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Western Digital has 16TB Western Digital WD Gold Enterprise Class 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal SATA III Hard Drive (WD161KRYZ) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg has 16TB Western Digital WD Gold Enterprise Class 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal SATA III Hard Drive (WD161KRYZ) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community members PH3N1X and shareaccth for finding this deal.

About this product:
  • Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year
  • 16 TB capacity
  • 3.5" SATA III 6Gb/s Form Factor
  • 7200 RPM rotation speed
  • 512 MB Cache

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Model: WD Gold Enterprise Class 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive 16TB

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I can't really see how using tiny amounts less power is worth shorter longevity regardless of use though.... and the difference isn't "slight".... Gold is 2.5x longer MTBF than Red Pro and non-recoverable errors per bit read is 10^15 for gold an entire order of magnitude better than Red Pros 10^14.... that last one is extra important for crazy big drives where bit rot is a more legit concern.


Likewise as you note golds will likely have better support on top.


Giving all that up to save a couple watts seems a really bad tradeoff when you get a price like this on the golds
Solid deal...this was FP for $300 last summer.

Just be aware that the drive is rather loud. Though folks who used computers through the 90s should be familiar with the loud noises that come from this drive.

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02-12-2023 at 08:14 AM.
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Good Deal! A little over 15/tb.
I went for direct from WD, shipping is a little slower but they package these drives well.

Fyi, I had saved 10% & 15% off coupons in my email to try to stack, 15% did not work and the 10% worked but took the discount off.
Still can get 2-12% (i think its 12% but could be wrong) back through Honey....saves about $30
Paypal deals is dead for WD
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02-12-2023 at 08:59 AM.
02-12-2023 at 08:59 AM.
FWIW you can also get Dell to price match this, and then apply BOTH the $200 plat biz Dell credit, and any other amex deal discounts you might have attached (10% back on the full price in my case)
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Seems like these are way better than reds is that correct?
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02-12-2023 at 10:38 AM.
Quote from NitroNeil :
Seems like these are way better than reds is that correct?

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Quote from Knightshade :
FWIW you can also get Dell to price match this, and then apply BOTH the $200 plat biz Dell credit, and any other amex deal discounts you might have attached (10% back on the full price in my case)

How do you get Dell to pm ?
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How do you get Dell to pm ?

You can just use the online chat to talk to a sales advisor
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Solid deal...this was FP for $300 last summer.

Just be aware that the drive is rather loud. Though folks who used computers through the 90s should be familiar with the loud noises that come from this drive.
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Quote from NitroNeil :
Seems like these are way better than reds is that correct?
Seems like they are better, but also use more power and are louder - so I will probably wait on a deal on the red pros for my home NAS.
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[quote="Knightshade;161661583"]Red
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02-12-2023 at 11:29 AM.
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Solid. In for four. Should sound just like my old wd seagate maxtor Pentium 4 machine from the early 2000s.
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02-12-2023 at 11:42 AM.
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Quote from colonelcasey :
Solid deal...this was FP for $300 last summer.

Just be aware that the drive is rather loud. Though folks who used computers through the 90s should be familiar with the loud noises that come from this drive.

Yup golds are louder and use a bit more power than red pros supposedly
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Quote from NitroNeil :
Seems like these are way better than reds is that correct?
No, depends on your needs. Quieter and lower power might be better for some/most than higher power, higher heat, more noise, and higher speed.

For my NAS I prefer lower power than highest speeds.

Although the supposed greater reliability is a big plus... if true.
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