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| Thread ID: 113070 | 2010-10-04 06:47:00 | Is this a good deal from DSE? WD Elements 1TB Desktop Hard Drive | tuiruru (12277) | Press F1 |
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| 1141490 | 2010-10-04 06:47:00 | Hi My Toshiba A300 has two 300Gb (approx) hard drives which need data archiving, so is this a good deal?: www.dse.co.nz I've read the customer reviews but would welcome any input including alternatives. I'm running Vista SP 2 with 4Gb RAM Thanks |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1141491 | 2010-10-04 07:20:00 | Actually yes it is. Amazing for DSE. There are a couple of shops cheaper - but not any I'd trust. And WD are good drives. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1141492 | 2010-10-04 07:24:00 | Actually yes it is. Amazing for DSE. There are a couple of shops cheaper - but not any I'd trust. And WD are good drives. agree, might go get one myself tomorrow actually....are they 7200rpm drives?? i bought a free agent 1TB external HDD ages ago and it only has 931GB capacity when i plug it in my computer, not impressed.......will the same thing happen here?? i knw that they advertise 1TB but that is a rounded up number.. :( |
powerover (12121) | ||
| 1141493 | 2010-10-04 07:40:00 | No HDD will show its advertised size, they all will read lower. My 250Gb drive shows as 233 GB But if you open the properties and look at the bytes, that reads correctly @ 250,056,704,000 bytes |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1141494 | 2010-10-04 07:42:00 | agree, might go get one myself tomorrow actually . . . . are they 7200rpm drives?? i bought a free agent 1TB external HDD ages ago and it only has 931GB capacity when i plug it in my computer, not impressed . . . . . . . will the same thing happen here?? i knw that they advertise 1TB but that is a rounded up number . . :(Both numbers are correct, they just use a different method of measuring them . The filesystem structure also takes up a bit of space . Basically, drive manufacturers advertise capacities in decimal units (KB, MB, GB, TB), while your OS is reporting in binary units (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB) . |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1141495 | 2010-10-04 07:48:00 | umm..i see...but what about the spinning speed of the drive?? | powerover (12121) | ||
| 1141496 | 2010-10-04 08:13:00 | I have one of these, can't tell you how fast it is as the draw is too far to reach. Great value at 120 bucks, they are fast enough I recon, especially as a backup / media drive | Petja (16002) | ||
| 1141497 | 2010-10-04 20:42:00 | Yes, good deal. I have had one for a few months and also a WD 640GB for about 2 yrs. | linw (53) | ||
| 1141498 | 2010-10-04 22:22:00 | A bargain. Thats approx same as my Trade Pricing. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1141499 | 2010-10-04 22:29:00 | WD 1TB 3.5" USB drive for $118? Yeah its a decent price. They're a few $$ cheaper at PBTech for either the WD or Seagate ones, but its a tiny diff (like $4) that I'd say wherever is easier for you to get to is the better choice. | inphinity (7274) | ||
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