**DEAL IS DEAD Again?!** Wd caviar green sata 2tb hdd (B-Stock) for $65.99@ cdw

[Destiny]

Lowest price I have seen for a 2TB internal HDD since the Thailand floods!

At CDW!

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/WD-CAVIAR-GREEN-SATA-2TB-5.4K-64MB/2608806.aspx

In California they charge tax and shipping...

EDIT: Just checked at 12:28AM 3-22-2012 and it is now Live but for $65.99

 

[SunnyD]

Point of note: These are refurbs.

 

[av911]

Point of note: These are refurbs.

And they're Green drives. They'll die within a year.

 

[bankster55]

pwned

 

[Tsaar]

I have noticed a downward trend in HDD prices over the last month. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon.

 

[dawp]

And they're Green drives. They'll die within a year.

I have 2 green drives, one of which is a 2tb, in 2 system and both drives have been working fine for over 2 years.

 

[tydas]

And they're Green drives. They'll die within a year.

so will your membership in anandtech

 

[Mike64]

Point of note: These are refurbs.

I'm not seeing anything about refurbs and they have a 2 year warranty. Am I missing something?

 

[Vasp]

BSTK is probably what it is

 

[SunnyD]

I'm not seeing anything about refurbs and they have a 2 year warranty. Am I missing something?

CDW Outlet Item, Model number ends in BSTK (B-Stock). They're either returns or refurbs.

 

[Mike64]

CDW Outlet Item, Model number ends in BSTK (B-Stock). They're either returns or refurbs.

Ah, thanks.

 

[Mitch101]

Ive got a 50% death rate on the western digital green series. Not click of death but I suspect the controllers die off the platters are probably fine. The refurbs might be corrected issue drives.

 

[mdhss]

This CDW outlet item is no longer available for purchase.

 

[zposter]

Ive got a 50% death rate on the western digital green series. Not click of death but I suspect the controllers die off the platters are probably fine. The refurbs might be corrected issue drives.

I had several bad 2TB versions and gave up on them. The 1.5TB ones I got were ok.

 

[thegimp03]

I have two 2TB green drives and I haven't had any issues with them.

 

[reallyscrued]

I have two 2TB green drives and I haven't had any issues with them.

I have 2 green drives, one of which is a 2tb, in 2 system and both drives have been working fine for over 2 years.

+1

I have one 2 TB green to supplement my 1 TB black. It holds movies and tv shows, had it for over 2 years now...still chugging along.

 

[IGemini]

There's nothing wrong with WD Green drives...they require some care under Linux, though.

 

[Gardener]

Deal is alive again, ordered one a few hours ago.

 

[flexcore]

I picked one up today for $83 with tax & sh. And it has a two year warranty.

 

[SKORPI0]

Sub-total............$65.99
Shipping.............$13.02
Sales Tax..............$4.61
Grand Total...........$83.62

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[StormSide]

Could not resist at this price ordered 1 at $63.21 shipped.

 

[dualsmp]

Could not resist at this price ordered 1 at $63.21 shipped.

Did they have free shipping at one point?

 

[StormSide]

Did they have free shipping at one point?

Well we have an account with them and get free shipping on everything. Most of the time prices are too high to take advantage of it.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

My 1tb Green Drive is just fine for me for what its for, storage. Been 2+ years

 

[Interitus]

I have owned 11 of the WD greens.

4 of them were 1TB, all are still alive and kicking after 1-2 years.

7 of them were 2TB, 6 of the 7 have failed within a year. 4 of them were new purchases, 3 of them were replacements for failures. 4th failure I just gave up and never sent it back in. They were purchased from varied retailers as well. Some retail, some OEM.

Going from memory here, but i think the EARS versions died the fastest. Wanting to say 4 of the 2TB's were EARS drives. (2 new, 2 replacements) The EARS drives showed a gradually increasing reallocated sector count before finally throwing in the towel. The others just bombed with no warning, one day they just started making a lot of noise and Windows threw error messages.

All of the PC's these were in were well set up and fan cooled, fed by reliable PSU's hooked up to a UPS and they were not all in the same PC.. some have seen totally new street addresses. Hard to pin all those failures on some common factor.

Not trying to crap on the deal, more of a heads up for buyers. Back these up if you purchase. Even if they were new and not refurbs. Having to re-rip my entire CD collection made me want to have a rage stroke.