WD500gb in this week only

nightic · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:30

davetherave2 said:
well my drives came without any jumpers and only had SATA power connectors on them so make sure you have a couple of them to hand.

Are you saying that these don't have the legacy Molex 4-pin power sockets?

Anyone confirm?

mosfet · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:16

All WD -KS drives should include Molex power connectors, mine certainly did.

nightic · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:21

mosfet said:
All WD -KS drives should include Molex power connectors, mine certainly did.

Are yours the KS or the AAKS?

The 5000KS certainly have the Molex connectors but wanting absolute confirmation as to whether the 5000AAKS models do/don't.

davetherave2 · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:22

mine didn't come with the molex connectors they are the AAKS version.

it comes with a jumper pin block but no jumpers on the pin's.

nightic · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:42

Just so we're all sure we're talking about the same thing, the Molex connector is the one ringed below:

Anyone possibly post a picture of their WD5000AAKS drive?

Would assume that if there's no Molex connectors then the drives won't be able to take the WD 'SecureConnect' cables which would be a real shame in my book.

phill9800 · 28 Jan 2007 at 21:40

naro said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-120-WD

they are still available!!!

You should have lied because I didnt want to spend anything more!! :lol:

Damn it...

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 21:52

sorry phil, i can't stop myself from spreading 'poison' to others!!! haha

phill9800 · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:03

naro said:
sorry phil, i can't stop myself from spreading 'poison' to others!!! haha

Cant shoot the messenger mate

I need 5 for my server and a spare basically.. I was thinking of getting 400Gb models, but I think the 500Gb models are just too damn good a price!!

Will there be other/better offers on these size drives again?? If so I'll keep hold of my Server with its drives at the moment and get some others at a later date.. I'll be using my AM2 setup then instead of my 64 3200+

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:11

sorry phil, i don't work for OcUK. So, i won't know if they'll have such a gd deal again.

But if i were you, i would just go for them and scrimp and save for the upcoming weeks. it should be worth it because at that price, its difficult to even buy a 320gb hdd!!

phill9800 · 28 Jan 2007 at 23:20

I know they do a 400Gb model Samsung for £82 which isnt bad, as I was considering buying that one, but I'm just wondering if I should get just two or go for one more??

Oh bloody hell...

naro · 29 Jan 2007 at 00:30

Why not 4 of them and do a Raid 5??

then sell off your current smaller capacity ones..

just a suggestion

phill9800 · 29 Jan 2007 at 06:48

Stop tempting me into spending more money than I've not got!!

I'm selling a complete rig AMD 64 3200, 1Gb, 6800GT, 2 200Gb Drives, CD-RW and DVD Rom, case with Antec True Power 480W PSU etc.. I'm hoping that will cover the cost of the hard drives...

geeza · 29 Jan 2007 at 18:31

phill9800 said:
Stop tempting me into spending more money than I've not got!!

I'm selling a complete rig AMD 64 3200, 1Gb, 6800GT, 2 200Gb Drives, CD-RW and DVD Rom, case with Antec True Power 480W PSU etc.. I'm hoping that will cover the cost of the hard drives...

how much? -my housemate is using a £30 pc with 16mb ram, 1mb video and Pentium 233!

phill9800 · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:32

I was looking around the £400 ish mark, but I'm open to suggestions

Whereabouts are you?

geeza · 29 Jan 2007 at 20:49

phill9800 said:
I was looking around the £400 ish mark, but I'm open to suggestions

Whereabouts are you?

leeds. sorry thats a bit steep for him i think, especially considering he's eaten pasta and (my) cheese for the past week!

probably why he has a £30 8 year old computer aswell

phill9800 · 29 Jan 2007 at 20:55

Leeds isnt a problem, petrol might be a bit steep but not a problem

Whats he wanting to use it for?

I can move on the price, if you give me an idea of what he's wanting to spend, that'll be helpfull..

Vicar · 30 Jan 2007 at 01:14

Well got 3 of these drives on Saturday and already noticing they are performing well, excellent buys imho......

geeza · 30 Jan 2007 at 10:48

Vicar said:
Well got 3 of these drives on Saturday and already noticing they are performing well, excellent buys imho......

2.72tb of drive space. what a greedy mofo! I used to think I had a lot with a 250gb and a 120gb

dan_aka_jack · 30 Jan 2007 at 10:55

No molex connectors

Hi guys,

My 500GB WD5000AKS drives arrived today. Just to let you know that none of them have 4-pin Molex power connectors so you have to use SATA power connectors with these puppies.

Jack

ken1307 · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:22

dan_aka_jack said:
Hi guys,

My 500GB WD5000AKS drives arrived today. Just to let you know that none of them have 4-pin Molex power connectors so you have to use SATA power connectors with these puppies.

Jack

hi there

Can you do some HDTach for the driver? I want to see how it performs agaisnt the Seagates