Page 1 of 200GB Disk for about 50p per GB

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=59736&_LOC=UK

Apparently the offer ends on Monday, but for £108 it`s pretty cheap.

Shame I don`t need any more hard disks.

I`ve been looking at Hard Disks and found Planetmicro to be pretty competitive. They have a 160GB disk for £65.74 inc vat. http://www.planetmicro.co.uk/product_info.asp?stockcode=M003084. They can`t beat ebuyer`s price for a 200GB disk though.

Sam.

does this seagate is still quiet as oppose to other manufacturers?

cokie enjoy

WHAT?

Must be on coke dude LOL :D

Which is better, :/

Seagate ST3200822A Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 200gb Ultra ATA/100 7200rpm 8mb Cache Our Price £92.39 £108.56 inc VAT
at eBuyer
I couldnt find how long the warranty is (1yr?)

OR

200Gb Western Digital (WD2000JB) ATA-100 (7200rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms) Quiet Drive Technology 3Yr £87.49 ex. VAT £102.80 inc. VAT
note this one has a 3yr warranty

at SCAN

anyone got a view? :/

I would personally go for WD of the 2 drives as you have a 3 year warranty & I have always found Seagate drives to make a noisey "clunky" sounds as they read\write data.

A penny more expensive here, but P&P may make it cheaper.

"Great chunks of my past detaching themselves like melting icebergs"


Bigger on the inside

This item was edited on Sunday, 7th March 2004, 10:39

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I have always found Seagate drives to make a noisey "clunky" sounds as they read\write data.

Have to say I`ve never had any such problems with recent Seagate drives - they`ve all been whisper quiet.

(I have an 8GB one which is a bit `clunky`, but that`s bloody ancient.)

Mike

A few months back PCPro did a hard drive review and found the 120Gb WD1200JB`s to be one of the best (quiet, fast etc.) on the market.
I bought one of them, and it`s great....so I bought another :)
I then decided to replace my other 40Gb drive with a Maxtor drive (Diamondmax Plus 9 200Gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache ATA133)...and I wish I`d stuck with the WD2000JB
It`s not as quick as the WD drive, and makes more noise,.not a great deal - but as someone who likes really quiet computing its not great.

Miles

I`ve got a 160GB Maxtor that just decided to format itself for no apparent reason.

Don`t think I`ll bother with Maxtor again, it`s not the first time I`ve had problems with their stuff.