2TB Western Digital Red IntelliPower SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD20EFRX) $99 + Free Shipping
 

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• 2TB Western Digital Red IntelliPower SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive [newegg.com] (WD20EFRX)
  • $98.99 + Free Shipping
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2TB Western Digital Red IntelliPower SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD20EFRX) $99 + Free Shipping
 

Update: Amazon now has 2TB Western Digital Red Internal Hard Drive (WD20EFRX) for $98.99 with free shipping. Thanks Teaser38


Newegg.com has 2TB Western Digital Red IntelliPower SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD20EFRX) for $109.99 - $11 w/ promo code EMCXVWS78 = $98.99 with Free Shipping. Thanks Discombobulated

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Amazon has price matched and is Prime eligible. [amazon.com]

Price is back to around $112 on both Amazon and Newegg.

Nice... Just set up an alert and got an email right away!

Uhg where are the 3TB deals.

This is better since its its 2 platters vs 3 for the 3tb version. The more platters the less reliable and the more it vibrates.

What's the deal with all the DOA drives in the NewEgg reviews? I want these, but those reviews are worrisome (I know WD will warranty the stuff, but who wants to deal with that hassle).

Regardless, TU and repped.

Very nice. WD Reds are very reliable and make an excellent secondary drive or network drive.

Here's a 3TB Red for $139.99
Not much of a deal but it's $10 lower than the $150 deals posted in the past week or so.
http://slickdeals.net/f/5855578-W...e-140-NCIX

Newegg doesn't pack hard drives well. Amazon and NCIX do a much better job, especially NCIX. I have 4 Red 3 TB drives from NCIX and they were packed so well I couldn't have done a better job myself. All 4 drives are perfect.

I've ordered 5x2TB WD Red drives and just recently 3x2TB WD Red drives. All came in an OEM box that held 24 drives originally with Styrofoam slots and plenty of paper packing. Every one of the 8 drives came in great condition and I was totally impressed with the packaging. It really does seem that they have fixed their shipping issues.

It's doubtful that Newegg has corrected its ways but whenever I used to order hard drives from them, they would put a bare hard drive in a very large, mostly empty box for shipping. To make certain that your hard drive will be DOA (or die shortly after), they hand it off to the brown soccer team. I've learned my lesson ordering drives from them and usually try to get them from any other vendor (just about any other package them much better) or better yet, a B&M location like Staples. When you factor in the slight savings you may get from buying hard drives at Newegg, it's totally negated by return shipping and/or restocking fees if you just want a refund (plus your funds are tied up for a few weeks if you go that route).

I was in on the Newegg $99 deal last month (http://slickdeals.net/f/5815092-W...X-99-FS-AC) and when I got my two drives:
Each drive was sealed in a box with the bubble wrap around the drive in a static bag
Each of those boxes were wrapped in paper wrap in a in a box that had slots to hold them upright and held securely.

Remember, for every 10 bad reviews there are probably 10 good reviews that were not made. I didn't put a review because mine are perfect.

OK, well maybe things have changed lately with Newegg (definitely good news). But this was not the case last year. Lots of complaints on Slickdeals and on Hard Forums (where I post as well).

Yeah, trust me, I was a little scared when I read all them but I really needed the drives and bit the bullet and made the order. Hopefully everyone gets their stuff in good packing.

heck. Newegg is much better than Amazon. In for 1.

Maybe they came that way because you ordered several at a time. When you think of it, they're not going to have enough of those styrofoam slot thingys for everyone. Anyone else see improvements in their shipping methods lately? I have heard conflicting things lately; maybe it depends a bit on what warehouse they're shipping from. I generally get things shipped from the East coast distribution facility (NJ I believe?) since I'm in MD.

I ordered 2x 3TB WD Reds from Newegg on the $140 deal, and they came well packaged, but one was still DOA. Doubt that it was from shipping though. RMA'd it thru Newegg and the new one works perfectly.

Anyone try to get amazon to price match?

rather get this than the green drives... thanx OP!

Been waiting for a good HDD deal for my unRAID build; this will work nicely. Thanks OP!

