160gb and 250gb hdd

PowerSlide · 11th Mar 2007, 02:38 AM

how come the prices between both are so close..rm200 ish for a 160gb but only around rm250 to 280 for a 250gb..

wats the catch here? slower performance from 250gb?

Chai · 12th Mar 2007, 09:00 AM

Get 320gb, best value per GB.

Adrian Wong · 12th Mar 2007, 06:04 PM

No catch. The cost of a 250GB hard drive is probably just slightly higher than that of the 160GB.

Most likely they just need to add on an additional platter and read/write heads. The rest of the hard drive costs the same, no matter whether it's a 160GB or 250GB hard drive.

In any case, the drives are priced not only on cost but also on the current market condition, economies of scale, etc.

Dashken · 12th Mar 2007, 07:21 PM

Ok, I'll get that then. Thanks.

PowerSlide · 13th Mar 2007, 07:02 AM

thanks..

gona get some funds n get 250gb or 320gb

Adrian Wong · 13th Mar 2007, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerSlide

thanks..

gona get some funds n get 250gb or 320gb

Go for the 320GB.

Max_87 · 13th Mar 2007, 10:24 PM

Got my 320GB at RM320

PowerSlide · 14th Mar 2007, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max_87

Got my 320GB at RM320

niceeeee

dun u guys just love alot of hdd space

ianho · 14th Mar 2007, 02:26 AM

What on earth do u fellas use such huge amounts of HDD capacity for? I had a 80gb Caviar for 2 years, it wasn't even full yet when I got the Raptor 150. Then I bought a WD250 purely for the purpose of keeping a Ghost image of my Raptor n also as a document back up drive. The 80gb demoted to the 2nd rig for internet surfing duties.

Papercut · 14th Mar 2007, 03:35 AM

Linux distros man

11th Mar 2007, 02:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,401 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 14	160gb and 250gb hdd how come the prices between both are so close..rm200 ish for a 160gb but only around rm250 to 280 for a 250gb.. wats the catch here? slower performance from 250gb?

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PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,401 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 14	thanks.. gona get some funds n get 250gb or 320gb

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ianho Getting there Join Date: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Malaysia Posts: 184 Reputation: 71 Rep Power: 2	What on earth do u fellas use such huge amounts of HDD capacity for? I had a 80gb Caviar for 2 years, it wasn't even full yet when I got the Raptor 150. Then I bought a WD250 purely for the purpose of keeping a Ghost image of my Raptor n also as a document back up drive. The 80gb demoted to the 2nd rig for internet surfing duties. __________________ King Kong Intel Q6600\|\| Arctic Cooling Freezer7Pro\|\| Arctic Cooling MX-2 TIM\|\| Asus Striker II Formula\|\| 2X Nvidia 8800GTX SLi\|\| ATI 2400Pro 3rd GFX card\|\| \|\| 150Gb Raptor + 250Gb Caviar WD HDD\|\| 1200W Silverstone Decathlon PSU\|\| Logitech G9 n G15\|\| Corepad Eyepad\|\| Edifier E3350 Speakers\|\| Sennheiser HD580 Precision Headphones\|\| Apple Cinema Display 30in & 20in\|\| Silverstone TJ07. Last edited by ianho : 14th Mar 2007 at 02:31 AM.

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