little bit more reliable since it since it isn't packing too much data on the platters and besides, the two old 1st gen Drobos I have can only use 2TB maximum so in case the 3TB (or 4 or 5) drives goes as low as the 2TB now, I can just use the 2TB on the Drobos. Win-win.

With RAW photographs file size getting bigger all the time and clients piling up, I need all the space I can get!

Quote from poormanq45 : for performance i would go with then toshiba 2tb 7200rpm. it goes on sale for $80.

Thanks, I already have two toshiba 2tb externals from a recent BB deal, but I believe those are 5k-ish drives. I'll keep a look out.

Quote from Technosquid : Yeah... that's what I thought a couple years ago when 2TB HDDs were regularly selling for $70 and I was waiting for them to go to $60.

Yeah, but that's an exception to the rule.

Quote from cheezinaz : I;m reading on Amazon the the WD Black is better for Photo editing . I do a lot of Photoshop,Lightroom and plug in photography work. Is the Black reallly the direction I want to go in or is this one fine for storage, and working on Photos. Thank you

If storing only, go red, if also working, then go black.

Quote from cheezinaz : I;m reading on Amazon the the WD Black is better for Photo editing . I do a lot of Photoshop,Lightroom and plug in photography work. Is the Black reallly the direction I want to go in or is this one fine for storage, and working on Photos. Thank you

The black is faster but the red is designed to perform better for NAS applications. For photo work (I'm a wedding photographer), you don't need the fastest and greatest hard drive UNLESS you do a lot of video editing which will benefit from a fast hard drive.

Hey guys,

I've asked this before but got mixed answers. Are RED drives okay for desktop storage? I have two aging WD Blue 640gb I want to replace. Would like the 3 year warranty over the 2 year warranty of a WD Green. OS and programs already on an SSD.

Thanks for any help!

be careful, once you go black you never go back

Quote from weaksauce1 : Hey guys, I've asked this before but got mixed answers. Are RED drives okay for desktop storage? I have two aging WD Blue 640gb I want to replace. Would like the 3 year warranty over the 2 year warranty of a WD Green. OS and programs already on an SSD. Thanks for any help!

Yeah I think so... I have a 2TB red in my HTPC I watch shows/movies on that I download and leave there for storage... no issues so far.

As others have said though, I wouldn't install stuff and run programs from it... you can, but it won't be as fast as black of course.

Thanks OP! In for 2.

Pretty nice deal - after coupon and two-drive discount my total is $183.98 for 2 drives

Here's a review of how they perform in Synology NAS units.

http://www.storagereview.com/west...w_wd30efrx

As to desktop storage, they're not designed for that and WD will not support them as well for use in that scenario. Normally you can find same capacity drives for the same if not better pricing, though deals like this throw that askew at times.

Wow...$100 for 2TB is now FP?

I paid $60 for 2TB Samsung a while ago.

anyone figure out why Western Digital is marketing a Taylor Swift line of hard drives?

Quote from smokarz : Wow...$100 for 2TB is now FP? I paid $60 for 2TB Samsung a while ago.

These are RED drives. Not Blue. Not Green. Not Black. It's Red.

It's meant to be for NAS's. These were meant to run 24x7. Saves energy and it's efficient. They aren't for normal desktop/laptops. If you want a casual one get a Green or Blue.

This deal bought to you Exclusively by NewEGG - One of the major Sponsors of this Website.

Note the 3TB WD Red was at the Rakuten website for $90 or less in the past few weeks. The less I quote is because of the $5 CB I received from Discover making it essentially $85. Some deal this FP one is for a 2TB one.

Thanks in for 2

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