It could be because I ordered multiples. Both did some from the NJ warehouse. And I am curious how they ship if only one drive is ordered.

Nice find OP. In for 2 to complete my NAS. Thumbs up and repped!

Ordered 3 blacks and 1 red (1 at a time) over the past 12 months from newegg. Each one came perfectly packaged, not a complaint or failure with one one them.

But how are you going to fit 3TB of data on a 2TB drive?

I also got the two 3TB for $140. 2 drives were slotted in styrofoam then bubble wrapped. You could tell the styrofoam was cut off from the original. I was worry about DOA too but like others I needed the drive. It was shipped from NJ to VA.

So you are saying that half the buyers have bad experiences and half have good experiences? 50/50 isn't very promising.

Bought 3x3TB drives recently...

They were shipped suspended by plastic trays on each end, inside a small box. That small box was then put into the generic newegg box, filled with about 5ft of brown paper rolled up and the box placed in the middle.

Clearly the box had room to tumble around a little bit while in transit.

However after using some smart tools on it for several hours per drive, they all came up healthy.

I used the term probably, which isn't definitive or exact. Who knows, really.
Simply looking at the reviews isn't the entire answer. Most people don't write positive reviews because that is what is expected. So people need to realize that what you see isn't representative of every buyer who bought the product. There could be 1000 more 5 egg/star reviews for all the good drives that made it but we'll never know.

If I receive bad service or a bad product I will talk to a supervisor, manager or customer service about it. That's what sucks in customer service jobs (waiters, tech support, phone jockeys, salespeople)...the manager hears one complaint about someone and never hears any accolades so that one complaint stands out more than all the happy customers that never say anything.

Just my two cents.

Thanks, picked up 2 to upgrade my DS212j.

Thanks, picked up 2 more for my unRaid build.

Intellipower kills the deal. Screw that.

what's wrong with Intellipower

Just submitted to Amazon in hopes of a PM...

More like at least 100~1000 for these drives. Hard drives are one of those things that you just tuck it in and forget about. I mean who the hell would bother posting a review when nothing goes wrong?

FYI - I was able to upgrade shipping speed from 4-7 business days to 3 business days and it was still free. YMMV

Thanks Discombobulated. TU and repped.

As far as Newegg shipping goes...
 

I ordered 4x Hitachi HDDs from the Egg back in November. Here's how they were packaged:

Don't think they could have been much more secure, so no complaints from me.

All are working perfectly in a RAID10 array in my desktop.

Nothing at all if you're using it for storage. If you're going to put your OS on a standard HD and not a SSD, then a 7200 RPM drive is preferred.

Intellipower is variable RPM that has been measured at 5400 RPM. [silentpcreview.com]

I see.. I'm using the first gen 640GB WD Black and 1TB WD Green... thinking of upgrading them somewhat..

Adding this 2TB drive is a great solution for additional storage. However, I would not put my OS (e.g. Windows) on either the Green or Red drive. The WD Black is a perfectly good standard HD for the OS.

But the best performance upgrade would be a smaller SSD for the OS and programs. While keeping your larger files (e.g. video, picture, etc) on the larger standard HD's. The bare minimum OS SSD is ~30GB's but in real world application most people now recommend >100GB's. There have been some good deals recently on 120-128 GB SSD's for less than $100. Either the Samsung 840 Pro [samsung.com] or the Intel 520 [intel.com] would make an excellent system drive for your PC.

I've purchased a Plextor M5 Pro 128GB for about $118... really thinking of selling it off to get a proper 256GB or something.. and I would need international warranty too.

if not.. if may be good to get a Seagate Momentus I suppose?

http://www.anandtech.com/print/6157

Their performance is inconsistent. I guess if you want to throw them in a NAS, go for it. For a cheap 2TB data drive it would work for some people. For me though, I'd rather use drives with higher throughput.

I like the Seagate Constellation drives. I have 8x 3TB Constellations in a Drobo iSCSI SAN and they're amazing.

Much more consistency in the performance too. Noted here.

http://www.pc-experience.de/optis...l=&start=6

FYI - Costo has a 3TB USB 3.0 external drive for $129. Saw it last night.

