I'm having problems to use the wdidle program, so i'm planning to replace my 4 GP with a more reliable model (3x 2TB units).
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/831-6/disques-durs.html
Question #1: are the RE4-GP without this idiot intellipark? It seems not according to WD spec sheet.
Are normal RE-4 is fine to use without a raid controller?
The 2TB caviar black does NOT seem reliable enought to me. And i cannot afford a raid 1 (+controller card) of all units i need.
SB Rig:
| CPU: 2600K (L040B313T) | Cooling: H100 with 2x AP29 | Motherboard: Asrock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
| RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 | Video: MSI gtx570 TF III
| SSD: Crucial M4 128GB fw009 | HDDs: 2x GP 2TB, 2x Samsung F4 2TB
| Audio: Cantatis Overture & Denon D7000 headphones | Case: Lian-Li T60 bench table
| PSU: Seasonic X650 | Display: Samsung 2693HM 25,5"
| OS: Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1
+Fanless Music Rig: | E5200 @0.9V
+General surfing PC on sale | E8400 @4Ghz
Got a new WD30EZRX from WDC RMA. It looks like a complete redesign. Almost as if they stuck it into a Caviar Black housing.
WD30EZRX Date 03 JUL 2011 weight:735g
WD30EZRX Date 12 APR 2011 weight:639g
The Caviar Black weighs 737g
BTW, WDIDLE was still set to 8 seconds on the new 3TB drive
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Last edited by cx-ray; 07-16-2011 at 11:55 AM.
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