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Replacement hard drives
06-08-2012 6:57 PM
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These Whitebox Drives look like a good bargain but I've never heard of them before.
Google searches seem to indicate they are made by Hitachi. Could these be drives that have failed the Hitachi Quality tests in same way so are re-badged to sell off at a cheaper price or are they likely to be just as good?
Edit: A little more reading and it seems they could be Western Digital
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Re: Replacement hard drives
06-08-2012 7:14 PM
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06-08-2012 7:16 PM
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06-08-2012 7:17 PM
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http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st1000dl002-barracuda-lp-green-sata-3gb-s-5900rpm-32mb-ca...
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06-08-2012 7:20 PM
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06-08-2012 7:30 PM
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Could the caddy itself cause errors that would make the drive appear to be faulty? I think I'll take the drive out of the caddy later and do another long test. But the drive is running very hot compared to the others I have
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Re: Replacement hard drives
06-08-2012 8:11 PM
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I expect the idea of the whitebox generic drives is you won't know what brand you'll get, and you won't necessarily get the same as what other people got before.
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06-08-2012 8:21 PM
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Quote from: rongtw i would rather go with something i Know like this Mav
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st1000dl002-barracuda-lp-green-sata-3gb-s-5900rpm-32mb-ca...
Yes, I found that one but couldn't see when they'd be available and I need them ASAP.
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Re: Replacement hard drives
06-08-2012 9:05 PM
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Re: Replacement hard drives
06-08-2012 9:44 PM
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1st one is SMART error free (up-time 1.7 years, start-stop count 9984)
250GB SAMSUNG SP2504C
2nd one has a SMART error (it has relocated one sector)!
1TB ST1000333AS (up-time 1.6 years, start-stop count 3321)
Those start-stop counts look wrong though.
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08-08-2012 12:34 PM
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Re: Replacement hard drives
22-08-2012 8:18 PM
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My system boots up in 25 seconds flat on my SSD. Its quiet, only uses a few watts of power, never needs defragging and is lightning fast at doing whatever I want to do. Online gaming, data transfer, audio/video manipulation. Those who still use mech drives as O/S drives are really missing out.
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