WD Caviar Green:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3981/western-digital-caviar-green-3tb-and-my-book-essential-3tb-drives-reviewed/1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3981/western-digital-caviar-green-3tb-and-my-book-essential-3tb-drives-reviewed/3
You're talking $110 vs $130 and the issue of value is questionable.
3TB/130 vs 2TB/110 ?
And green is green.
On 7/19/2011 11:51 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
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:
