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Title: Western Digital's 8TB hard drives mix helium with mammoth storage Post by: HCK on March 04, 2016, 09:00:14 pm Western Digital's 8TB hard drives mix helium with mammoth storage
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Western Digital is rising to new storage heights with helium-filled 8TB hard drives designed for consumer NAS boxes and external drives set-ups. The NAS options are not yet available, but WD is already selling the 8TB external drives at select retailers and online under the My Book line.</p><p> But clutch those wallets tightly, folks. The external drives currently cost a whopping $300. That’s quite pricey when you can get two 4TB external hard drives on Amazon right now for a little over $200.</p><p> WD isn’t saying how much the 8TB NAS drives will cost or what the specs are. They'll likely be priced competitively with Seagate’s new 8TB NAS drives (http://www.pcworld.com/article/3021830/storage/seagate-reveals-a-gargantuan-8tb-hard-drive-for-nas-boxes-and-desktop-pcs.html), which have an MSRP around $400.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3040218/hardware/western-digitals-8tb-hard-drives-mix-helium-with-mammoth-storage.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Western Digital's 8TB hard drives mix helium with mammoth storage (http://www.macworld.com/article/3040218/hardware/western-digitals-8tb-hard-drives-mix-helium-with-mammoth-storage.html#tk.rss_all) |