Recent content by unitron

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    Are hard drive prices coming back down to normal levels?

    Back just before the flood you could snag sales of 1TBs for about $50 and 2TBs for around $80.
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    does this Seagate 2TB ST2000DL003 drive use the new AF 4k sectors?

    None of which changes the fact that the ST2000DL003-9VT166, when purchased in a retail box, comes in a box with ST320005N4A1AS-RK on the outside instead of ST2000DL003-9VT166. Or at least it has been, and did so for both the OP and myself. (this doesn't guarantee that, between now and the end...
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    does this Seagate 2TB ST2000DL003 drive use the new AF 4k sectors?

    Here's his entire statement: ___________________________________________________________ N/A 6/5/2012 4:11:41 PM Tech Level: High Ownership: 1 month to 1 year Verified Owner 3 out of 5 eggsFirmware makes a difference Pros: Cheap, lots of space, low power consumption...
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    does this Seagate 2TB ST2000DL003 drive use the new AF 4k sectors?

    As of fall 2011, the actual drive model inside the ST320005N4A1AS-RK retail box is the ST2000DL003-9VT166 I know because I picked up 2 from Best Buy at the Black Friday price. (tried one in an S3 HD TiVo, didn't seem to work, used a WD20EADS instead and put both Seagates in a computer...