Hi guys,
jst got Mwave newsletter.i dnt knw if this a deal,but thought this might help who don't want to buy the priceengine HD.
Prodcuct Specs:
WD Caviar Green WD15EARS - hard drive - 1.5 TB - SATA-300
Type-Hard drive - internal
Form Factor - 3.5" x 1/3H
Dimensions (WxDxH)- 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm
Weight - 0.73 kg
Capacity - 1.5 TB
Interface Type - Serial ATA-300
Data Transfer Rate - 300 MBps
Buffer Size - 64 MB
Cheers!!
sorry .its a 1.5TB HD
Looks like there has been a general price drop in HDDs.
Resellers are becoming more competitive and selling products at a lower profit margin. Good for us customers.
Thanks. I am not a fan of pricesengine because of PayPal only option.
While it is the cheapest i could find, I don't really think this is such a great deal. iiBuy is selling these for $103 plus shipping, but pick up is also available. According to staticICE there are quite a few places selling them for round about $100 give or take a few bucks.
Still, even though its only about $4 cheaper than the next best price, it gets a positive from me.
Is it correct that the bigger the Buffer Size the better? i see some have bigger buffer size but lower RPM? what is better?
faster RPM = faster reads, however, the lower RPM drives are cheaper, less heat, which typically means more reliable…
so depends what you mean by "better"
RPM isn't an issue nowadays with high densities. I'd prefer low RPM
should still give you faster read and seek speeds…seek speeds make a pretty big difference specially with many small files which general OS activity is made up of.
what size might this drive be?