Reddit reviews Western Digital WD Blue 4TB PC Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD40EZRZ

For most first-time builders, the basic recommendation should be:

1. Buy the biggest QLC SSD you can afford.
   
   
2. If you find that you need more storage down the line, then scrape together $100 and buy a WD Blue 4TB.

This is nothing really special.. i'd rather buy a 4TB drive on amazon for $20 more and be 100% I have warranty on it to be honest.

Seems like WD's slashed prices on their Blue desktop hard drive line, at least on Amazon. Was personally following the 3 TB for a while but here's some other drive info, going off of Camel^3:

• 1 TB: $37.99 = $44.99-$7 (all time low)
  
• 2 TB: $49.99 = $54.99-$5 (all time low)
  
• 4 TB: $71.99 = ~$86-~$14 (all time low)

I can't find any info on this on Western Digital's website. Is there a place that lists the OEM drive inside of different external enclosures? I realize that a manufacturer like Western Digital might put different OEM drives (Hitachi/WD) into the same enclosure as long as the specs are the same. But still, it would be nice to have somewhere to check to see what you're getting inside that plastic.

Edit: finally found a phrase that gave me what I wanted on Google. "what drive is inside wd my book" was it.

>We can only guarantee drive capacity. We cannot guarantee a particular internal hard drive model, data interface, rotational speed, or cache size in the external hard drive enclosure.

Source from WD's website

That's crazy to me. That means that the $130 4TB WD My book might have a $128 5400 RPM Drive or potentially a $200 7200 RPM Drive.

They only guarantee capacity? That's crazy to me. I assume they do this so that when they buy another manufacturer's stuff like they did with Hitachi, they can get rid of old stock without having to worry about matching specs. That's honestly great news as long as they're selling the External at about the same price as their cheapest OEM drive. Some lucky guy is getting free random upgrades.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B013HNYV8I/

The 4tb Seagate is $99 on Amazon, and a 4tb WD Blue is $117. These are US prices - I can't speak for other countries.

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> je cherche aussi un disque dur externe 3 To 3,5 pouces

WD ou HGST. Les Seagate ont la facheuse tendance à mourir vite (cf. blog BackBlaze). Achète-toi un DD + une coque, ça se trouve facilement, c'est moins esthétique, mais au moins, tu n'auras aucune surprise !

(Perso, j'ai acheté 4x WD40EZRZ - 4To Blue à <100€/pce sur Amazon : https://fr.camelcamelcamel.com/WD40EZRZ-Disque-dur-interne-SATA/product/B013HNYV8I?context=search )

EDIT: wow, merci u/GrenobleLyon pour le gold ! je doute de réellement le mériter, mais merci ;)

These 004 compute drives are SMR, meaning very slow write performance once you exhaust the cache.

Better deal would be this imho:
https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=4tb&qid=1556684767&s=gateway&sr=8-1&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

Domanda informatica:

Wd Blue da 4TB, oppure WD Black da 2TB?

Scopo: Storage dei giochi (ho gia un SSD da 500GB per il sistema operativo).

(Comunque in entrambi i casi: prezzi altissimi!)

Looks nice deal https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013HNYV8I/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=itfix-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B013HNYV8I&linkId=515900c9ed7cd26cc34789f17566c7cf

Trying to choose between this drive, and the Backup Plus, and this WD Blue. All are 4 TB, and will be used in my desktop (I'll remove the enclosure if I get the Backup Plus).


What do you guys suggest?

One other thing, if you need a 2tb hdd, you can buy a western digital blue drive for $95:
https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-2TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/

WD has a better reputation for reliability than Seagate, and it's a lot cheaper.

Here's how I'd approach this:
Parts list:
The descriptions next to the drives are what they were used for, not necessarily the proposed purpose. Thought this would help you know where the drives were coming from. I used what you had listed in your OP.

AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core 8958 Passmark
FX RAM 16 GB
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Four-Core 3916 Passmark
PHE RAM 12 GB
SSD (was OS) 256 GB
SSD (was OS) 256 GB
SSD (was Empty) 512 GB
HHD (was General Storage) 4 TB
HHD (was Movies) 2 TB
HHD (was TV) 4 TB
HHD (was Empty) 2 TB
HHD (was Empty) 1 TB
HHD (was Empty) 1 TB
HHD (was Empty) 0.5 TB
HHD (was Empty) 0.5 TB
HHD (was Empty) 0.5 TB
HHD external (was Backup, General) 6 TB

You're running "plex, sabnzbd, sonarr, etc" so most of your data is disposable. You can setup a list of what you want and those services will download it all again. I'm guessing the real critical stuff is only about 1TB. Make sure that 1TB is on the 6TB external drive (which it sounds like it already is). The rest of the space on that 6TB is just gravy, use it to store anything that's hard to download again.
I'm also guessing, that of the 1TB of important stuff, there's probably a 1/2 of that, that is super critical, as in, you lose this shit and you might cry a little inside. Take one of the 500GB drives, connect it to your Windows machine, with the 6TB external, and make another copy of the data on the 500GB drive. This is now your "Oh Shit" backup if everything starts on fire. Save this someplace like your night stand. If you ever need to get the hell out, at least you have this drive.

PC 1 - Freenas on baremetal parts list
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Four-Core 3916 Passmark
PHE RAM 12 GB
SSD (OS) 120 GB $22.79
SSD (OS) 120 GB $22.79
Raid Z1
HHD (General Storage) 4 TB
HHD (TV) 4 TB
HHD (NEW) 4 TB $71.99
HHD (NEW) 4 TB $71.99
HHD (NEW) 4 TB $71.99
Raw 16.87 TB
ZFS usable storage capacity 13 TB

PC 1 - Freenas on baremetal
The Freenas box goes on the Phenom Four core machine because it has a lower Passmark score. Freenas does not need a strong processor to run well. This will do fine. The 12GB of RAM you have for the machine is also fine. The performance of the machine will not be AMAZEBALLZ, but will be enough. All this box does is securely store your data. There's no Apps, VMs, etc. to consume performance/resources. It just holds shit.
Use these two drives in Raid1 (configure the raid on the motherboard) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3L3DRK/?coliid=I10WJEEOATUUU8 This is where your Freenas OS will be installed. These drives are great. I've used 100's of them at work. And at $22 a piece, it's better than installing Freenas on a single thumb drive.
The existing 4TB drives you have, with 3 proposed 4TB drives from Amazon will give you almost twice the usable space you have now, and a single drive can die because the setup is Freenas RaidZ1. The proposed drives are WD blues, Reds are better, but your workload is mainly reading movies (one time write, many time read), and this will work well and save some money. https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-4TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I
You now have a Freenas box with 13TB of usable space. Safe and secure. Plus all the bells and whistles ZFS has to offer.

PC 2 - Unraid parts list
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core 8958 Passmark
FX RAM 16 GB
SSD (OS) 256 GB
SSD (OS) 256 GB For OS
SSD (Empty) 512 GB
HHD (Movies) 2 TB Raid1
HHD (Empty) 2 TB Raid1
HHD (Empty) 1 TB
HHD (Empty) 1 TB

PC 2 - Unraid
This is your fun box. Here you install your Main windows/Ubuntu OS. You have "plex, sabnzbd, sonarr, etc" installed. You can spin up VMs. With PC1 storing all your data, make a share that PC2 and the VMs can access. The majority of the storage on PC2 will be for OS, ingesting data, maybe handbrake, etc. All of this is happening on 100% SSD environment thanks to the 3 SSDs you already have.
The 2x 2TB and the 2x 1TB can be spanned using Unraid. Use this space as a backup of data on PC1. Expand as needed with single drive purchases which works great with Unraid. This acts as yet another backup of your data. Data on PC1 is the primary and can sustain one drive failure. Data on PC2 is your secondary, can sustain 0 failures, or make some rules in Unraid for certain folders to have redundancy.
Once everything is setup, connect the 6TB external to the Unraid box and start copying the data over to the Freenas box. You can setup a copy job that makes sure that data on PC1 is in sync with data on PC2 daily (PC1 is always the primary). Keep the 6TB drive as a third backup. This you will need to do manually, unless you use Unraid to manage the external. You're now pretty close to having a "3-2-1 Backup Rule", along with a 100% SSD playground for productivity.

