8TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Hard Drive

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10-27-2020 at 08:56 AM #3

A reddit discussion [reddit.com] from the last time this was on sale. To answer the inevitable question, "is it shuckable": yes, but you might need to do the 3.3V mod.

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10-27-2020 at 08:59 AM #4

How does this compare with the Seagate Costco deal that goes on sale tomorrow?

https://www.costco.com/seagate-ba...58004.html

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10-27-2020 at 09:01 AM #5

Perfect timing. Thanks.

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10-27-2020 at 09:11 AM #6

Quote from Otakulad :

How does this compare with the Seagate Costco deal that goes on sale tomorrow?

https://www.costco.com/seagate-ba...58004.html

$10 more expensive no usb hub. But it is not seagate so that is a major +

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10-27-2020 at 09:17 AM #7

In the last deal thread, someone reported getting helium drives.

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10-27-2020 at 09:39 AM #8

Quote from chicagonick :

In the last deal thread, someone reported getting helium drives.

Is that good or bad?

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10-27-2020 at 09:51 AM #9

Quote from BeepBopBeep :

Is that good or bad?

That's good.

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10-27-2020 at 10:36 AM #10

Does anyone know what drive is inside? Is it a "NAS" drive like some previous iterations? Thanks.

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10-27-2020 at 10:40 AM #11

I picked up 2 directly from WD not too long ago. This is a great price!

I ended up with 2 WD80EZAZ drives. Added to my existing array of WD80EFAX drives (shucked running many years strong) and FreeNAS is working great / fine. For my setup I did not have to do the pin mod or anything like that. Easy to shuck. I haven't seen any noticeable temp / performance differences. I read that the EZAZ drives may be Helium. When I ran CrystalDisk there was a code indicating as such. But I'm no Helium drive expert.

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10-27-2020 at 10:46 AM #13

GoGoGadget 14TBfor$200

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10-27-2020 at 10:49 AM #14

Don't expect helium in the 8 tb drives. Last two I got from BB were air drives (wd80edaz).

IMO though air is fine. It's a little hotter (but a little faster) than helium.

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