I bought some 3TB Reds about 4 years ago. Can't justify buying again 4 years later for more money than I paid then
cheekster to GazmoX
1 Feb 17#6
That using £10 off discount code BIGTHANKS the other week, made for a nice deal! :smiley:
Zardoz
1 Feb 171#4
Holding out for a 4TB Red. :-)
m1xxy
1 Feb 17#5
I read somewhere that the 3tb have a higher fail rate :disappointed: might have been in here
shinds
1 Feb 17#7
Good quality drives!
robodan918
1 Feb 17#8
is BIGTHANKS still working!?
neh0
1 Feb 17#9
No that was a one day only offer :disappointed:
sradmad
1 Feb 17#10
good find op, heat added
logy
1 Feb 17#11
I did the same!
logy
1 Feb 17#12
I think they're also £99 direct from WD Store. And there's a £10 off £100 coupon code, so add a £4 neoprene pouch for £93 effective..,
phosawyer
1 Feb 17#13
managed to get one for £91 from flubit just before Xmas. paid £83 3 years ago for a pair and they're rock solid
pw98
1 Feb 17#14
I have to say I have 2 of these 24hr running, over 3 yrs in, solid hd. But paid less than £99 for them,need more looking at the 6tb but waiting for the price to fall.....
mattclarkie
1 Feb 172#15
Why didn't I hoard HDDs when I had the chance :disappointed:
MBeeching to mattclarkie
1 Feb 17#18
I horded bloody Seagate 3tb externals, hardly the most sensible storage choice (though they were ludicrously cheap compared to today's prices).
I don't really need all this storage, video content used to be the bulk of the matter but it's hardly worth archiving as I will never watch it again. Most of my games are on Steam or similar services so I can retrieve the data, which just leaves music. The current subscription services don't fully cater to my requirements but I'm sure they'll continue to expand their offerings and render my collection redundant in years to come.
Nagleen to mattclarkie
1 Feb 17#19
Second that.
Andybro
1 Feb 17#16
How is this hot. They are often cheaper than this. Is anybody paying attention to people's comments...! . Aaahhhhhhh! Sorry. OP but I cannot agree that this price is hot. Too frequently below this price point.
ttttd
1 Feb 171#17
I'd rather go for the Hitachi 3tb for a tenner more. The backblaze analysis showed them to be I think 5x less likely to fail per year.
nascent
1 Feb 17#20
I have a bunch of Reds, 3TBs and 6TBs, and 3TBs are by far the most reliable. If I had more free bays I'd buy 3TBs. The 6TBs have over an 11% failure rate unfortunately.
Probably neither. Consolidation amongst hard drives companies, Seagate bought out Samsung's hard drive business and Western Digital bought out Hitachi. Less competition means they can charge what they want.
Also reduced production, demand greater than supply and such like.
I've been using 3TB WD Reds without any problems. I guess I'll have to upgrade a couple of drives to 6TB soon. I've been putting it off as long as possible...
intercake
6 Feb 17#28
Just had one fail after less than two years of light use. Warranty apparently only one year using the WD warranty check portal for my model, which I bought believing it had 3 (it said it did at the time) so, whilst it's probably extremely unlucky, certainly ensure the warranty details after purchase :smiley:
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I bought some 3TB Reds about 4 years ago. Can't justify buying again 4 years later for more money than I paid then
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I bought some 3TB Reds about 4 years ago. Can't justify buying again 4 years later for more money than I paid then
I don't really need all this storage, video content used to be the bulk of the matter but it's hardly worth archiving as I will never watch it again. Most of my games are on Steam or similar services so I can retrieve the data, which just leaves music. The current subscription services don't fully cater to my requirements but I'm sure they'll continue to expand their offerings and render my collection redundant in years to come.
What's going on, flood, brexit, value of £?
Also reduced production, demand greater than supply and such like.
More details here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ssd-hdd-shortage-nand-market,33112.html
I've been using 3TB WD Reds without any problems. I guess I'll have to upgrade a couple of drives to 6TB soon. I've been putting it off as long as possible...