garycase Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149570 Bought one of these about a month ago when they were on sale for the same price -- it's been running 24/7 since as the primary recording drive on my HTPC and works great. Runs fairly cool for a 7200 rpm drive (mid 30's) Just ordered another one to add a bit of storage to my desktop. Quote Link to comment
NotYetRated Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Available on Amazon for same price with no promo code, for those also interested. Also the 5TB external from Fry's for 120. http://slickdeals.net/f/8088594-wd-my-book-5tb-desktop-hard-drive-118-after-email-code-frys-9-6-jbl-loft-30-4-two-way-compact-bookshelf-speakers-29-pr-panasonic-link2cell-phone-ans-machine-3-handset-60?v=1 Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 ... Available on Amazon for same price with no promo code, for those also interested. Amazon, however, charges sales tax Quote Link to comment
NotYetRated Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 ... Available on Amazon for same price with no promo code, for those also interested. Amazon, however, charges sales tax Arghhh, Ohio here, they actually just started collecting tax for me like 2 months ago maybe, and I continue to forget haha. Quote Link to comment
mr-hexen Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Man we get so [frick]en hosed here in Canada. Same drive, $199.99 + tax + s/h on newegg.ca No wonder I have 3TB drives in my array!!!! (They are $139, WD Red). Quote Link to comment
chooch Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Pulled the trigger and ordered. 3. Been needing to upgrade my 2TB drives for some time. Quote Link to comment
Bigdady92 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I've noticed these suckers upwards of 50C during my preclears. These were sitting on my desk in the open air and the AC pumping out at 75F. anyone else noticing these suckers getting HOT? Quote Link to comment
jamerson9 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I've noticed these suckers upwards of 50C during my preclears. These were sitting on my desk in the open air and the AC pumping out at 75F. anyone else noticing these suckers getting HOT? During preclear it got around 43~45C in my open case spare machine with no fans. Now in the server in with air blowing over them, they are around 35C. Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I have fans blowing across my drives when I preclear them sitting out on my desktop. All of mine were 40 or below most of the time. I think I had one get to 42 but I moved the fan a little and got it back to 40. When I put them in there regular slots in the server they all have been staying in the 30ies for temps. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Mine have never hit 40 => but I also don't run them in an unventilated situation (like sitting on a desk). They're probably mounted in a case with airflow over the drives. Quote Link to comment
Melvin451 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Just bought 4. First one installed and Running preclear at 33C in well ventilated case after 15hrs. Good performance so far. Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I've noticed these suckers upwards of 50C during my preclears. These were sitting on my desk in the open air and the AC pumping out at 75F. anyone else noticing these suckers getting HOT? They do run a few degrees hotter than other drives. 50C is too hot IMO. Drive cages are a very good idea. Quote Link to comment
chooch Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Just got done pre-clearing all three drives and the temps never got above 35 degrees. That's using a Antec 900 with hot swap cages and the stock Antec fans. They are running a few degrees hotter (35-37C) during the parity check compared to my 2TB Hitachi's coolspins (31-33C), however they are also the top three drives in the case so that might play a little part. Newegg seems to no longer carry them but B&H has them for the same price so I might pick a few more up. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 ... Newegg seems to no longer carry them but B&H has them for the same price so I might pick a few more up. Surprising -- I just bought a couple more last week !! Wonder why Newegg dropped them -- they don't even show them as "out of stock" ... they simply don't list them. Fortunately B&H has them for the same very good price. Quote Link to comment
Bigdady92 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 amazon has these for sale right now. Quote Link to comment
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