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WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 $219.06 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU

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WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 $219.06 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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Another NAS drive on the way out, and these are back to their lowish price point again.
Bought one last time earlier in the year and it works perfectly fine for my NAS usage (was a WD80EMAZ)
Dont forget Cashrewards for an extra ~$10 back

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Very low cost per GB compared to local, and very easily 'shucked' for internal use (check reddit for examples).
Free shipping with Prime

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  • L0zBargain on 13/04/2019 - 11:26

    Is it a Red?

    • nfr on 13/04/2019 - 11:28

      Unlikely

    • 2pro4sho on 13/04/2019 - 11:55

      Def not

    • O O on 13/04/2019 - 12:05
      +3

      Here is the answer

      • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 13:52

        And yet these answers have it as a WD White non helium drive.

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R37XR1UGNG1GXB/re…

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R38BICK3HK047H/re…

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R5NBVURPEZ46B/ref…

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RWYQA83I3FLTL/ref…

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R194EG1OYAAIJW/re…

        It must depend on which manufacturing batch it came from whether it's a WD White or that Datacentre drive. They probably temporarily ran out of WD White drives and made a batch with Datacentre drives in it.

        So i would that that this most likely will come with a WD White 8TB hard drive in the enclosure. The majority do say that it's a WD White.

        • mekktor on 13/04/2019 - 15:33
          +1

          Just to confirm that my order from a month ago was a WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0, which apparently is a white label helium.

          I haven't gotten around to opening it up or anything yet. I'm trying to decide what to do with it. I don't have a spare power adapter to use it as an external, but apparently it would also have the 3.3V issue with my PSU. Can't win with this thing.

          • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 20:05
            +1

            @mekktor: That model is a non helium drive. No helium at all. It's just an air drive and apparently runs hotter than the helium model.

            • mekktor on 13/04/2019 - 20:15

              @hollykryten: Do you have any source on that? Because everywhere I've seen, people are saying it's helium. For example, here and here (with photo).

              Not that it really matters for how I'm using it. It would just be good to know one way or the other.

              • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 20:18
                +1

                @mekktor: Oh yeah sorry my error. It seems that it's only the very latest model which is 00M9AA0 and which is non helium.

                • mekktor on 13/04/2019 - 20:23
                  +1

                  @hollykryten: Thanks for the clarification. Honestly, most of this stuff is lost on me. I know some people are really concerned with which drive they get but I just needed some extra space at short notice. Maybe I lucked out and took one of the good drives from someone who wanted it? Because at the end of the day it's just luck of the draw, right?

          • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 20:07
            +1

            @mekktor: If you have a molex power plug from the PSU then you can use a molex to SATA power adaptor which bypasses the 3.3V pin issue. And the drive will run off that. That's how the hard drive can be used internally.

            • mekktor on 13/04/2019 - 20:17

              @hollykryten: Thanks for the tip. I don't have one of those but I saw you can use tape instead. Just not a fan of the drive not working by default.

              • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 20:18
                +2

                @mekktor: Personally. I would rather use a molex to SATA power adaptor if using internally in a desktop PC and there's a spare molex. You should only have to use the tape method if using it in a NAS and it doesn't work in it without it.

      • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 20:04

        I think that the latest model one's are rebranded HGST Ultrastar drives, not Datacentre drives. aka WD White non Helium drives. You would have to get a really new batch to get one of those.

    • hollykryten on 13/04/2019 - 13:50

      I thought it would have been a WD White label.

  • impoze on 13/04/2019 - 11:52

    got one last time too.

    Still unsure whether I should shuck it to put it into my pc or just keep it external for warranty etc.

    Just using it as archive for photos which are also on google photos.
    Plan is to get another one down the track to have an off-site copy.

    • TanedaR on 13/04/2019 - 12:18

      if you buy from amazon US, it doesn't come with global warranty anyway
      I shucked my Seagate 8TB

      • Ulysses31 on 13/04/2019 - 20:46

        I got my wd book 16tb from amazon Germany. Global warranty.

      • impoze on 13/04/2019 - 21:42

        it's Amazon US via Amazon AU so you get warranty

        read this in previous deal

    • JetBombat on 13/04/2019 - 15:06

      Would you know what temp is it running inside the enclosure?

      • impoze on 13/04/2019 - 21:42
        +1

        around 40-60c

  • samfisher5986 on 13/04/2019 - 13:12

    If you want local warranty you can get an 8TB for $249 from Umart.