Total cost: $260
Time: 3 days

Hey, I am looking for a big internal HDD for video files to be streamed to my xbox/laptop. Is this a good purchase?

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Cache-Desktop-Drive-WD10EZEX/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496071497&sr=1-2&keywords=3.5%22%2Bsata%2B3%2Bdrive&th=1

I am also pretty clueless and wondering where I can find out what cables/brackets I will need and hopefully an instructional video. Hopefully I can answer any other questions you might have.

Wouldn't say much cheaper, WD BLUE Desktop 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive (SATA, 6Gb/SEC, 4 TB, 64MB) is £110. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_IsinxbJQK0MSQ

But buying hard drives is pretty much playing a lottery, there is no way to know how long it will last. So just go for whatever is cheapest. The prices fluctuate pretty much daily by the way so if it's not urgent then have a look around for a few days and maybe you can nab yourself a deal.

pc-kombo shared list

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i7-5820K | EUR 387,09 @ Amazon.de
Motherboard | MSI X99A SLI Plus | EUR 216,64 @ Amazon.de
Memory | G.Skill DDR4 3000 (32 GB) | EUR 185,39 @ Amazon.de
Storage | WD 4TB Blue (4 TB) | EUR 137,08 @ Amazon.de
SSD | SanDisk Ultra II 480 (512 GB) | EUR 119,00 @ Amazon.de
Video Card | Radeon R9 Fury | EUR 418,00 @ Mindfactory
Case | Fractal Design R5 | EUR 104,90 @ Cyberport
Power Supply | Corsair RMx 650 (650 W) | EUR 103,89 @ Amazon.de
CPU Cooler | Thermalright Macho Rev.B | EUR 46,99 @ Amazon.de
| Total | €1729.96
| Generated by pc-kombo 04.06.2016 |

My changes

• The i7-5820K is not much slower than the 6800K, see http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/intel-core-i7-6950x-6800k-test/4/#abschnitt_gesamtergebnis, but still quite a bit cheaper.
  
• The Macho will be more than enough or such a mild overclock, and at the same time be quieter
  
• The X99A seems to to be the new version of that board with USB 3.1 Gen2
  
• If you do video editing you will profit especially from faster ram
  
• I added in a HDD, but maybe you have already enough space for your videos?
  
• Alternative cheaper ssd
  
• Fury is just another placeholder for the GTX 1070
  
• 650W would be enough, and that psu is silent. 20€ more for the EVGA would be a good price, but it would take weeks to arrive.

Amazon now has the same price.
Also, I was able to do a price match at Best Buy, for those who are concerned about the way amazon packs drives for shipping.

When it comes time to archive projects, I'll buy 2x bare drive for whatever size will hold it + 1TB for any future needed space.

Just like this: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525213914&sr=8-1&keywords=bare+hard+drive

I have a dual bay HD dock connected with thunderbolt. Like this: https://www.amazon.com/OWC-Drive-Dock-Solution-Drives/dp/B0187YINL8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525213997&sr=8-1&keywords=owc+hard+drive+dock


I backup all of my media and project files on one drive, and then duplicate that drive onto the other with MD5 checks to make sure it got it ALL.


I label and store those in jewel cases that look similar to VHS cases like this: https://www.cdw.com/product/StarTech.com-2.5in-Anti-Static-Hard-Drive-Protector-Case-hard-drive-prote/2472117?pfm=srh

One goes on a shelf and the other goes in a different room.

