2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-II HARD DRIVE - JUST £79 inc VAT

hedgey · 9 Jan 2010 at 02:02

5900rpm..ill pass

radar19 · 9 Jan 2010 at 03:23

hedgey said:
5900rpm..ill pass

For a back up drive, I'm not complaining.

Sudden · 9 Jan 2010 at 04:16

Was planning to buy a 1 tb for storage...all but decided on a samsung f3. Now you come out with this! Have to have a think all over again

Someone tell me which is better! Does the lower RPM make a difference if primary purpose is storage and video playing?

daz.wallace · 9 Jan 2010 at 05:40

Hmmmm tempted by this as I need a new drive for my server...........

Elickser · 9 Jan 2010 at 08:22

realscot said:
the only people that will be able to buy at 1.30pm on a thursday are, people with lunch at that unsusally late time, people with nice office jobs that sit infront of a computer all day, dole bums cashing in their giro's and students.
The working man gets screwed over again!!

..and working men like me who are on nightshift with alarm set for 1.15pm and netbook on bedside table

Fatboy · 9 Jan 2010 at 09:19

I hope the hamsters can cope with the demand

Ace Modder · 9 Jan 2010 at 09:25

We can just fed them extra food a few hours before.

Yewen · 9 Jan 2010 at 09:28

Ace Modder said:
We can just fed them extra food a few hours before.

Or steal some Red Bull from technical.

clocka · 9 Jan 2010 at 09:48

yewen: hit a can of red bull with a steel girder?

maddness · 9 Jan 2010 at 10:06

after the 1.5TB seagate problems such as random freezes, sector reallocation issues, im going to give this one a miss tbh

jaybee · 9 Jan 2010 at 10:08

maddness said:
after the 1.5TB seagate problems such as random freezes, sector reallocation issues, im going to give this one a miss tbh

Yeah. These drives clunk and are slow too.

fobose · 9 Jan 2010 at 10:10

Very tempting but I have only recently (last 2 months) picked up two WD Green 1.5TB for £77 each

Not to mention as others have already said I am also put off by the problems Seagate have had, and all my hard drives over the last 7-8 years had all been Seagates.

Yewen · 9 Jan 2010 at 10:20

clocka said:
yewen: hit a can of red bull with a steel girder?

Yes yes, corrected my error.

jaybee said:
Yeah. These drives clunk and are slow too.

They are storage drives designed for low power, perfect for NAS boxes. They sit there, turn off when not needed (aka when your gaming) and are just used to dump files onto.

Frangleton · 9 Jan 2010 at 10:52

Oooooh bargain! I think I'll try and snap one of these up...

Slackworth · 9 Jan 2010 at 11:07

fobose said:
Very tempting but I have only recently (last 2 months) picked up two WD Green 1.5TB for £77 each Not to mention as others have already said I am also put off by the problems Seagate have had, and all my hard drives over the last 7-8 years had all been Seagates.

Most of Seagate's problems were on the 7200.11 which were actually fixed in the end. The LP is a completely new line of drives with different hardware and firmware. They are designed to park themselves to save power.

Nunzio · 9 Jan 2010 at 11:13

Why, Oh Why do you have to do this a week BEFORE payday!

El Jimben · 9 Jan 2010 at 11:19

Nunzio said:
Why, Oh Why do you have to do this a week BEFORE payday!

Credit card?

maddness · 9 Jan 2010 at 11:37

El Jimben said:
Credit card?

what are these cards you speak of?

chriscubed · 9 Jan 2010 at 11:38

Amazing deal, got to be worth trying!

Paul11 · 9 Jan 2010 at 11:40

ill be having a go at getting one, great deal for a back up drive