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Friday, May 17, 2019

Amazon.com - AData 480GB SSD for $42.50, 960GB for $72
(expired)

AData SU655 480GB Solid State Drive is on sale today for $42.50 (8.9¢/GB). Also, the 960GB SSD is $72.24 (7.5¢/GB).

Note, some reviewers reported data failures within the first year. This drive is very affordable, but may not be reliable enough for some people.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Amazon.com - 256GB USB3.0 Flash Drive for $30
Reviews are positive, and normally sells for about $40.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Newegg.com - 24" Monitor $100, 31" Monitor $170, Other Deals Today
- Acer 24.5-inch Frameless Monitor with Speakers for $100 with code EMCTATV22
- LG 31.5-inch IPS Monitor for $170 with code EMCTATV49
- Netgear 16-Port Gigabit Switch for $45 with code EMCTATV54
- 2-Pack of HP M700 120GB MLC Solid State Drives for $38. Normally, 120GB MLC SSDs sell for about $20 to $25 each.
- 3-Pack of AData 32GB USB3.0 Flash Drives for $12. Normally $5 each.

Monday, April 29, 2019

Newegg.com - 2-Pack of 64GB USB3.1 Flash Drives for $13
Two-pack of Silicon Power 64GB USB3.1 Flash Drives for $13.

Or, one for $9.

Normally, one 64GB flash drive with USB3.1 performance would sell for about $13. However, it appears that similar Silicon Power USB3.1 flash drives may have poor performance (here and here).

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Newegg.com - Deals Today
Newegg is running a sale on over 100 computer components and accessories. Deals include:
- Samsung Pro Endurance 128GB MicroSD Memory Card for $30 with code EMCTYVA37 . Normally about $35.
- Seagate Portable 5TB USB Hard Drive for $100 with code 42BBSR19 . Available in Black for $6 more, using the same code 42BBSR19 Normally about $126.
Computer Components:
- Mushkin 500GB TLC SSD for $53. Includes the games Star Trek Online and Neverwinter.
- Team L5 Lite 1TB TLC SSD for $96.
- Corsair CX450M 450-Watt Power Supply for $42 with code EMCTYVW42 and a $15 Prepaid Card is available by mail-in rebate. There is a $3 shipping fee, waived for Newegg Premiere members and ShopRunner members.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

BestBuy.com - Western Digital 4TB Portable USB Drive $80
Western Digital Easystore 4TB Portable USB Hard Drive for $80.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Amazon.com - Western Digital 10TB External/Desktop USB Hard Drive $160
(expired)

Normally over $200, and has been at $160 twice since January. Now it's back at $160.

This is one of the best rated external USB hard drives on the market, useful for reliably keeping backups of photos, videos, and personal information.

10TB is a lot of storage. If you use it to backup your family's camera photos & videos in the highest quality formats, assuming 0.5 to 1 TB per year, it would have enough storage to backup your 4K videos and 12-megapixel photos for well over 10 years. That's a lot of data in one place, so if you bought two to backup the same files on both drives, you would have reliable backups in 2 places in case one drive were to fail.

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Newegg.com - Mushkin 250GB SSD for $33
250GB Solid State Drive are priced cheaper than we have ever seen, and Mushkin is a quality brand.

However, note many of these low-cost SSDs use "TLC" based cells. They are known to provide great-performance (read/write speed), but are known to be of lesser quality than MLC. They have a lower lifespan. This means they are fine for a gaming desktop computer, shared computer, or home theater PC that isn't doing important work.

If we wanted an SSD inside an computer or laptop that we want to last, we recommend paying for for a non-TLC based SSD. For piece of mind that our laptops won't die soon, we use the Samsung 860 EVO and Samsung 860 Pro with V-NAND MLC cells and 5-year warranty. The Pro also has built-in hardware encryption (if your computer's motherboard BIOS supports it).

Monday, April 15, 2019

Amazon.com - Sale on Sandisk and Western Digital Products
One-day sale includes:
- SanDisk 1TB Solid State Drive for $96
- Western Digital 10TB External/Desktop USB Hard Drive for $146
- SanDisk Cruzer 128GB USB Flash Drive for $15, and 256GB USB Flash Drive for $30

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Newegg.com - Western Digital 8TB External/Desktop Hard Drive $130
Western Digital Elements (WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN) 8TB External/Desktop USB3.0 Hard Drive for $140, and code 43DPC7 applies $10 off.

