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Newegg has the WD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive [newegg.com] for $59.99 w/ promo code SSBN3A23. Shipping is free. > Coupon no longer required

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    • Brand - WD
    • Series - Blue
    • Model - WD40EZAZ
  • Performance
    • Interface - SATA 6.0Gb/s
    • Capacity - 4TB
    • NAND Flash Memory Type - Hard Drive
    • Recording Technology - SMR
    • RPM - 5400 RPM
    • Cache - 256MB
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Model: Western Digital Blue WD40EZAZ 4 TB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal - SATA (SATA/600) - Desktop PC, All-in-One PC Device Supported - 5400rpm - 2 Year Warran

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VarmintCong
01-31-2022 at 11:57 AM.
01-31-2022 at 11:57 AM.
According to this, the 4TB Blue is NOT using SMR technology like the 2TB and 6TB.

https://blog.westerndigital.com/w...Us_vDS.pdf

Apparently this is wrong and out of date - what are you doing WD?
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01-31-2022 at 12:09 PM.
01-31-2022 at 12:09 PM.
Thanks, bought this to replace a 1TB Blue that's 8 years old and a 2TB Blue that's like 5 years old.

Edit: returning this, it's a SMR drive which is only good for background archiving.
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01-31-2022 at 05:31 PM.
01-31-2022 at 05:31 PM.
How much better is a WD Red Plus than this for putting in a NAS that will be spinning almost 24/7?
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01-31-2022 at 05:45 PM.
01-31-2022 at 05:45 PM.
Per the other thread, this is an SMR drive even though the WD blog says it's CMR. I'm going to return it and maybe get the Red Plus.
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01-31-2022 at 05:46 PM.
01-31-2022 at 05:46 PM.
Quote from slicksdeal :
How much better is a WD Red Plus than this for putting in a NAS that will be spinning almost 24/7?
Much better since it's CMR.
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01-31-2022 at 06:00 PM.

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01-31-2022 at 06:00 PM.
Quote from VarmintCong :
Thanks, bought this to replace a 1TB Blue that's 8 years old and a 2TB Blue that's like 5 years old.

Edit: returning this, it's a SMR drive which is only good for background archiving.
Don't believe the ridiculous anti-SMR hype online. They had a problem with a niche, DIY raid implementation. For normal desktop use this is fine and a good deal.

But by all means, if you want a Red Plus CMR drive, just buy that. All my big HDD's are white label WD CMR shucks.
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01-31-2022 at 06:18 PM.
01-31-2022 at 06:18 PM.
Quote from VarmintCong :
According to this, the 4TB Blue is NOT using SMR technology like the 2TB and 6TB.

https://blog.westerndigital.com/w...Us_vDS.pdf [westerndigital.com]

Apparently this is wrong and out of date - what are you doing WD?
(Updated 7/06/2020) lol
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01-31-2022 at 06:19 PM.
01-31-2022 at 06:19 PM.
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5000rpm is slow...
While this might be 20% slower than the typical 2TB 7200RPM drive (which you'll never notice), the big boy 8TB and up 5600RPM drives are as fast or faster than smaller 7200RPM drives.

Regardless I'd never use this as a game drive or for anything other than warm media storage.
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01-31-2022 at 06:41 PM.
01-31-2022 at 06:41 PM.
Quote from NeatShop7155 :
(Updated 7/06/2020) lol
It says right in the blog they will keep it updated, lol.
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01-31-2022 at 06:44 PM.
01-31-2022 at 06:44 PM.
Quote from turbodog :
Don't believe the ridiculous anti-SMR hype online. They had a problem with a niche, DIY raid implementation. For normal desktop use this is fine and a good deal.

But by all means, if you want a Red Plus CMR drive, just buy that. All my big HDD's are white label WD CMR shucks.
This will be just for Lightroom photo storage/editing and videos. I could get a 3-4 TB SSD but seems like overkill.
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01-31-2022 at 07:11 PM.
01-31-2022 at 07:11 PM.
Quote from smartdeals :
5000rpm is slow...
If you need faster access times, you should be using SSDs, in 2022.
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01-31-2022 at 07:14 PM.
01-31-2022 at 07:14 PM.
There is no reason to buy the WD40EZAZ with SMR and 256 MB cache for $60. It has horrible random write performance.

You can buy the WD40EZRZ with CMR and 64 MB cache for $60 at Best Buy right now. Much better write performance and only $1 more than it was at the end of September.

This is the real deal.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-b...Id=9026007
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01-31-2022 at 07:15 PM.
01-31-2022 at 07:15 PM.
Quote from turbodog :
Don't believe the ridiculous anti-SMR hype online. They had a problem with a niche, DIY raid implementation. For normal desktop use this is fine and a good deal.

But by all means, if you want a Red Plus CMR drive, just buy that. All my big HDD's are white label WD CMR shucks.
SMR is just cheapskate technology. it's only advantage is more slow storage for less money.
You will pay for it though, on rewrites.
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