[DEAD] Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EZRZ $91.99 FS @ Newegg

[VirtualLarry]

WD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EZRZ $89.99 + $3.00

+ $20 off w/ promo code FNTSTECH423, limited offer

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WD Blue 4TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EZRZ $89.99 + ship

Extra savings w/ promo code EMCDMFM23, limited offer (Save $10)

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WD Blue 3TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EZRZ $69.99 + $3 ship

+ $10 off w/ promo code FTSDMRN33, limited offer

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This seems like a pretty fair price ($20/TB) for a Steam games drive. Yes, it's 5400RPM. Yes, it hardly matter these days, unless you were planning on making this your primary OS drive. (DON'T - use an SSD instead.)

It's a crying shame that WD doesn't believe in producing 7200RPM drives for consumers, except for their "Black" line, which is an utterly ridiculous $60-70/TB. For that, you can very nearly buy a stockpile of 1-2TB SATA SSDs of a budget brand.

What can I say, other than bulk storage in NAS units and servers, HDDs really have no future.

Edit: I remember saving up $110 for a 3TB Toshiba retail-boxed P300 7200RPM HDD, not all that long ago. (Maybe 5 years?) So price-wise, things are moving in the right direction, even if it does seem like WD's idea of a 7200RPM HDD is a "lost art". (Seagate and Toshiba seem to remember how to make them, bleh.)

 

[ao_ika_red]

Now I just realised WD Blue is no longer 7200rpm. That 54000rpm slow spinner was once only used for Green and 2.5" lineup. Long gone the days of 10k Velociraptor.

 

[SamirD]

The funny thing is that the newer drives are even faster than the velociraptor. I've got some of the older 30gb(?) versions and a new stock Dell drive is literally 2x faster. Shows how much things have improved. Also shows how much faster the 10k and 15k sas drives are than consumer drives.

I wonder if this has smr stuff in it though--maybe that's why its on sale?

 

[ElFenix]

The funny thing is that the newer drives are even faster than the velociraptor. I've got some of the older 30gb(?) versions and a new stock Dell drive is literally 2x faster. Shows how much things have improved. Also shows how much faster the 10k and 15k sas drives are than consumer drives.

I wonder if this has smr stuff in it though--maybe that's why its on sale?

answer is: maybe

Western Digital Comes Clean, Shares Which Hard Drives Use SMR

Western Digital has finally admitted which of its hard drives are currently SMR and which are CMR, allowing customers to avoid a technology that may not be compatible with their existing hardware.

www.extremetech.com

 

[CU]

It is a CMR drive based on https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-hdd

 

[SamirD]

It is a CMR drive based on https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-hdd

Interesting how they've clarified all that. Hope the retailers don't mix their stock though...

 

[VirtualLarry]

WD Blue 4TB 5400RPM $69.99 + $3 ship AP @ Newegg (see OP for link and promo code). $10 cheaper than last time. About right for a Steam drive.

You can also get "Enterprise" server off-lease 4TB HDDs that may be higher quality, but used (for a number of years), for similar or cheaper prices. For a Steam drive, not always necessary to buy new. Though, $69.99 is a great price so far for 4TB.