    • SBOB on 13/04/2019 - 13:15
      +2

      Lacie?
      I'll stick with WD ;)

      • samfisher5986 on 13/04/2019 - 13:49

        The Lacie's have Seagate's inside.

        • dontpanic on 13/04/2019 - 14:31
          +6

          Which is precisely why I would stick with WD

          • runean on 13/04/2019 - 15:40
            +3

            @dontpanic: Please explain, beyond personal anecdote?

            Backblaze reports no noteworthy difference in drive reliability.

            • samfisher5986 on 13/04/2019 - 15:59

              @runean: Yup I agree.

              Both are very average drives, seems stupid to prioritise a particular average drive from an average brand.

              • runean on 13/04/2019 - 17:04
                +1

                @samfisher5986: I see just as many smug comments saying 'Thats why i stick with Seagate (;'

                /shrug

                Everything fails.

                Besides, the 10tb Seagates can be had for 200 pricematched at Officeworks.

                • Punkboy on 13/04/2019 - 17:12
                  +1

                  @runean: Which product, link?

                • O O on 13/04/2019 - 17:13
                  +2

                  @runean:

                  10tb Seagates can be had for 200 pricematched at Officeworks

                  Can you give the link for that 10TB Seagate, please!

                • SBOB on 13/04/2019 - 17:24
                  +1

                  @runean:

                  Besides, the 10tb Seagates can be had for 200 pricematched at Officeworks.

                  where's that deal post?

                • PainToad on 13/04/2019 - 19:21
                  -3

                  @runean:

                  Everything fails.

                  Sure. Except with Seagate that time comes quicker.

                • marcozmitch on 13/04/2019 - 20:00

                  @runean: We would really like some more information on the deal please.
                  This ideally what I am after…
                  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/440438

                  • runean on 14/04/2019 - 03:19
                    +2

                    @marcozmitch: Set up Camelcamelcamel to monitor the drive you linked on Amazon. Call Officeworks as soon as you get the email, ask them to confirm the pricematch, and hold the drives for you. Drive down and collect. Repeat at multiple stores if you need.

                    They go sub 200 occasionally, 240 is common. Officeworks offers a 5% price-beat on top of this.

                    The drives are easy to shuck and require no modification. I do not believe they can be shucked without breaking the enclosure, however.

                    • Punkboy on 14/04/2019 - 11:52

                      @runean: It was last year when a Seagate 10TB was last close to the $200 mark. I know the year is going fast but that was 4.5 months ago.

                      • runean on 14/04/2019 - 12:39

                        @Punkboy: Sorry?

                        As I said, 240 is common, 220 has also happened this year. 209 after pricebeat is already better than this deal.

    • mikelsn62 on 15/04/2019 - 13:40

      damn that didn't show up on Ozbargain though. How do you find out about stuff like that?

  • No Child Support on 13/04/2019 - 13:19

    Bought one last time and it was shucked and put into my NAS (HP microserver gen8). No additional mod required

    • Forskin on 13/04/2019 - 15:00

      Was it a red or white?

  • craving on 13/04/2019 - 13:50

    I want one, but can't think of anything to use it for???

    • jakeyo on 13/04/2019 - 13:51
      +4

      Storing those .txt files!

    • Harold Halfprice on 13/04/2019 - 14:29
      +1

      You use it for storing stuff… you basically either need more storage space, or you don't.

      Most people who buy these have large amounts of media to store - photos, videos, movies etc. If you have a library of UHD Bluray rips , they are easily over 50GB, sometimes over 80GB each - so you'll fill up 8TB fairly easily.

    • craving on 13/04/2019 - 15:06

      Oh that, unfortunately or perhaps fortunately I don't. The ones I have have been erratic only about 1 gig and I don't keep a whole lot of them.

      • dm01 on 13/04/2019 - 17:06

        The ones I have have been erratic only about 1 gig and I don't keep a whole lot of them.

        You mean erotic, right? I don't keep a whole lot of them either!

  • urluv4u on 13/04/2019 - 14:02

    Thinking if I should get this or wait for Seagate :/

    • PainToad on 13/04/2019 - 15:12
      +3

      Wait for Seagate? More like avoid Seagate!

      • dm01 on 13/04/2019 - 17:07

        Oh gawd, another drive "expert"!

