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Toronto
08-16-2006, 02:25 PM
http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4596287

400gb for 110 that is 28cents a gig.
racer_f50
08-16-2006, 02:46 PM
goddam, a 16mb buffer :shock:
I'm in need of a new hard-drive soon, hope that deal is still available when I can afford it.
Pimp Racer
08-16-2006, 03:58 PM
I recently read a press release by seagate and WDC stating something like there is a HDD war going on and every company is gonna make it VERY VERY CHEAP by Q1 of 2007. So not really anything big but just improvements in technology = old stuff gets cheap as hell.
dutchmasterflex
08-16-2006, 07:18 PM
goddam, a 16mb buffer :shock:
I'm in need of a new hard-drive soon, hope that deal is still available when I can afford it.


heheh.. silly consumers and their number games...


Just make sure you buy 2 of them so you can back up the first one.. would not be fun to lose 400gb of data..
SFDMALEX
08-16-2006, 11:03 PM
Just make sure you buy 2 of them so you can back up the first one.. would not be fun to lose 400gb of data..

Very true man. HDDs these days are not that reliable. And to rely on one 400gb is suicide.

Max Id go is 250 per drive.
crazidude
08-16-2006, 11:07 PM
Gah.. There are times I wish I was american so I can buy cheaper things, and not get totally shafted by the damn tax here.
jadeddjay
08-17-2006, 09:04 AM
i back everything up on dvds now after my "backup" hd crashed.
racer_f50
08-17-2006, 07:07 PM
goddam, a 16mb buffer :shock:
I'm in need of a new hard-drive soon, hope that deal is still available when I can afford it.


heheh.. silly consumers and their number games...


Just make sure you buy 2 of them so you can back up the first one.. would not be fun to lose 400gb of data..
If the difference in performance between 16mb buffer and 8mb buffer (which i currently have) is as large as between 8 and 2mb buffers, then I'd hardly call it silly.

I'm still using an old Western Digital 80gb drive with 8mb cache, but it keeps making a clicking noise every few days which worries me. I'ts done that for years, though.

If that 400gb is so cheap, i'm hopeful i could find a 200gb drive (all i'd really need/want anyhow) for even cheaper.
spanky
08-17-2006, 08:29 PM
Very true man. HDDs these days are not that reliable. And to rely on one 400gb is suicide.


Yeah, one of my parts dealers was saying WD HDD's were having a 3.9% failure rate on them at the moment.

Not just WD's having problems of course but HDD's definitely arent as reliable as they used to be.