Originally posted by: dboy
You consider $1/gig inexpensive? I haven't paid over 15 cents/gig for over 2 years (and I have 5x200gig drives, 4x80 gig, and a few 40s between my machines)
Originally posted by: dboy
You consider $1/gig inexpensive? I haven't paid over 15 cents/gig for over 2 years (and I have 5x200gig drives, 4x80 gig, and a few 40s between my machines)
Originally posted by: dboy
My pricing comment was geared to the post above mine where he said he'd stay w/ mainstream drives at a buck a gig instead of the raptor. I know my drives aren't as fast as a raptor (of course, putting a couple of them in a raid array helps and is still cheaper...)
As for the pricing I quoted, I got 3 of the 200gig drives from Dell a while back when they had a rebate screwup and I got them for about $25 each. The others I used a bvg/rebate/pm type deal and got them from compusa a couple months ago, for about $30 each. On some of te 80 giggers I got PAID to take them after all the rebates...
Originally posted by: TrungRacingDev
the fastest you can go is 133 mb/sec because of the pci bus speed...having 2 36 raptors raided and 2 74 raptors raided would not make any difference...
Originally posted by: Phew
This rebate wants a UPC code, according to the WD link. I bought the OEM drive from Newegg, it came wrapped in bubble wrap. That's it. I guess I can't get this rebate?
Originally posted by: TrungRacingDev
the fastest you can go is 133 mb/sec because of the pci bus speed...having 2 36 raptors raided and 2 74 raptors raided would not make any difference...