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Western Digital: WD4000YR (RE2) vs. WD4000KD (SE16)

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alkatraz

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I currently have 2xWD4000KD disks and I am about to buy two more to back these two up onto. The thing is, I've come across the WD4000YR and I cannot see ANY reason not to buy these instead. In fact, I'm tempted to buy these and replace my current KDs with them so that the YRs are my main server disks and the KDs are just for backing up.

I have read the reviews and what it comes down to is:

The YR is faster (not hugely, but it is faster).
The YR is more reliable and has a longer factory burn-in process.
The YR has a longer warranty period (5 years instead of 3).

BUT.. the YR is only £5 more expensive than the KD! And it doesn't make sense.

Can someone, anyone, give me any reason at all to buy KDs and not YRs? It doesn't seem like there's any point even manufacturing the KDs given the price difference?! 😕
 
Additional YR differences

[*]borrows a lot of tech from the Raptor
[*]has NCQ & TLER
[*]1.2mil MTBF (600K for the KD)
[*]lots of folks on newegg leaving comments about defective drives 🙁

The warranty alone is worth $5 😛

 
KD has NCQ.. but still where is the drawback? Why is the YR not more expensive? Why are they doing a better drive for same money?
 
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