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Feb 5, 2022 12:28 AM

16TB WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA Hard Drive

2 for $540

$1,100

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Western Digital has 16TB WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA Hard Drive (WD161KRYZ) on sale 2 for $539.98 when you follow the steps below. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

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  1. Click here then click "Sign In" in the upper right corner and create a new account
  2. You should quickly receive an email containing a unique 10% off new customer coupon code
  3. Return to the product page, select a quantity of 2 and add to cart
  4. Apply your unique 10% off email coupon code
  5. Total should now be $539.98 + free shipping

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  • About this product:
    • Every WD Gold HDD comes with a 5-year limited warranty, so you can be confident in your storage.
  • About this deal:
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Western Digital has 16TB WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA Hard Drive (WD161KRYZ) on sale 2 for $539.98 when you follow the steps below. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member djsvetljo for finding this deal.

Steps
  1. Click here then click "Sign In" in the upper right corner and create a new account
  2. You should quickly receive an email containing a unique 10% off new customer coupon code
  3. Return to the product page, select a quantity of 2 and add to cart
  4. Apply your unique 10% off email coupon code
  5. Total should now be $539.98 + free shipping

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this product:
    • Every WD Gold HDD comes with a 5-year limited warranty, so you can be confident in your storage.
  • About this deal:
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & offer discussion.

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ThinksTooMuch
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If you use Gmail, many (but not all) sites will let you use Gmail's "plus sign" feature so you don't have to use a different email address. Use "[email protected]" for the address - everything from the plus sign to the at symbol gets ignored by Gmail (it delivers to "[email protected]"), but it looks like a different address to the site and you can filter on it in your mailbox. I'll usually use the site and date after the plus (something like "WestDigi20220205").

Not buying so don't know if this works here, but it's handy to know about.
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Lomic
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4" is the drive dimension, but they're still 3.5" form factor. I believe 3.5" references the size of the platters in the drive.

On the subject of these drives though, at 7200rpm enterprise drives they're probably somewhat loud, and reviews seem to confirm that. They're intended to be in racks in a server farm where you won't hear them over the din of fans running. If you're buying these for a NAS, I'd only do that if your NAS is somewhere you can't hear it.
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PayPal has a 12% cash back at Western Digital as well.
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Feb 5, 2022 12:33 AM
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djsvetljo
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Feb 5, 2022 12:33 AM
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For comparison, 16TB External WD drive was $270 front page just recently. This GOLD is far superior if you need internal and were planning to shuck the external one. Of course you have to buy 2 for this deal.

Update:

When I bought the drives yesterday morning, I used Honey for first time. It said 1%-12% (unclear) so I didn't post this info in the OP. This morning I got email confirming 12% cash back ($65). Honey is owned by PayPal so the 12% PayPal reward might be the same thing.

https://www.paypal.com/shopping/store-profile/PD8DQ9PRLVFFS
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Feb 5, 2022 12:36 AM
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Feb 5, 2022 12:36 AM
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Tip: If you are thinking of possible return, pay with paypal for possible free return shipping (register before purchase [paypal.com])
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Quote from NeatShop7155 View quoted comment :
$540 / 2 = $270...
A 16TB is about $280 - $290, so you have to buy 2 to "save" $20........
unless this is a CMR (but WD just never tell you, they always try to hide if their HDD is CMR or SMR)
nothing special IMO
It is a CMR drive - right in the spec. This is not just any 16tb drive, this is the best out there meant for consumers to buy (based on my humble research).
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DDManFeb 5, 2022 1:13 AM
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This in a NAS? Thoughts?
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Quote from DDMan View quoted comment :
This in a NAS? Thoughts?
That is what I am going to use them for.
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Feb 5, 2022 1:58 AM
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Quote from DDMan View quoted comment :
This in a NAS? Thoughts?
Good read and comparison
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12...sumer-hdds
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audiophanFeb 5, 2022 2:10 AM
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Quote from djsvetljo View quoted comment :
Good read and comparison
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12...sumer-hdds

The chart on this page - also Anandtech [anandtech.com] for the 20TB equivalents pretty much says it all.

And yeah, these aren't just NAS drives. These are high end datacenter drives.
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Feb 5, 2022 4:55 AM
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hnelson999Feb 5, 2022 4:55 AM
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Good find. In for 2.
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tomz17Feb 5, 2022 5:02 AM
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Quote from NeatShop7155 View quoted comment :
nothing special IMO
Never had a gold/RE let me down. These are enterprise drives (with MTBF's and warranties to back that up), so if you are close enough to even comparing the price per GB to "whatever you can shuck" it's a no-brainer to pick these up direct from WD.

Keep in mind, a lot of "deals" only make sense if you value your time (and in this case data) at $0.
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hajalie24Feb 5, 2022 5:07 AM
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Damn I just shucked two 14TB drives from a recent slickdeal posted. It was about ~$400 I think.

If I knew about this, or even about those coupons I would have been happier.
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Feb 5, 2022 5:27 AM
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duenorFeb 5, 2022 5:27 AM
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4" - these don't fit in a 3.5" standard HDD bay then, right?
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barker.lbFeb 5, 2022 5:31 AM
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Sumbish nice find! In for 2. Reps...

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portezbieFeb 5, 2022 5:35 AM
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Quote from duenor View quoted comment :
4" - these don't fit in a 3.5" standard HDD bay then, right?
According to the product brief they are normal 3.5 inch drives

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