Anyone know if any of these 2 drives have any bad reputation (and which would you recommend?)? Ill be using it for media streaming and gaming (the games where loading matters, i'll load it onto my 2 SSD, but 99% games don't care anyways and i don't mind waiting 1min vs 15 seconds, i get to check social media and washroom)

WD: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B013HNYV8I/?tag=pcp0f-20

Seagate: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07D9C7SQH/?tag=pcp0f-20

another seagate: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0713R3Y6F/?tag=pcp0f-20

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=sr_1_20?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480048838&sr=1-20&keywords=hard+drive

This is the one I'm considering lol

edit: wrong link one second

edit2: can't find it

Just wait until cyber monday anyways

i keep my OS on the SSD and everything else on this

Yes.

Currently, the lowest priced 2TB HDD is 60$ at Canada Computers, being the Seagate Barracuda 2TB.

However, if you are mainly using it for data, perhaps a 4TB WD Blue would do for you:
https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/

Very good price per TB at this point.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/436734U-IBM-Xseries-X3200M2-Xeon-E3110-Dual-Core-3-0-GHz-1333-MHz-6-MB-L2-cach/152490497509?hash=item23812455e5:g:sGcAAOSwA29Y3FAD - $232 shipped

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kingston-PC2-5300-4GB-DIMM-667-MHz-DDR2-SDRAM-Memory-KVR667D2D4P5-4G-ECC-Reg/362064073086?epid=170095040&hash=item544cb3517e:g:tA0AAOSwvv9ZiNOG - $35

https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-ISSS314-Industrial-Grade-Solid-ISSS314-032GB/dp/B07577DBBQ/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1522170666&sr=8-13&keywords=32gb+ssd - $37

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1522170697&sr=1-4&keywords=4tb+hard+drive - 2x $98

Wow, that came out to exactly $500 even!

The drive size is going to be the biggest differentiator for this and can send the price to over $500 easily.

You can also use a different base system than the x3200 M2, or find a cheaper variant of it. For example, a lot of people really love the HP MicroServer line, which has some great older models, like this guy:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ProLiant-MicroServer-Turion-II-Neo-N40L-1-5ghz-4gb-RAM-4x-Trays-Sound/372254921378?hash=item56ac1f52a2:g:9nUAAOSwTO9aN~VZ - $120 shipped, and includes the RAM.

Basically, you don't really need a super speedy processor for this to saturate a Gigabit network connection. So find a machine that has other features: enough RAM, lots of drive bays, etc.

$0.64

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Cache-Desktop-Drive-WD10EZEX/dp/B013HNYV8I/

You only need to buy a new boat once in a while.

This looks pretty nice! Thanks! If I wanted to add some extra storage on top of the SSD, would you recommend this hard drive? https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I

Edit: I'm also looking at the potential issues/incompatibilities on the PC part picker page, I guess these are not too problematic?

https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-4TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=wd+blue+4tb&qid=1570568761&sr=8-1

My bad kinda assumed that the length would be the only thing that mattered.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B013HNYV8I?th=1

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-WD-BLUE-WD60EZRZ-6TB-SATA-III-6Gbps-3-5-HARD-DRIVE-5400RPM-64MB-CACHE-HD-/272550493425?hash=item3f75467cf1:g:xqsAAOSwnHZYclJY

I'm looking to upgrade my space, I currently have a 500 gb SSD (which is nearly already used due to the OS, OW, CS, and Dark Souls 3) and a 1 TB HDD. I found this on Amazon (it's a 4 TB WD for $115). Is this a good deal? Should I be looking for other sizes/cheaper prices? Anything around ~$100 is my limit, but savings while keeping quality is always nice

$98 in amazon as well

Storage is extremely cheap these days.

Not a fan of external HDD's, but those are still cheap enough.

Shit people, that's a good price. New 4TB WD Blue's go for about $110.