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WD Elements 3TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive AUD 118.07 + Shipping

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johnyBgood on 29/08/2011 - 23:50 amazon.com (2196 clicks)
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I was looking for 3TB HDD for my NAS and i found this deal on Amazon. I haven't bought it yet because I'm not sure if the drive inside is compatible with my Linkstation Pro Quad. But I think this is a good price for 3TB external drive.

Shipping Rate:
Expedited International Shipping (averages 8-16 business days) in Sydney (2036) = $13.25
Priority International Courier (average 3-4 business days) in Sydney (2036) = $38.43

Specification :
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=260

Cheapest that I could find here:

$199 @ JBHifi : http://tinyurl.com/3ztegtm
$199 @ OfficeWorks : http://tinyurl.com/4xruj4f

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  • Thrifty McGifty on 30/08/2011 - 00:02
    +1

    Anyone know if these have international warranty? If so, I'm in. "Slow" USB2 isn't really a problem just for storing videos.

    • Thrifty McGifty on 30/08/2011 - 00:05
      +1

      Why yes Orionn, here is the info: http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp?custtype=end&lang…
      "No warranty service is provided unless the Product is returned to an authorized return center in the region (warranty regions are identified as Canada, U.S.A., Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, India and Thailand) where the Product was first shipped by WD, which may have regional specific warranty implications."

      So no, if there are any problems you'd have to ship it back to the US.

      • tm001 on 30/08/2011 - 00:36

        Hm, don't know how you guys, but as I put all my documents on the HDD's including bank statements, etc I am not keen sending it anywhere anyway and treating faulty HDD as a bad luck… Never returned a HDD (apart from one case with Dell where I was allowed to physically destroy the internals of the disk :-) )

        • StewBalls on 30/08/2011 - 01:38
          +2

          Don't worry, Gary Glitter & Edison Chen both said it would be A-Ok! :p

        • massari on 30/08/2011 - 07:44
          +2

          is this what you are talking about StewBalls?

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSaFeXIbcaI

        • bryans on 30/08/2011 - 11:26

          You should never return a faulty HDD that has personal sensitive data, as you never know where your data is going to end up. I bought a refurbished HDD from Officeworks some time ago and surprisingly had someone else's personal info (pay slips, photos, movies, resume, etc…).

        • StewBalls on 30/08/2011 - 12:28

          Yep, that's the very man in question massari! Computer repairs have brought many a famous person unstuck. :)

          As much as we like to see kiddie-fiddlers like GG get caught, it really makes me wonder about the ethics of the repairers routinely running searches for cached/stored images/videos on client PCs, then arbitrarily judging how they use the data they find.

          If I had sensitive data on a HDD that wasn't working to the point it could be low-level formatted or zero-filled, I'd be looking for someone reliable to degauss it for me! ;)

        • Tacosaurus Rex on 31/08/2011 - 21:43

          I just do a 7-pass erase on my Mac. Good luck retrieving anything from that! …

        • tm001 on 01/09/2011 - 13:42
          +1

          Hey, of course the almighty Mac can do anything and everything, but are you sure it can do 7-pass erase on a failed HDD???

  • Ace on 30/08/2011 - 00:14

    Would you need a power converter unit for this or just an adaptor?

    • StewBalls on 30/08/2011 - 00:28
      +3

      Electrical Specifications
      Current Requirements
      Power Dissipation
      AC Input Voltage 100-240 VAC
      AC Input Frequency 50-60 Hz

      Gotta love modern switchmode plugpacks…I'd reckon just an adaptor would get you out of trouble on this one! :)

  • auMouth on 30/08/2011 - 00:33

    Nevermind

  • tm001 on 30/08/2011 - 00:43

    Great find! And very reasonable shipping, when AU retailers (or post?) charge $15 or more. Thanks!

  • camelgrass on 30/08/2011 - 02:11
    +1

    Cheapest that I could find here:
    $199 @ JBHifi : http://tinyurl.com/3ztegtm
    $199 @ OfficeWorks : http://tinyurl.com/4xruj4f

    http://www.ht.com.au/part/Z7895-WD-Elements-Desktop-WDBAAU00…

    $179.00 + price match at OW.

  • boomboomboom on 30/08/2011 - 03:00

    Anyone managed to know the drive inside this external?
    Would like to use it for my microserver.
    Thanks.

  • bluemoon192011 on 30/08/2011 - 03:33

    how is the product?

    • llama on 30/08/2011 - 07:59
      +4

      Power supplies on almost ALL portable devices are "multi-voltage".

      If you read the specs page that was linked in the OP…

      http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=260

      Then you would KNOW that "AC Input Voltage 100-240 VAC"

      And thus, you wouldn't look like a noob.

  • Kaboda on 30/08/2011 - 06:42
    +1

    Considering a 3TB hard disk usually costs between 160 to 180. This is a deal, just take it out of your case and it's a bargain 3TB 3.5 inch sata.

  • Stanvx on 30/08/2011 - 07:44

    Hey guys found off a forum that someone opened it and found that the HDD inside is a " Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" "

    Specs:
    http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=730

  • llama on 30/08/2011 - 07:56
    +1

    Be careful with these newer model drives in NAS devices. A LOT of NAS devices do not support the sector size of the Advanced Format drives, so they are as slow as hell.

