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B&H Photo Video has 4TB WD Red Plus 3.5" 5400RPM SATA 6Gb/s NAS Internal Hard Drive (WDBAVV0040HNC-WRSN) for $89.99. Shipping is free.

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Newegg has 4TB WD Red Plus 3.5" 5400RPM SATA 6Gb/s NAS Internal Hard Drive (WD40EFRX) for $89.99. Shipping is free.
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BH Photo Video [bhphotovideo.com] has 4TB WD Red SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WDBAVV0040HNC-WRSN) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free.

Good for those who do not want to spend $150+ on 6TB or larger size NAS drives. CMR technology and is being renamed "WD Red Plus" to distinguish it from the current "WD Red" product, which uses SMR technology.

Similar price at Newegg [newegg.com].

This is also $5 cheaper than the previous FP deal of $94.99.
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I think the Red are SMR and the Red Plus are CMR.
It matters more for data being frequently written than it does for data at rest, so yes. For a very short explanation of the differences, see here: https://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/20...-a-hdd-mr/

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Licin
11-27-2020 at 04:07 PM.
11-27-2020 at 04:07 PM.
Quote from BraveHeart4556 :
Knowing the Plus vs. Pro mainly deals with 5400 RPM vs 7200 RPM, is there that much of a difference between the two if I am mainly going to be using for PLEX?

Zero difference for basic purposes
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blunt_eastwood
11-27-2020 at 06:05 PM.
11-27-2020 at 06:05 PM.
Should I wait for a 7200 rpm drive or is this good enough?
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GimpsUnlimited
11-27-2020 at 09:47 PM.
11-27-2020 at 09:47 PM.
Quote from blunt_eastwood :
Should I wait for a 7200 rpm drive or is this good enough?
If you want 10 degree higher temperature, then sure.
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11-28-2020 at 12:50 AM.
11-28-2020 at 12:50 AM.
Quote from GimpsUnlimited :
If you want 10 degree higher temperature, then sure.

I meant from a speed perspective. Is this a major step down? I appreciate the assistance.
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dabrain13
11-28-2020 at 04:17 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:17 PM.
Quote from blunt_eastwood :
I meant from a speed perspective. Is this a major step down? I appreciate the assistance.

These are mostly meant for NAS situations which are usually bottlenecked by the network speed.

Are they slower than 7200rpm? Yeah for sure. I wouldn't recommend it as a regular use drive.
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blunt_eastwood
11-28-2020 at 04:19 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:19 PM.
Quote from dabrain13 :
These are mostly meant for NAS situations which are usually bottlenecked by the network speed.

Are they slower than 7200rpm? Yeah for sure. I wouldn't recommend it as a regular use drive.
Thank you. It would seem then that there's really no good hard drive deals for 4 TB and 7200 RPM.
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MemorableTree849
11-28-2020 at 04:30 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:30 PM.
Just say no to SMR.
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11-28-2020 at 04:38 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:38 PM.
Quote from blunt_eastwood :
Thank you. It would seem then that there's really no good hard drive deals for 4 TB and 7200 RPM.
Probably because most people concerned about I/O speed these days are going for an SSD. There's just a tiny read/write difference between your average 5.4k and 7.2k RPM platter drives when comparing both to even a SATA SSD.

I wouldn't pay any significant price difference for a 7200RPM drive. Where it used to make sense, it just doesn't any more.
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11-28-2020 at 04:39 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:39 PM.
Waiting for 8tb as missed out on last one
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11-28-2020 at 04:51 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:51 PM.
Quote from b.arms :
Probably because most people concerned about I/O speed these days are going for an SSD. There's just a tiny read/write difference between your average 5.4k and 7.2k RPM platter drives when comparing both to even a SATA SSD.

I wouldn't pay any significant price difference for a 7200RPM drive. Where it used to make sense, it just doesn't any more.
Thanks for the detailed response. It's very helpful. I use a 256 GB SSD for Windows and a few applications, and I have a 1 TB HDD that I save games on.

I want more space to save more games and also some gameplay that I want to record to use as video, so I wanted to get another HDD for that.

Would this [newegg.com]be a good choice in your opinion give what you've said about speeds? It's 5900 RPM.

This [amazon.com] page shows the full specs.
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11-28-2020 at 04:53 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:53 PM.
I used to be a WD fanboy but lately I switched to the Ironwolf Series. Not a complicated with their models, same warranty, excellent support.

Sorry WD. Go cheap, lose your customers.
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11-28-2020 at 04:57 PM.
11-28-2020 at 04:57 PM.
Thanks OP! Been wanting to upgrade my Plex Server from 2x2tb to 2x4tb
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hardrock121
11-28-2020 at 05:13 PM.
11-28-2020 at 05:13 PM.
Good for my qnap nas? It already has wd red (not plus) not sure what the difference is?
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11-28-2020 at 06:19 PM.
11-28-2020 at 06:19 PM.
Quote from hardrock121 :
Good for my qnap nas? It already has wd red (not plus) not sure what the difference is?

The old reds were CMR, the new reds are smr. EFRX are CMR, EFAX are SMR. The new Red Plus are CMR.
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hardrock121
11-28-2020 at 06:28 PM.
11-28-2020 at 06:28 PM.
Quote from DVDBob :
The old reds were CMR, the new reds are smr. EFRX are CMR, EFAX are SMR. The new Red Plus are CMR.
thx got new plus from amazon for 89...
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