5TB Hard Drive....

hernaldo · 3 Dec 2012 at 02:30

Hasn't been asked for a while

Anyone have any news on when to expect these roughly?

Cheers

delta0 · 3 Dec 2012 at 06:59

Western digital have just released their 4TB black. 5TB can't far off now.

Schizo · 3 Dec 2012 at 07:28

They have probably all ready got them ready but will wait until the 4tb make them enough money.

Friss · 4 Dec 2012 at 17:29

End of 2013

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/WD-Green-WD-Red-NAS-Desktop-5TB,news-41414.html

LFletcher · 5 Dec 2012 at 11:50

Rumors indicate Seagate will release their 5TB drives before WD - Q1/2 2013 is the current guess.

HighlandeR · 5 Dec 2012 at 13:05

Nice to hear 5tbs will be possible, but it sure has taken WD/Seagate a life time to release even a 4tb and even then its still not out.... while hitachis 4tb has been out for what a year now ?

I like the idea of a 4tb WD red drive, but fear the price.... WD/Seagate are far too late to the market with there 4tbs they will be competing directly with a £130-150 4tb hitachi drive, something tells me they will price £180-200+

delta0 · 5 Dec 2012 at 13:22

HighlandeR said:
Nice to hear 5tbs will be possible, but it sure has taken WD/Seagate a life time to release even a 4tb and even then its still not out.... while hitachis 4tb has been out for what a year now ?

I like the idea of a 4tb WD red drive, but fear the price.... WD/Seagate are far too late to the market with there 4tbs they will be competing directly with a £130-150 4tb hitachi drive, something tells me they will price £180-200+

The new WD 4TB that is available now in the UK is in the £200-250 range. WD don't have a 1TB platter yet as far as I am aware, but they will need one for the 5TB. Seagate have a 1TB platter which features on some 2TB and the 3TB drive. I could see them jumping straight to 5TB. The reliability of the WD is what keeps me with them.

jamlays · 5 Dec 2012 at 18:46

a lot of these high capacity are desktop based though...portable 5tb hard drive is probably 4years away

panyan · 5 Dec 2012 at 18:57

hernaldo said:
Anyone have any news on when to expect these roughly?

Thursday.

andy_mk3 · 5 Dec 2012 at 18:59

I wonder if they'll ever go back to 5.25" drives to create huge capacity drives?

marms · 6 Dec 2012 at 13:55

Hitachi are supposed to be releasing 6tb and 7tb drives next year, they fill the drives with helium to reduce friction and heat so they can pack the platters closer together using up to 7 platters in a standard size 3.5" drive.

hernaldo · 7 Dec 2012 at 17:24

marms said:
Hitachi are supposed to be releasing 6tb and 7tb drives next year, they fill the drives with helium to reduce friction and heat so they can pack the platters closer together using up to 7 platters in a standard size 3.5" drive.

Won't they then make a squeaky noise when accessing data though?

....sorry

panyan · 7 Dec 2012 at 19:05

hernaldo said:
Won't they then make a squeaky noise when accessing data though?

+1

you cant put music or tv shows on it or else the audio comes out all wierd

sunama · 7 Dec 2012 at 19:47

Why don't manufacturers release a 5.25" HD.
If they do this and create a 10TB drive (say), I'm pretty sure they could increase their profit margins on these items.

The big cost to Seagate, etc, will be the initial changes to the factory which will be required to create a 5.25" platter/enclosure.

Nutella33 · 8 Dec 2012 at 15:50

jamlays said:
a lot of these high capacity are desktop based though...portable 5tb hard drive is probably 4years away

people still use desktops

seems like there is not enough competition in the HD sector atm. two big companies all caught up in the 2.5 form factor.

xMarkie · 8 Dec 2012 at 15:54

marms said:
Hitachi are supposed to be releasing 6tb and 7tb drives next year, they fill the drives with helium to reduce friction and heat so they can pack the platters closer together using up to 7 platters in a standard size 3.5" drive.

Do you need to tether your pc to the desk like a balloon..? :confused:

Nutella33 · 8 Dec 2012 at 15:57

a bit of helium in a metal box wont make the metal box float. you wont have to start catching HD's from the ceiling

edscdk · 8 Dec 2012 at 16:05

sunama said:
Why don't manufacturers release a 5.25" HD.
If they do this and create a 10TB drive (say), I'm pretty sure they could increase their profit margins on these items.

The big cost to Seagate, etc, will be the initial changes to the factory which will be required to create a 5.25" platter/enclosure.

because there is no market for that device

98% of home users only need 120gb, that leaves 2% of home users and a few business' to sell too so the cost per drive would be too much

eddyr · 8 Dec 2012 at 16:37

delta0 said:
The new WD 4TB that is available now in the UK is in the £200-250 range. WD don't have a 1TB platter yet as far as I am aware, but they will need one for the 5TB. Seagate have a 1TB platter which features on some 2TB and the 3TB drive. I could see them jumping straight to 5TB. The reliability of the WD is what keeps me with them.

The WD reds are 1TB platters. Probably the only real difference with the reds that could justify them charging more.

delta0 · 8 Dec 2012 at 19:32

eddyr said:
The WD reds are 1TB platters. Probably the only real difference with the reds that could justify them charging more.

I didn't know that. Thanks. It is good know they have progressed to those. They really need to. I really want to get a 1tb platter black drive.