    • cmdwedge on 30/08/2011 - 10:04

      No QNAP NAS devices support that particular drive unfortunately, and WD themselves state on their website that it should not be used in a RAID configuration. Still, it'd be a great single 3TB drive in your Windows 7 PC - XP would likely not see the whole drive.

      • johnyBgood on 30/08/2011 - 17:42

        Just for further clarification, this is what WD stated on their Spec. Sheet:

        Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications (RAID-0 / RAID-1).

        Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or
        expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD’s
        Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like
        enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing

        http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701…

        Difference between Desktop edition and RAID (Enterprise) edition drives

        http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1397/p/227,2…

        and for Linkstation Quad Pro NAS owners, the drive included on this model is recommended by buffalo.

        http://www.buffalo-asia.com/supported/nas/#ls-qvl

        but be wary that you will void the warranty if you remove the HDD from the enclosure.

  • asa79 on 30/08/2011 - 08:08

    You could get a bare 3.5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004QMA882/ref=mp_s_a_8?qid=13…

  • Turd on 30/08/2011 - 08:29
    -4

    USB2.0 NO DEAL!

    • bagachin on 30/08/2011 - 09:19

      If what you want is performance and speed, you probably don't want to be bothered with any external hard drive in the first place…it's mainly for storage purpose after all…so USB2 or 3 really makes minimal differences…of course, unless you want everything to be the "latest & best"..

      • RickyNelson on 30/08/2011 - 09:43

        Yes, I agree with you.
        There are so many guys says this is USB 3.0 and that is only USB 2.0. I don't see the point that the differences of speed worth that $100 differences, I mean at the moment.

        I only use external drive for storage, not for daily processing. I might access the files once a week.
        If you guys want to access the files in daily basis, why don't you store the files in internal drive?

        The price differences between USb 2.0 and 3.0 is not worth at the moment.

        • Kambo_Rambo on 30/08/2011 - 10:26

          $USB 3.0 enclosures - $USB 2.0 enclosures = ~$20

    • Kambo_Rambo on 30/08/2011 - 10:26
      +1

      This guy shouldn't be getting this many negs. USB 2.0 is getting phased out in favour of USB 3.0, and to argue "its only for storage, i don't care for speed" is just poor - because you do care (why don't you use USB 1.0?).

      A more appropriate argument, is that this is still a GREAT bargain. It looks like WD is trying to get rid of its USB 2.0 enclosures as fast as possible.

      • heatseeker424 on 30/08/2011 - 10:56
        +1

        We don't use USB 1.0 because it's been phased out. USB 2.0 however is still alive (as we see here) and while being phased out it will still be compatible with USB 3.0 (and 4.0?) just like 1.0 is with 2.0.

  • cmdwedge on 30/08/2011 - 10:05

    This is a good drive to just plug into the back of your PC, setup Windows Backup and let it do its thing. The drive speed won't matter.

  • boomboomboom on 30/08/2011 - 10:16

    Anyone know good 2TB offer?
    Thanks.

    • Josh81 on 30/08/2011 - 12:14

      There's an HP 2TB USB3.0 external drive listed on ozbargain yesterday. Similar price to this deal.

  • dfirman on 30/08/2011 - 10:17

    Good one, just picked up one of these and will use it as an internal drive.

  • anvu on 30/08/2011 - 10:26
    +1

    http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STA… for $89.98 plus shipping
    i bought mine when it still was 79

  • slowmo on 30/08/2011 - 10:43

    just in case you guys are wondering, a 2TB WD on usb 2.0 took about 3-4 hours to fully encrypt.

  • davidl2 on 30/08/2011 - 11:51
    +1

    I want cheap 2tb/3tb internal drives!!!!!

    • x3n9 on 30/08/2011 - 14:01

      go to msy - for 2tb internal HDD atm are under $90 (hitachi 5400rpm $85, samsung $85, Seagate $85, WD black $88, WD green $ 89)
      http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf
      i think they offer best price in sydney..

      • davidl2 on 30/08/2011 - 15:31

        this is more like what I want :D

        $115~$116 delivered for 3TB
        http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/49729

        anyone know where else in the US/AU have cheap 2TB/3TB hdd?

        • johnyBgood on 30/08/2011 - 16:36

          But you have to buy 5 to get that delivered for $115. This one comes with enclosure, just take the HDD inside if you just want the internal drive and keep the enclosure. Plus you get a more reliable WD brand compared to Hitachi… just my 2cents.

        • davidl2 on 30/08/2011 - 16:51

          if you take the hard drive out of these enclosure, you void the warranty immediately by opening the enclosure!

          and shipping on top of this mean they are around $130~$135(less attractive now eh?).
          a local 3TB Hitachi internal drive is $149
          a local 2TB Seagate internal drive is $79
          (these price are for Melbourne)

      • nafe on 30/08/2011 - 16:34

        $81 for Seagates at itestate.com.au, I bought 4 last weekend for my NAS.

  • dy4me on 30/08/2011 - 13:23
    +1

    does any one have the link for amazon where you can see just the list of stuff they ship to Aus?

  • flyingtrapeze on 30/08/2011 - 18:12

    amazon stocks the mybooklive 3TB NAS ships to australia for around $200. RJ45 only, no USB socket. just for reference.

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