WD Caviar SE16 640GB 16MB (WD6400AAKS) £70.49 inc VAT

fobose · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:34

So yesturday I noticed these drives were back on ocuk and now in stock, and at a reduced price to what they were on pre-order. I have been wanting some new drives for RAID 1 (OS/Apps/Games/storage) as my current 500GB seagate .9 drives are rather slow.

How much better are these WD drives than the seagate 7200.11 range? Baring in mind the 750GB is £90inc these days, thats still a £40 saving if I am buying two. Does the 32MB cache make much difference on the seagate too?

I was thinking of ordering these today but I am not sure if I should wait to see what else is around the corner?

rpstewart · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:41

Wow! Wasn't expecting them to be that price. Time to go check the bank balance I think....

fobose · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:45

Me either. Especially as they are £5 more than the seagate 500GB at the moment lol. Would you buy them over all other drives at the moment rpstewart? I hear they are meant to be 2x 320GB platters? So should be really quick?

james.miller · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:48

well, the 320gb drives seem to be the fastest drives ever released lol. we are so close to that single drive 100mb/sec sustained average read now.

rpstewart · 27 Mar 2008 at 10:48

fobose said:
Would you buy them over all other drives at the moment rpstewart?

Certainly in the "mid size" range, yes. Obviously there's still a case for the single platter 7200.10s at the small end until the 320Gb F1s and the single platter 320Gb AAKSs become more available.

Slackworth · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:34

Told you we'd get a better price.

james.miller · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:35

yes, thats some good going there, nice one

Greenlizard0 · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:42

Slackworth said:
Told you we'd get a better price.

Spot on!

I didn't realise that these drives existed until yesterday as well! I still don't know what to do with two 500GB AAKS versions of these drives...

Does anybody already have some of these bad boys yet?

rpstewart · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:51

Greenlizard0 said:
Does anybody already have some of these bad boys yet?

Gimme a chance! I need to be in the office tomorrow so might have to go for a Saturday delivery.

rpstewart · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:08

OCUK said:
Dear rpstewart,

This email is to acknowledge placement of order number BLAH

Your order consisted of the following items:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS) x 9

Slackworth · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:18

Thanks

Balb0wa · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:20

Just gone for one of these

looks a good drive

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14380

Richdog · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:23

They NEED to make a 1TB version of these drives sharpish!

fobose · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:29

Slackworth: Are there plenty of these drives left in stock? I want to order 2 today and need them by tomorrow

Balb0wa · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:32

fobose said:
Slackworth: Are there plenty of these drives left in stock? I want to order 2 today and need them by tomorrow

showing 10+

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-198-WD

fobose · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:37

Yeah but Rpstewart just bought 9

It might have a slow update system..

Balb0wa · 27 Mar 2008 at 14:40

fobose said:
Yeah but Rpstewart just bought 9 It might have a slow update system..

9 ??? lol. hope i get mine !

Balb0wa · 27 Mar 2008 at 15:06

Your Order has been packed and is in the process of being shipped

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Goods Shipped:
£59.99 x 1 - Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS)

BlackAle · 27 Mar 2008 at 16:25

Great to see them in stock, and a great price too!

bledd · 27 Mar 2008 at 16:31

christ, tempted to sell my raptors and get two of these instead

-edit, are the RE2 drives just a sales gimmick?