4TB Western Digital SE Internal Hard Drive 7200RPM
Temporarily out of stock but available to order
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greysquaill
18 Mar 1713#38
It's just over 6 inches in length for those wondering. Amazon have helpfully shown it beside a man's crotch for illustrative purposes...
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lhwjud
27 Mar 17#54
Order cancelled - saw it from my Amazon account, although no cancellation email.
tezray
20 Mar 171#53
Sorry didn't word it well at all. I have been buying 2tb sky boxes from gumtree, Facebook and spock. remove the hard drive and test in a computer if it's good you have a 2tb hard drive for hardly anything. sky q has made the 2tb boxes dirt cheap to buy. they are video drives so ok for just churning away in a server they do have some powered on hours but not much power on times. Otherwise £45 plus on ebay a pull from a server or sky box between £5 - £20
tezray
18 Mar 17#43
I have been picking up sky 2tb boxes for £10 to use in my microserver and other server whip them in my for a quick check they are good picking one up for £5 tonight they are only for vms and work great
r2mahara to tezray
20 Mar 17#52
Could you tell me a bit more about how you're using Sky boxes as a microserver?
powerbrick
19 Mar 17#49
Cancelled, time to complain and get some free months of prime. Two cancellations of two pricing errors within a few days :disappointed:
lucyferror to powerbrick
19 Mar 17#51
They don't have to give you anything for free. It's a gesture of goodwill unfortunately.
lucyferror
19 Mar 17#50
Obviously cancelled :disappointed:
jasee
19 Mar 17#48
Just been notified by Amazon that it was a 'pricing error' so my order has been cancelled :disappointed:
paul_merton
19 Mar 17#47
Order cancelled. Sad times.
greysquaill
18 Mar 1713#38
It's just over 6 inches in length for those wondering. Amazon have helpfully shown it beside a man's crotch for illustrative purposes...
Oneday77 to greysquaill
18 Mar 171#46
In reality it's only 3.5" the way of the world.
png666
18 Mar 17#42
I'm rolling along with 4*4TB WD Greens I got from the warehouse a couple of years back for £55ea
I buy almost all my hard drives from amazon warehouse and they've all arrived working perfectly and some were even sealed and brand new. just saying.
ST3123 to secretspartan1
18 Mar 17#40
I'd second this, IMHO people are FAR too fussy about hard drives with lots of "oh! don't purchase hard drives from Amazon Warehouse" "don't purchase recertified hard drives" etc. I have purchased both types and had absolutely no trouble at all and have had new drives fail sooner, not that I have had many drives fail on me anyway, maybe 3 in 20 years using lots of drives with computers and consoles so hardly bad going. I know HDDs can go bad and sods law says it will be when you haven't backed up in a while but IME hard drives are a lot more reliable than people give them credit for, had more memory problems than I have had with hard drives....
Add to that the fact that Amazon are often extremely conservative when describing the condition of warehouse items, presumably to minimise complaints and returns e.g. I have had items with condition as low as good used actually come brand new and sealed and even had a only "acceptable" PS4 with literally one mark on the entire console!
mgk
18 Mar 17#37
no longer letting order - expired - good luck to those who ordered
RufusG
18 Mar 17#36
can't add to the basket
jadamso
18 Mar 17#34
Am I the only one who thinks this is a pricing error and will therefore be cancelled?
and aren't they phasing out the Se for the Gold series ?
jasee
18 Mar 17#33
Wow! These are enterprise drives! Ordered two
fort
18 Mar 17#32
5 years warranty I believe
Robert_Paulson
18 Mar 171#31
Looking at the specs, I'll stick with the Reds.
simba2585
18 Mar 17#30
how does this compare to WD black?
lucyferror
18 Mar 17#29
Coffee? :man:
robo989
18 Mar 171#28
You forgot to highlight the great selling point of residual water or water marks:smile:
tempt
18 Mar 171#27
There are a few 5TB blue drives in the warehouse with the condition described as:
Used - Very Good
Item will come repackaged. Products that have been water tested may contain residual water or water marks. Products that have been factory tested may contain traces of coffee in the mill. All purchases eligible for Amazon customer service and a 30-day return policy.
paul_merton
18 Mar 17#26
Thanks, ordered 3 for my new nas. Seems a no-brainier if they're cheaper and better than reds...
So what does yellow/Enterprise Class actually mean at the end of the day?
derp1664 to paul_merton
18 Mar 17#22
Longer MTBF (mean time before failure) plus rated for higher durability / workload / temperatures / performance
They are sometimes louder than the consumer grade parts though be warned
robo989 to paul_merton
18 Mar 17#23
You pay more and the switch that is built in to make the consumer drives break for no apparent reason after 18-24 months has been removed.
Supposedly they are rated for continuous duty type scenarios.
For example, the Seagate 8TB SMR drive that is very cheap is only rated to 180TB of transfers per year, which is ridiculously low when you take into account that it may be backed up once a week that's already 400 odd TB. (worst case scenario assuming full but even at 50% that is going over the 180TB).
