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8TB Western Digital WD - Easystore External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - BestBuy on eBay - $129.99

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Western Digital WD - Easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - BestBuy on eBay

$129.99 , $9.99 more than $120... worship

It's not the cheapest, but it's still cheap for those who need it now and can't wait!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/192784859465

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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-e...Id=5792401
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tenchim86
08-03-2020 at 07:32 PM.
08-03-2020 at 07:32 PM.
Almost positive that there are no SMR drives in the 8TB and above.

FYI, ordered 4 drives last time. Got 3 whites with helium (80 EZAZ). One without helium (80EDAZ) and it ran noticeably hotter.
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misterputz
08-03-2020 at 07:32 PM.
08-03-2020 at 07:32 PM.
Likely NOT CMR? Meaning that these are SMR? Seems wrong info. Where have you seen it documented at WD 8tb are now shipping with SMR?
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JoshNg
08-03-2020 at 07:35 PM.
08-03-2020 at 07:35 PM.
Quote from misterputz :
Likely NOT CMR? Meaning that these are SMR? Seems wrong info. Where have you seen it documented at WD 8tb are now shipping with SMR?

Sorry my bad, removed that statement, must be too sleepy! Heh..
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lxc1227
08-03-2020 at 08:06 PM.
08-03-2020 at 08:06 PM.
I have 5. 4 earliest ones are Red NAS WD80EFAX (2017). The 5th one is a white WD80EMAZ (2018).
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formerglory
08-03-2020 at 08:10 PM.
08-03-2020 at 08:10 PM.
Great drives and they're CMR. I have four in my Synology DS1810+ and they're running great. Time to get one more and fill that 5th bay.
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formerglory
08-03-2020 at 08:11 PM.
08-03-2020 at 08:11 PM.
Quote from lxc1227 :
I have 5. 4 earliest ones are Red NAS WD80EFAX (2017). The 5th one is a white WD80EMAZ (2018).
Similar boat, 3 EMAZ and 1 EFAX. All CMR, working great.
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beefcake78
08-04-2020 at 05:33 AM.
08-04-2020 at 05:33 AM.
Do you still need to cover a pin in order to get windows to properly recognize the bare drive or do these drives "just work" without having to cut a trace or cover something with tape?
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formerglory
08-04-2020 at 07:52 AM.
08-04-2020 at 07:52 AM.
Quote from beefcake78 :
Do you still need to cover a pin in order to get windows to properly recognize the bare drive or do these drives "just work" without having to cut a trace or cover something with tape?
I've never needed to do any work with the pins on these ones, either in my older homegrown Windows server or in my newer Synology.
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opus123
08-04-2020 at 03:21 PM.
08-04-2020 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from SiennaPlant9626 :
Wd 8tb is smr.
No, it is cmr. WD stopped at 6tb on what they called DMSMR.
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opus123
08-04-2020 at 03:27 PM.
08-04-2020 at 03:27 PM.
Quote from beefcake78 :
Do you still need to cover a pin in order to get windows to properly recognize the bare drive or do these drives "just work" without having to cut a trace or cover something with tape?
Yes, if your power supply is providing 3.3v to pin 3 then one of the fixes is needed.
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OnThruTheChompers
08-04-2020 at 03:37 PM.
08-04-2020 at 03:37 PM.
I ordered 2 of these a couple months ago at $139.99. Both were air-filled (EDAZ). Probably not a big deal—still CMR, they just run a bit hotter—but I wound up returning for a pair of 8TB Elements, which I got for about $123 each with a student discount straight from WD. Those ones were helium (EMAZ), and are running great.
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dealmashuguna
08-04-2020 at 04:13 PM.
08-04-2020 at 04:13 PM.
Ordered one while back. Died within months and lost data! Replacement going ok since....
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jordan__
08-04-2020 at 05:28 PM.
08-04-2020 at 05:28 PM.
I got (4) EDAZ non-helium "runs hot" drives from Best Buy when this was a deal a few days ago. Shucked all 4 into a small RAID 10 enclosure.. 4 of em' next to each other. But I've got adequate cooling across the drives so I'm not worried at all. Here's to hoping they don't die anytime soon.

EDIT: Ugh bought (1) more justttt in case they discontinue these things or something 🤣
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