Rating 4.5 40 reviews
Manufacturer: Western Digital
price $209.64
expertreviews.co.uk
13 years ago

Western Digital Red 3TB review

While most consumer hard disks are designed to be jacks of all trades, Western Digital's Red range of SATA3 hard disks is designed specifically for use in home and small business NAS devices. To this end, it's built for durability, power efficiency and low noise levels of just 23dB(A).
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Dooyoo
13 years ago

Western Digital Red WD30EFRX 3 TB: You Have The Power, But Do You Have The Storage Space?

Thanks For Reading.
Pros:
  • Storage Space
  • Noise and Heat Levels
  • Value
  • Speed
  • Three Year Warrenty
Cons:
  • More Reasons To Download More Rubbish
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Overclockers
12 years ago

Quiet performers

I bought a pair of these a little over 12 months ago to go with my Synology DS213 and I'm very impressed. Not the fastest drives you can buy but they run very quietly and perform perfectly well for their intended application.
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Overstock
12 years ago

Western Digital Red WD30EFRX 3 TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Excellent drive for NAS devices. works as described. Was shipped an OEM disk fyi.
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Newegg
12 years ago

What problems

It seems that there were issues with the 1st WD Red disks released on the market. The issues seems to be fixed now, at least from my experience. 4 out of 4 disks working well.
Pros:
  • I purchased 4 of those WD Red 3TB disks and they all work well
  • I first used them in an
Cons:
  • None so far
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tesco.com
11 years ago

Excellent performance and storage size

I have three of these hard drives installed in my home server, and they are absolute beasts! I get read and write speeds of over 200MBps over my gigabit network, and even faster when transferring data within the server.
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staples.com
11 years ago

WD Red 3TB

Very nice website and checkout was excellent. Shipping was almost immediate and the drive arrived in great condition. Looking forward to a happy son--in-law Christmas Morning.
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Pixmania
11 years ago

First class service

We were most impressed by the excellent service provided by Pixmania. The drives are just what we wanted.
Pros:
  • It worked - first time
  • no issues at all
Cons:
  • Nothing to say here
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dabs.com
10 years ago

Excellent

I got this drive to use as a mass backup / storage using a bare drive adapter. It is fast and quiet. Would thoroughly recommend it.
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memoryexpress.com
10 years ago

Solid...so far

I have had Green drives running in a Drobo FS NAS for almost 5 years without any failure. I just got a Synology DS1515+ NAS so figured I'd stick with WD and try out the new fangled Reds in that. I put in 3 and so far so good: no errors, quiet, good performance.
Pros:
  • Price (when on sale -NAS specific -WD name
Cons:
  • -Price (when not on sale -Warranty (5 year is for the "Pro" version
  • not these which have only 3 years
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