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Does anyone know when these will be in stock? I neeeeed one now! 
ETA of WD Green 1.5Tb?
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Been waiting a while here too.
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Yeah unfortunately 1tb isn't going to cut it on mine, I need the extra space but have no intention on paying out another £100 for the extra 500Gb on the 2Tb drive.
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Why? The 1tb and 1.5tb pricing scales perfectly. i.e. £67 for 1Tb or around £34 per 500Gb
The 1.5Tb drive is £100 on Google so thats 50% bigger than the 1.5Tb drive and 50% more expensive. The 2Tb drive on the other hand costs a lot more for only a little more space.
The 1.5Tb drive is £100 on Google so thats 50% bigger than the 1.5Tb drive and 50% more expensive. The 2Tb drive on the other hand costs a lot more for only a little more space.
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Still nothing? This must be one of the longest paper launches ever.
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Yeah I've considered that, but I want to make a low power build. Those seagates use more power at idle than the WD Green's do in use!
I've been waiting for these too, need 2 of them, think I might risk it and get the Seagates now
Whatever you do - don't get the 7200.11.
If your talking about the 7200.12s tho - I'd say do it
Whatever you do - don't get the 7200.11.
If your talking about the 7200.12s tho - I'd say do it
7200.12's aren't available in 1.5tb size else I would have got a pair of these rather sharpish.
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Yeah I just bought one of those. £79 quid for the Samsung 1.5Tb F2 EcoGreen which is a complete bargain.
I'm fed up of waiting for the WD Greens. I can only assume WD is holding onto them in the hope of it boosting the 2Tb sales, but they would be better getting them out there.
I'm fed up of waiting for the WD Greens. I can only assume WD is holding onto them in the hope of it boosting the 2Tb sales, but they would be better getting them out there.
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I think he's implying that the etailer is selling this drive with a 1 year warranty. There's a very good chance that these are grey import drives, and thus won't be touched by Samsung UK.
If you google "<etailer's name> seagate warranty" you'll find a link that points to www.channelregister.co.uk showing that this has happened once before.
Whatever you do - don't get the 7200.11.
If your talking about the 7200.12s tho - I'd say do it
I've had a 1.5Tb Seagate sat in my PC and has been for over 6 months. Never had any problems with it and its not affected by the firmware issue
Have read that they've had quite high failure rates, in fact if you order the reviews at the site selling them for 80 and sort by date order, then have a read.