vue666 (banned)Let's make Canchat better!!! join:2007-12-07 |
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Re: Hard Drive Dealssaid by TOPDAWG:Cool got a 300TB drive from Canada computers for 99 hell I'm lining up in the morning to save 20 bucks. Just drove the 10 mins from where I am staying walked in waited like 5 mins picked one up. What make (Seagate, WD, Hitachi,...)? |
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Dones join:2008-02-14 Toronto, ON |
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said by TOPDAWG:Cool got a 300TB drive from Canada computers for 99 hell I'm lining up in the morning to save 20 bucks. Just drove the 10 mins from where I am staying walked in waited like 5 mins picked one up. LOL 300TB. I got the 3TB for 79.99. Don't think it's worth waiting 2 hours in the cold. Can't feel my toes. |
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seagate barracuda |
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AnavSarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic Premium Member join:2001-07-16 Dartmouth, NS |
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Man the SSD deals this time around (compared to bf cm) sucketh. |
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said by TOPDAWG:Cool got a 300TB drive from Canada computers for 99 hell I'm lining up in the morning to save 20 bucks. Just drove the 10 mins from where I am staying walked in waited like 5 mins picked one up. are you posting from the year 2076 |
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urbanriot
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2012-Dec-26 12:27 pm
said by Last Parade:said by TOPDAWG:Cool got a 300TB drive from Canada computers for 99 hell I'm lining up in the morning to save 20 bucks. Just drove the 10 mins from where I am staying walked in waited like 5 mins picked one up. are you posting from the year 2076 Obviously. Drives are larger, cheaper, and language has evolved to new levels of efficiency. |
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said by urbanriot:said by Last Parade:said by TOPDAWG:Cool got a 300TB drive from Canada computers for 99 hell I'm lining up in the morning to save 20 bucks. Just drove the 10 mins from where I am staying walked in waited like 5 mins picked one up. are you posting from the year 2076 Obviously. Drives are larger, cheaper, and language has evolved to new levels of efficiency. either that or UBB is now like $1/byte |
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Where's the deals? I'm not seeing them! » ncix.ca/products/index.p ··· tid=1316Budget/price range $70-$75! No 3.5" 120GB Intels in that range? |
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Anav
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2012-Dec-26 4:46 pm
You got that right...... The 180 500 series for $159 is not bad but I was paying that for the 240 330 series and the 180 330 series was in the 109 range. I even picked up a 120 vertex 3 for $49. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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oops my bad. So those drives i was reading it's not a good access drive in other words you don't want it running all day. I'm going to use it for storing all my movies and TV in a media PC as just a storage drive and not the OS drive I take it thing should be ok for those needs.
My media PC runs pretty much all day. |
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It's a 3+ year old model so it's not going to set any speed records but it's a lot of space at a low price with a 3 year warranty so I think it's worthwhile. |
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I found a better 1 I think: » www.canadacomputers.com/ ··· d=047838Thoughts please! Greatly appreciate the feedback! (I don't want 2 make the wrong buying decision!) Mucho thanks in advance! :P! ! |
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creed3020 Premium Member join:2006-04-26 Kitchener, ON |
Great drive for a pretty good price. You can't go wrong with an Intel 330. I've used 2 in the last month for builds and I'm loving the speed |
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Ya I don't know if I should hold out/off 4 a better deal or pull the trigger? > ! Cheers! |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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ok I got the 3TB Seagate and put it into the PC today. Ok now it's only seeing 746GB on it so do I need a driver or something? I'm using windows 7 64bit. |
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You need to format it using a GPT partition table. |
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Gone Premium Member join:2011-01-24 Fort Erie, ON |
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2013-Jan-2 1:02 pm
said by gschneider:You need to format it using a GPT partition table. ... you also won't be able to boot from a drive with a GPT partition table unless you've got an EFI install. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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ok did the GPT thing still sees it as a 746GB drive I'm just going to use it as storage or that is what I want to do. |
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elwoodbluesElwood Blues Premium Member join:2006-08-30 Somewhere in |
Bios issues, look for an update to your mobo, it has issues with LBA addressing. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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Here is the mobo not even sure it can support the drive this size.
IntelĀ® Desktop Board D945GCZ |
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2013-Jan-2 1:59 pm
You should check that you have the latest bios. » downloadcenter.intel.com ··· ype=BIOSWhile they dont list anything about drive sizes in any of the release notes, it might have been a silent fix along the way somewhere. |
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TOPDAWG Premium Member join:2005-04-27 Calgary, AB |
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damn it I get a bios do not match error when tiring to update from a CD. |
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ok got it I had to use a program from seagate called DiscWizard. I give it the GPT layout. I take it all should be good now. It's better to not use MBR and use the GPT layout is it not? » knowledge.seagate.com/ar ··· 218619enSo I got 2.72GB I take it that is right. |
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elwoodbluesElwood Blues Premium Member join:2006-08-30 Somewhere in |
That's right, marketing is about using 1000k instead of 1024k for each gb. So your 3tb hd is only that size. |
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2013-Jan-2 9:00 pm
cool thanks boss now to test the shit out of it before I load it up with data. |
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Memory Express has the Intel SSD 330 60GB for $69.99 but alas they are sold out. Went to the store last night and the rep said hopefully they'll have some in next week and probably (hopefully!) still on sale. |
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vue666 (banned)Let's make Canchat better!!! join:2007-12-07 |
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Toshiba 3.0 1TB USB 3.0 portable hard drive $79 » www.newegg.ca/Product/Pr ··· 01242013 |
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creed3020 Premium Member join:2006-04-26 Kitchener, ON |
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This week's sale at NCIX is the first time since pre-flooding levels that I'm seeing 2TBs @ $89 and 3TBs @ $119. Prices are slowly falling back. As a point of reference the WD 3TB Green was $99 before the flooding. I'm encouraged by these trends and looking forward to getting more storage for my HTPC. » www.ncix.com/promo/promo ··· &sn=3557Western Digital released their Q4 results yesterday (» wdc.com/en/company/press ··· 07cd7ea5). Their volume in Q4'11 was 28.5m and Q4'12 was 59.2, more than double the year quarter previous! |
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GuspazGuspaz MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC |
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Still waiting on green or red 4TB |
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