We've had stable 3 platter drives for a very long time now, 1TB platters are fairly new, end of 2011 and into summer 2012 they rolled out. So any 2TB drive up until then (and even after I'm sure since stock didn't clear immediately) was a 3 platter drive.

I've only ordered a few dozen drives from Newegg over the last decade, but I've never seen packaging that would damage a drive, nor had one DOA. It's unlikely that a company that ships the volume of products that Newegg does has a practice of damaging merchandise, they wouldn't be in business today if that were the case.

Posted before but it seems helpful:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/

Blue = Solid performance and reliability for everyday computing.
Red = Designed and tested for RAID environments.
Black = Maximum performance for power computing.
Green = Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-conscious computing.
VelociRaptor = High-performance storage for power users.

Black and VelociRaptor have 5-year warranty
Blue and Green have 2-year warranty
Red has 3-year warranty

Black is only one with 4TB options at this point.

Refer to link for additional info.

Edit: My main rigs:
-Samsung 830/840/840 Pro SSD's for OS and heavy-use apps
-WD Black for libraries, other applications, and working files (graphics/video editing)
-WD Green for local music/video storage/backup

I've got like 6TB worth of drives that are at or over 5-years old, starting to replace them with Red's in RAID for backup.

[QUOTE=GoatSaver;57577154 I've never seen packaging that would damage a drive, nor had one DOA.[/QUOTE]

Totally disagree.

I totally disagree. I've heard from enough people and I've seen enough pics of hard drives shipped in terrible packaging to believe it. If you don't agree, that's fine.

I've never seen a drive that wasn't at the minimum wrapped in a double layer of bubble wrap from Newegg. I don't doubt that people saying they got a DOA drive really did get a DOA drive, but I'm saying it doesn't seem likely due to their standard packaging practice. Modern drives are pretty resilient just a little cushion should protect them in shipping. Obviously my experience is anecdotal, but if the many drives I've received are indicative of their normal packaging, then I would be surprised if they've got gobs of drives being damaged during shipping.

WD's Shockguard/SecurePark:

WD's ShockGuard™ technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks during shipping and handling and in daily operation. WD’s SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface, resulting in improved long-term reliability due to less head wear and improved non-operational shock tolerance.

Again, I disagree. Inadequate packaging can make a drive DOA. At least in the past, packaging has been a determinate on where to buy. A lot of Slickdealers would ask Amazon to pricematch not only because of state tax differences but also because Amazon was packaging hard drives better. I'm very glad that Newegg is now up to standards. Search around, tons of people have opened a box and found their drive floating around in a big box. This comes up pretty regularly on the Hard Forum. Those guys know what they are talking about over there.

Just a few reviews for the 3 TB Red drives (which I own 4 of). Lots of complaints about packaging.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822236344

Same shipping problem
Pros: Great drives, I hope

Cons: 3 out of 4 DOA, 4 drives shipped in a foam carton with bubble wrap? Really?

Other Thoughts: Shipped loose with my Synology, can't say I am surprise they don't work and I don't feel great about #4

What is up with shipping?
Pros: Great drives.

Cons: What is up with Newegg shipping these free in a box with my Synology? Two of the drives are completely DOA, possibly due to moving all over the place. HORRIBLE NEWEGG!

Many people have reported poor packing of hard drives by NewEgg in the past (I've even seen it for my own past orders) but these five drives were very well packed. They were in some of the "volume" foam as they shipped from the manufacturer and surrounded in bubble wrap and tape. I was very pleased with NewEgg's hard drive shipping for this order.

Another Shipping failure
Pros: One of two drives ordered is working great.

Cons: Other is doa. So tired of trying to get drives through Newegg Shipping. Kraft paper does not do it. Need good penut pack around drive(s). First thing out the door they throw it on the truck. I tried overnight!!!! Box was still bashed in at one end.
Now I have to waste time on returning one etc. TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Other Thoughts: Where can I get advanced drives at a great price? And get them shipped with

Cons: Drive was dead on arrival.
Packaging was a little messed up, and there was nothing under the drive. All of the packaging material was on the top.
I should't have to pay for return shipping for something that died before I even got it.

