OcUK Value IDE?

clv101 · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:35

What's the deal with these drives? Who makes them? Which actual model are they?

OcUK Value 500GB IDE ATA-100 8MB Cache Hard Drive - (OEM) MD05000BJBW [MD05000BJBW]

celliott · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:49

Made by mdt www.mdtglobal.com

I've never heard of them

AbsenceJam · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:54

From what I can tell they are WD returns that have been certified as working.

clv101 · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:01

So not actually new? Is that how they are sold with only 6 month warranty?

darael · 6 Jul 2011 at 22:06

http://www.mdtglobal.com/Welcome/Products/EIDEHDD.asp

Our recertified hard disk drives provides reliable data storage at a afforable price.

Overclockers UK Value IDE hard drives feature excellent reliability

Yet their warranty of only 6 months shows their confidence.

TNGL · 6 Jul 2011 at 22:12

I'd spend my money on something else if I were you, if it fails after a year you'll have to buy another hard drive to replace that one, so you may as well spend more money on something which is of a 'good' quality and save yourself some money in the future.

clv101 · 7 Jul 2011 at 09:27

Thing is I have an old USB caddy here, without a drive. I'm wondering since it'd only be used for half an hour a week for backups, whether something like this would be a good idea.

Blue Cypher · 7 Jul 2011 at 09:33

clv101 said:
Thing is I have an old USB caddy here, without a drive. I'm wondering since it'd only be used for half an hour a week for backups, whether something like this would be a good idea.

The real question you should be asking is "do i believe this drive to be reliable enough to hold my backups on?"

Do YOU think its reliable enough for your backups if they are WD returns?

Steves1982 · 7 Jul 2011 at 10:00

Go for a reliable make, not worth the risk for the few quid saved.

Jordan97 · 7 Jul 2011 at 21:01

clv101 said:
Thing is I have an old USB caddy here, without a drive. I'm wondering since it'd only be used for half an hour a week for backups, whether something like this would be a good idea.

It's £2 more. It's SATA. It's twice the capacity and it's one of the fastest and most reliable HDD out there (bar the Velociraptor):

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

gothic_hobbit · 7 Jul 2011 at 22:48

IDE is antiquated.

Go with SATA instead !

Justintime · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:07

Likely cheaper to get a SATA card than buy inflated IDE prices.

clv101 · 8 Jul 2011 at 08:35

gothic_hobbit, Justintime... won't help me fill the old USB caddy I've got though.

bledd · 8 Jul 2011 at 08:46

get a new caddy imo, more future proof too

CaptainCrash · 8 Jul 2011 at 09:43

clv101 said:
gothic_hobbit, Justintime... won't help me fill the old USB caddy I've got though.

I think the point they're making is that you could get a brand new SATA drive, in a brand new caddy, for the price it would cost to put a second-hand drive in your existing caddy. A bit of googling turns up plenty of 500GB external drives for around £30-£40, and 1TB drives are only a few quid more.

I do sympathise with the feeling that it's a shame to leave old hardware lying around doing nothing, but sometimes it simply doesn't make economic sense to do anything else.