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Mar 23, 2021 7:51 AM

12TB WD Elements USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive

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Newegg has for 12TB WD Elements External Desktop USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN) for $179.99 when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.

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Instructions:
  1. Add 12TB WD Elements External Desktop USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN) to cart.
  2. In cart, apply promo code 93XQR27
  3. Price will be $219.99 - $40 w/ promo code = $179.99 w/ free shipping.
  4. Proceed to checkout and complete your order.
Product Features:
  • 2-year manufacturer's limited warranty
  • USB 3.0 interface
  • Includes AC power adapter and USB Micro B-to-USB 3.0 Type A cable.
  • Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 technology
  • Housing: Plastic
  • Inner Drive: 3.5"

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that 12TB WD Elements External Desktop USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN) is $18 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from 197.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 4.7 Rating at Amazon
    • 4.0 Rating at Newegg
  • About this store:
    • View Newegg return policy here.

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Newegg has for 12TB WD Elements External Desktop USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN) for $179.99 when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter DJ3xclusive for sharing this deal.

Instructions:
  1. Add 12TB WD Elements External Desktop USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN) to cart.
  2. In cart, apply promo code 93XQR27
  3. Price will be $219.99 - $40 w/ promo code = $179.99 w/ free shipping.
  4. Proceed to checkout and complete your order.
Product Features:
  • 2-year manufacturer's limited warranty
  • USB 3.0 interface
  • Includes AC power adapter and USB Micro B-to-USB 3.0 Type A cable.
  • Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 technology
  • Housing: Plastic
  • Inner Drive: 3.5"

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that 12TB WD Elements External Desktop USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN) is $18 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from 197.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 4.7 Rating at Amazon
    • 4.0 Rating at Newegg
  • About this store:
    • View Newegg return policy here.

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EagerKnob2849
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Awesome deal at $15 per TB. This was a Front Page Deal earlier in the month, should be again. Perfect drive for shucking.
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Absolutely. We should use Floppy disks.
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Mar 23, 2021 3:36 PM
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bdanka50Mar 23, 2021 3:36 PM
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Quote from SirLinux View quoted comment :
Thanks. I'll be returning the 2 Seagate 10tb drives I got from Amazon last week @ $!69.
Is this actually a better drive? People were talking about the Seagate being a certain type of drive inside. I'm wondering if spending $10 more on 2tb is worth it if it's inferior (not saying it IS inferior...just asking).
Mar 23, 2021 3:51 PM
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gmonieyMar 23, 2021 3:51 PM
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Sorry for being dense Smilie

Trying to figure out if this is a WD Red drive underneath. Can we use Crystal Disk Info to check it out?

This would be for a NAS device...I bought some of the Seagates 10TB (still haven't arrived), but may return some to mix and match with these if they are NAS appropriate.
Mar 23, 2021 3:58 PM
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crispybaconMar 23, 2021 3:58 PM
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Quote from bdanka50 View quoted comment :
Is this actually a better drive? People were talking about the Seagate being a certain type of drive inside. I'm wondering if spending $10 more on 2tb is worth it if it's inferior (not saying it IS inferior...just asking).
hdd rack space is pretty hard to come by, they might just want larger drives to maximize space. Personally 12tb is the smallest drive size I'll get for a 3.5" hdd these days. The Seagate will by an Ironwolf drive (maybe EXO for the 16tb models), while the WD will be a White Label drive, I dont think the release a spec sheet on what exactly they are. If they're HGST Ultrastars rebranded then I'd say they are better drives, if they're just some lower tier WD drive then it's more of a tossup which is better. If you're using it just as an external I prefer the Seagate cases, they look nicer.


