Western Digital 4TB My Book Essential External Hard Drive USB 3.0 & 2.0 $247 @ JB Hi-Fi

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Gav on 27/11/2012 - 15:30 jbhifionline.com.au (372 clicks)
Last edited 27/11/2012 - 22:45 by 1 other user

Looks like 4TB hard drives are already dropping in price!

From 29 Nov through 24 Dec JB HiFi has the Western Digital 4TB external hard drive for $247 - the cheapest price going according to staticICE! RRP is $299 and it looks like shipping is free online also.

From a cost per TB pespective, these are NOT the cheapest drives (2TB wins that fight), but for those needing 4TB in one unit it's a prime candidate. This is about $29 more expensive than the recent popular Hitachi 4TB deal (http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/85502), however this drive is external, and doesn't require international postage.

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  Chris McMahon on 27/11/2012 - 15:35

  The link you provided is saying $299 for the WD My Book Essential 4TB External Hard Drive .

  Edit: And I need to read the description more… :) I edited your post to make the dates stand out a little more.

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    Gav on 27/11/2012 - 15:42

    +1

    haha, thanks Chris. I was wondering how long it'd take before someone didn't realise the start date. :)

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  dmpiq on 27/11/2012 - 15:41

  Great find, thanks!

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  GreatWhiteHunter on 27/11/2012 - 16:29

  Nice - how much was that one from the US the other day?

  A little cheaper, but being able to take this back to JB is worth the extra

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    giu on 27/11/2012 - 17:24

    +1

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/85502 - Different brand, $29 cheaper, and you have to wait for it come from the US. JB's looks like a good deal.

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      Gav on 27/11/2012 - 22:40

      Also internal vs external.

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  bargdebarg on 27/11/2012 - 17:25

  Nice, but why would you buy a 4tb now? It's far from the sweet spot. Give it another 6 months.

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    Gav on 27/11/2012 - 17:41

    +5

    Best example I can give is one that's often applied to me - when I move overseas I want to take one drive. They weight a good amount, so it's not practical to take, for example, 2 x 2TB. You also need to consider power consumption - for example, powering one drive @ 4TB will be less than two drives @ 2TB each.

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      russta on 27/11/2012 - 18:06

      what?

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        zhenjie on 27/11/2012 - 18:34

        +3

        Gav explanation was pretty simple. People dont mind paying a premium for more convenience in certain situations.

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        timmy_tam on 27/11/2012 - 18:53

        i agree. i have 3 x 3tb drives, and the frustration and clutter with having so many cables and power plugs is overwhelming…

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        r3volt on 27/11/2012 - 20:01

        -1

        You need less porn dude.

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        Cap N on 27/11/2012 - 21:08

        Well you could always get a NAS and put the drives into it…

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      bargdebarg on 27/11/2012 - 21:14

      Good point Gav. I'm afraid I am now a portable HDD snob since I got my HP microserver for less than $200. I just use a 1 TB 2.5" portable for travel.

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  kingmoron on 28/11/2012 - 00:33

  can you remove the drives from these?

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  rygle on 28/11/2012 - 02:04

  Be aware that some older BIOSes don't like drives this big. I have a Lenovo where I originally had to unplug my 4TB drive before it would boot and with some tweaking it would boot fine but not recognise the drive until I power cycled it or removed and reinserted the USB cable.

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  grab_ur_freebies on 28/11/2012 - 07:28

  Someone call me when they reach $160-180.

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    jakentta on 28/11/2012 - 09:16

    +1

    The prices seems to be almost in a free fall, so that shouldn't take too long. And like bargdebarg above said, 4TB is definitely not the in the sweet spot yet. I will be getting a couple of 4TB drives myself in the near future, but just not quite yet.