The Good Guys Alexandria have it on special for $99. If you invoke their 'pay less, pay cash' motto, they'll reduce the price to $95.
Based on staticice the cheapest price is $88 but no stock. Second cheapest is $89 plus $11 shipping
And cheapest bare drive with the same specs is $98.
Post of the day. Clearly see the picture.
is this 7200RPM?
It says Ecodrive on the box so I take it as 5400rpm
ah good, eco-drive, nice to see people are doing they're part
well OW have the WD Elements 2TB for $98 and it's 7200RPM, on their site it still says $109 but at north ryde OW it's $98
The speed difference between 5400 and 7200RPM is not very big.
And even at 5400rpm the usb transfer speed will still be slower than what the drive can do.
And to those who did not bother to look for themselves
Samsung 5400RPM
Performance Specifications
Average Seek time(typical) 8.9 ms
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.) 250MB/sec
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.) 300MB/sec
Average Latency 5.52 ms
Drive Ready Time(typical) 13 sec
Samsung 7200RPM
Performance Specifications
Average Seek time(typical) 8.9 ms
Data Transfer Rate / Media to/from Buffer(Max.) 250 MB/sec
Data Transfer Rate / Buffer to/from Host(Max.) 300 MB/sec
Average Latency 4.14 ms
Drive Ready Time(typical) 8 sec
So you need to wait an extra 5 seconds for the drive to be ready when you turn it on and an extra 1.38 milliseconds for it to find your file!
And the fastest USB3 (Not USB2, that can only reach about 40MB/sec) HDD file rate is about 130MB/second. Still much slower than what a 5400RPM drive can deliver
http://www.everythingusb.com/speed.html
hmmm brb going to OW north ryde…
FWIW, I went into Harvey Norman at Alexandria around the 24th of October, and they were selling these for $99 then. If Good Guys are sold out, perhaps go to HN and see if they've got any left.
A little off topic, but has the price of HDDs gone back up because due to the flooding of the factory in Thailand? 2tbs were around $80 just a few weeks ago weren't they?
Pretty much. Even the manufacturers whose factories were not affected will still raise their prices, because they can.
If we sing their jingle will they reduce it to $90? And if we do the whole dance production, $85?
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I had one of these die recently after less than 12 months use. It was only used as a backup drive and rarely switched on, so buyer beware. I'm off Samsung drives for good now.
And i recently had a WD drive die after about 2 weeks.
All manufactures make faulty drives, you were just unlucky to get a faulty Samsung
how many do they have?