Samsung 1.5TB Hard Drive SATA @ $149.95 (Pickup or $9.99 Postage)

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  [Deactivated] on 04/08/2009 - 14:41

  MAX.500 GB Formatted Capacity Per Disk

  Huh?

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    Store Repdanilochan @ Shopping Square on 04/08/2009 - 15:58

    +2

    *please note that this hdd unit has 1.5TB capacity. the 500GB capacity per disk is only referring to the component (disk platter) inside the hdd that made up the 1.5TB total capacity.

    useful links:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#Capacity_and_ac…
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_platters

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20090306134151_…

    hope this will help.

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  CyberMurning on 04/08/2009 - 14:42

  hmm maybe it means you HAVE TO create 3 (atleast) drives - each around 500GB

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    [Deactivated] on 04/08/2009 - 14:48

    Nothing in the hardware would limit that. It's a software issue, which would vary from platform to platform. WinXP without SP1/2/3, for example, would only be able to make 132GB partitions without a third party partition tool.

    But I've never heard of a 500GB limit.

    EDIT There's also a potential BIOS issue with incredibly old computers that don't support LBA. But again, it's down at 32GB, not 500GB.

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      jong on 04/08/2009 - 20:47

      +1

      Think "platter", not "disk drive"

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  theguru1 on 04/08/2009 - 14:58

  +2

  It refers to the fact that it runs the maximum capacity currently availabe of 500Mb per platter.
  Note this is 5400rpm drive so may be a little slower than its competition, but to counter that it uses less pwer, less heat and less noise.

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    hellrazorone on 04/08/2009 - 15:03

    +1

    Yep theguru1 has explained it well.
    The drive can hold 500GB per platter … "Mb" might make the HDD slightly larger in size ;)

    Typically the bigger HDD's (1TB+) are all coming out as 5400rpm because they use less power, and produce less heat and noise. If you want a faster "boot" drive, then you should be looking at getting one of these for your data (music/movies), and another 10,000rpm drive for your OS, game/app installs, etc.

    The only negative to this deal is that there is no combined shipping, only a shipping discount (if you are able to order more than one via post). For example, 2 x HDD's are $22.50 post, 3 x HDD's are $30. Surely the drives don't add enough additional weight or take up that much space to warrant the additional costs.

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      ESEMCE on 05/08/2009 - 07:09

      You're failing to take into account that it's a ShippingSquare "bargain"… Their motto is something like "our price looks cheap but we'll screw you on freight"

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    theguru1 on 04/08/2009 - 15:16

    +1

    Make that 500GB per platter.

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  sonicentropy on 04/08/2009 - 17:34

  I wonder how long it will be before the new WD 1TB notebook drives are availabilities here

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  Click_It on 04/08/2009 - 19:36

  +1

  Nice work ShoppingSquare. This is cheaper than StaticIce right now even after the $9.99 shipping. Nice to see realistic shipping prices for a change!

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  GuniGuGu on 04/08/2009 - 20:16

  Anyone know / where to get a good cheap 1.5tb 7200rpm hdd?

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    HueyData on 04/08/2009 - 21:50

    +1

    MSY

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  Scratch2k on 05/08/2009 - 10:58

  +4

  I put 4 of these drives and a Harmoney One in my shopping cart and the shipping estimate came to$45.00 to Canberra? That's insane, no thanks.

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  Frantic on 05/08/2009 - 13:49

  ShoppingSquare has recieved less than stellar reviews from sort prominent Australian forums.

  Lets hope these drives haven't been dropped from a great height.

  Good price tho!

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  citybargainhunter on 05/08/2009 - 15:06

  has anyone had experience with Sumsung HDDs? Who is their OEM?