Great WD HDD Deal

[Mistafishman]

So I was looking to replace my 1TB WD Blue 7200rpm drive because it's beginning to be close to full and now it's clicking (~3 years old). I was thinking about getting a WD Black for (hopefully) more longevity out of the drive when I stumbled upon Tally Ho Tech's video (link below) on WD Gold drives which I watched because I was curious. They have twice as much cache as the Black, as well as 10x the rated load per year (~550TB per year (Gold)). On Western Digital's site, at least the 2TB models because that's what I was looking for, the WD Gold was CHEAPER than the WD Black! It was $110.99 for the Gold and $112.99 for the Black (-10% with a discount through the Honey extension). I just thought I would bring this to attention for anyone looking for a drive in this sort of range because it's a good deal.

 

Tally Ho Tech's Video:

https://youtu.be/ECQO6gTUnAc

WD Black:

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-black-desktop-sata-hdd#WD2003FZEX

WD Gold:

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD2005FBYZ

[Mistafishman]

I just checked and on WD's website, this deal also exists between these models for the 6TB variants.

[Firewrath9]

110$ for a 2TB Drive? you can get a 3TB barracuda for 80$, and a 2TB one for 50$.

Thats not a good deal. Also, keep in mind WD Golds are louder, and designed to be in a enterprise enviroment (aka 18c chilled server rooms with 8000 RPM fans)

Also, theres a 24$ 2TB drive, so I think WD's website is bugged.

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd#WD20EFRX

[Mistafishman]

That's true, these aren't budget drives though. I'm saying that you get a higher performance tier for less. Some of the drives that sell on sites like Newegg for ~$40 are "Grey Market" and their warranties are not always guaranteed.

 

Edit:

I misread your reply and it difinately looks like something is up on WD's site.

[Zodiark1593]

1 hour ago, Firewrath9 said:

110$ for a 2TB Drive? you can get a 3TB barracuda for 80$, and a 2TB one for 50$.

Thats not a good deal. Also, keep in mind WD Golds are louder, and designed to be in a enterprise enviroment (aka 18c chilled server rooms with 8000 RPM fans)

Also, theres a 24$ 2TB drive, so I think WD's website is bugged.

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd#WD20EFRX

Just ordered one of those Red 2TB drives. Thanks for that, I was quite hurting for some storage. 

 

Not sure I buy the website being bugged though. The Red series is probably much lesser known than the Blues, Greens and Blacks, and so demand is lower. It wouldn't seem to be a stretch to find that there's a substantial surplus of drives.