[Official] WD External Shuckables - Price Tracking

mattd390 · February 2, 2021, 11:50am

I grabbed two.

JDM_WAAAT · February 2, 2021, 5:56pm

According to Bitdeals, they will be having 12TB soon… if their current drive pricing is anything to go by, they should be priced much lower than 12TB shuckables.

matticus · February 4, 2021, 12:14am

I’m trying to decide between shucking some of the 12tb Best Buy drives vs. waiting for a sale from Bitdeals. Noob question, but most of their drives seem to be SAS, and I’m basing my build on a Node 304 with the Intel DQ77KB and planning for SATA. Are you thinking the 12tb models will be SATA?

JDM_WAAAT · February 4, 2021, 7:45pm

The 12TB are SAS, if your DQ77KB has an open ended PCIe slot you can just get a SAS HBA

https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/bitdeals-tech-re-opening-hdd-deals/8551

matticus · February 4, 2021, 8:59pm

Ok - well, that gives me some crazy options via bitdeals with the purchase of an LSI card - I’ll have to check the board when I get home. Man, I’m super ignorant on SAS drives - so, if I grab a SAS breakout cable to SATA, and use the Intel SATA power cable (specific to the board) that I already have, I’d be set?

Edit: well, I’m still confused after some reading. How do I power these drives from the board?

eggyrulz · February 5, 2021, 3:37am

WD Elements 10TB on Newegg for $159.99 with Coupon
WD Elements 10TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive Black - Newegg.com

(Sale ends Friday, or Saturday at like 3am EST, not entirely sure about Neweggs timezone)

seals · March 25, 2021, 11:53am

Elements 14TB $199.99 ($60 off w/ promo code 93XQR26). A lot cheaper than the $279.99 “lowest” price, but still $10 more than Easystore 14tb lowest.

mattd390 · March 31, 2021, 10:48am

WD 10 tb Elements. 151.99. “Deal of the day” on Amazon.

LivePono · April 9, 2021, 5:14pm

As I’ve said many times before, I’m not a fan of Newegg but I do know that it helps people in other geographies, Canada to name one. Here’s a 10TB WD Elements drive for $149.99 USD:

ilporcupine · April 9, 2021, 9:10pm

One day deal on this! I have had good luck with Newegg, unlike some…mileage may vary.

Dimension · June 10, 2021, 11:37am

Looks like Newegg has a 24 hour sale on 14 TB WB Elements for $360.
https://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/June-0-2021/2DaySale_djfe6_10/index-landing.html?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL061021&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL061021--EMC-061021-Index--E0-_-Workspace&email64=ZXB1dG5hbUBnZ2MuZWR1&tp=i-1NGB-Q7F-4j9-5xv3oN-2D-gGcW-1c-5xs0zW-l6ADAdWGN6-fGkty&om_rid=10073668&om_mid=18175#Section_2

Tozmo · June 10, 2021, 7:27pm

Lol, that’s ridiculous. I mean, good find, but that’s a $200 drive!

R2Deane2_US · August 5, 2021, 2:14pm

Looks like NewEgg is having a deal on the WD Elements 12TB at $249.99 until 8/7/21.
WD Elements 12TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive Black - Newegg.com-22-234-406--08052021

Personally I’m holding off until lowest price hits again. Just wanted to give you all a heads up if you’re in dire need.

Cheers

zzyzx · November 20, 2021, 2:30pm

Best buy Easystore 14 TB $200 now.

There’s also a 15% in store coupon for storage recycling, if you bring in an old hard drive or USB stick

johyphenel · September 11, 2023, 4:42pm

Question for the drive experts here, what are the tradeoffs between these “white label” drives that come in the Elements / Easystore externals compared to something like WD Red [Plus|Pro]?

For example, if the shuckable drives were the same price as a WD Red Plus, would you still pick the shuckables?

JDM_WAAAT · September 11, 2023, 11:23pm

The real tradeoff is the warranty. But you’re extremely unlikely to have an issue.

Most of us have moved on from shucking drives to using refurbished enterprise SAS drives. They are built to a much higher standard, typically.

Here’s an example of some older deals: