 vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | reply to elwoodblues
Re: Hard Drive Deals How about the Expansion drives? How are they different then the GoFlex?
I had a 1.5 TB Expansion USB 2.0 drive fail due to a clicking problem known among Expansion drives. It was replaced via the FutureShop extended warranty with a GoFlex 2TB USB 3.0. The FS clerk just asked a few questions and it was a painless exchange of hard drives.... |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | reply to elwoodblues
said by elwoodblues:Sorry, I'm so used to the "Lingo" that I forget.
Standard Definition, DVD's basically.
I'm re-encoding them all to h264, and saving a ton of space.
Re-encoding to divx, xvid, mp4? Using what app?
The reason I ask is I'm starting to do the same thing. Encoding using GuardianKnott (VirtualDub Mod & AutoGK) »www.videohelp.com/tools/AutoGK
I've tried ConvertX and TmpEnc but so far like the GuardianKnott method best...It is using xVid I believe... |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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| said by vue666:said by elwoodblues:Sorry, I'm so used to the "Lingo" that I forget.
Standard Definition, DVD's basically.
I'm re-encoding them all to h264, and saving a ton of space.
Re-encoding to divx, xvid, mp4? Using what app? The reason I ask is I'm starting to do the same thing. Encoding using GuardianKnott (VirtualDub Mod & AutoGK) » www.videohelp.com/tools/AutoGKI've tried ConvertX and TmpEnc but so far like the GuardianKnott method best...It is using xVid I believe... h264, using Handbrake
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand | reply to elwoodblues
Ncix also has a 4tb Deskstar for $249 this weekend. |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | They also have a WD Green 3TB for $189
»www.ncix.com/products/?sku=67447···tal%20WD |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | reply to elwoodblues
Newegg.ca has a WD Green 2.5TB for $129...The catch is it's a refurb....
»www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as···22236195
Would you trust a refurb? I'm kind of shy when it comes to refurbs... |
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PhorksterPremium
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I'm looking for a new HD as this one seems to be on its way out. Its a Seagate, and I don't trust Seagate as far as I can throw'em. Its all WD for me until proven otherwise.
Yes I know you have had Seagates last 100 years, everyones experience is different. Mine shows WD in the lead by a substantial margin. |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | 120 GB OCZ SSD drive for $104 (after $10 mail in rebate). Regular price $199
»www.newegg.ca/Special/ShellShock···142012_1 |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS
1 edit | reply to Phorkster
said by Phorkster:I'm looking for a new HD as this one seems to be on its way out. Its a Seagate, and I don't trust Seagate as far as I can throw'em. Its all WD for me until proven otherwise.
Yes I know you have had Seagates last 100 years, everyones experience is different. Mine shows WD in the lead by a substantial margin.
I thought the problem with Seagate was with external hard drives? The problem being with the power adapters and/or the USB interface?
Looks like NCIX has some 2TB WD's on sale....
»www.ncix.com/products/?sku=62047···oid=1069 |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to elwoodblues
After my friend had his third OCZ SSD fail in a row (fail, RMA, fail, RMA, fail, RMA), I'm not sure I can ever recommend them again... I just hear so many stories about problems with them...
Intel SSDs might cost more, but they don't tend to randomly die nearly as often. I've heard that Samsung's SSDs are supposed to be pretty good: they're not the fastest, but they don't have any major performance issues and they're supposed to be pretty reliable.
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PhorksterPremium
join:2004-06-27
Windsor, ON
kudos:1 | reply to elwoodblues
I got a WD Black 64MB cache dual proc for $119 from Amazon.com, thats $119 all in. |
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 MashikiBalking The Enemy's Plans
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Woodstock, ON
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said by Guspaz:After my friend had his third OCZ SSD fail in a row (fail, RMA, fail, RMA, fail, RMA), I'm not sure I can ever recommend them again... I just hear so many stories about problems with them...
I've had HDD's like that. I've shipped entire cases right back to ingram micro which were DOA right out of the box. SSD's like HDD's can have serious batch problems, but since SSD's are new and shiny the failure rate is still all over the place. Kinda reminds me of the first single platter 100gb, 500gb, 1tb, and so on.
Though for a sake of argument, I'm still running a first generation OCZ agility, it'll be 3ish years come august. |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | reply to Phorkster
said by Phorkster:I got a WD Black 64MB cache dual proc for $119 from Amazon.com, thats $119 all in.
1TB or 2TB? |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
1 edit | At that price I'd say 1TB, I bought two 2tb blacks for 129 last fall, before the big price jump. |
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PhorksterPremium
join:2004-06-27
Windsor, ON
kudos:1 | reply to vue666
1TB. |
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | reply to elwoodblues
Newegg has Seagate 1.5TB Green for $89 with free shipping...
»www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as···22148725 |
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join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC
·Shaw
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Newegg has the HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.C 0F10383 1TB 7200 RPM
32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive on for
$89.99 as a Shell Shocker deal for a few hours.
»www.newegg.ca/special/shellshock···ker-EB2B
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to elwoodblues
There is currently a $60 MIR on the Intel 330 SSD 180GB, which is selling on NewEgg for $220, giving a final price of $160... Under a buck a gig for an Intel SSD is pretty sweet. This is one of their newest SSDs, it just came out.
The MIR allows two drives ($120 MIR) per person. I just bought two ^_^
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vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | Got an e-mail from Tiger Direct and for today only - no shipping fees.... |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to elwoodblues
I should mention that the NewEgg deal was even better than I thought. On top of the $60 MIR, there is a $15-off coupon. The final price that I ended up paying was $145 for an Intel 330 180GB plus tax/shipping.
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