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16TB WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA Hard Drive EXPIRED
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Edited February 4, 2022
at 08:46 PM
Westerndigital.com [westerndigital.com] is offering what I think is the best yet deal on ANY high performance and high reliability 16TB drive not only because the price is decent, but because you don't have to deal with the 5 years warranty issues when buying the non GOLD labels of this drive thru Amazon, Newegg etc 3rd party sellers (talking about the OEM versions of these drives).
$600 for both
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10% with new customer discount (just register with email and you will get code within minutes)
OR
15% with Student, Teacher or Senior (55+) discounts [westerndigital.com] (they use Youth/Senior_verify to verify your status)
OR 15% if you had any recent coupons from their recycle program
Shipping is free
They also charged me less tax than Amz typically does.
* Offer valid on qualifying product WD161KRYZ purchased online through the Western Digital Store. Offer limited to a maximum of 2 units per customer. Retailers, Resellers, Distributors and Western Digital Business customers are excluded from this promotion. The offer is not applicable for any prior purchases. Western Digital reserves the right to change or discontinue this offer at any time without notice. This promotion is valid in the US and Canada regions between February 3rd, 2022 and February 17th, 2022.
Drive info: [westerndigital.com]
CMR
7200 RPM
262MB/s Max Sustained Transfer Rate
512MB Cache
MTFB 2 500 000 Hours
Average Power 6.5W, Idle 5.6W (spin down unknown); Helium=low power
Built for yearly operation 24x7x365
Non recoverable errors: 1 in 10E15 (WD Red Pro for example is 1 in 10E14).
Here is good break down of what is what on the market:
https://www.anandtech.c
$600 for both
Add 2 to cart:
https://www.westerndigi
10% with new customer discount (just register with email and you will get code within minutes)
OR
15% with Student, Teacher or Senior (55+) discounts [westerndigital.com] (they use Youth/Senior_verify to verify your status)
OR 15% if you had any recent coupons from their recycle program
Shipping is free
They also charged me less tax than Amz typically does.
* Offer valid on qualifying product WD161KRYZ purchased online through the Western Digital Store. Offer limited to a maximum of 2 units per customer. Retailers, Resellers, Distributors and Western Digital Business customers are excluded from this promotion. The offer is not applicable for any prior purchases. Western Digital reserves the right to change or discontinue this offer at any time without notice. This promotion is valid in the US and Canada regions between February 3rd, 2022 and February 17th, 2022.
Drive info: [westerndigital.com]
CMR
7200 RPM
262MB/s Max Sustained Transfer Rate
512MB Cache
MTFB 2 500 000 Hours
Average Power 6.5W, Idle 5.6W (spin down unknown); Helium=low power
Built for yearly operation 24x7x365
Non recoverable errors: 1 in 10E15 (WD Red Pro for example is 1 in 10E14).
Here is good break down of what is what on the market:
https://www.anandtech.c
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The only reason I can see them canceling is if they run out of stock but doubtful.
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https://edwardbetts.com/price_per_tb/
I have a 4x4TB Plex server right now, but am balking at spending over a grand for 4 of these golds though.
Most of my video I store at 1080p X265 and bitrate of 1-2Mbps. Most of my files serve 55" or smaller TV screens.
I could obviously start doing 4k and/or higher 1080p bitrate files.
But barring a larger screen, will I even notice? Honestly, I've avoided 4k because while I can display it, I don't see the difference.
Larger HDDs will definitely cut down my curating time since I review and archive media fairly regularly to ensure I maintain adequate storage space.
I have room for two more HDDs so I could just slap a pair of the 16TBs in with an expectation to upgrade the remainder down the road. That seems a waste though as they will just serve as 4TB ones in the interim. Maybe I should just throw 2 more 4TBs in and leave it be.
Just talking it through in my head (and post).
Should I expect HDD prices to drop this year?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qpdQQg
That being said, since this is a 7200 rpm drive, it will run warmer than the 6TB drive that you're replacing so I would keep an eye on the temps until you're satisfied that things are okay. Theoretically, it should be okay because the 18TB WD external drives also come with 7200 rpm drives but better safe than sorry.
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https://edwardbetts.com/price_per_tb/
I have a 4x4TB Plex server right now, but am balking at spending over a grand for 4 of these golds though.
Most of my video I store at 1080p X265 and bitrate of 1-2Mbps. Most of my files serve 55" or smaller TV screens.
I could obviously start doing 4k and/or higher 1080p bitrate files.
But barring a larger screen, will I even notice? Honestly, I've avoided 4k because while I can display it, I don't see the difference.
Larger HDDs will definitely cut down my curating time since I review and archive media fairly regularly to ensure I maintain adequate storage space.
I have room for two more HDDs so I could just slap a pair of the 16TBs in with an expectation to upgrade the remainder down the road. That seems a waste though as they will just serve as 4TB ones in the interim. Maybe I should just throw 2 more 4TBs in and leave it be.
Just talking it through in my head (and post).
Should I expect HDD prices to drop this year?
However, ask yourself- will you always have 55" TV and will you regred that your media is 1080p when you get 75"+ one day?