It shows a $7 shipping fee, but 2-day delivery is free with a ShopRunner account. ShopRunner is free for anyone with a PayPal account or with an American Express card.

This is the best price for this drive on the market. Amazon sells it for $10 more (on back-order) and other stores sell it for at least $160.

For external backup storage for files, photos, and videos, this is a highly rated drive.

If you are looking for an internal hard drive for a NAS, network storage, or file server computer, read below for a possible hot deal.

Western Digital often uses "Red" drives inside of this external drive. If you feel lucky, and follow video instructions on how to open the drive case without breaking it (also known as "shucking"), you could get a Western Digital Red 8TB NAS 5400rpm Hard Drive with 256MB Cache that would normally sell for $250 on Newegg and Amazon.

We wanted to increase our fileserver's hard drive capacity, so we did this deal 4 times last month. We followed this video, and used four Guitar Picks purchased on Amazon for $4.

We had good luck, and so did people on Reddit. However Western Digital could change their batch of drives at any time. When getting a drive:
1. Look for "Made in Thailand" written on the bottom of the product box. If you have a Thailand-made drive, it's a good change a Red is inside. If a drive arrives and is not made in Thailand, no Red will be inside and you can return the unopened product for a refund.
2. If you remove the drive case in a non-destructive way (follow this video) and no Red drive is inside, you can put it back together and return the drive for a refund minus a 15% restocking fee.
Note that the drive will have a generic white label, and will not have any indication of the drive' model number. It must be plugged into a computer's Serial-ATA port, and software (or the computer's BIOS) can identity the drive model number.

All of ours purchased from Newegg last month had model WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 drives inside, which is a popular helium-filled Western Digital Red 8TB with 256MB cache. It's a good drive for file storage, since performs great, runs cool, is reliable, and has TLER enabled (better for RAID and NAS setups than a regular hard drive). Here is a test result of the drive.

Monday, April 8, 2019

Newegg.com - Team 240GB SSD for $29, 32" Monitor $200
- Team Group L5 LITE 240GB Solid State Drive with 3D NAND cells for $29.
- Team Group L5 LITE 480GB Solid State Drive with 3D NAND cells for $49. A warning that Team is a Taiwanese company so warranty and service may require shipping the product to Taiwan.
- Acer 32-Inch Freesync IPS Monitor (2560x1440) for $200 with coupon code EMCTYTD22 . 4ms response time, 75Hz refresh rate.
- Seagate Portable 4TB USB Hard Drive for $80 with code 43DPC8
- Seagate Portable 5TB USB Hard Drive for $105 with code EMCTYTD25
- Onkyo TX-NR686 7.2-Channel A/V Receiver for $300. Also a free $30 Newegg Gift Card is included.
- Polk Audio T30 Center-Channel Speaker for $70 with code 43DPC2 . Normally about $99.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Newegg.com - LG 22" Monitor $85, Portable 4TB Hard Drive $90
- LG 22-Inch Monitor for $85. HDMI input, 1920x1080 display.
- Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB3.0 Portable Hard Drive for $90 with code 41WRKS11
- Rosewill Wireless Optical Mini Mouse for $6.50 in White color.
- LG 27-Inch IPS FreeSync Gaming Monitor for $400. Height/pivot adjustable stand, 3840x2160 resolution, 5ms response time, and 3 year warranty. Normally about $446.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Amazon.com - Data Storage Deals for World Backup Day
(expired)

Today is World Backup Day, and Amazon is having a one-day sale on data storage products, including:

Portable USB Storage Drives:
- Toshiba Canvio Advance 1TB Portable Hard Drive for $40.
- Toshiba Canvio Advance 2TB Portable Hard Drive for $52.
- Western Digital 2TB Portable USB Hard Drive for PC/Mac for $63
- Western Digital USB 500GB Solid State Drive for $72. An SSD has no moving parts and works while being shook, bumped, and dropped.
- Samsung T5 Portable USB 2TB Solid State Drive for $330 Normally about $400.
Desktop USB Storage Drives:
- Western Digital 6TB Desktop/External USB Hard Drive for $100.
SD Cards:
- SanDisk Extreme Pro 128GB Secure Digital (SDXC) Memory Card for $32. One of the most reliable SD cards on the market today. We used one in our Canon SLR camera, and it saves photos quicker than a standard SD card.
- SanDisk Extreme Pro 512GB Secure Digital (SDXC) Memory Card for $160.
MicroSD Cards:
- Samsung 128GB MicroSD Memory Card for $30. Normally about $40.
- SanDisk Extreme 256GB MicroSD Memory Card for $53 Normally at least $60. For a cheaper deal, Newegg is selling a Team 256GB MicroSD Card for $35.
Internal Desktop Computer Drives:
- Kingston 240GB M.2 2280 Internal SSD for $40. Normally $50.
- Seagate 10TB Hard Drive for $285 (2.85¢/GB)
- Seagate 12TB Hard Drive for $380 (3.16¢/GB)
- Seagate 14TB Hard Drive for $440 (3.2¢/GB)

