I know I know…I shucked the Easystore drives and I always shot for the $15/TB mark.
With that said, considering the chip shortage, I am not sure how realistic the $15/TB target price is. Plus, I bought the Synology 4-bay 920+ from a few weeks ago. I started looking into the WD Red Pro, WD Black, WD Gold, Seagate Ironwolf Pro, and Seagate Exos. They are all CMR with 5-year Warranty. I’m really hoping there are better built and more reliable. I value my data – pictures, music, movies, etc. I’d pay a premium for that. For these drives, I’d pay $30/TB.
I was going to buy the WD Ultrastar 6TB for $180 in B&H Video BUT it’s OOS. That’d be my preferred choice. For $170, I think this WD black isn’t a bad deal.
Get it direct from Western Digital or from Amazon which sells it for the same price.
Western Digital 6TB WD Black Performance Internal Hard Drive HDD – 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" – WD6003FZBX https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0792GS…UTF8&
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