WD640AAKS $$63.89 FS (no rebates)

[sgrinavi]

WD640AAKS - S W E E T drive Back in Stock! 63.89 Free Shipping!

 

[IEC]

I have two of these puppies. They are fast, quiet, and have so far served me well 🙂

I bought mine at $80 about 9 months ago - $60 is a steal!

 

[sgrinavi]

I got 5 ! You can not beat them in the bang/buck category

 

[cubeless]

price up to $63... but still a deal... great drive...

 

[BlueWeasel]

I got this same drive a few weeks from NE for $60 shipped. I love it...it's much faster and quieter than the 320gb Seagate drive it replaced.

 

[Keltron]

62.99 now

 

[firewolfsm]

Is this a 320GB platter drive then?

 

[palswim]

Live! Cashback gives 2% as well.

 

[Diz2K2]

Thank you.

 

[cubeless]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
Is this a 320GB platter drive then?

supposed to be... from the perf they seem to be...

 

[msi1337]

mine had a 170MB burst speed and average speed of 108mb in HDtach...needless to say..thats pretty sweet

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: msi1337
mine had a 170MB burst speed and average speed of 108mb in HDtach...needless to say..thats pretty sweet

My 3 drive RAID 0 runs at an average of 280MB/sec with WB cache enabled

EDIT (it's short stroked to 640k, but I still use the rest of the drive on another partition)

 

[sjwaste]

Is there a faster drive on the market than this, outside of the Raptor and SSDs?

 

[bigsnyder]

WD6401AALS "Black" version, though the difference is not great.

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Is there a faster drive on the market than this, outside of the Raptor and SSDs?

I think the new seagate 7200.12 500 GB single platter has it beat by a fair margin.... but.. some are having issues with them crashing and burning.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Amazon @ $69.95 is still close with no tax and free ship, however they package well
(They were $59 last week)

And the blue is fastr than the black, except in 2 areas
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...-roundup_17.html#sect0

 

[Jiggz]

I still believe the black version with 32MB cache is better at almost the same price!

 

[EliteRetard]

Originally posted by: sgrinavi
WD640AAKS - S W E E T drive Back in Stock! 62.99 Free Shipping!

Another possibility here
Basically get a free metal external enclosure.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Good deal..

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: EliteRetard

Originally posted by: sgrinavi
WD640AAKS - S W E E T drive Back in Stock! 62.99 Free Shipping!

Another possibility here
Basically get a free metal external enclosure.

I think you might void the warranty if you yank it out of the case

Originally posted by: Jiggz
I still believe the black version with 32MB cache is better at almost the same price!

The difference is very slight and, probably, not even noticable in real world useage. I believe the advantage to the black is a better warranty (if that matters)

 

[Kwint Sommer]

Just bought one, thanks OP.

 

[daveybrat]

I'm using the 640GB Black edition and it is a sweet drive. Very quiet and extemely fast. Black edition drives also have a 5yr. warranty. 😉

 

[StormSide]

Still at 62.99

 

[sgrinavi]

Bump, price down to $59

 

[Capt Caveman]

fwiw - the 32mb cache w/ 5 yr warranty version is $70 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136319