WD 320GB single platter

[toslat]

Anybody knows if this things are available yet and if so how to identify them?

 

[robmurphy]

I think Samsung will be first with this. Their terabyte drive only uses 3 platters. Hitachi's terabyte drive is 5 platters, and the rest 4.

I think this is the 320MB drive with one platter. The "max formatted capacity per disk" seems to be the platter capacity. If you look at the specifications tab you will see a drive capacity of 320MB.

Rob.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: robmurphy
I think Samsung will be first with this. Their terabyte drive only uses 3 platters. Hitachi's terabyte drive is 5 platters, and the rest 4.

I think this is the 320MB drive with one platter. The "max formatted capacity per disk" seems to be the platter capacity. If you look at the specifications tab you will see a drive capacity of 320MB.

Rob.

You mean GB, right?

 

[Dahak]

they are available now, but they are the same part number as the current 2 platter drives so hard to say which is which

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Dahak
they are available now, but they are the same part number as the current 2 platter drives so hard to say which is which

With the Seagate 250GB drives, the single platter units are slimmer than the older ones. I wonder if the Samsung drives are like that too?

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Dahak
they are available now, but they are the same part number as the current 2 platter drives so hard to say which is which

With the Seagate 250GB drives, the single platter units are slimmer than the older ones. I wonder if the Samsung drives are like that too?

I can't imagine why they wouldn't be. Unless the platters are extra-fat or something...

 

[toslat]

Samsung seems to be having teething problems with their 334GB/platter based F1 series drives. Only the 750GB and 1TB have seen the light of day so far and seems even those are having a lot of RMAs.

My problem with the WD 320GB is their intention to use the same part number for the single and dual platter drives. The single drives might end up being smaller in depth/height but that distinction doesn't help if u dont have a comparative drive.

I was hoping for a more deterministic approach like serial numbers, place and/or time of manufacture etc.

I expect we will soon see 640GB drives and they will phase out the 500GB.

 

[Dahak]

dunno about it being thinner or not .. there 80gb drives are a single platter and they are the same thickness as the rest of them.

i agree, they should have a different part number

 

[toslat]

I wonder if one cld tell the drives apart based on weight?

 

[toslat]

WD have the 640GB up on their site

 

[bigsnyder]

Originally posted by: toslat
My problem with the WD 320GB is their intention to use the same part number for the single and dual platter drives. The single drives might end up being smaller in depth/height but that distinction doesn't help if u dont have a comparative drive.

I was hoping for a more deterministic approach like serial numbers, place and/or time of manufacture etc.

WD3200AAKS-00B3A0

The B3 is suppose to be the differentiator. This info comes a silentpcreview thread, so
this may or may not be accurate.

 

[toslat]

nice thanx