When will WD Green 2tb be less than $75

[TidusZ]

I bought a WD Green 2tb for $70 shortly before the 2011 floods. I wont buy another until the price is similar. Anyone have an idea if this will ever happen and why/why not?

 

[fffblackmage]

I bought a few back then for $80 each. I'm still waiting for prices to drop. It's getting there, but ever so slowly.... :\

 

[tweakboy]

Ive got my genie ball.

Their coming out in one to two months.

 

[TidusZ]

9 months later, prices exactly the same if not 5 bucks more.

 

[stlc8tr]

You can get a 4TB Seagate 5900RPM NAS drive for $150 so that's kinda like 2TB for $75.

 

[FaceToKeyboard]

As a side note: Are you sure you don't want the WD Black version for the 2.5x longer warranty?

I'm just trying to spread the word - had a WD black go dead on me within warranty, I paid $12 to get it shipped out after printing the RMA paperwork, and I received a working one a week later.

 

[MongGrel]

I've never touched one in my life personally, maybe when they go there.

I've been using Caviar Blacks for HHD's most the time myself, have 4 X 1TB RE3's been spinning years on a Areca 1210.

I'm a WD fanboi obviously but have started using SSDs more lately, but personally I'd never use a green to begin with unless on a HTPC or something.

 

[TidusZ]

I've never touched one in my life personally, maybe when they go there.

I've been using Caviar Blacks for HHD's most the time myself, have 4 X 1TB RE3's been spinning years on a Areca 1210.

I'm a WD fanboi obviously but have started using SSDs more lately, but personally I'd never use a green to begin with unless on a HTPC or something.

It's just for storing media basically so the speed isn't that important to me. I've also never had a hard drive die on me somehow. Lowest price I can find for 4 tb in Canada is $180 or $185 for WD green.

 

[jacktesterson]

I've had 2 x WD Green 2TB Drives fail on me this year, both just outside of there warranty period.

Bad luck, really. First mechanical drives I've had fail since a 30GB Fujitsu drive.

 

[stlc8tr]

As a side note: Are you sure you don't want the WD Black version for the 2.5x longer warranty?

I'm just trying to spread the word - had a WD black go dead on me within warranty, I paid $12 to get it shipped out after printing the RMA paperwork, and I received a working one a week later.

The warranty is longer and I'm sure it's faster but it's also quite a bit more expensive. You can almost buy two Greens for the price of a single Black.

Newegg has the 2TB Green for $90 while the 2TB Black is $160.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

This will probably happen when SSDs become cheaper with larger capacities.

 

[Anteaus]

I've had 2 x WD Green 2TB Drives fail on me this year, both just outside of there warranty period.

Bad luck, really. First mechanical drives I've had fail since a 30GB Fujitsu drive.

Raid array?

 

[FalseChristian]

I've had a 320GB Seagate SATA3 7200 rpm drive for 6 years now without a hiccup. Go with Seagate.