I sent it back for a refund and will be searching for a better alternative. Performance benchmarks western digital my book 8tb and. There is a possibility you could get a wd red drive. In order to shuck a western digital easystore, youll need a few things. Finally got around to uploading my wd my book shucking guide.
Does somebody know which hdd is inside the new wd my book 8 tb. These are basically the same thing as the element drives, but have an exclusive branding for best buy. I already own 3 wd 8tb red drives and 2 wd 8tb white drives. This is a heliumfilled 256mb cache drive, like the wd red 10tb solution.
At the moment and throughout 2017, for that matter, the best value in drive shucking has consistently been the example we used in the previous section. Buy wd 8tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3. Shucking western digital my book 8 tb wdbbgb0080hbkeesn i just bought 2 western digital my book 8 tb for eur 157,55 each incl. How to get premium hard drives for cheap by shucking. Shucking external drives to get at the red nas drives within tends to be much cheaper than buying internal drives directly. Model no wdbwlg0080hbk model no wdbbgb0080hbk ell me what drive inside. Shucking a wd elements 8tb external hdd for my diy nas. Based on my research, the western digital essentials 8tb was likely to. Sieben 6tbfestplatten verschiedener hersteller im test forum. The equivalent specd wd red 8tb nas hard disk drive 5400 rpm class sata 6 gbs 128mb cache 3. The economics of this elude me, but as a result, drive shucking became a.
The 8tb my book drives are pretty cheap on amazon right now, so im tempted to buy 6. In the above video i will show how to open the wd my book 8tb drive to get the hdd out. Shucking western digital elements reliability storage. The 8tb my book drives are pretty cheap on amazon right now, so im tempted. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. If you get a white label drive and if you shuck the drive and put it into your. Find over 30,000 products at your local micro center, including the my book 8tb usb 3. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. Also can you just search for wd with a particular color. Save money on hdd purchases wd my book shuck pakstech. Western digital 4tb my book desktop external hard drive. If you find this instructable useful, please consider subscribing to my youtube channel for upcoming diy. After publishing our howto guide on saving money with the toshiba 5tb 7200rpm external drives, we planned to do the same with the 8tb drives. Im wondering whether the 8 tb ones still are helium, or if theyve.
Designed to meet wd s demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. I just bought 2 western digital my book 8 tb for eur 157,55 each incl. If it was me id buy an elements drive, use a different pc to copy the data, shuck the my book and use it internally, copy the data back and return the elements. How to shuck remove the wd red drive from a western. This has led people to obtain external drives just to open the. The gtechnology gdrive with thunderbolt 8tb betters the my book 8tb consistently even over the. Discussion in computer hardware started by tmathews, apr 20, 2018. I was able to shuck the drive from the enclosure and find a white label wd80emaz drive which is nearly identical to the red labeled drive that is sought after. Wd my book 14 tb shucked wd140edfz us7sap140 inside. Western digital wd my book 10tb ab preisvergleich geizhals deutschland. Ive seen quite a lot of videos showing how to open the wd my book new. Here are a couple reasons you might not want to shuck an external.
If you shuck them without scratching the enclosure tip. How to shuck or remove the internal hard drive from a western digital easystore 8tb external hard drive. I wanted to upgrade my very last remaining 4tb hard drive to 8tb in order to bring my nas up to 56tb total storage 7x8tb hdds. Wd wd100emaz and wd easystore 10tb external backup drive. Shucking opening 8tb wd elements external hard drive hdd. Shucking western digital my book 8 tb wdbbgb0080hbkeesn. The wd elements bb canada and wd easystore bb usa are reported to contain white label versions of the wd reds. I found that it works just fine in this rosewill case, which i use to house my custombuilt home.
Over the years i have stored photos across 5 different external drives. With the ftc giving some businesses 30 days to remove the illegal warranty void if removed stickers, im not sure broken clips on an external enclosure is a legitimate reason to deny a warranty claim. Wd red 8tb nas internal hard drive 5400 rpm class, sata 6 gbs. Nas festplatten gunstig kaufen wd my book shucking tutorial. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun. Western digital my book shucking guide get cheaper hard drives.
If no one has any data on these, i might just buy them, see what drive model is in them, and post results. Is one drive better than the other, for internal use. I use this hard drive as a backup to all my computer files which includes family photos, videos, etc. Shucking a wd easystore and upgrading nas ethan wojcinski. The economics of this elude me, but as a result, drive shucking became a common practice among savvy nas users. Hope it helps you guys in getting some cheap white label reds 256mb cache. For the canadian elements drive, many owners have reported that the. Purchased two wd my book 6tb drives for consolidation and backup of photos. This means that there is no way by looking at it wd can tell its been shucked. I started this new thread to document some of the findings with these shuckable mybook drives. I know the warranty is 2 vs 3 yr, leading me to believe the mybook has a better drive or.
After removing the outer shell, we find a wd100emaz 10tb white label hdd inside. Western digital my book shucking guide get cheaper hard. Datahoarder conclusion all in all i am pretty happy with the 8tb drives, they are 5400rpm but perform really well. This is what western digital sent me as a warranty replacement for a shucked white label drive that came out of a wd elements usb enclosure. Our comments box is a great way for you to view other peoples feedback about products on, and add your own. Wd my book fall 2016 disassembly with card, without. Have 5 of the 8tb easystores and 2 of the 10tb easystores. It might come as a surprise to you but external usb hard drives are actually cheaper per terabyte than similar internal drives. All deals appear to be dead now currently out of stock but should ship when they come back in. Im looking for the technical difference between the my book 8tb and the easystore 8tb external drives.
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