Hitachi terabyte HD out for general consumption

[Speederlander]

Saw the egg had one for...$600! :eek:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145143

Wonder how reliable those suckers are...

[AzraelDarkangel]

Why so expensive at the Egg? They are around $400 other places:

http://www.excaliberpc.com/Hitachi_Deskstar_7K1000_1TB_SATA/0A34193/partinfo-id-575604.html
http://www.xpcgear.com/0a341931t.html
http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A3434159&cmp=OTC-fr00g13
http://www.pcuniverse.com/product.asp?pid=4138671&m_id=32
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1208585

[tommyshango]

not even 400 ive been seeing 350 roughly plus you can get 10 bucks off using google checkout at several places.. all these were preorder but still msrp is 350ish i think. and 250 for the 750gb version.

[Speederlander]

egg = gouge on new hot products ;)

[tommyshango]

http://www.google.com/products?q=7k1000&hl=en&pwst=1&um=1&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=title

[tommyshango]

yeah thats what sucks about it.. normally great prices just have to wait a week to order from there.. but I hate NOt ordering from there.. too good of protection through them.

[SoF]

another step in hd size...I just took the 250gb step and it is way more than I really need ;)

[RPGWiZaRD]

Ahh I love new sizes, makes the smaller capacity disks go lower in size and I'm thinking especially 500GB which will be my next pick once more space is needed. :D That you can get a 500GB internal drive for only 120~$130 now is amazing really. I like how 500GB seems to have gotten the best capacity/price combo now. :)

[LaGUNaMAN]

^True. Then once the 2TB drives come out, then the 1TB drives would be the next for me.

[pengizzle]

losing 1tb data makes baby jesus cry, even if its only warez.

[Mad1723]

And backing up all data is a real nightmare if you fullfilled it! :eek:

[cantankerous]

That is such a rip off price.

DirectCanada has it for $422 CANADIAN though it is out of stock right now.

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12040DR3827&vpn=0A34915&manufacture=HITACHI

[[XC] leviathan18]

htpc dream.... 1tb of hdd now we need faster disks....

[RPGWiZaRD]

Well actually I'd want slower but more affordable big sized disks that I'd only use for storage, 5400rpm 8MB cache etc. I wonder why you'd need a blazing fast 1TB disk.

My priorities of a HD:

1. Capacity
2. Price
3. Relaiability
4. Noise ratio
5. Performance
:D

[RaZz!]

does anybody know how these 1tb are achieved? that is how much platter do they use? (how much gb per platter?)

[cantankerous]

I believe this drive has 5 platters, 200gb per platter.

[Frank M]

200×5
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2949

[tommyshango]

Why wouldnt you want it faster? Not to mention these drives are competitive with the raptors in speed. I plan on getting 2 and .. yeah.. putting them in raid 0! I already have 1.2 tb of storage and its ALWAYS full. People laughed at me then and said its not possible and since then Ive not only filled it.. ive filled it at least 3 times over if not more. DVD takes up alot of space.. especially dvd-9. 1 tb is only about 100 dvd-9 discs.. thats not alot .. not even close to alot of dvds. Im just waiting for the price to drop a bit more then its a great deal.. 120 for 500gb 300 for 1tb... its pretty close to that and it has a 32mb cache which no other drives do.

[lawrywild]

Apparently they're "not suitable for RAID". No idea why not but that's what it says on Microdirect.co.uk

and also, why store dvd-9's on your harddrive.. just use discs...

[Frank M]

Apparently they're "not suitable for RAID". No idea why not but that's what it says on Microdirect.co.uk

Well, anandtech also has a review with two 1TB Hitachis in RAID0...

[Miwo]

thats a lot of pr0n...

[ahmad]

My diet only has 2x320GB in it. Soon, I will be obese :(

[Frank M]

My diet only has 2x320GB in it. Soon, I will be obese :(

I'm on only 2×80 now :p:

[tommyshango]

I copy dvd9 to the harddrive then convert to dvd5. Takes up alot of room. I do alot of discs each week. Im trying to find a good program that does a batch conversion so its easier than doing 1 at a time. Either way you need lots of space.

[fhpchris]

go buy a raid card and 10x 320gb seagates..

that is ~800$ and its 3+ TB..

[ahmad]

I copy dvd9 to the harddrive then convert to dvd5. Takes up alot of room. I do alot of discs each week. Im trying to find a good program that does a batch conversion so its easier than doing 1 at a time. Either way you need lots of space.

Very easy actually. Ever heard of Autoit? (http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/) :)

[tommyshango]

umm i dont see how that would work at all.

[A101Sugar]

I am thinking about picking one up....

I can get one from Best Buy employee discount for $309 :)