Good Value for this 1TB?

[e36Adz]

Just purchased the following:

Western Digital 1TB(1000GB)Caviar GP SATA II 300 16MB cache 7200rpm

total: £71.66

..to replace my year and a half old 320GB seagate, or actually both of them.

How often do you guys replace hard drives?

Main reason was I suppose the price of 1TB has dropped a hell of a lot since I last remember checking some 6 months ago.

Is the western digital hard drive decent/fast/reliable, it will simply be used for storage.

 

[Clown]

Bit late to be asking!

 

[Minstadave]

Yeah nice price.

 

[maddness]

Just purchased the following:

Western Digital 1TB(1000GB)Caviar GP SATA II 300 16MB cache 7200rpm

total: £71.66

..to replace my year and a half old 320GB seagate, or actually both of them.

How often do you guys replace hard drives?

Main reason was I suppose the price of 1TB has dropped a hell of a lot since I last remember checking some 6 months ago.

Is the western digital hard drive decent/fast/reliable, it will simply be used for storage.

Not bad but I'd have gone for the sammy f1 for a few quid more..

its faster...
more cache 32mb v 16mb
3 platter drive v 4 platter of the wd
fixed 7200rpms v vari 5400 - 7200
its silent even in seek v i dont know for the wd
rma is dealt with in the uk (rexo) v germany for WD?

oh and i saw this thread

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17903631

i had a look at the wd instore the other day but sadly they only had the 4 platter drives hence i chose the sammy

http://www.storagereview.com/php/be...&devID_1=348&devID_2=352&devID_3=354&devCnt=4

 

[e36Adz]

I've never had any problems in the past with western digitals hence why I went for it, they do tend to be abit loud though but that doesn't really bother me too much.

I only avoid IBM (now hitachi?) and Maxtors due to previous bad experiences.

£71 all in didn't seem too bad, was the cheapest 1TB I could find!

How many years warranty do the western digitals come with these days?

 

[maddness]

I've never had any problems in the past with western digitals hence why I went for it, they do tend to be abit loud though but that doesn't really bother me too much.

I only avoid IBM (now hitachi?) and Maxtors due to previous bad experiences.

£71 all in didn't seem too bad, was the cheapest 1TB I could find!

How many years warranty do the western digitals come with these days?

think your model is 3, although worth checking using your s/n online, i heard some places were offering a cheeky 1 year warranty to offer lower prices

 

[psd99]

good price mate

I don't replace drivers often unless they fail on me.

 

[dipper17]

No really poor price. lol just wanted to make you feel bad. I have to a these drives in a NAS and they are very good and reliable.