Spec me a HD

[Marky]

Hey all,

Im looking for a decent, fast, and reliable hard drive with around 200 - 500GB space.

Thanks,

Marky

 

[rpstewart]

You'll be hard pushed to get better value for money than the 500Gb WD AAKS that's on special this week.

 

[Marky]

Any other recommendations?

 

[Kobrakai]

You'll be hard pushed to get better value for money than the 500Gb WD AAKS that's on special this week.

I’ve just ordered a second one of these. Can’t beat them at that price, they even gain better benchmarks than my raptor drive!

 

[Marky]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Is that it?

 

[Kobrakai]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Is that it?

Yeah thats the one, you’re a day late though. It was on offer at £64 for a week that ended yesterday.

 

[Marky]

I know *Ignores statement to avoid pit of depression *

Is it very reliable? Fast? Gets the job done?

 

[musicman53]

You'll be hard pushed to get better value for money than the 500Gb WD AAKS that's on special this week.

500Gb that is not 500 after formatting

 

[Kobrakai]

500Gb that is not 500 after formatting

Thats the same with all drives. Both of my WD 500WKS drives are 465GB after formatting.

 

[rpstewart]

500Gb that is not 500 after formatting

No it's always a 500GB drive. The figure reported by Windows is not in Gigabytes (x10^9 bytes) but in Gibabytes (x2^30 bytes). Windows incorrectly labels that figure as GB rather than the correct GiB.