Great Sale on 2TB Drive at Best Buy

robotartfashion · Mar 26, 2009, 07:07 PM

I thought about what forum to post this in, and almost did so in the Mac Pro section, but I thought this might be best for us in the ever shrinking empty space on drive media group

Best Buy has the WD 2TB Green drive on sale for $237.99 in store through Saturday. This is the first time I've seen this on sale and if you can find them you're usually paying $299.99 for them, so just thought I'd bring it up.

They have the sale online but they are back-ordered, most stores have them in stock though.

With tax in VA where I am it came up to $249.something or other

enjoy!

azdunerat · Mar 26, 2009, 07:17 PM

Wow two of those in a sansdigital raid encloser and you could have a 4TB raid for less than 600! Thats a steal

robotartfashion · Mar 26, 2009, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azdunerat

Wow two of those in a sansdigital raid encloser and you could have a 4TB raid for less than 600! Thats a steal

ya, i'm VERY excited about it! I figure I can last with just one though for the next year or so (i have about 6.5 TB's worth of storage with internal and external drives so that puts me at 8.5 TB's now!!!)

In about a year I'm sure they'll be more at the $200 or less price point

Pick one up people!

mohanman · Mar 26, 2009, 09:10 PM

A deal? I don't know about that. You can get 1.5 tb for 100.00 online, go to www.techbargains.com , I think its at tigerdirect. 1.5 tb x 2 for the same price.

Are you including tax on your final price too?

Mo

azdunerat · Mar 26, 2009, 11:06 PM

I havent heard really stellar reviews of the 1.5TB. So far it seems that the 2tb has avioded the firmware dissaster of the 1.5

uraniumwilly · Mar 27, 2009, 12:46 AM

On 3 separate occasions I ordered two 1.5tb drives. Never spent more than $106 each. I just google from time to time and find sales. Tiger Direct has the occasional sale. Dealmac works too. All the drives perform flawlessly.

Rich1963 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:12 AM

The 1.5 TB drives that echibited severe problems were Seagate. The western digital green power 2 tb drives are totally different. I'm running a few of the 1 TB green power (ead model) and they are quiet, cool, and fantastic. Can't wait to change over the array to the 2TB models.

Mr Kram · Mar 27, 2009, 11:33 AM

do these drives have FW?

MovieCutter · Mar 27, 2009, 05:23 PM

Thanks for the tip. Just bought 4 more...WOOT

mohanman · Mar 27, 2009, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovieCutter

Thanks for the tip. Just bought 4 more...WOOT

You bought 4 2 tb drives or 4 1.5 tb drives?
Just curious
Mo

MovieCutter · Mar 27, 2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohanman

You bought 4 2 tb drives or 4 1.5 tb drives?
Just curious
Mo

2TB, I had $400 in Best Buy Gift certs and cards to use up

robotartfashion · Mar 27, 2009, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Kram

do these drives have FW?

These are not external drives, they are internal

(WD has recently launched their 2TB Studio external drives with esata, fw400/800, and usb 2.0)

robotartfashion · Mar 27, 2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovieCutter

2TB, I had $400 in Best Buy Gift certs and cards to use up

haha, nice, i wish i had that much in best buy gift cards just lying around

i did have a $50 one though

besides, so far i've got enough storage to last me until the end of the year or so, so i'll wait to buy more

congrats though!

MovieCutter · Mar 27, 2009, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robotartfashion

haha, nice, i wish i had that much in best buy gift cards just lying around

i did have a $50 one though

besides, so far i've got enough storage to last me until the end of the year or so, so i'll wait to buy more

congrats though!

Thanks, I just hit 20 TB of storage capacity

Mac Pro 1: 4TB
Mac Pro 2: 8TB
Drobo 1: 8TB
Drobo 2: 4TB
3TB in other random drives

I think I'm set for a bit

srl7741 · Mar 27, 2009, 09:27 PM

I will have to stop by BB tomorrow and see if i can find a few of the 2TB drives. They are a pretty good price and would really help out with my storage issues.

rspeaker · Mar 27, 2009, 11:31 PM

Had to grab one of these harddrives while they're on sale.

I could definitely use it, but I am considering returning it or selling it to a friend. Might reconsider if I can find a fanless, single- or dual-bay enclosure with FW for cheap, but I'm having no luck. Suggestions?

jb60606 · Mar 29, 2009, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rspeaker

Had to grab one of these harddrives while they're on sale.

I could definitely use it, but I am considering returning it or selling it to a friend. Might reconsider if I can find a fanless, single- or dual-bay enclosure with FW for cheap, but I'm having no luck. Suggestions?

OWC makes a few. I have one, fanless with USB, FW800 and eSATA.

robotartfashion · Mar 29, 2009, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jb60606

OWC makes a few. I have one, fanless with USB, FW800 and eSATA.

I've heard bad things about the OWC ones, or maybe its just the drives they include if you get the all in ones, i've heard about them failing

Has yours been pretty reliable?

BTW everyone, new deal

NewEgg has 1 TB WD Black drives for $99 w/free shipping through today

jb60606 · 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robotartfashion

I've heard bad things about the OWC ones, or maybe its just the drives they include if you get the all in ones, i've heard about them failing

Has yours been pretty reliable?

BTW everyone, new deal

NewEgg has 1 TB WD Black drives for $99 w/free shipping through today

I've been using the OWC Mercury Elite Quad Interface for over a year straight, without any problems (hourly backups). I'm using it with a 1.0TB WD Enterprise RE2-GP drive, via eSATA, that I purchased separately and installed myself.

