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Computers.Woot.com has 1TB Western Digital Blue 3.5" 7200RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive (WD10EZEX) for $24.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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WD blue 7200rpm 1TB
picked one up for a backup drive.

https://computers.woot.com/offers...d-7200-rpm
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It's 2021. I'd hope not, my dude. An OS should be on a sata SSD at minimum.
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Curious why the downvote. $25 for a 1TB Drive from a KNOWN brand? I mean it's not the best drive, but for $25 it'd be great for temporary storage or something.
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It's not about the price per TB, it's about the price.

If you have a 240gb SSD and want a drive for running backups to and maybe a few large files/games on it but aren't a heavy user, $25 is as cheap as you can get. If you pay $70 and get a 4TB drive... Well you just paid $70 and if you're a light user as described, you just paid $70 and aren't getting really any advantage over the 1TB if you don't use the space.
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TalentedHaddock257
11-20-2021 at 08:38 PM.
11-20-2021 at 08:38 PM.
Quote from kpb321 :
I'm not sure I'd ever end up buying this. Yeah it's cheap but so is a ~250gb sata SSD. Newegg has half a dozen different ones for < $30. If you just need a cheap system drive an SSD going to be so much more responsive and really is plenty of space for windows and apps if you don't have a lot of multimedia stuff. My wife still has ~60gbs left on her 250gb drive in her laptop because we have the NAS for multimedia storage.

If you just need bulk storage then more is better and you can certainly still get inexpensive drives that are going to be better price per tb than this. I picked up a 4tb WD Blue for ~$48 a couple months ago. Yeah the 4tb is SMR and 5400rpm but for bulk storage it does just fine and 4x the storage at 2x the price is a nice deal. Not saying go up to a 10+ TB drive just to get the lowest cost per TB but sub $50 is still very affordable and better values are available there.

I mean I guess if you really can't afford the $30 instead of $25 or you know for certain 250gb isn't enough but 1tb will be plenty for a long time to come I could maybe see it but even then I'd still be looking at figuring out how to make ~$45 for a 500gb SSD work for a system drive if that's enough space or a bigger HD if it's just bulk storage. In the end I'd just be looking for any way to buy anything besides this based on what you really need. System drive - Go SSD it's just so much better. Bulk storage bigger and better cost per TB.
Yeah, the use case for a 1Gb 3.5" drive is kind of very limited. I have a few 2.5" HDDs I've replaced with SSDs, those need to be used too ! Big Grin
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Danzilla
11-20-2021 at 09:16 PM.
11-20-2021 at 09:16 PM.
Good price, but it's getting to the point where just 1 TB just isn't a lot of use for any but your Grandparents desktop computer, and even then, not so much. If you really need a HDD for more space, you're probably better off spending a little more for 2, 4, 8 TB, etc. If the room isn't essential, the speeds of SSD make these hard to put up with.
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speed_demon
11-20-2021 at 09:46 PM.
11-20-2021 at 09:46 PM.
I remember when I use to get excited about the blazingly fast 7200rpm drives. Is this 80-pin IDE or SATA? LOL
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arcace1
11-20-2021 at 09:52 PM.
11-20-2021 at 09:52 PM.
I would have considered this a few years ago. Nowadays it's too slow for a boot drive and too small for an archive.
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F50NOS
11-20-2021 at 10:10 PM.
11-20-2021 at 10:10 PM.
This is only one datapoint, but I'll never buy WD Blues again. I've been using WD for decades and the only drive that has ever failed on me right outside its warranty period was a 4TB WD Blue that didn't even see heavy use. Reviews for longevity of the Blues also seem worse in comparison to the more expensive colors.

FWIW, I'll still buy and have bought their other colors, their external drives, and also their NVMe drives, but just not the Blues.

If you're thinking about using this as a backup drive, I personally wouldn't risk it. The data you're backing up is presumably more valuable than the savings you're gaining from buying a cheaper spinny disk model. People mention cost saving a lot, but needing to set aside the time to pull a bad drive out, RMA it, and install the new one whenever it arrives is no fun either.
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ton714
11-20-2021 at 11:13 PM.
11-20-2021 at 11:13 PM.
Can I use this to upgrade a ps4 hard drive from 500gb to 1T?
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Tempo4200
11-21-2021 at 12:36 AM.
11-21-2021 at 12:36 AM.
Quote from 89turboii :
Link? That's good info +1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JC1T...A2HTR4JTDR
Only thing is this is a 5400rpm drive not 7200rpm like in this deal.
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Jess1961
11-21-2021 at 01:33 AM.
11-21-2021 at 01:33 AM.
Quote from wondersailor :
WD has been having troubles with this drive. WD is selling the 2.tb for $46.99 on Amazon
what troubles?
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kkkus
11-21-2021 at 03:04 AM.
11-21-2021 at 03:04 AM.
Quote from jazyje :
2004 is calling back... lol
I know you are joking but I went back and checked my amazon.com history. I upgraded my macbook hard disk in 2009 and paid about USD 55.99 for a 320GB hard disk. USD 25 for 1 TB would be insane in 2004.


Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM 2.5IN 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3200BEVT
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shemp99
11-21-2021 at 05:54 AM.
11-21-2021 at 05:54 AM.
Are these shuckable?
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fishbomb
11-21-2021 at 06:05 AM.
11-21-2021 at 06:05 AM.
Quote from shemp99 :
Are these shuckable?

Yes, if you crack this one open, inside you'll find the $25 you won't be getting back.
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11-21-2021 at 10:04 AM.
11-21-2021 at 10:04 AM.
Quote from SlickRickWolfDaddy :
Back Blaze statistics generally indicate Seagate as having the worst failure rate for their drives.

Choosing between WD and Seagate, WD is preferred, but most Seagate drives have a fairly trouble-free 5-year warranty.
But that may simply indicate practice makes perfect.
I would also normally choose WD over seagate. Although I bought them years ago I own 2 or 3 of these drives. I also bought 2 of the 2TB $45 seagates and all are still running well.
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Probedude
11-22-2021 at 09:42 AM.
11-22-2021 at 09:42 AM.
They cancelled my order Frown
Must have oversold them.
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xwaterzgatex
11-22-2021 at 07:32 PM.
11-22-2021 at 07:32 PM.
Canceled mine as well
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jmemax
11-26-2021 at 07:42 AM.
11-26-2021 at 07:42 AM.
They just cancelled my order 1 hour ago as well, strange, they are usually pretty good with inventory... usually selling only what they have...
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