Cons: Shipping: External box arrived gently handled. Interior padded with crumpled paper on one side only. Second box inside the first loosely contained the bare drive wrapped in a mostly popped layer of bubble wrap. Upon unwrapping, the drive has 3 dents along the thin sheet-metal cover plate. Don't know how this will affect anything, drive seems to function ok for now, if a bit slower than I was led to believe.

Speed: Drive can hardly sustain 80MB/s transfers, GPT w./ 4k blocks. I'll try again later using my SSD as the transfer source to see if it can write any quicker. Maybe I should change my block size?

In for 2!
Just refused my packaged from Amazon.com that came in literally just now. LOL!
Difference of $23.98...thanks OP!

Any luck with that?

Was nervous about ordering from Newegg because off all the bad reviews with shipping but it seems that they have recently fixed some of those issues. I really hope I don't have any issues because of their shipping.

Thx for the post OP!

WD red 2TB hard drive (for NAS) - 98.99
 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822236343

10% off brings it down to 98.99!

Title is horrible. Its the 2TB model. Good deal though.

I ordered 4 from Amazon last time and one are DOA. Amazon pack very well.
Amazon hard drive packing is better than Newegg.

None yet...

What is its speed?

Heres the dumbest question ever on slickdeals:

I put 2 drives of 3tb each in my synology nas (DS213+).

I can't tell if they are mirroring each other and only 2.7tb available OR if 1 drive is in fact bad.

I hate that I don't have the time at night to spend on it to look into it but everywhere I look online it confuses me even more.

That and my damn FIOS modem has every damn port blocked that I can't access the nas remotely - wtf is the point of it if Verizon locks me out. I'm SO close to switching internet providers for the SOLE reason of the modem. All the youtube, walk throughs tell you to open the port but my router doesn't have an "add" button in the port settings.

Sorry, not the place to vent.. but other than my driveS showing only 2.7tb available they run fine. I haven't had any issue accessing them in my home or streaming from the nas to my laptop onto my big screen. So in that case the drives are great so far (only been 2 months). I bought the 3tb at Microcenter for $134.99 each.

Those are enterprise drives, in an enterprise enclosure. These reds aren't meant to be compared to those.

Aw man, Just bought two of these on amazon for $109.99 on Tuesday.

From what I was reading, the reds were considered enterprise as well. That's the impression I have been under.

I bought one last week for 109 too, from Newegg!

Nice. I ordered 2 the last time they were $99. I put them to the test by performing 43TB of reads and writes to each of them over the course of a week. They survived with 0 errors and no problems.

No, reds are definitely consumer drives, but are certified to run well in NAS configurations.

Your google must be broken, so here's what comes up when you type in wd red: wd red page [wdc.com]. A direct quote: "No other drive is designed specifically for home and small office NAS systems and PCs with RAID."

Damnit I can't decide if I want to pull the plug or not.

lol I never bothered looking it up because everything I had seen compared them to enterprise drives. I stand corrected.

Been waiting on a non-green 1tb+ drive for my HTPC. Score!

I was also able to upgrade to 3 day shipping at no additional cost. Whoever posted that rules.

Verizon won't lock you out of your own device... You need to configure the port settings on your firewall to allow FTP access. That or port forwarding to that NAS device... Nothing to do with an ISP.

Problem is there are like dozens of ports that you have to forward and the Verizon Router (Actiontec) doesn't give you enough spaces to open all of them.

There was a bunch of forums on how people got around it but it's all so effing technical.

The new firmware on the Verizon/Actiontec router took away the "add" option in port forwarding - now it's extremely technical and I found a few forums where people said they just went and bought their own actiontec router giving verizon the mac id and setting it up that way.

I don't know, don't have time to screw around with it. When I set the box up at my office - it was literally up in 10 minutes .. but when I took it home.. no dice. Pogoplug was the same crap trying to get set up on fios.

I'm really not sure what the is issue here, I'm using an Actiontec router from Verizon as well. I have FIOS service at home and can access my FTP from anywhere. I just used Port 21 and set up port forwarding to my NAS device for all traffic on Port 21. Took me about 5 minutes to set up.

