Newegg has the Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $45 - $10 off with coupon code MEMORIALWKND [Exp 5/31] = $35 with free shipping. Features a 7200rpm rotational speed, 16MB cache, and a SATA 6.0Gb/s interface.
WD Caviar SE16 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $45 - $8 off w/ code EMCKEHF27 [Exp 5/30] = $37 with free shipping
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Can only use the coupon once -- I'm trying to buy a pair for RAID use, and can only get a single $!0 discount.
create a 2nd account.
These drives will work on a motherboard that supports SATA Revision 1 (AKA SATA 1.5 Gbit/s), right?
I understand that the interface will not reach the 6.0Gb/s spec.
Thanks!
#3, Should work
The older 3.0Gb/s model for $2 more seems to have much better reviews. Does it really make a difference on a drive like this?
This has 4/5 egg review average, for a HDD there's no such thing as much better than that, 5/5 for any HDD smells of fake reviewers if the review sample size is more than a few.