Western Digital 5TB portable €75 [Recertified]

5TB Elements portable €74.99 - €15/TB

https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/recertified/portable-drives/wd-elements-portable-usb-3-0-hdd-recertified#RWDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN

4TB Elements Portable Exclusive €62.99 - €15.75/TB

https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/recertified/portable-drives/wd-elements-portable-exclusive-usb-3-0-hdd-recertified#RWDBHDW0040BBK-EESN

These are recertified with 1 year warranty. They are not shuckable because the 2.5" HDDs inside have USB connectors directly on the motherboard. Suitable for PS4/PS5

Glaceon

Any idea if these are SMR drives?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624018#Comment_118624018

Every WD portable HDD in 4TB and 5TB capacity is SMR.

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624151#Comment_118624151

Thanks, will have to give it a miss so. I’m looking for something to back up a home server (a little over 2TB at the moment) so it would need to be able to handle the writes.

ED E

Thanks for including all the details we need (SMR/USB) in thread :)

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624168#Comment_118624168

I've used the external Elements drives previously to backup my home server - although mine has built in RAID and a spare disk that kicks in automatically in the event of a failure as well, but an external backup is definitely worth having.

fryup

recertified?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118636119#Comment_118636119

Technically it means repaired or refurbished. I've bought dozens over the years and based on my experience I think they're probably new/overstock. I couldn't prove it and it's no skin off my nose either way.

The main thing to know is that they are cheap and have a 1 year warranty. Compare the price and warranty period to a "new" one and decide for yourself if it's worth the trade-off.

HDDs fail according to a bathtub curve; 1 year is long enough for most early failures to reveal themselves.