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Posted at 4:42 AM on Tuesday 10/27/09 by
Ben
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Update: ZipZoomFly has it for $85 - $15 rebate [Exp 10/31] = $70 with free shipping.

Newegg has the Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $85 - $10 off coupon code EMCMLNV23 [Exp 11/2] + $0 shipping = $75 shipped. These drives use less power and operate at lower temperatures and acoustics than standard desktop drives.
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    Masteric - Posted 9:47 am PDT 10/27/09 (83 Posts)  Report Spam

    "These drives use less power and operate at lower temperatures and acoustics than standard desktop drives." I am going to go out on a limb and guess that all these things mean that this drive runs slower than most. Can anyone confirm that?

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    nemi - Posted 10:26 am PDT 10/27/09 (100 Posts)  Report Spam

    yes, they typically run at 5400 or 5900rpm depending on manufacturer of the "green drive". "Normal" drives are 7200rpm, high end drives are 10000 or 15000 RPM. "Extreme" drives are solid state (0 RPM).

    Laptop drives can be as slow as ~3400RPM.

    Check out tomshardware.com for HD performance charts.

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    cwtrex - Posted 12:00 pm PDT 10/27/09 (108 Posts)  Report Spam

    Also $1 per GB more expensive than the 2 Dell 1.5TB hard drives for $200.

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    nuisance - Posted 12:17 pm PDT 10/27/09 (10365 Posts)  Report Spam

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    tooltime - Posted 4:56 pm PDT 10/27/09 (556 Posts)  Report Spam

    nice drive, good price, the only one better was the external version bb sold for 65

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    A142536 - Posted 10:00 pm PDT 10/27/09 (220 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yes, a little slower than the black. BUT I have 8 of these and they are great - been running for a long time, and they are awesome!

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    cwtrex - Posted 5:28 am PDT 10/28/09 (108 Posts)  Report Spam

    #4 I guess I should have worded slightly different such as on the dollar ... or pennies per gig. Didn't think anyone cared about the math so much other than my main statement is still true for the cheapest over all drive regardless of a sub $100 solution. =p

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    nuisance - Posted 6:56 am PDT 10/28/09 (10365 Posts)  Report Spam

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    emp - Posted 5:56 am PST 11/5/09 (189 Posts)  Report Spam

    bacon wrote:
    cwtrex wrote:
    #4 I guess I should have worded slightly different such as on the dollar ... or pennies per gig. Didn't think anyone cared about the math so much other than my main statement is still true for the cheapest over all drive regardless of a sub $100 solution. =p


    Oh no, we at Ben's always care about the math. That's why we all click on Ben's links, so we can help pay for his remedial math night classes. You are correct. The deal you posted is $66.67 per gig. This drive is about $8.33 more per gig. Because you expect to get a better price at a higher volume, I'd say the deals are about equal. It's all good though, except for #7. She's all angry over the herpes she got from her mail order monkey bride.


    $66.67 per gig would make that deal $200,000, and this one would cost $75,000 dollars. I think you mean per/terabyte and not per/gigabyte.

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