14TB Western Digital Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive $204 + Free Shipping

MadmanJoe

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Does anyone know if there's a way to look up if these are easily shuckable? If so, what white label drive is inside? I Googled around with a lot of mixed results and misinformation.

unknownuser5

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Make sure you know about the power button on these before buying.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoar...t/jq608yr/

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TwiceOver

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Quote from MadmanJoe

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Does anyone know if there's a way to look up if these are easily shuckable? If so, what white label drive is inside? I Googled around with a lot of mixed results and misinformation.

It's just a gimped WD Red drive white label inside. They are easily shucked. The price isn't great though, a solid "Meh".

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tricks

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tricks

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Quote from unknownuser5

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Make sure you know about the power button on these before buying.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoar...t/jq608yr/

Thanks for this. Held off.

WiseLlama2461

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WiseLlama2461

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These were cheaper 5 years ago. Thanks for the post though.

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Danimal86

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Danimal86

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$200/14tb WD easystore was the go-to deal for a while, usually from Best Buy. Seems like the price has been stagnant for a while.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy, I've got probably 6-8 shucked drives in my server of varying capacities.

snydertalon

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snydertalon

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Quote from TwiceOver

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It's just a gimped WD Red drive white label inside. They are easily shucked. The price isn't great though, a solid "Meh".

Why meh? The standard used to be $15/TB, which these are. Is there a new SD Community price/TB for it to be good?

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Adelley

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Adelley

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Quote from snydertalon

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Why meh? The standard used to be $15/TB, which these are. Is there a new SD Community price/TB for it to be good?

look up 24TB 26TB 28TB on here. Looks like WD was as low as $9.30/TB and some are even $11.50/TB

Doesn't seem $15/TB is the standard anymore

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backforwardback

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My book 14tb was 160 just a week before. My book is superior to elements which is WD lower grade line.

Plus free returns
2 year warranty

TwiceOver

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Quote from Adelley

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look up 24TB 26TB 28TB on here. Looks like WD was as low as $9.30/TB and some are even $11.50/TB

Doesn't seem $15/TB is the standard anymore

I'm sure "Times have changed" but this unit was $200 just last week and paid $200 back in 2022 for the same drive. It's a deal, but it's nothing extraordinary.

rbtree1

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rbtree1

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Quote from WiseLlama2461

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These were cheaper 5 years ago. Thanks for the post though.

Yeah..I have bought a good number of WD externals over the years. still have one 12 and one 14.... I shucked a few as well

nincow

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nincow

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This is MSRP at this point. A quick google search and they come up cheaper elsewhere. Not a deal.

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xcopy

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xcopy

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Total Crap deal IMO.

I paid less for 18TB, and $70 more (each) for 20TB which included a WD SN770 1TB SSD thrown in for "free"

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xcopy

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xcopy

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Quote from snydertalon

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Why meh? The standard used to be $15/TB, which these are. Is there a new SD Community price/TB for it to be good?

This is WD screwing people for old tech that long ago paid back any R&D costs. IMO this is a horrible deal.

Not to mentions I'm only buying 20TB and up at this point, but if these were $75 each I might consider it...

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jiggerms

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Quote from TwiceOver

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I'm sure "Times have changed" but this unit was $200 just last week and paid $200 back in 2022 for the same drive. It's a deal, but it's nothing extraordinary.

Then 18TBs were on sale for $200 last year. So getting a 14TB for the same price is not a good deal.

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