LIMITED TIME: Buy 2 16TB drives for $579.98. Offer valid on SKU WD161KFGX bought online through the Western Digital Store. Sales quantities are limited to a maximum of 10 units (5 bundles) per customer. Offer is only valid while supplies last. This offer may not be combined, used in conjunction with or used in addition to any other promotion or offer. Retailers, Resellers and Distributors are excluded from this promotion. The offer is not applicable for any prior purchases and may not be available in all regions of the world. Delivery must be made within the contiguous United States, excluding addresses in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. This promotion is valid between November 3, 2025 and November 16, 2025.
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$580 for two 16's is a bad deal.
$580 for two 16's is a bad deal.
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These are CMR drives (not SMR), and they use helium, so they're a tad quieter than "normal air" drives. That said, when I got them, one was noticably louder than the other 3. Ran extended SMART tests on all of them and they all checked out. Still running fine after 3 years, though still within the 5 year warranty period.
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But it does seem people really don't like the barracudas for NAS systems. I haven't really expanded my arrays much in the last couple years so I haven't been paying much attention though. Looks like maybe there has just been a big divergence in price on "nas" drives compared to other hard drives. But none of these are SMR so I'm not sure how big a deal it really is for low volume home use NAS systems.
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