I had been following the price of this drive on Amazon for while...the
drive with the case was $150...I have no idea why the bare drive could
cost that much....but while they were offering the 3TB drive for 150,
they were offering the 2TB drive for $100....so that was $50/TB. Now
they have dropped the price to 3TB/$130 (what I paid) I had to jump.
Frankly, I like the enclosure WD is using. Light weight, cool. Stands
nicely and look nice. Super quiet. Crystal Disk Info says it temp is
40degC. I have a Seagate Free Agent (500GB, USB 3.0, old) that is
currently running at 55C. I don't know what's up with that, though. I
don't remember this driving running so hot prior to now....I keep all of
my music on it...I think I'd better copy it off just in case...
On 7/19/2011 1:35 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
if you read my message I was quoting the bear drive price of $150.
it baffles me how they can offer these for $137 if the sata300 bare drive is
$150 dollars. The 2TB price makes more sense at $99 dollars where the bare
drive is $79 dollars.
most certainly a mere $40 dollars spread between the 2 drives does make the
3TB version attractive vs. being nearly double the price.
personally I would still spend the $150 (drive+case) to make my own 3TB
external vs. the $137 premade model. since currently the bare drive is $150
that does not seem possible. hell given that crazy price scheme one would be
better off buying the external to rip apart an use as an internal.
On Jul 19, 2011 9:47 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin"<[email protected]> wrote:
