Hardware Bargains

[.Froot.]

For work i travel around a fair bit & want it to lug around my movies inside a external hd case.
Reading around theres definatly a few problems being had tho
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...g=-1&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False&Page=1

You can fit approximately 625 movies on a 500GB hdd. No way you are going to watch that many in a short time.

Also, copying between drives is a lot faster than copying to and from the same drive, although this doesn't seem to be your concern, if you want to use it for mobility.

 

[cyberarmy]

Maybe he's getting HD movies.......hee hee.

 

[Tun@]

You can fit approximately 625 movies on a 500GB hdd.

7-800mb/movie.... differant strokes for differant folks i guess but i ain't coming to watch movies over your place.

Yeah its a mobility thing and maybe i'll take the risk with one,Make sure i have disc backups to fall back on.

 

[cyberarmy]

Why don't you get the Seagate ES series? It's enterprised series with much better reliability.

 

[hj2k_x]

You can fit approximately 625 movies on a 500GB hdd. No way you are going to watch that many in a short time.

Also, copying between drives is a lot faster than copying to and from the same drive, although this doesn't seem to be your concern, if you want to use it for mobility.

That is also what I was thinking.

 

[.Froot.]

7-800mb/movie.... differant strokes for differant folks i guess but i ain't coming to watch movies over your place.

Yeah its a mobility thing and maybe i'll take the risk with one,Make sure i have disc backups to fall back on.

Well I'm not one for illegal movies or series and stuff...

 

[Tun@]

Why don't you get the Seagate ES series? It's enterprised series with much better reliability.

Ok,they seem to sitting round the R2.8/3000 mark ,maybe i use some patience till they come down in price.
I hate having to use patience but i ain't spending 3 grand on a drive

 

[iDenTiTy]

What is absolutely hilarious to me is that it is always the competitor that releases statements like that.


Failure rates, like any statistic, is ambiguous. Seagate has the largest market share, and would obviously have a "higher" failure rate returned.

Seagate drives are, in fact, very stable.

I still have a seagate hdd, that is roughly 12 years old. Still works perfectly.

I had 3 Western Digital drives, 2 IDE, 1 SATA, and of the three, both the SATA and one IDE failed with 8 months.

There is nothing wrong with the .11 series.

 

[ld13]

Why don't you get the Seagate ES series? It's enterprised series with much better reliability.

I won't go with the ES series as they are made for servers and stuff that run around the clock - not recommended for desktop use! Reliability is nice and all, sure, but it takes a big bite out of performance.

Personally, for normal use, Performance > Reliability. The normal drives are already quite reliable in any case. But if I had a server that ran 25/8/367, then sure - I'd go for the ES Series.

 

[QX6700RULZ]

Picked up a Q6600 oem from Cyber Orange today for R2099-00 (G0 stepping)

 

[hj2k_x]

Picked up a Q6600 oem from Cyber Orange today for R2099-00 (G0 stepping)

They have a website?

 

[QX6700RULZ]

www.cyberorange.co.za but i usually just email chris@cyberorange.co.za for prices and availability. (generally get items same day)

 

[cyberarmy]

Nice, it's not shown on the website so is that a once off special deal?

 

[QX6700RULZ]

doubt it but as i say phone and speak to Chris tomorrow. I am thinking of getting a few more for my office pc's (run cooler than a q9300 with exactly the same cooling)

 

[hj2k_x]

Some good prices, some very average ones that I have noticed so far...

 

[QX6700RULZ]

yup that is why i always mail and ask i do not order through the web site. I have gotten things through them not even on the website

 

[hj2k_x]

yup that is why i always mail and ask i do not order through the web site. I have gotten things through them not even on the website

I see. Ok

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

There are some very good prices over here: http://www.ikonicit.co.za/

I'm not sure if it's a new place, but I hadn't heard of it until yesterday. Has anyone bought from them before?

The CPU, mobo and graphics prices are very nice. Some of the RAM too. Actually, everything seems cheaper than most places. They have the Samsung 2232GW for R2599, makes me want it even more.

 

[hj2k_x]

There are some very good prices over here: http://www.ikonicit.co.za/

I'm not sure if it's a new place, but I hadn't heard of it until yesterday. Has anyone bought from them before?

The CPU, mobo and graphics prices are very nice. Some of the RAM too. Actually, everything seems cheaper than most places. They have the Samsung 2232GW for R2599, makes me want it even more.

Nice website that one!

Decent prices as well. Have never heard of them though...

 

[hj2k_x]

Does anyone know if there are any stores that run the promotion that IC run every year whereby you can bring in your old hardware (monitors, printers etc) and then they give you a discount off a new one?

I have emailed Makro but, shock horror, they have not replied.