I'm using a Seagate GoFlex NAS, though. I don't know if Synology has anything of their own that would have a different config.. I can't see it making a difference though, FTP is FTP on port 21, that's just standard. Are there any other protocols that device uses to connect over the internet? SFTP? FTP/SSL?

Horrible recent reviews, avoid this POS!! :nod:

On the same page.

Ordered 2. Ty !

Sent from Slickdeals App for iPhone & iPod Touch.

I have two of these drives running raid-1 in lenovo thinkserver ts130 for about three months now, so far they are flawless, but it doesn't mean anything cause every drive is bound to fail, just a matter of when.

I am thinking of buying a couple more, but the recent reviews scare me into thinking they have a bad batch mixed in.

Thanks, got one!

IMO people are much more inclined to complain about something as opposed to praise it. Now I have also noticed that NewEgg ratings always seem to focus on DOA whilst Amazon never seem to. I attribute that to the fact that you have to pay shipping, wait for them to test the DOA hardware and then you receive reimbursement or a replacement (without restocking fee). Amazon sends you a new item the minute you ask next day air.

Pull the TRIGGER... please don't pull the plug... can it really be THAT bad?

Another review: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/...d-red.html

How many of you would buy an extra one of these for swapping? I have a D-Link 323 NAS (2 drive RAID1)... and I was thinking about buying 3.... with one being a swappable spare that I rotate out every so often and keep off-site or in a fireproof safe... seem like a good idea, other than the extra benji lost?

Ohhh, ok, you talked me into it! :lol:

Newegg's bad habits of packing hdds are pretty much resolved.

Many forum threads complained and after a year or so newegg finally got their act together.

Even if you order just one you can expect it bubble wrap and double boxed. It has been like that for the past two years.

Just what I needed for my QNAP! Ordered 4 thanks!

Picked up 2 for my Zyxel NAS/Media box. Fingers crossed that they are packaged well and not DOA.

Thanks OP
Repped

Has this changed in the past year or so?

I bought two WD20EURS (2TB Green) drives from Amazon in Sept. 2011 and just checked the serial numbers today on WD's site. Both are under warranty until Oct. 2014 making them 3 years. The description on Amazon.com still says "3 Year limited warranty".

Hard drive manufacturers report drive space in Megabytes and Windows reports drive space in Mebibytes.

The difference is the following

For megabytes abreviated MB
1000 Byte = 1MB
1000 MB = 1 GB
1000 GB = 1 TB

For mebibytes (with an i in the abreviations)
1024 B = 1MiB
1024 MiB = 1GiB
1024 GiB = 1TiB

So hard drive manfacturers 3TB = 3 (tb) * 1000 (gb) * 1000 (mb) * 1000 (bytes) = 3000000000 bytes

To convert this into TiB
3000000000 bytes / 1024 (MiB) / 1024 (GiB) / 1024 (TiB) = 2.79TiB although windows displays it as 2.79TB approximately when it should say 2.79TiB

Nice deal... Got 3... Thanks!

I just had my Actiontec router upgraded to the latest model (red band around the front) two weekends ago. I had port forwarding set-up in no time and can easily access my Synology DS211+ NAS from anywhere. Both are connected to a Trendnet router.

If Slickdeals allowed images, I'd post screenshots of my FiOS router setup for you to see. But alas...

As for adding ports, yeah, there's a character limit, so you have to add multiple lines to get all the ports in there.

One entry has TCP ports: 80,443,5000-5006,7000
Another has TCP ports: 7001,8081-8083

A complete list of what ports the Synology uses can be found here:
http://www.synology.com/support/f...p?q_id=299

Amazon has matched the price.

In for 2 from Amazon for my 323.

Thanks!

The red drives haven't really been around long enough to make broad assumptions about reliability.

These are RED which means they're super reliable. I think they're rated to last 10 years 24/7.

that's good info..

I wonder if this is because of the way newegg packages the hard drives..

