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help me buy a new comp
datora:
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--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 21, 2011, 04:36:09 AM ---url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136824][110$]Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive[/url]
its like buying 500GB of WD Black for 28$ each lol.
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Dat's krezy demmed price! Had seen these on special for $130 delivered not too long ago. Still wouldn't want it for my boot drive, but for this price I might risk it.
Keep in mind ... this is a recertified drive. Means it was returned for some problem (about 80%-90% of the time it is user error) and WD then checked it out, found nothing wrong with it, and is now reselling it. For some tech I wouldn't trust very much, but for a WD Caviar Black HDD, I'd estimate it's probably a Good Bet. It does have a shorter warranty period, so 90 days instead of 5 years, and add on shipping for a total of ~$118 delivered.
Not going to take it myself due to budget issues, but on a different day if I had the money to spare, I would very certainly take it for a really fast applications plus data drive. I'd avoid it as my boot drive unless my options forced me to.
However, the reason I dropped by briefly is to give a heads' up on a Shell Shocker coming by in a few hours:
- Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III - normally $117 delivered.
This is a very solid speed demon of an SSD. The one small caveat is that it has pretty incredible READ numbers [ Up to 415 MB/s (SATA 6Gb/s)], at the expense of WRITE numbers [ Up to 95 MB/s (SATA 6Gb/s) ]. On modern SSDs you'd want to see ~250 MB/s to ~280 MB/s, or even maybe 315 MB/s, for write.
However, the read speed looks pretty legit, and it's blazing. For 80% of most uses (OS boot, games, etc. for examples), those read numbers are the important part. In my case, I want to be doing graphics, so having my Photoshop scratch disk on this is one of the benefits I'm looking for. But, it's an SSD, so it'll spank the bolts off any HDD even if it may be "sluggish" in comparison to other SSDs. The SATA III is nice bonus, even if it still won't saturate the SATA III capacity.
It's due to become available at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time, so that's 4:00 p.m. Atlantic. I've noticed that sometimes they become available a few minutes earlier.
Now, t3h Question is: how much of a Shell "Shocker" will it be ..? Will they really cut it down under $90? Like $75 or $80 ..? $95 would be a bit "meh," even though a pretty good deal by today's standards. "Under $90" will be much more interesting if it happens.
Gonna be watching this one with my cart all logged in and ready to go. Could be gone within minutes if they really discount it deep.
[ EDIT: One other quick point: the mean failure/service life on this is 1,200,000 hours. Most of the other drives are 2,000,000 hours. It will still take a loooooong time to wear out, but those numbers are a bit anemic compared to most others. The question being: maybe 1.2 million is just more honest than other specs ..?
I'm not seeing any specific mention of TRIM support. I'll be surprised if the drive doesn't have it, so for the moment I'm assuming it's maybe just an oversight on the listing. Off to check Crucial's website for the detailed specs.
EDIT^2 a few hours later: New E-Blast out this morning dedicated to storage solutions, with Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Black for $130, new & 5 year warranty, promo EMCKCHJ22 ... plus some other interesting things to look at.
And ... $99.99 delivered for the Crucial SSD on Shell Shocker. Showed up about 1 minute sooner than 4:00 p.m. local. Certainly a good deal, but not one I'll bite one ... if it had been a 90 GB drive, maybe even an 80, I'd have done it. $100 too much for 64 GB, even at this performance; can waitz. :) ]
Nyking754:
hey for the oem hdds will i get a cable that connects the disk to the mobo or will i have to buy one?
krumm:
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 22, 2011, 04:09:51 AM ---hey for the oem hdds will i get a cable that connects the disk to the mobo or will i have to buy one?
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They usually supply sata cables with the motherboard.
If not you can get them cheap at monoprice.com
kitamesume:
if you can find a computer parts shop around your town then 99% i`m sure that it sells sata cables, and 1% that its garbage and doesn't even know what sata means.
@Datora
Demn 2x4gb DDR3 1333 sniper for 52$ *bangs head*
Nyking754:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on July 22, 2011, 05:04:03 AM ---if you can find a computer parts shop around your town then 99% i`m sure that it sells sata cables, and 1% that its garbage and doesn't even know what sata means.
@Datora
Demn 2x4gb DDR3 1333 sniper for 52$ *bangs head*
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good thing i live in nyc lol
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