in Southwestern USA, I can pick up that 20TB Seagate EXOS for about $279
Edit: $269! WOOOO
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in Southwestern USA, I can pick up that 20TB Seagate EXOS for about $279
Edit: $269! WOOOO
Have you considered EXOS instead of iron wolf?
Newegg is consistently absurd, I gave up on them for drives ages ago.
I'd just suggest looking past Seagate, WD's 'buy 2' bundle deals are consistently among the lowest I can find on new drives up here. 2x 18TB Red Pro are on for $375 CAD/drive right now (20.83/TB).
But they run different bundles all year, I picked up 4x 20TB this year with those deals. Those were $410 (20.5/TB) in June or July, then $420/drive a couple weeks ago ($21/TB).
Ships from the US, but it's via UPS Worldwide Saver that avoids brokerage fees. Paid nothing extra both times.
Newegg is consistently absurd, I gave up on them for drives ages ago.
I'd just suggest looking past Seagate, WD's 'buy 2' bundle deals are consistently among the lowest I can find on new drives up here. 2x 18TB Red Pro are on for $375 CAD/drive right now (20.83/TB).
But they run different bundles all year, I picked up 4x 20TB this year with those deals. Those were $410 (20.5/TB) in June or July, then $420/drive a couple weeks ago ($21/TB).
Ships from the US, but it's via UPS Worldwide Saver that avoids brokerage fees. Paid nothing extra both times.
What part of supply and demand don't you get? The U.S. has nearly 10X the population of Canada so 10X the number of potential buyers.
What part of supply and demand don't you get? The U.S. has nearly 10X the population of Canada so 10X the number of potential buyers.
I'm in Canada as well. Best prices I've found were Newegg and sometimes Amazon although I've only bought 10 & 12tb Ironwolf Pro's.
Normally around the $280 mark when they had deals. Lately I've went to WD PRO's because of the lower prices. Positive thing is they seem to run cooler.
I'm at 170tb's of raw storage and 95% full I just don't have money to upgrade anymore.
Neweggs prices have always seemed to be weird from my experience. Sometimes they make no sense at all. You'll have the same product in two different places on the website both sold by Newegg at different price points as well as the multiple sellers.
I’ve always found the 10-15 tb external Hdd less expensive than internal ones.
I’ve bought so many externals and just take them out the enclosure before being used and install into my computer , I never understood why it’s more expensive to get a single internal hdd the exact same hard drive wrapped in plastic enclosure and using a usb pass board plus a wall charger is less expensive..
Last time I shucked some drives people recommended all over, I had 4/5 drive be SMR and never got the performance I needed. Wasted so much money on that project...
Not sure where you’re looking, seeing a lot better prices than what you have.
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I’ve always found the 10-15 tb external Hdd less expensive than internal ones.
I’ve bought so many externals and just take them out the enclosure before being used and install into my computer , I never understood why it’s more expensive to get a single internal hdd the exact same hard drive wrapped in plastic enclosure and using a usb pass board plus a wall charger is less expensive..
Not sure where you’re looking, seeing a lot better prices than what you have.
Try
in Southwestern USA, I can pick up that 20TB Seagate EXOS for about $279
Edit: $269! WOOOO
I'm in Canada as well. Best prices I've found were Newegg and sometimes Amazon although I've only bought 10 & 12tb Ironwolf Pro's.
Normally around the $280 mark when they had deals. Lately I've went to WD PRO's because of the lower prices. Positive thing is they seem to run cooler.
I'm at 170tb's of raw storage and 95% full I just don't have money to upgrade anymore.
Neweggs prices have always seemed to be weird from my experience. Sometimes they make no sense at all. You'll have the same product in two different places on the website both sold by Newegg at different price points as well as the multiple sellers.