Boo, boo, sales tax, sales tax, boo, boo... ;)

I ordered 1 of these exact drives from Newegg < 2 weeks ago, and it was not. It came as someone described above. There was a small box that had the drive suspended in it by 2 plastic pieces, one on each end. That little box was then placed in a standard size newegg box (4 to 5 times as large as the small box) with about 5 feet of crate paper all squished up. The small box could move around a little but not too much inside there. The drive tested fine and wasn't DOA, but definitely wasn't packed as carefully as you describe. About to order another, so maybe I will take some pictures next time.

Most consumer grade fire safes are only rated for paper. In which case they will explicitly exclude digital media. You would have to purchase a fire safe that was specifically rated for magnetic disc hard drives.

I haven't checked in awhile but I imagine they're quite expensive. Most digital media safes I've seen only guarantee against CD's, DVD's and USB memory sticks.

It's always best to back up at a separate geographic location.

you mean 4TB deals. this deal is ice cold expensive. i paid $59 like three years ago for a 2TB hitachi 7200rpm quality drive. this WD drive doesnt even come close. these should be $20 to $30 now. then again, there's really no tech advancement in HDD's considering pretty much most of the competition has been eliminated.

Do you have a time machine we could use? If not that was 3 years ago and . For now this is a good price.

In for 2! Thanks, op.

waiting on 3TB red deal <$139 or or good 4TB with long warranty

can't decide :O

I haven't had problems with newegg shipping drives in the past, but there are enough reviews on this one about being DOA either from improper packaging or just being DOA that I think I will sit this out.

Fortunately, I don't need a time machine, because I happened to buy all 5 of my Samsung drives just prior to the flood and industry consolidation scam. I get what you are saying about this being a good price at the moment, but it still is a crummy deal getting shafted by the drive makers who bought up competitors and now are screwing customers on price.

More like 100, really, or 1000. I've seen the UPS guys deliberately bounce boxes around. Never had any really bad shipping from NewEgg, though Amazon is better. Of course their Egg Shipping that goes to USPS sucks...

Nice! In for 3

I don't know about that. Newegg charges tax+shipping in my state, or I can get free shipping+no tax on Amazon.

Not sure, that's just what it says on the WD site. I have some older Greens too that are still covered.

Sounds like that is the standard packaging that WD uses. I received that packaging style all the time from Amazon and any RMAs from WD.

I want a Red but I hate they're missing StableTrac. I have both a WD20EADS and WD30EZRX Green with the black StableTrac top cover like you see on a RE or Black series. I know it may not be necessary with a 1 or 2 platter drive but It's amazing how little they vibrate.

Is there a difference in reliability between pre-flood drives and these current ones? I need one for backup and want to go with the most reliable one. I have a pre-flood one I can use, but not sure if these newer ones would be better or not for this purpose, especially since this is a "RED" drive.

The only real test of reliability is time. These haven't been out long enough to make such determinations. Other than that you might hear from the universe revolves around me types, and I never had a problem with so and so drive conclusions as well as marketing material from (take your pick) manufacturer stating how reliable and awesome their drives are.

Here's my universe example. Now many people want to believe that Newegg's poor shipping is to blame for all the DOA Western Digital Reds. Personally, over the last 10 years I've bought numerous drives from Newegg and majority of them I remember were simply bubble wrapped and thrown into a box with some packing peanuts. When I say numerous drives (majority Samsung, a few Western Digitals and a couple of Hitachis), currently:

10 x 2TB hard drives (two microservers)
2 x 1TB hard drives (htpc)
4 drives (desktop various sizes including a 640GB WD Black)
640GB Western Digital Blue (backup)

That's about 17 drives and many of those arrived bubble wrapped + peanuts. Not a single was DOA or has died a premature death. All are still running fine.

Yet a few weeks ago, I ordered a Western Digital 3TB Red from Newegg and it was the first DOA I ever received (yes, I've been lucky). It was in the same packing Western Digital uses (I RMA'd the drive directly with Western Digital, figure may as well go straight to the source).

Point being that there is some level of bandwagoning regarding Neweggs hard drive shipping issue methinks. Which is not to say those complaints weren't deserved.

