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SATA3 6GB/s - WD Green 2TB (wd20earx) $76 + Shipping @ BudgetPC [Soldout]

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Western Digital - 2TB SATA Caviar Green
SATA3 model(wd20earx), speed up to 6GB/s, Buffer Size 64 MB

$76 + shipping ( Mt Waverley pickup - available )
limited 4 units per order
120 units in stock, don't miss this time.

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  • Definite bargain.. I have liked prices for quite a few things recently from Budget PC.

  • Rough postage costs?

    • +1

      $5.5 to Melbourne, $10 to Sydney

  • +4

    Just asking, but is there any point to Sata 3 when it's a green model. Dont the green models run slower anyway?

    Good price though!

    • +3

      Should ask the question, is there any point for SATA3 on a conventional hard drive? I'm pretty sure all the conventional hard drives on the market doesn't even saturate SATA2.

    • I was going to ask the same question.

      Price is very good, if I needed another storage drive I would grab one.

    • You'd never get anywhere near needing SATA 2 interface speeds, let alone SATA 3. I am running on the old "SATA 150" and getting almost 100MB/sec, which is probably less than a WD Green can pump out continuously.

      The only thing is - the 64MB Cache Buffer is fast… so there theoretically would be an advantage of SATA 3 when reading from that part of teh drive. Whether that is "noticeable" or not, I dunno.

    • These green drives woun't even reach sata2 speeds. Although from what I can see the sata3 is the current green model from WD, since wd20ears sata2 model is being phased out and replaced by wd20earx sata3 mode at same price bracket.

    • Cached I/O should make use of the higher interface speed.

  • how its compared to
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/46035
    Edit: sorry thats sata 2

  • That price excludes GST…But still works out to about $50 (for 4) cheaper than PCCG

    • +1

      GST included

      • +1

        Oops, sorry… see the GST is listed in the quote as part of the price, not additional… basic (fast) maths fail. :|

        • +1

          Haha~

  • When are the 3TB prices going to hit $100?

    • +11

      When 4TB hard drives are out.

  • +1

    Dang it, I bought one about a week ago for $85 oh well.
    Anyway for those interested there are some benchmarks here
    http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1705496

  • is this good for a NAS driver?

    • That depends if your NAS Box can handle "advanced format" (4K sector size) drives. My D-Link DNS-323 is not intended to, and I don't know if there is a way to make it work at decent speed with them. I am running 2 x WD Green NON-Advanced (WD10EADS) in there at the moment.

  • Mt Waverley represent!

    Just ordered one. Now I need a SATA3 2TB Hitichi deal and a 2TB Samsung deal and I will have one of each flavour in my microserver.

    • Hi Stumo, are you aware of any good deal for NAS case at the moment?

      • +1

        The Buffalo LS-QVL is hard to beat for the money ($250 seems to be their normal price)…
        http://www.ht.com.au/cart/1/part/Y9054-Buffalo-LinkStation-P…

        Just make sure you get the V series, not the older one (old one doesn't have a red V on the front and is LS-QL or something)

        • Thanks, I am look at this Buffalo and the Netgear NV+, have not decided which one to buy. The Netgear NV+ should be a old model, but has pretty good reviews. I wonder if both can stream 1080p video (less than 10GB for a movie) via a wireless router?

        • +3

          Unless the NAS is unbelievably pathetic, the wireless will be the slowest path in the stream. An average 1080p video will be around the 5mbps mark, basically meaning a moderate signal strength on 802.11g will suffice, and any NAS should be able to keep up with that throughput.

          Edit: And by "average 1080p", I'm referring to an encoded/compressed video, before anyone jumps in… Not a full bluray rip obviously. eg. A 2.5GB 1080p24 XviD will have a video bitrate ~3mbps.

        • IME you cannot stream even 720p videos over 802.11g. You might be able to over N.

        • Hi stumo, I just read the following information from Whirlpool, looks like the WD20EARS does not work well with The Buffalo LS-QVL.


          Emailed a Buffalo in Japan and got the following response:
          Regarding a recommendation HDD brands and models for LS-QVL/E, our engineers tested most of popular brands and models and following models will not be able to work well.
          <Western Digital Caviar Green>
          WD20EARS
          WD15EARS
          WD10EARS

          Other than above models will work fine.
        • IME you cannot stream even 720p videos over 802.11g. You might be able to over N.

          Well, IME, I can, and have, streamed 1080p over 802.11g.

        • This drive is EARX not EARS.

        • Yeah, in the past when everything's going good I've had no trouble streaming even reasonably high bitrate 1080p (~8+mb/s) over my 'g' router to my Astone AP-300 so long as there was negligible other network traffic.

          However, lately it's been a bit dicey, so's the router…could be time for an upgrade, I'm on the lookout for a nice, cheap N300 to replace it! ;)

        • The names are too close, ears vs. earx, found that the WD20EARX is actually an upgraded WD20EARS with an 6 Gb/s interface, so still be careful if using it for the Buffalo NAS.

  • +1

    Has anyone noticed these transer slower over a sustained transfer than the ears models?

    So far copied entire contents and the ears is quicker higher transfer rate and quicker overall…. same data same media player hmmm

    • Interesting….. Always make me curious when a newly released product rapidly drops its price, maybe this is why?

  • Sold Out

  • damn this is cheap as, I just bought a 2tb from MSY for $89 :(

  • damn… sold out!!! :(

    Perfect NAS drive for dirt cheap…. wouldve bought 3 of the suckers.

    Hey OP/Rep, any chance for more being available?

    • More stock are coming in next week.

      • Can you make a special on the Seagate - Barracuda GREEN

  • Can anyone confirm if there are similar capacity/ quality hard drives available somewhere in melbourne in stock now? Even. If its $5-10 more doesnt matter, need asap.
    Cheers

  • MSY are selling these for $85 atm for anyone that has to pay $10 postage anyway. (Check the vendor promotion list)

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