WD 74GB Raptors For Sale

ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
edited December 2003 in Hardware
THIS is the first I am seeing them listed retail in Canada. $3 6 5 ea ow:zombie: :screwed:

Just curious if any of our esteemed membership is feeling the need for these. :confused:

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  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Nope. Not in the least. I can get faster & cheaper from SCSI.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    $346.94 wholesale from Bell micro.
    Fast, but way too much money atm. Just for a comparison, the 10k rpm U320 Seagate cheetah goes for $482.51 from the same guys.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Or I can buy 10 18GB 10,000RPM SCSIs for $100, and a RAID card (if necessary) for another $190...
  • madmatmadmat
    edited December 2003
    $10 each or $100 each?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    $10 each. Granted, they're not new drives, and I'd have to buy SCA --> LVD adapters, but still...
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    where can you buy scsi drives that much?and how do i get ahold of them?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    www.surpluscomputers.com
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    You can get the 10 pack on ebay also for about that much. I'm holding out for when the 50GB Seagate Barracuda 4-packs get below $100. The Mac needs new hard drives.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    ROFL. Drasnor, have you looked at those drives? They're 5.25", full height drives. They take up 2 5.25" bays each, and have a spindle speed of a whopping 5400rpm.
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited December 2003
    372 at Canadacomputers
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Ripoff.

    /me shakes his head
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited December 2003
    I Love it!!!

    Reading thru these posts is like listening to my older brother and his friends talk about getting cheap performace parts for their (60s era) Mustangs, Camaros, and GTOs!!!! :);D

    Conversations exactly the same, only the items have changed.

    ROTFL!!! :)

    The more things change, the more they stay the same!

    :thumbsup:

    -R-
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited December 2003
    i love talking about speed-parts for muscle cars thats all i ever used to do was tinker with cars, now its computer and less cars. but i will own a HEMI 426
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Geeky1 had this to say
    ROFL. Drasnor, have you looked at those drives? They're 5.25", full height drives. They take up 2 5.25" bays each, and have a spindle speed of a whopping 5400rpm.

    I mean the 7200RPM 1" height 50GB Barracuda drives. They're down to $35 per drive on eBay last time I checked. Those Elites _are_ tempting though, since fast wide SCSI RAID controllers are <$30 on ebay.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Geeky1 had this to say
    ROFL. Drasnor, have you looked at those drives? They're 5.25", full height drives. They take up 2 5.25" bays each, and have a spindle speed of a whopping 5400rpm.

    But 47gb at $14 is hard to resist. Too bad I only have one free spot on my SCSI cable or I'd get two. I think I'm gonna get my old Dell running again just to store some crap on :D.

    I wonder how reliable it would be?
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited December 2003
    With regard to the WD74's, I really do wish I could have gotten two of those babies rather than my to 36's. Yeah they're expensive, but I would have gotten a pair if they had been out when I built my rig. More space, slightly faster seek time, boy! they'd be on my christmas list, that is... if I did actually believe in Santa, for which I don't.;)
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Gargoyle had this to say
    Geeky1 had this to say
    I wonder how reliable it would be?

    Apparently "the most reliable drives". But I'm not sure if that still applies as they look about 20 years old....
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Gargoyle, those WD 5.25" drives are supposed to be the most reliable drives ever made, or so I've heard. But I've never used one, and don't really feel the need for one, so I can't say if that's true or not.
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