Only that it may be taking focus away from the fact that this may also be an issue of quality control with Western Digital or perhaps Newegg has a bad batch, assuming the grass really is greener in Amazon land based on their reviews of Reds (never really quite trust Amazon reviews the way I use to though).

I do miss the days when people kept track of the drives serial numbers, firmware, date of manufacture and location of manufacture which may sometimes help give a clearer picture regarding drives that are either DOA or experience early failure.

In the post-floods hard drive market space, things haven't been looking too good for the consumer. Fewer choices, reduced warranties... In terms of reliability, if you can't live without it, a backup of a backup at least.

Only one solution to this hd manufacturers "monopoly" situation that really had nothing to do with the flood: Boycott whenever possible, limit consumption. I was lucky enough to have purchased enuf of these 2TB at $60 to hold so far, and I would rather clean my data than buy a new drive at these prices. After more than two years, no drop in price or gain in capacity?!? I think hd manufacturers decided to apply moore law to their profit....:mad:

in for two!

Promo code is for a straight $12.50 off the order total. So it's only going down to $112.49 for me. Screenshot [imgur.com].

Looks like Amazon is price matching the 98.99, though! [amazon.com]

I am going with Amazon. I don't care for jacking the price up when an item is popular, yet the promo code is good through 2/15. Newegg can eat my shorts!

Thanks for the tip on Amazon - JustinG1160

Amazon quickly followed suit and increased their price to $112.49 (the same price as Newegg with the promo now).

deadddd

That was short lived...Crappy practice to raise prices during the middle of a promotion IMO. Promo not worth it now.

This is why I dont shop at newegg.

Fernando: Hi, my name is Fernando. How may I help you?
Me: This was just $109.99 yesterday. Why the price increase in the middle of the promotion?
Fernando: Hello. I'd be happy to help you with that. We apologize for the inconvenience, Please kindly note that our price including all promotions are managed in real time and we do not offer any sort of price protection. Due to the constant fluctuation of prices in this industry, the cost of our inventory is changing regularly. Items costs on our website reflect this, as they are adjusted daily. Our product pricing is determined by our Marketing and Purchasing departments collaboratively due to various circumstances.
Me: Kind of defeats the benefit of the promo
Fernando: We apologize for the inconvenience. The promotion works for 2/14 and 2/15 but the item price is managed in real time. We do apologize for the inconvenience.
Me: Yea, but the price increase brings it to the same price it was before the promo. Maybe someone should pass that on to your Marketing department that its not really a promo if you just raise the price and eliminate the incentive.

I know that part.. I was stating I have TWO drives each 3tb and it's only showing 2.7xtb available. So I'm thinking either the 2nd drive of 3tb is bad (since it's not showing 5.4tb total) OR it defaulted to "mirror" raid - whichever that one is..

Thanks I'll give it a shot again this weekend. I much prefer working on hardware or cars. They are sooo much easier :)

I imagine your mgmt tool should be able to show you the status of both devices. I assume it has a web mgmt interface where you can check.

Wow. Very disappointed with the packaging from NewEgg. I didn't believe it.

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE Packaging. I don't rag too much on a company but the packaging here was terrible (I've purchased many things from Newegg in the past). This drive was in a smaller HD box surrounded by a bunch of brown newspaper in a larger box. Not very secure. But here is the kicker - the box where the HD was actually in had the two black pieces to be used as support but the box was too big! So, when I opened the box the black pieces were not buffering the hard drive and just floating around! What good do the black plastic buffers do when the box is too big. You have to be kidding me. I'm extremely disappointed in Newegg on this one. Extremely.


Even if the drive checks out alright (I will test it) the confidence I have of ever buying a drive again from Newegg is gone.


I don't get it, I really don't.

I just received my 2 today. They were each in a small box wrapped in bubble wrap. Those 2 small boxes were in a big one with paper for cushioning, I am about to start running tests on them now.

Same here. Not sure if it is WD's fault, but I think Newegg should make sure the hard drive is secure before they ship it. Here is what mine looks like. https://www.dropbox.com/s/32c8sxx....11.29.jpg It's running ok so far. Hope it will last...:rolleyes:

Yup. That is EXACTLY how mine was shipped. Just plain stupid on Newegg's part.