Some users have had bad experiences with Seagate in the past and will no longer buy them no matter what. I think the current gen is fine, just double check backblaze if youre curious about a certain sized drive, some hdd sizes fail more than others.
Mar 23, 2021 4:15 PM
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nahpungnomeMar 23, 2021 4:15 PM
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delete, dupe.
Last edited by nahpungnome March 23, 2021 at 09:20 AM.
Mar 23, 2021 4:17 PM
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nahpungnomeMar 23, 2021 4:17 PM
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Quote :
Quote from Imallvol7 View quoted comment :
So everyone only ever talks about shucking. Is this a decent drive to just hook up to a network via a router? or is USB 3.0 too slow.
ThoreauHDSpinning disk hard drives are slower than the usb 3 xfer speed. 150 vs 600MB/s. If it was a fast ssd, different story.
Unless he has a 10gbit network, it won't matter. 1gig network maxes out around 100MB/s - 125MB/s.
Quote from Imallvol7 View quoted comment :
So everyone only ever talks about shucking. Is this a decent drive to just hook up to a network via a router? or is USB 3.0 too slow.
Yes it's fine. I did the same when I had my Netgear XR500. The only thing that you have to worry about is the sleep time on the enclosure, which you can change through WD software. If it goes to sleep, it takes a while for it to become available.
Mar 23, 2021 4:20 PM
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ZaPafekusyonMar 23, 2021 4:20 PM
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Does anybody know what the "shuck" is in these?
Mar 23, 2021 4:24 PM
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Mar 23, 2021 4:27 PM
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nahpungnomeMar 23, 2021 4:27 PM
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Quote from gmoniey View quoted comment :
Sorry for being dense

Trying to figure out if this is a WD Red drive underneath. Can we use Crystal Disk Info to check it out?

This would be for a NAS device...I bought some of the Seagates 10TB (still haven't arrived), but may return some to mix and match with these if they are NAS appropriate.
They don't report as WD reds. I've bought the 12TB and 14TB and shucked them. They report as EM/EDAZ for 12TB and the 14TB ones I've gotten are both EDFZ. Supposedly they're Reds with different firmware, but nobody has been 100% able to confirm.
Mar 23, 2021 4:30 PM
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lessmeatMar 23, 2021 4:30 PM
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Quote from Hyrax View quoted comment :
Why would anyone risk storing 12TB of data on one drive? It's a lot to lose WHEN it crashes
Absolutely. We should use Floppy disks.
Mar 23, 2021 4:32 PM
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PurpleSeed739Mar 23, 2021 4:32 PM
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appears to be dead Frown

*edit - deal appears to be intermittent. I was able to order successfully some hours later!
Last edited by PurpleSeed739 March 23, 2021 at 02:16 PM.
Mar 23, 2021 4:42 PM
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TripleNadMar 23, 2021 4:42 PM
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Deal just died as I was adding payment information. It allowed me to apply the code to my cart initially and when I went to check out it told me that the code is no longer valid.
Mar 23, 2021 4:43 PM
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CleverBanana3141Mar 23, 2021 4:43 PM
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Quote from TripleNad View quoted comment :
Deal just died as I was adding payment information. It allowed me to apply the code to my cart initially and when I went to check out it told me that the code is no longer valid.
Me too
Mar 23, 2021 4:50 PM
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clarkr32Mar 23, 2021 4:50 PM
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Had in my cart went to eat and its gone!
Mar 23, 2021 5:16 PM
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AoDAzraelMar 23, 2021 5:16 PM
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Quote from Hyrax View quoted comment :
Why would anyone risk storing 12TB of data on one drive? It's a lot to lose WHEN it crashes
Mostly because file sizes are bigger these days. Some people like to store their games so they don't need to re-download them again, especially some Xfinity still has data caps on many of its plans.

Plus when you're using RAID arrays or multiple backups you want as much space as possible since you're effectively losing a percentage of the capacity.

I.E. if you're create 1 backup and 1 backup to the backup then you don't have 24TB worth of space, you effectively only have 12TB. If you're using RAID10 to mirror across 2 drives to ensure uptime, then same thing, you 12TB instead of 24TB. Now imagine that you only had 2 drive bays or you didn't want to keep a whole pile of smaller hard drives.

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Mar 23, 2021 5:16 PM
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nathan646Mar 23, 2021 5:16 PM
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Was able to get 3. Need 1 more for raid1+0

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