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Joe 90
03-02-2012, 12:18
Its been years since I bought a HDD (last was a samsung 1tb F1 I think) but this morning I've picked up a pretty sweet deal on www.ibood.com/uk/en/

So, for that nice little media box I need a beast of a (reliable) drive but no idea what to look at.

Looks like its between WD & Seagate though; http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/nsa310.shtml?t=p
Psymonkee
03-02-2012, 12:41
If your not desperate, wait. Flooding in Thailand or Vietnam knocked out 2 or 3 HDD factories so prices are hugely inflated. Should return to 'normal' in the next month or so.
Joe 90
03-02-2012, 12:59
Yeah no rush, but I did read the other day that problem wasn't due to subside any time soon so *fingers crossed*!
Stan_Lite
03-02-2012, 13:28
Last I read, the supply problems were unlikely to be resolved this year.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3334270/seagate-shortage-of-disk-drives-continue-through-2012/?olo=rss
Psymonkee
03-02-2012, 15:30
All year!? :( *deletes stuff*
Joe 90
03-02-2012, 15:36
I blame Apple. They're probably buying everything that gets produced!

I can get a 2Tb disk for £95 though which doesn't seem too bad. When I bought my 1Tb years ago it was certainly well over £100.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/SATA+%28Serial+ATA%29/Over+1TB/Western+Digital+Caviar+Green+2TB+3.5%22+SATA+Inter nal+Hard+Drive+%5BWD20EARX%5D+?productId=45894
Del Lardo
03-02-2012, 23:32
I blame Apple. They're probably buying everything that gets produced!

I can get a 2Tb disk for £95 though which doesn't seem too bad. When I bought my 1Tb years ago it was certainly well over £100.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/SATA+%28Serial+ATA%29/Over+1TB/Western+Digital+Caviar+Green+2TB+3.5%22+SATA+Inter nal+Hard+Drive+%5BWD20EARX%5D+?productId=45894




Not too bad compared to a few years but but compared to a year ago :-( I filled my NAS with 2TB disks for £50 a pop IIRC
Flibster
04-02-2012, 20:36
Not too bad compared to a few years but but compared to a year ago :-( I filled my NAS with 2TB disks for £50 a pop IIRC

Even 6 months ago. 8 2tb hdd's for under £400.

Desperately need to expand again, but HDD prices are still too high. Although, I suspect they manufacturers are enjoying the high prices a little too much.