ReelFiles Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 Don't miss out! $109.99 + Free shipping http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136218 New platters for the sweet spot @TechReport ...By far the biggest benefit of the SE16's new platters comes in the form of performance potential. The 320GB platters boast an areal density 28% higher than that of Western Digital's 250GB discs, giving the drive head access to substantially more data over shorter physical distances. Increases in areal density can dramatically improve sequential transfer rates... Twice the Platters, Twice the Fun @ Anandtech ... Even at this point in testing, the WD Caviar SE16 640GB drive already has our tentative recommendation for users looking for a larger capacity drive for a gaming or audio/video/digital image workstation... Low Price and Great Performance @ ExtremeTech ...Western Digital's 640GB hard drive offers superior cost-per-gigabyte in a 320GB per platter hard drive that performs quite well. It's simply the best deal in hard drive storage today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 2, 2008 Posted April 2, 2008 Bought mine last night, we'll see how it holds up to my abuse. After rebate this is the best price/GB for a WD drive in that class on newegg. Comes out to ca 5.3GB per dollar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thasp Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 damn. wish this weren't wd or I'd be all over it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Why? All my drives are WD and none have any issues, ask doc how much I use my drives. I got this very drive last Friday, and it's only got 120GB left free for example. I like this drive, very good read/write speeds and no reallocations. Not like it really matters, the sale ended yesterday as far as I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexfort93 Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 Is that this good of a deal? I'd rather go for this http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...ctCode=10007193 which is cheaper, has more space, and is one of the fastest 750GB drives out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest troisanh Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 Better price yes but not faster, far from it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexfort93 Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 Yeah I knew that it wasn't faster due to the platters, but is it worth losing ~100GB and ~$20 to get this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 9, 2008 Posted April 9, 2008 I think that's a good deal, I would have snagged that if they had it when I was looking. If you're only looking for a storage drive I say go for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sQuid Posted April 19, 2008 Posted April 19, 2008 Hey Reel...how do you like your new WD HD now that you've had it awhile? NEWEGG has it at the deal price in your OP and I'm thinking about picking up a couple for some RAID action later down the pike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 19, 2008 Posted April 19, 2008 I like it a lot, it's the fasted and biggest drive I have, so that's nice. I installed it in my HTPC case and I can't hear it, haven't had a single problem. I'd definitely buy it again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 That's with the drive 93% filled up, not bad eh? Just realized I never defragmented that drive, gonna defrag and rerun the test. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sQuid Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Yes, not bad, esp. for a single drive. That does it...I'm pulling the trigger on one of these for sure, no way I'm going with another raptor when you can get that kind of performance out of a "storage" drive at that pricepoint. Dang, the "deal" is off again...hopefully it will be back on the weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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