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Newegg.com - Deals Today
- Asus 27" IPS Monitor for $140 with code EMCTWVB44
- Western Digital 250GB Solid State Drive for $45 with code EMCTWVB55
- Crucial MX500 500GB Solid State Drive for $64 with code EMCXTWVB2 . Limited to subscribers of Newegg emails.
- Patriot 256GB M.2 SSD for $37.
- Western Digital Black 2TB Hard Drive for $100 with code EMCTWVB26 . 5-year warranty.
- 2-Pack of Silicon Power 32GB USB Flash Drives for $8
- 2-Foot Ethernet Cable for $2 after $1 shipping fee, or $1 with free shipping on a $25+ order.
- 24" SATA Cable for $1.58 after $1 shipping fee, or $0.59 with free shipping on a $25+ order.
- 3-Pack of AData 32GB USB3.1 Flash Drives for $12

Friday, March 22, 2019

Newegg.com - 3-Pack TP-Link Smart Plugs $33.25, 480GB SSD $49
- 3-Pack TP-Link HS100 Wifi Smart Plugs for $33.25 ($11.10 each) when applying coupon code SMARTNGY3 in the cart. Normally $15 each or $27 for 2. We have one connected to a surveillance camera that sometimes drops off Wifi, and needs to be power cycled. Rather than climb a ladder to unplug and plug in the camera's power cable, the TP-Link app can cycle the power from a smartphone. Other people use a Wifi smart plug to boil water in an electric kettle or make toast at a certain time in the morning.
- Team Group L5 Lite 3D 2.5" 480GB SSD for $49

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Newegg.com - Deals Today
- 2-Pack of TP-Link HS220 Wifi Light Switch with Dimmer for $60. That is $30 each. Normally $43 each.
- Toshiba 1TB Portable USB Hard Drive for $45 with code EMCTWVT32 . Useful for backing-up photos and videos, a portable USB hard drive powers itself with the included USB data cable and is about the size of an iPhone X.
- Western Digital Black 1TB M.2 SSD Card for $200 with code EMCTWVT22 . Expensive when compared with other M.2 SSD cards, but Western Digital's "Black" devices are known to be higher quality and are backed by a 5-year warranty.
- Xbox One S 1TB Console for $170 through Newegg's Ebay store.
Gift Cards:
- $200 Carnival Cruise Gift Card for $185 with code EMCTWVT23 . Can apply toward a "Sail & Sign Onboard Account", which is the account cruise-goers can use for onboard purchases of dining and drinks.

Friday, March 15, 2019

Rakuten.com - AData 480GB SSD for $42.50
AData SU650 480GB Solid State Drive for $42.50. To get the price, sign-in with an account, and apply code AD7 during checkout.

Thursday, March 7, 2019

BestBuy.com - 10TB External/Desktop Hard Drive & 32GB Flash Drive $160
(expired)

(repost)

Western Digital 10TB USB Desktop/External Hard Drive and 32GB USB Flash Drive for $160. Includes a 2 year warranty. Great for backing-up photos and movies.

It's about half the price of an internal 10TB hard drive.

Tech-savvy people can unscrew the case, pull out the drive, and install in a desktop computer for massive file storage. Doing it may void the 2 year warranty, but would likely give a Helium-filled 10TB 5400rpm hard drive (according to this article and these Reddit users) at a price of 1.6¢ per GB). Normally, a 10TB internal hard drive would cost at least $250.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Newegg.com - 64GB USB Flash Drive for $7.50

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Newegg.com - 256GB USB3.1 Flash Drive $43
- Patriot 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive for $43
- Sandisk 256GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive for $43