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Johnny Brown:
Anyone any recommendations for good value internal hard drives for a windows pc?
Looking for a) 2TB for data, am i right in thinking these usually have more than one platter?
b) ~60Gb SSD for system.
Cheers y'all.
benpritch:
for SSDs - http://www.crucial.com/uk/?click=true
i bought some RAM off them a while back and their website takes the stress out of any decisions you make as it makes them for you. also it was cheap and has been totally reliable.
Jim:
Hard drive: samsung spinpoints are the bee's knees
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/SATA+%28Serial+ATA%29/Over+1TB/2TB+Samsung+HD204UI+Spinpoint+F4+SATA-II+3.5%22+Hard+Drive+?productId=41535
My SSD is an Intel one which was highly recomended at the time,
There has been plenty of advancments in ssd technology even in the short space of time I've had mine.
this one seems to come recomended and a good price:
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-64gb-830-series-sata-6gb-s-2-5--solid-state-drive-desktop-accessory-kit---norton-ghost-15-7S2H.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product+search&utm_content=Q200
or if you've got more money to spare (which I assume you have since you bought a macbook ;)) this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/280122-corsair-90gb-force-gt-ssd-2-5-sata-iii-read-555mb-s-write-cssd-f90gbgt-bk?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products
slackline:
Traditional HDs are relatively expensive at the moment due to the recent floods in Thailand halting production which pushed prices up. Supposedly set to decrease early this year as production in Japan was ramped up to compensate and the impact of the floods in Thailand hasn't been as severe as expected. (random news article from tech site).
Almost any HD you'll have used over the last however many years will have had multiple platters.
Johnny Brown:
Cheers guys. I was aware of the problems with tech manufacture in Thailand, hence asking if there were any bargains around. Cameras have been pretty badly affected too, with the Japanese earthquake as well it put today's D4 launch back 6 months.
Didn't realise HDs typically had multiple platters.
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