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WD has numerous variations and revisions [westerndigital.com] of these drives, some of which were renamed and/or discontinued after the RPM drama [arstechnica.com] came to light a few years ago. The pictures on BestBuy's product page show a model of WD80EFAX, which was replaced by WD80EFBX two years ago. The WD80EFBX (256MB) was itself discontinued earlier this year and has since been superseded by the WD80EFZZ, which is the 128MB version you see on Amazon. Assuming BestBuy is actually shipping BX's (I wouldn't be surprised to hear reports of people receiving ZZ's), it means you are likely getting older stock which they are still in the process of offloading, same as the official WD store. A quick check of the manufacturing date on the drive's label should give you an indication.
Depending on your particular usage scenario and preferences, the newer version being sold by the likes of Amazon, BH, and NewEgg may actually be the better choice. That 7200 RPM comes at a cost of higher energy consumption, heat, and noise, which, for some, can be a big deal when you start throwing multiples of them into an array. As odd as it may seem, there's a reason people flipped out when the news broke that Reds were operating at faster than advertised speeds.
Better is subjective, especially when dealing with NAS drives. See above.
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When I bought them, I was in a local micro center looking for computer parts, and I saw them on sale for about 50% off. When I asked the manager of why they were so cheap, he said most people don't know what they are and they couldn't move them, heh. So I walked out of the store with two!
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I'm in for 2 of the 12tbs for < $400. Was waiting on BF deals on bigger EXOs but these are going to be in a gaming + media machine that's not in a case specifically designed for quiet in my theater room. It's silent now with SSD's, but adding these and not being able to hear them and exos side by side in real life, I'm going to roll the dice and believe the word on the street that these are quieter and are at least still CMR.
edit: Also was waiting for them to be sold by Amazon and not a reseller or renewed or refreshed or remanufactured or regurgitated.
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