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WD15EADS thoughts?

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Looking to throw four more hard drives into my server, 2TB drives have not dropped enough in price and WD has produced 1.5TB drives at a good price. Any problems with these? I have the 1TB green drives and love them, was hoping to go all 2TB but 1.5TB times four should last me awhile I think.
 
It was as cheap as $129 the beginning of the week, but reviews are scaring me off right now.
 
shabazkilla said:
Hard drives ordered from Newegg being DOA??? Say it ain't so!
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Yeah, I know, what a shocker. :rolleyes:
I do not mind buying hard drives from the egg, as long as I fill the order with more stuff so they actually stuff the boxes properly.
 
theDreamer said:
It seems on Newegg many reviews are talking about DOA (same guy twice).
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I'm always wary of reviews where one guy seems to have multiple problems with the same product.

As mentioned above, though, it's best to order some other stuff with hard drives from Newegg so they pack it better.

I've got some WD10EADS drives that have been running just fine. Amazing how cool they stay with little to no airflow.
 
Should be very good drives. 3 x 500GB platters AFAIK. Don't trust Newegg reviews, especially those saying the drives arrived DOA because Newegg hard drive packaging isn't too good...
 
PC_User said:
Should be very good drives. 3 x 500GB platters AFAIK. Don't trust Newegg reviews, especially those saying the drives arrived DOA because Newegg hard drive packaging isn't too good...
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And most Newegg reviewers are full of shit...
 
AgentQ said:
I'm always wary of reviews where one guy seems to have multiple problems with the same product.

As mentioned above, though, it's best to order some other stuff with hard drives from Newegg so they pack it better.
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Or sometimes not. A larger order from Newegg can also mean a greater number of dense items rattling around inside the box, and against the hard drive. The package literally becomes an RMA ticking time bomb. I speak from experience.
 
I bought one from the egg since it was $130. Should be here monday and hopefully won't be DOA or die soon after.
 
JohnleMVP said:
I bought one from the egg since it was $130. Should be here monday and hopefully won't be DOA or die soon after.
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congrats; & what packing material ( cheap extra stuff :) ) did you get to go with it?
SATA cables? $2 microphone? does newegg sell socks & t-shirts :p
 
Yeah the packaging wasn't great. It had a poor bubble wrap job and some paper. Still had plenty of movement in the box, but the drive works....so far.
 
Any other thoughts regarding the WD15EADS ( WD 1.5 TB Green )??

Someone stated in this thread that it is 3x500gb platters, although it looks like 4 platters in the pics i've seen. can anyone confirm or deny?

Also, can anyone recommend an online retailer that they trust shipping HDDs? can't seem to find this model in stock anywhere other than NewEgg.

Thanks!!!
 
rayz said:
Any other thoughts regarding the WD15EADS ( WD 1.5 TB Green )??

Someone stated in this thread that it is 3x500gb platters, although it looks like 4 platters in the pics i've seen. can anyone confirm or deny?

Also, can anyone recommend an online retailer that they trust shipping HDDs? can't seem to find this model in stock anywhere other than NewEgg.

Thanks!!!
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WD10EADS uses 3x333GB platters, so I can only assume that the WD15EADS is using larger platters, otherwise you'd need more than 4 to reach 1.5TB. My bet would be that it uses the same 500GB platters as the 2.0TB WD20EADS.

Newegg is fine for single drive purchases, they suck a lot more for multiple drives. I bought two of the 640GB Black last week and they came taped together back-to back. I was surprised that they worked, but hey. Amazon is a lot better now.
 
I just picked one up from the Egg, yes I know, but it should arrive this Thursday.
Everything I am reading says that the new WDXXEADS line is using all 500GB platters, which for the 1.5 means 3x500, but I have no links because only one people talk about is the 2TB drive, never the 1.5TB.
 
-=Antimatter=- said:
WD10EADS uses 3x333GB platters, so I can only assume that the WD15EADS is using larger platters, otherwise you'd need more than 4 to reach 1.5TB. My bet would be that it uses the same 500GB platters as the 2.0TB WD20EADS.
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This is correct to my knowledge.
 
Picked up the WD15EADS a few weeks ago, probably should have gone for the WD20EADS, price is almost the same, it scales well. and 500 extra GB never hurt anyone
 
Megalomaniac said:
Picked up the WD15EADS a few weeks ago, probably should have gone for the WD20EADS, price is almost the same, it scales well. and 500 extra GB never hurt anyone
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Price is the same?
I paid 130 for WD15EADS, best price for WD20EADS I could find was 230 or 220 online.
 
-=Antimatter=- said:
WD10EADS uses 3x333GB platters, so I can only assume that the WD15EADS is using larger platters, otherwise you'd need more than 4 to reach 1.5TB. My bet would be that it uses the same 500GB platters as the 2.0TB WD20EADS.
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Just a note, some of the WD10EADS are using the 500GB platters now too. You need to look for WD10EADS-00M2B0.
 
theDreamer said:
Price is the same?
I paid 130 for WD15EADS, best price for WD20EADS I could find was 230 or 220 online.
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oh that is cheap, right, I had to get mine when the newegg one wasnt around, and i didnt want a DOA one, so I ordered from Provantage. Much better packing.
So for me, the costs difference per GB was almost the same.
 
yeah, that $130-$140 price point is attractive for 1.5TB. unfortunately, i can't seem to find one in stock anywhere other than NewEgg. might have to roll the dice with the shipping.
 
dmxlite said:
Just a note, some of the WD10EADS are using the 500GB platters now too. You need to look for WD10EADS-00M2B0.
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fantastic news
wonder if any of the Cavier Black drives have moved to 500GB platters?
 
Just got my new WD15EADS in from Newegg, standard bubble wrap in a box of peanuts (but it was in the middle), drive already added to WHS and formatted, 1.3TB of space.
 
Just wondering, went to look at ordering a few more WD15EADS today from Newegg and they do not even have it listed, something wrong?

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Just spoke to a Newegg rep and stated that an item could go out of stock and become "deactivated" if they are finding a new supplier.
 
epimetheus said:
And most Newegg reviewers are full of shit...
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Not always. Out of a few WD640aaks blue drives I did receive one that didn't power up and death clicked, but the egg took care of return shipping and sent me a new one right away. So there are such things as DOA/defective products.

That being said there are quite a few knuckleheads that would be stupid enough to believe hard drives will come to life by simply plugging in the SATA cable alone and not the power SATA cable, half of the idiots willing to waste their time review the products in a negative way without being objective probably fall into that category. hahaha.... Also, you wouldn't believe how many idiots I've seen saying their drives weren't recognized, because they didn't know how to initialize them and setup a volume via disk management. Sheesh, we used to have to go to DOS and do all of that crap by command lines!
 
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