Western Digital 120gb U100 7200rpm 2mb cache hdd $110 BBuy

Sub0 · Post by **Sub0** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:13 am

well... $180 down but $70 MIR plus $10 off next BBuy purchase (if bought in store according to http://www.hotdealsclub.com/deal/82b420 ... 408d1afdb/

or if you want the big poppa, Outpost.com's got 100 MIR on the $400 200gb 8mb cache version. it comes with a U133 card cuz you need it for older motherboards, they can't see over 120gb ;-p but afaik the drive's u100... but still about the fastest. (though my money's on Diamondmax 9 than Barracuda V THAN this...). I'd figure you could pick it up at Fryes (Outpost.com) but Idunno...
http://www.hotdealsclub.com/deal/82b420 ... 408d1afdb/

finally Staples.com has $30 off $100
http://www.hotdealsclub.com/deal/663915 ... 44cd04eac/
and free shipping till December
http://www.hotdealsclub.com/deal/f70168 ... 499211402/
dunno about the two deals at once though but...

then there's always CDR media at places like Best Buy, Costco, Circuit City etc. (Staples...)

(all storage stuffs)

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:18 am

...I got a 120GB 8MB Cache WD for around $150. I found an 8MB Cache 160GB HD at my local Sam's Club for $230. My dad says that the 2MB cache versions aren't even worth buying, if you're going to use it for solely DV editing.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:36 am

Well not really the 8MB cache does have a advantage over a 2MB cache, but the drive is still going to top out at around 50MB/ sustained max speed. As long as your drive can do a couple megs/sec then you can do video editing just fine. DVD maxes out at 9.8Mbits/sec(rought 1.2MBytes/sec). So as long as you can pull that you should be okay.

I think maybe you'll have more problems with your stupid CPU not applying that stupid radial blur quick enought :\ You'll wonder why you spent that money on that 8MB version while your video encoders at 0.89fps

Either one is fine, I personally use two 60GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache maxtor drives and they seem fast enough to me.

~klinky

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 2:08 am

Pricewatch.com's hdd roundup:
200gb: $316
180gb: $274
160gb: $239
120gb: $130
100gb: $121
80gb: $92
60gb: $75
40gb: $63

Sub0 · Post by **Sub0** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:53 pm

NicholasDWolfwood wrote:...I got a 120GB 8MB Cache WD for around $150. I found an 8MB Cache 160GB HD at my local Sam's Club for $230. My dad says that the 2MB cache versions aren't even worth buying, if you're going to use it for solely DV editing.

yep, but for the non-developers among us it's a decent deal.

klinky wrote: Either one is fine, I personally use two 60GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache maxtor drives and they seem fast enough to me.

in RAID? (cooperatively)

I've often wondered if using two 2mb drives (4mb) would be just about as efficient as 8mb cache.... like 512mb ram vs 1gb (~1000mb)....

RadicalEd0 wrote:Pricewatch.com's hdd roundup:
200gb: $316
180gb: $274
160gb: $239
120gb: $130
100gb: $121
80gb: $92
60gb: $75
40gb: $63

so 200gb(FAST) @ $400 decent > 300 good

120gb(7200rpm) @ $180 horrible (retail...) > 110 + 10 gift kikass!

so at first the prices are not that good at all, but after rebate the 120gb is especially interesting to non-developers (or maybe 2 and a raid card for less than it costs for 200gig!! though RAID isn't really consumer freindly at all fyi)

yeah and get Excel Saga fer $1 or sumthin...