        • PainToad on 13/04/2019 - 19:24
          -2

          No, just someone who has personal experiences and listens to the overwhelming common experiences of others online over the last 10 years or so.

          Ever wonder why Seagate are continually on special, whereas WD rarely gets reduced? It’s the only way to get people to say “I’ll give Seagate another go, maybe they’ve changed since my last failed drive”.

  • bchliu on 13/04/2019 - 14:19
    +1

    Still waiting for my 10TB ones to ship from last time on back order. argh..

  • Sammy Boi on 13/04/2019 - 16:14

    Wondering if I should wait for the next 10 TB sale…. Decisions decisions

  • Rhawne on 13/04/2019 - 18:27
    +1

    anyone managed to get Officeworks to price-match these? I went in last week and they wouldn't do it because "they have different power supplies"

  • vrsac on 13/04/2019 - 19:56
    +3

    I got 3 of those last time they were selling them for the same price. All 3 are Helium filled, "White label Red Drives". They required a "tape mod" to work with my Power supply. It took less than 5min per drive to take it out and tape a pin. You could also use a molex to SATA adapter if you can't be bothered to put a free piece of sticky tape.
    DO NOT FORGET TO DO A FULL DISK SCAN FOR ERRORS PRIOR TO SHUCKING IT!!!
    This is required in case there are errors in which case you return it immediately to Amazon.

    I'm using the three drives on my FreeNAS to store an entire Linux ISO collection. 🙂

    • Matt86 on 13/04/2019 - 20:49

      Where do you get your Linux ISOs from?

      PM'd ;)

    • samfisher5986 on 13/04/2019 - 21:10

      Personally I don't like to do full disk scans with external drives, they get insanely hot.

      I just do some short tests and then shuck it and hope for the best.

    • darknebula on 14/04/2019 - 08:00

      Where are you getting sticky tape for free?

  • Matt86 on 13/04/2019 - 20:47
    +1

    Literally just got one of these delivered to me @ $218 shipped that I ordered just under two weeks ago.

    Mine was a EMAZ drive, which appears to be a "white label" Red drive, same specs afaik? I can obtain the specific model number tomorrow if anyone wants it. I'm using mine to backup my RAID array. So I just needed a simple basic drive which works.

    The one thing to consider if you aren't shucking this drive; the power adapter that comes with this is US only, you will either need to repurpose an old WD External HDD power cable (like I did) or a travel adapter.

    It's a regular plug that needs 5v and 1.5a, my 640GB Green drive had the same plug - I haven't used this in years.

    • O O on 13/04/2019 - 20:50

      I can obtain the specific model number tomorrow if anyone wants it

      Please!

      • Matt86 on 13/04/2019 - 20:53

        No wukkas.

        I'm not home tonight and will be working tomorrow, but if I remember during my lunch break I'll check it in my PC.

        I had HDSentinel installed to check it prior, is there any specific program that you'd like me to use?

        • O O on 13/04/2019 - 20:55
          +1

          Just the model no. will do. Thanks!

      • SBOB on 13/04/2019 - 20:58
        +1

        the one i got a few months ago is
        wd80emaz-00wjta0

  • brent3000 on 13/04/2019 - 21:02

    Buying this from the Amazon AU via US does it come with an adaptor or is it one of those "HEre is all the country adaptors in one box" kinda things?

    • Matt86 on 13/04/2019 - 21:11
      +1

      It's the US model, so it comes with the US plug.

    • DaTa on 13/04/2019 - 21:27

      It comes with adapters for each country.

      • impoze on 13/04/2019 - 21:43

        it's a US plug but you can get an AU plug by calling up customer service

        Otherwise, easy to twist the two pins 45 degrees

        • mekktor on 13/04/2019 - 22:02

          Which customer service? Do you mean they'll throw an AU plug in the package if you call before it ships?

        • hollykryten on 15/04/2019 - 10:10
          -1

          Is that legal according to Australian electircal safety standards to twist the two pins from a USA power plug and put it into a power point?. What if your home insurer finds out about it was the cause of a fire.

  • unifex on 14/04/2019 - 13:04

    Still waiting on the 10tb fromlasttime

  • Itchy n Scratchy on 15/04/2019 - 08:20

    Price has now gone up to $233.11

  • SBOB on 15/04/2019 - 19:00
    +1

    Yep, 10tb deal now way better value…

    My order hadn't even shipped so cancelled the order for my own deal post and grabbed the better value 10tb option :)

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