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4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $89 with $8 off code + FS $89.99
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newegg.com has 4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD40EFZX) for $97.99 - $8 = $89.99, with $8 off w/ promo code 93XRZ35, Shipping is free.
https://www.newegg.com/red-plus-wd40efzx-4tb/p/1B4-005X-001D3?sdtid=152
t is $1 more than previous frontpage deal.
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https://www.newegg.com/red-plus-wd40efzx-4tb/p/1B4-005X-001D3?sdtid=152
t is $1 more than previous frontpage deal.
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The hard drive designed specifically for desktop use in Windows that is considered to be WD's "top of the line", Black Performance (5 year warranty) costs $135 by comparison at newegg but also has 7200 rpm (faster performance) ... or you can get a 4 TB $104 WD blue drive from newegg which again was designed specifically for desktop use but that's also 5400 rpm and a 2 year warranty vs the 3 year warranty from newegg. However my online research also indicates if you're using this for just documents a lot of people don't even notice the difference between 5400 or 7200 rpm (in my case the 5400 rpm red WD drive I use is fast enough for my purpose when working with documents). Technically... TECHNICALLY .. you can install Windows and/or computer programs in general on the Black or Blue drives, but...
Honestly given how cheap ssd drives are nowadays, if you don't already have Windows installed on an ssd drive drive or you just want a good drive for gaming, I would snag a 500 GB Crucial MX brand drive from newegg for $58 plus tax (roughly same price amazon but amazon is much more generous with it's return policy long as you select sold and shipped directly by amazon)
https://www.newegg.com/crucial-mx...klink=true
and use one of the WD drives mentioned above as a different drive for your documents (and to store backups of Windows on using Macrium Reflect see below ... or even better Acronis True Image if you're willing to plunk down the cash to buy a copy of it - my year 2016 version of Acronis True Image works great for me and this 2017 version is only $10
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acroni.../248614614 ) ...
...you'll save maybe $4 based on my previous Black Friday experiences if you wait until Black Friday for the crucial (which I recommend because it's had great reviews online)... either way a ssd drive makes Windows way faster than a non ssd drive .. obviously if you didn't put your PC together by yourself and you bought it pre-manufactured this gets more complicated far as migrating your Windows install onto an SSD drive but is still do-able with enough google research based on the model number of your computer (there's often a youtube video for your computer model or a similar computer model showing how to do it) ... Macrium Reflect Free edition is just that, a free download a lot of people on the 'net swear by as far as copying your Windows install to an SSD drive.
Is this same? Only $84 on Amazon
Is this same? Only $84 on Amazon
Best quick example off of my head is gold plated vs gold
Is this same? Only $84 on Amazon
There's Western Digital Red and Western Digital Red Plus
The answer to your question: Not the same.
Further Info here:
Western Digital Cleans up the red SMR HDD Mess [anandtech.com]
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Best quick example off of my head is gold plated vs gold
Absolutely not saying spacej0ckey is wrong, desktop storage is not the intended use for a red brand hard drive but at that price it sure is tempting !
https://community.spice
Jorge is an employee at Western Digital who basically says yes go ahead and use it for storage
https://forums.tomshard
super_sophWD who talks about "our store at western digital" says it's okay as a big storage drive but that's not it's primary intended purpose
https://forums.tomshard
the guy who posted that at tom's hardware forum says he used a red brand hard drive for four years successfully for storage
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-NAS-h...hard-drive
in that quora link a guy who does data recovery from hard drives for a living Jared Palmer insists you can use the red brand for storage (but there's also a guy on there who's an electrical engineer saying don't do it )
and see also
https://www.quora.com/Can-I-use-a...desktop-PC
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-NAS-h...hard-drive
You'll notice in those links there are some people who are saying "don't do it " but a lot of people say " Sure that's fine go ahead".
I did a lot of research on this when amazon mailed me the 2 TB red brand hard drive instead of the 1 TB black drive that I wanted
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the guy who posted that at tom's hardware forum says he used a red brand hard drive for four years successfully for storage
For someone who DID NOT follow the LINK, the EFRX (old WD Red CMR version) was used successfully. NOT the new WD Red SMR EFAX version. For a NAS, folks should now buy the WD Red Plus EFZX and thank Western Digital and their unsuccessful attempt to 'put one over / pull a fast one on the unsuspecting public' back in April 2020 for all of the ensuing confusion.
Western Digital has now turned to "5400 RPM Class" in their Spec Sheet: WD Red Plus Product Brief [cnetcontent.com]
and some entrepreneurial techie (reddit Data Hoarders maybe?) had gone so far as to measure the vibration frequency of 5400 RPM vs 7200 RPM HDDs and reached the conclusion that "5400 RPM Class" is in fact rotating at 7200 RPM