HDD Reccomendation Thread

[iGamer]

I wrote this this morning for a few friends and clan members

I figured it would may help others here... and yes I am a WD Fanboy.

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Zor First,

You'll probably get a brand new 150GB Velociraptor when you rma your 74GB raptor, that is what I got sent, when i RMA'd mine. so you'll get a upgrade.. my raptor X was a 150GB

oh and for those who wanna see the window of the Raptor X

http://www.geek.com/xyzimages/stories/reviewimages/wd_raptorx/raptorX_001.jpg

Jerm

the WD Caviar Black is a great performance Drive,

both Jeffy777 and I own it. (we both own the 500GB Version) very speedy for a 7200rpm drive! it performs great for Fraps Recording that can fill 4GB within a few minutes

The Western Digital Caviar Black 750 GB Hard Drive is a top-of-the-line high-capacity drive for your PC, running at 7200 RPM. Its dual processors with breakthrough 32 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle high-end data-intensive and multimedia applications.

This hard drive incorporates WD’s Data Lifeguard, an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, environmental protection, real-time embedded error detection and repair. Its mechanism ensures automatic discovery, isolation, and repair of problems which may develop in a hard drive.

750GB WD Caviar Black $79.99 + free shipping + 5 year warranty on Parts AND labor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136283

500GB Version $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320


Also teh Raptor and Velociraptor Drives I speak of are 10,000 rpm high performance Drives. the Velociraptor drive replaced the raptor. and maxes out at 300GB

the Velociraptor is only offered in 150GB and 300GB Variants.. they also have 5 year warranties on parts and labor

150 GB version - $159.99
**notable that it is a 5x winner of Newegg's Customer Choice award and rated 5 out of 5 "eggs" from 395 individual ratings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136296

300GB Version - $229.99 - 1x winner of Newegg's Customer Choice award and rated 5 out of 5 "eggs" from 293 individual ratings
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322

 

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wut?

 

[nitrobass24]

wut?

All those drives won Newegg Customer Choice Awards DUHHH

Nothing like Brand Bias, and ignorance all in the same thread.

 

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Oh. Because only Western Digital makes good hard drives. Right.

 

[legcramp]

this thread seriously sucks, I am looking for a new 1tb drive and it did not help at all.

 

[iGamer]

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