On average, it runs about 10-15 degrees hotter than my internal drives and the blue light is annoyingly bright (but can be unplugged internally). Over the past 6 months I've occasionally received Time Machine errors, but they appear to be a known problem with TM. These errors seem to coincide with the drive being full or writing out huge files while a TM backup is taking place.

P.S. Those enclosures are also available in black.

Thanks for the Newegg info. I'm going to snatch up a few of those.

HiFiGuy528 · Mar 29, 2009, 06:37 PM

I refuse to give BB any of my money.

I bought a Adcomdata 2 TB hard drive with Firewire 800 for $230 shipped. Inside this unit are two 1 TB Hitachi 3.5" hard drives.

MovieCutter · Mar 29, 2009, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DjAmTraX

I refuse to give BB any of my money.

I bought a Adcomdata 2 TB hard drive with Firewire 800 for $230 shipped. Inside this unit are two 1 TB Hitachi 3.5" hard drives.

Not...QUITE the same as a single 2TB drive

. I don't mind giving Best Buy my money since they're likely selling these drives at a loss. I need the max capacity inside my Mac Pro, hence why 1TB don't do me much good when I can put 8TB inside of that beast.

Cynicalone · Mar 29, 2009, 09:46 PM

This week they are at $269.99 USD still a great price. Good food for the drobo.

Here is a link http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218064150518

elcid · Mar 29, 2009, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azdunerat

Wow two of those in a sansdigital raid encloser and you could have a 4TB raid for less than 600! Thats a steal

You like that enclosure? I am looking for something but not sure if I want to pony up for a Drobo.

azdunerat · Mar 29, 2009, 11:14 PM

From what I have seen it is one of the better build to order enclosures

chrisandersen · Mar 30, 2009, 08:32 AM

What about this drive, 2T USB
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218064150735

Mar 26, 2009, 07:07 PM	#1
robotartfashion macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ	Great Sale on 2TB Drive at Best Buy I thought about what forum to post this in, and almost did so in the Mac Pro section, but I thought this might be best for us in the ever shrinking empty space on drive media group Best Buy has the WD 2TB Green drive on sale for $237.99 in store through Saturday. This is the first time I've seen this on sale and if you can find them you're usually paying $299.99 for them, so just thought I'd bring it up. They have the sale online but they are back-ordered, most stores have them in stock though. With tax in VA where I am it came up to $249.something or other enjoy! __________________ MacPro 2008 2.8 Octo/6GB2009 13" Macbook Pro 2.26/2GB2009 Mac Mini HTPC 2.0/2GB2007 20" iMac 2.0/2GBPowermac G4 867/1GB Media Server12" Powerbook G4iPhone 4iPhone 3Gs Home Remote*iPad 3G 16gb
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srl7741 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In my world	Best Buy I will have to stop by BB tomorrow and see if i can find a few of the 2TB drives. They are a pretty good price and would really help out with my storage issues.
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rspeaker macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2006	Had to grab one of these harddrives while they're on sale. I could definitely use it, but I am considering returning it or selling it to a friend. Might reconsider if I can find a fanless, single- or dual-bay enclosure with FW for cheap, but I'm having no luck. Suggestions? __________________ iMac Core Duo 1.83GHz
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Mar 29, 2009, 06:37 PM	#20
HiFiGuy528 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2008	I refuse to give BB any of my money. I bought a Adcomdata 2 TB hard drive with Firewire 800 for $230 shipped. Inside this unit are two 1 TB Hitachi 3.5" hard drives. __________________ ~Humans make Music, Music makes Miracles ~
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Mar 26, 2009, 07:17 PM	#2
azdunerat macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2009	Wow two of those in a sansdigital raid encloser and you could have a 4TB raid for less than 600! Thats a steal
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Mar 26, 2009, 09:10 PM	#4
mohanman macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2007	A deal? I don't know about that. You can get 1.5 tb for 100.00 online, go to www.techbargains.com , I think its at tigerdirect. 1.5 tb x 2 for the same price. Are you including tax on your final price too? Mo
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Mar 26, 2009, 11:06 PM	#5
azdunerat macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2009	I havent heard really stellar reviews of the 1.5TB. So far it seems that the 2tb has avioded the firmware dissaster of the 1.5
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Mar 27, 2009, 12:46 AM	#6
uraniumwilly macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2007	On 3 separate occasions I ordered two 1.5tb drives. Never spent more than $106 each. I just google from time to time and find sales. Tiger Direct has the occasional sale. Dealmac works too. All the drives perform flawlessly.
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Mar 27, 2009, 11:12 AM	#7
Rich1963 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	The 1.5 TB drives that echibited severe problems were Seagate. The western digital green power 2 tb drives are totally different. I'm running a few of the 1 TB green power (ead model) and they are quiet, cool, and fantastic. Can't wait to change over the array to the 2TB models.
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Mar 27, 2009, 05:23 PM	#9
MovieCutter Banned Join Date: May 2005 Location: Washington, DC	Thanks for the tip. Just bought 4 more...WOOT
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Mar 29, 2009, 09:46 PM	#22
Cynicalone macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Okie land	This week they are at $269.99 USD still a great price. Good food for the drobo. Here is a link http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218064150518
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Mar 29, 2009, 11:14 PM	#24
azdunerat macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2009	From what I have seen it is one of the better build to order enclosures
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Mar 30, 2009, 08:32 AM	#25
chrisandersen macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	What about this drive, 2T USB http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218064150735
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