2TB Western Digital Caviar Green for $70

[Jeff7181]

2TB Western Digital Caviar Green
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136514
Promo code: EMCKCJA22 to take $10 off
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Great for storing large media files or system images.

 

[ectx]

Which one is better WD Caviar Green or "Barracuda LP 2TB 5,900 RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST320005N4A1AS-RK"? Both are priced at 70 now. Thinking of getting 4 of these for a built. Any recommendation?

BTW Barracuda is limited to one per household (Microcenter ... I guess I can buy one at 70 and 3 at 80 if they are really worth it...

 

[Jeff7181]

I only buy Western Digital drives. Others buy anything but Western Digital drives. I'd read the reviews on newegg and make your decision based on that.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I'd read the reviews on newegg and make your decision based on that.

I wouldn't.

ectx, any hard drive can fail, and every hard drive will fail eventually. It's really a matter of personal preference. I usually just buy whatever's the least expensive for mass storage drives.

 

[jjmIII]

WD Caviar Green or "Barracuda LP 2TB

Get the WD. They seem to have a better track record at this big size.

I like Samsung.

 

[zposter]

I recently bought two of these from Amazon. I've had great experiences in the past with the 1.5 and 2 TB versions of the WD Green drives, I have 5 or 6 of them.

The first one was from a "fulfilled by Amazon" seller. The drive went bad after formatting, while trying to fill it with data which is my normal QA method for a new drive.

Returned that one and got one sold directly by Amazon. That one wouldn't even get recognized by my system.

Returned that one and went with the Hitachi 2TB CoolSpins. Out of 8 of those, one was DOA (which might have been due to the amazingly bad packing job of 4 drives clumped together by Newegg.) It would only make clicks when I tried to format it.

So I tend to not trust the WD Greens right now. But in any case, make sure you do a long format and fill the drive with data, junk, whatever before you start trusting it.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

how long ago was the shitty packaging by newegg? was the one shipped from amazon recently? was it packed poorly?

lots of reports about crap shipping from newegg and amazon earlier this year, that i never personally experienced. interested to know if they're still doing it.

 

[zposter]

The recent Amazon single drives were packed very well, as they always have been. And as was the replacement Newegg single drive.

But the 4 together from Newegg (about 3 weeks ago) were taped together with some thin styrofoam form between them (like they might have been packed together in a case of them and 4 of them just cut out) and the heavy bundle was just thrown in a huge box with a bunch of styrofoam peanuts around it, and not enough either. The drives shifted all over in there and the box literally looked like an accordion when I got it.

 

[zerogear]

samsung f4. none of those WDs for me, had 5 green drives, 3 of them failed and RMA'd so far. My Samsung F4s are still going strong

 

[txlonghorn]

In my WHS, I have 2 X 2TB WD Green drive, 2 X 2TB of Hitachi version of he green drive, and 1 X 2TB Samsung F4 drive. Of all the drives, the Hitachi drives are the quietest. The Sumsung drive runs the coolest. The WD Green drives run consistently 5-10 degrees hotter than the Samsung drive. These are just some additional information to consider. All my drives work perfectly. But in the future, I think I'll go for either the Samsung F4 or Hitachi before the WD Green.

 

[QueBert]

how long ago was the shitty packaging by newegg? was the one shipped from amazon recently? was it packed poorly?

lots of reports about crap shipping from newegg and amazon earlier this year, that i never personally experienced. interested to know if they're still doing it.

Newegg definitely didn't have any sort of standard packaging practice for HD's, not at least as of early this year. I've ordered maybe 8 HD's total from them over the years. And I never knew what kind of packaging I'd get. Since this happened for years for me, I wouldn't doubt if it's still a WTF random process for them. After my last I'll never order another from them unless they release a press statement saying they've decided to pack every HD the same way, and do it right.

 

[zerogear]

In my WHS, I have 2 X 2TB WD Green drive, 2 X 2TB of Hitachi version of he green drive, and 1 X 2TB Samsung F4 drive. Of all the drives, the Hitachi drives are the quietest. The Sumsung drive runs the coolest. The WD Green drives run consistently 5-10 degrees hotter than the Samsung drive. These are just some additional information to consider. All my drives work perfectly. But in the future, I think I'll go for either the Samsung F4 or Hitachi before the WD Green.

Really? Hitachi was really loud and hot for me... what model did you use?

 

[Elixer]

Newegg definitely didn't have any sort of standard packaging practice for HD's, not at least as of early this year. I've ordered maybe 8 HD's total from them over the years. And I never knew what kind of packaging I'd get. Since this happened for years for me, I wouldn't doubt if it's still a WTF random process for them. After my last I'll never order another from them unless they release a press statement saying they've decided to pack every HD the same way, and do it right.

You can say that again, it all depends on who is doing the packing. Some of the newegg packers don't seem to give a crap, and do whatever they want.

 

[zerogear]

You can say that again, it all depends on who is doing the packing. Some of the newegg packers don't seem to give a crap, and do whatever they want.

Buy from Amazon. I bought a couple hard drives through them, they were always double-boxed + hard drive carriage. QUite nice

 

[txlonghorn]

Really? Hitachi was really loud and hot for me... what model did you use?

HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145475
The reviews are all over the place. It is either hit or miss. Glad my 2 were hits.

 

[Kehn]

I like WD drives and I have a bunch of greens. However, the wait is considerable if the thing has to spool up. For that reason I recently bought a black drive for my primary data drive. I'm still happy with the greens as back-up drives, or for data in the HTPC. I still wouldn't use one for a system disc. That'd be painful.

You can all thank me for buying the new drive because sure enough, there's a promo on the same new 2 TB black drive now:

WD 2 TB black @ Newegg

Subscriber Promo code: EMCKCHJ22 + free shipping

cheers

 

[Kehn]

I recently bought two of these from Amazon. I've had great experiences in the past with the 1.5 and 2 TB versions of the WD Green drives, I have 5 or 6 of them.

The first one was from a "fulfilled by Amazon" seller. The drive went bad after formatting, while trying to fill it with data which is my normal QA method for a new drive.

Returned that one and got one sold directly by Amazon. That one wouldn't even get recognized by my system.

Returned that one and went with the Hitachi 2TB CoolSpins. Out of 8 of those, one was DOA (which might have been due to the amazingly bad packing job of 4 drives clumped together by Newegg.) It would only make clicks when I tried to format it.

So I tend to not trust the WD Greens right now. But in any case, make sure you do a long format and fill the drive with data, junk, whatever before you start trusting it.

It sounds like someone in your delivery chain has been punting your boxes around. That's a pretty bad track record for drives, though clumping the Hitachi drives together was dumb.

 

[Kehn]

I forgot and should have mentioned: I've ordered 4 new WD bare drives this year, three within only a couple weeks for new builds. All 4 have come packed in their own plain box. They now come in the sealed anti-static bag (as usual), but also include the plastic end caps that keep the drive insulated in the plain cardboard box. I think they no longer ship just in the bag. WD has probably figured out the new packaging is cheaper than dealing with RMAs from poorly shipped drives and dropped boxes. This is much better for the consumer too. I'm pretty sure the extra packaging is coming from WD too because one of my new drives came though Amazon, not just Newegg.

 

[lazarus000]

fyi i don't recommend them for DVRs

 

[mindless1]

Do we really need to have a "what brand" discussion every time there's a HDD for sale?