These enterprise hard drives are rated for multiples of this.
It's all in the specs if you want to compare yourself though, 2 min google should give you the pdf you want to see.
derp1664
18 Mar 17#21
I agree their descriptions and grading for warehouse items is completely random at times, however Amazon's customer service is second to none and for that reason alone I wouldn't hesitate to buy anything from them (specifically shipped/fulfilled/sold by Amazon items, which is all warehouse items)
robo989
18 Mar 17#19
You must be a very lucky person. You are quite right about the RMA though. Done the same myself in the past and at this price I would go for it provided that was a certainty.
It's still comical the state of things that come from the warehouse line, look at the feedback score, that says it all really.
derp1664
18 Mar 172#18
aaaaand Amazon will instantly give you a no questions asked refund, before they even receive the product back.. so what's your point?
derp1664
18 Mar 17#17
Care to elaborate? I have had several all which have been fine, despite bad packaging at times.
Also WD warranty is direct to customer so the drives generally still have almost full warranty. I see no problem here.
derp1664
18 Mar 17#8
For the record I bought a 'Used - Good' hard drive from Amazon a few weeks ago which turned out to be brand new & sealed. Completely random their grading for warehouse items at times
robo989 to derp1664
18 Mar 17#16
For every one of these anecdotes there's 10 "like new in original packaging" that were not in original packaging and not in a condition fit for a respectable retailer to be selling.
Word of warning though sometimes their packaging for hard drives is awful. I've had them arrive in an empty box with a tiny bit of screwed up paper for 'protection' on more than one occasion
jackvdbuk
18 Mar 17#11
OP - looking into this i think this drive type is EOL, so i doubt amazon will get anymore in?
jackvdbuk
18 Mar 17#9
haha good , i risked the "scuffs" 72 warehouse one... good find OP thank you.
Derp - thats what im hoping for.
salestion
18 Mar 17#7
Oh.. But yeah, nothing wrong with using it in a hp microserver.
derp1664
18 Mar 17#6
Nice find
jackvdbuk
18 Mar 17#5
its now gone..
jackvdbuk
18 Mar 17#1
wow some in warehouse too!
salestion to jackvdbuk
18 Mar 17#4
I'd personally avoid the physically damaged one, wouldn't like to trust my data to it. But the other one in warehouse sounds alright.
jackvdbuk
18 Mar 17#3
is this good for the hp microserver? this kinda looks like a specialist datacentre drive..
ando
18 Mar 172#2
lol @ the warehouse ones
Used - Very Good
Item will come repackaged. Products that have been water tested may contain residual water or water marks. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2.5cm x 2.5cm) on front of item. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2.5cm x 2.5cm) on top of item. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2.5cm x 2.5cm) on sides of item. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2cm x 2cm) on bottom of item. All purchases eligible for Amazon customer service and a 30-day return policy. « Show less
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2 Had Warrantee 2 did not.
Mirrored + Farther/Son Backup.
Add to that the fact that Amazon are often extremely conservative when describing the condition of warehouse items, presumably to minimise complaints and returns e.g. I have had items with condition as low as good used actually come brand new and sealed and even had a only "acceptable" PS4 with literally one mark on the entire console!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WD4002FYYZ-3-5-Inch-Drive/dp/B01AV1697A/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1489844324&sr=1-1&keywords=wd+gold
and aren't they phasing out the Se for the Gold series ?
Used - Very Good
Item will come repackaged. Products that have been water tested may contain residual water or water marks. Products that have been factory tested may contain traces of coffee in the mill. All purchases eligible for Amazon customer service and a 30-day return policy.
https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/7200-3-5-inch-SATA-600-internal-drive/product/B00CYSYYU8
They are sometimes louder than the consumer grade parts though be warned
Supposedly they are rated for continuous duty type scenarios.
For example, the Seagate 8TB SMR drive that is very cheap is only rated to 180TB of transfers per year, which is ridiculously low when you take into account that it may be backed up once a week that's already 400 odd TB. (worst case scenario assuming full but even at 50% that is going over the 180TB).
These enterprise hard drives are rated for multiples of this.
It's all in the specs if you want to compare yourself though, 2 min google should give you the pdf you want to see.
It's still comical the state of things that come from the warehouse line, look at the feedback score, that says it all really.
Also WD warranty is direct to customer so the drives generally still have almost full warranty. I see no problem here.
Derp - thats what im hoping for.
Used - Very Good
Item will come repackaged. Products that have been water tested may contain residual water or water marks. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2.5cm x 2.5cm) on front of item. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2.5cm x 2.5cm) on top of item. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2.5cm x 2.5cm) on sides of item. Small cosmetic imperfection (less than 2cm x 2cm) on bottom of item. All purchases eligible for Amazon customer service and a 30-day return policy. « Show less