NL Western Digital 5TB External HDD for $197

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#171021 2-Apr-2015 09:57

Limit of one per order, limited stock:

https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/shop/computers/computer-accessories/storage-and-memory/external-hard-drives/wd-wdbwlg0050hbk-aesn-elements-desktop-5tb-usb-3-external-hard-disk-drive/prod133891.html

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#1275933 2-Apr-2015 09:59

dammit.

I just bought a 4TB version of this for $212 two days ago.

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#1275938 2-Apr-2015 10:16

Bought one, going to crack it open to use internally.

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#1275941 2-Apr-2015 10:18

What drives do they have inside? WD Green?

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#1275948 2-Apr-2015 10:42

All gone!

Saves me $200 impulse purchase :)

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#1275952 2-Apr-2015 10:54

damn i missed out :P

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#1275963 2-Apr-2015 11:03

timmmay: What drives do they have inside? WD Green?

WD Elements drives (back when they were in rectangular enclosures were WD Green drives. The MyBooks I've cracked open have had WD Black drives.

Interestingly, it looks like they're now using the MyBook enclosures for their cheaper Elements range. No idea what's inside but as it's their budget range, I'd suspect they're Green drives.

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#1275968 2-Apr-2015 11:07

I looked at these yesterday, I was like man that's a good deal...

Then I realised that's a hell of a lot of data to lose in one go!

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#1275984 2-Apr-2015 11:24

Trunks2: Bought one, going to crack it open to use internally.

Let us know if it works, I've heard varying stories about manufacturers trying to prevent people from doing this -- they only have themselves to blame though it is crazy that it costs more for the bare drive.

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#1276545 3-Apr-2015 00:58

From what I have been told the "firmware to stop people doing this" is just 4k sectors and people with their machines booting BIOS having problems dealing with the drive.

I have pulled a 4TB out of a seagate in the past, slapped it in the PC, UEFI sees it fine, windows sees it fine. No idea what a bios would do with that.

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#1276548 3-Apr-2015 01:04

It also just processed an order for me on them. I guess they are dishing out the stock slowly.

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#1276550 3-Apr-2015 01:13

Thanks for the heads up. I just bought one too.

Also couldn't resist the Wharfedale Sound bar at $99. It'll make a nice sound system for the garage for when I'm working on the cars etc.

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#1276551 3-Apr-2015 01:17

I bought one of those instore today, before remembering I had the small car so basically had to leave it in the passanger seat while I went back to spark to see if they had stuffed up my sim swap.

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#1276571 3-Apr-2015 07:24

surfisup1000:
Trunks2: Bought one, going to crack it open to use internally.

Let us know if it works, I've heard varying stories about manufacturers trying to prevent people from doing this -- they only have themselves to blame though it is crazy that it costs more for the bare drive.

I once opened a WD usb drive only to find that the drive itself was a usb drive. There were no sata connectors, the logic board on the drive had a usb connector.

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#1276639 3-Apr-2015 10:32

jpoc:
surfisup1000:
Trunks2: Bought one, going to crack it open to use internally.

Let us know if it works, I've heard varying stories about manufacturers trying to prevent people from doing this -- they only have themselves to blame though it is crazy that it costs more for the bare drive.

I once opened a WD usb drive only to find that the drive itself was a usb drive. There were no sata connectors, the logic board on the drive had a usb connector.

WOw - I'd never heard this before and went to have a look and see if I could find any pics... Yep...

http://mbni.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/wd-elements-25-500-gb-external-hdd.html

Oh, and I got one of the $197 drives as well... I'm getting behind on my 18 month replacement of all my spinning disks...

Cheers - N

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