price wise I'd say you gotta deal even if the case is junk the western digital 3TB Green drives are starting at $150 for bare drive. which would make me question exactly which drive they put in the enclosure.
still given TB/$, the 2TB model would still be a better deal at $80 with superior quality/value when paired with the enclosure I suggested. On Jul 19, 2011 6:40 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote: > I bought the WD 3TB drive a couple of days ago for $130 (amazon, with no > restocking fees). It is now $137 and it was $150 a few weeks ago. > > I would assume this is a Green drive inside as it is made for backup > purposes and is not meant to be used to run programs from. > > This things is super quiet and runs very cool. It comes with backup > software too but you can discard that if you like. the white led on the > front is not super bright either. The last enclosure I bought off of > newegg was super loud and spewed out RF noise that I could hear in my > speakers! > > The one thing I don't like is there is a non standard connector on the > end that goes in the drive. The other side is typical usb 3.0. > > For $130 - $140, this is not a bad deal for 3TB and usb 3.0. > > And newegg makes you pay restocking fees on everything. > > On 7/19/2011 12:26 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: >> Best answer, build your own! >> >> there are a number of reasons behind this: >> >> 1. none of the manufacturer's will guarantee which drive will be in the >> case model wise or spec wise beyond the size. go ahead, try email them and >> ask. they will not tell you, I've tried. >> >> 2. build quality of most premade external cases are junk. >> >> I just assembled an external for my father using the vantec CX super speed >> and a WD20EARS green. it's usb 3.0& only cost me ~$110 dollars. if you >> want esata& usb 2.0 instead there is a similar vantec case for a little >> less. >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392020 >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392039 >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514 >> On Jul 18, 2011 1:50 PM, "Veech"<[email protected]> wrote: >>
