Hot! Cheap WD 200GB HDD - No Rebates!

[austin316]

Originally posted by: Jeraden

Originally posted by: nvmyz71
Not knowing very much on the subject of XBOX modding... I thought you were limited to a 120GB hard drive?

Is this not the case anymore or was I wrong in thinking this in the first place?

The PS2 has a 120gb on the hard drive with that HDLoader software, no limit on xbox.

Is this WD drive lockable?

 

[Netopia]

NewEgg has it for $109.50 with free shipping. Not sure if this is even a hot deal.... though at $89 it was certainly more of one!

Didn't mean to thread crap... it's just that NewEgg is an AnandTech advertiser, so for the .50 difference in price and the GREAT service, I'd probably go with NewEgg.

Joe

 

[n0cmonkey]

I just got my drive today. Haven't hooked it up yet though.

 

ygpm

 

[chaonatic]

^^Who the h3ll yo talkin' to? LOL^^

 

[Melectricus]

n0cmonkey
Elite Member
Posts: 22709
"Thanks. I think this is the first Hot Deal I've taken advantage of. "

LOL, you've got to be joking. My wife was po'd because of this forum even when I was a lurker. I've spent more money on things I absolutely need here. :0 🙂

Op, got an old deathstar 40g that will now be retired............don't tell the wife.

 

[Hypharse]

I got the drive on Thursday and when I hooked it up it clicked like crazy. I hope it is just an odd coincidence and not just reject drives they put up for cheap. I had to pay the $6 to ship it back. I am awaiting my replacement now. If I have any problems with the replacement I'm staying away from mwave.com for life.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Melectricus
n0cmonkey
Elite Member
Posts: 22709
"Thanks. I think this is the first Hot Deal I've taken advantage of. "

LOL, you've got to be joking. My wife was po'd because of this forum even when I was a lurker. I've spent more money on things I absolutely need here. :0 🙂

Op, got an old deathstar 40g that will now be retired............don't tell the wife.

Not kidding at all. I don't hang out much in here because I rarely see something I actually need, and staying away keeps me from seeing things I want. 😛

 

[zephyrprime]

Originally posted by: PrimeRisk

Originally posted by: zephyrprime

Not the faster 8MB version, but perfect for your TiVo or XBox upgrades!

If anything, I think you'd need the cache MORE THAN EVER for the XBox because it's built in disk cache must be either small or non-existant. An 8MB cache offers a 20% boost on windows where the disk cache is hundreds of megabytes. It's benefit should be greater on systems with very little cache.

But useless for tivo.

The original HDD reported in most xboxs is a bargain-basement 5400RPM with a 2MB cache of various flavors. The primary load on the HDD would be for backed up games and compared to the access time and bandwidth of the DVD-ROM, any ATA100 HDD is going to greatly outperform it. For multi-media puposes on the xbox you're looking at mostly large files (DIVX, WMV, and WMA). Considering the file sizes and bitrates generally found in these formats, the buffer size is not going to make a noticable difference.

For media, the extra buffer is pretty useless. But for playing games, I think it'd be useful. Consoles spend a ton of time loading and unloading game locations back and forth.

 

[kissfan003]

FYI.. Price up to 98.00. (7/19/04 @ 5:30pm EDT). I'd go New Egg now. You're looking at a few buck for stller service. Small price to pay!

 

[Midnight]

I just got this drive hooked up and it is very very loud.... not quite clicking like someone else's but its very loud. Anyone else have the drive and hooked it up? If others have it and its quiet then I will RMA it. Anyone else having issues?

 

[tstrike]

too bad it's only 2mb cache on this bad boy....thanks for the heads up!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Midnight
I just got this drive hooked up and it is very very loud.... not quite clicking like someone else's but its very loud. Anyone else have the drive and hooked it up? If others have it and its quiet then I will RMA it. Anyone else having issues?

I've never had a WD drive that didn't annoy me. Im going seagate next time....

 

[Midnight]

this ones really loud, a lot louder than any of my other 7200 rpm maxtor drives, even louder than my 200 GB 8 MB cache drive.

Im not sure if there is a problem with it or if its as loud as its supposed to be.

 

[Midnight]

anyone have issues with this drive?