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12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

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$162

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Amazon has 12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN) on sale for $161.59. Shipping is free.

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Amazon has 12TB WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN) on sale for $161.59. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter TheCheetosMan for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Usually ships within 2 to 5 weeks.

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Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars from over 9,400 reviews.
    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that this is $49.41 lower (23.4% savings) than the next best available prices starting from $211. -SaltyOne
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Model: WD My Book 12TB USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive, Black

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Shows "12 in stock" but good price while it lasts.

Edit - to get ahead of the common questions...

Yes, it's shuckable.
No, it's not SMR.
You're going to get a white label 7200rpm drive that is most likely a sealed helium and may or may not need the PWDIS 3.3v mod depending on the particular drive model you get and what PSU you have in the destination for this drive.
These are usually quiet (and quieter than Enterprise drives) but it is possible you get a variant where the noise bothers some people.
The 14TB EasyStores had at least 2 different drives ship inside, it's possible this has multiple options as well. That's part of the risk you take when buying an external (at a discount) and shucking.
One drive can't even saturate the USB 3.0 connection anyway, so no worries there. But if you just prefer USB-C, gotcha.
Kinda curious ... if you search for this drive on Amazon by itself (without using the link supplied by OP), it shows regular price of $234.99 for the 12TB. It shows as $161.99 for the 12TB if using the link from OP.

Does SlickDeals work some sort of deal with Amazon for something like this?

Just curious.

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Shows "12 in stock" but good price while it lasts.

Edit - to get ahead of the common questions...

Yes, it's shuckable.
No, it's not SMR.
You're going to get a white label 7200rpm drive that is most likely a sealed helium and may or may not need the PWDIS 3.3v mod depending on the particular drive model you get and what PSU you have in the destination for this drive.
These are usually quiet (and quieter than Enterprise drives) but it is possible you get a variant where the noise bothers some people.
The 14TB EasyStores had at least 2 different drives ship inside, it's possible this has multiple options as well. That's part of the risk you take when buying an external (at a discount) and shucking.
Last edited by lastwraith February 24, 2023 at 05:45 PM.
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Delete.

edit: Sorry, meant delete my comment.
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Quote from tommy82 :
Delete.
I'm still seeing the price on Amazon. Delivery is showing March 13 - 23 though.
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Nabbed two this time. I can wait a bit. Going in a used server tower to run as a NAS.

Will be my first shucking so we'll see how it goes.
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Not making same mistake twice in waiting
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I'll be glad to have these in usb-c
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Quote from MistaJoh :
I'll be glad to have these in usb-c
One drive can't even saturate the USB 3.0 connection anyway, so no worries there. But if you just prefer USB-C, gotcha.
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Quote from Dopavash :
Nabbed two this time. I can wait a bit. Going in a used server tower to run as a NAS.

Will be my first shucking so we'll see how it goes.
It's an incredibly easy thing to shuck a drive. You won't have any issues.
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Kinda curious ... if you search for this drive on Amazon by itself (without using the link supplied by OP), it shows regular price of $234.99 for the 12TB. It shows as $161.99 for the 12TB if using the link from OP.

Does SlickDeals work some sort of deal with Amazon for something like this?

Just curious.