Spec me a HD

Marky · 15 Oct 2007 at 21:18

Hey all,

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

Thanks,

Marky

rpstewart · 15 Oct 2007 at 21:54

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

Marky · 17 Oct 2007 at 19:03

Any other recommendations?

Kobrakai · 17 Oct 2007 at 19:05

rpstewart said:
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 · 17 Oct 2007 at 19:14

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

Is that it?

Kobrakai · 17 Oct 2007 at 19:19

Marky said:
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 · 17 Oct 2007 at 19:21

I know *Ignores statement to avoid pit of depression

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

musicman53 · 22 Oct 2007 at 13:48

rpstewart said:
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 · 22 Oct 2007 at 14:11

musicman53 said:
500Gb that is not 500 after formatting

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

rpstewart · 22 Oct 2007 at 14:27

musicman53 said:
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.