Pretty good deal on the WD Red Plus drives. Currently ~$500 on PB Tech.
Price shows as $289 NZ on the page and in the cart, but gets bumped up another $13 during checkout.
Seems to be a claim limit on the number of people who can get it at this price, shows 2% claimed at the time of this post.
CamelCamelCamel.
Also some good deals at serverpartdeals.com at moment a 20TB exos for $363NZD + shipping
Ordered my last drives from them with no issues
Exos are noisy compared to WD red or Ironwolf right?
Yeah I think so but I haven’t noticed myself as server is in the attic
Ya, no go for me. I have my server in my room and can't bear the clicking noise. Need a quite drive. Happy with ironwolf 12tb & 4tb, so will stick to it.
How much did shipping run you?
I think shipping is around $50-$70 depending on NZ location but was fast
Could possibly get it cheaper via a reshipper
Do they charge Gst?
They are selling a "refurbished"
Dell Exos X18 ST18000NM002J for $164usd with $60 USD shipping to NZ.
Would you trust a refurbished drive from them?
They don't charge GST (well didn't last time for me)
Yep I trust the "manufacture recertified" drives, I ordered 2x X14 12TB drives from them in April,
SMART data was all clean, had about 30 hours online
I ran an unraid preclear on them and they have been running 24/7 since
I see it more as they have been more tested by the manufacture than a standard drive you receive.
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