[Nottingham] HDD price rises

[Rory Holland]

I don't think SATA3 is a thing. If you mean SATA 6Gbps, then yes, a
SATA6Gbps device will plug into a SATA3GBPS port, and will just run at the
lower speeds.

As far as manufacturers go, Samsung Spinpoint drives have always hit the
sweet spot of price, performance and reliability for me.

If you need a hard-drive, buy one. If you don't need one, wait around,
they're only going to get cheaper in the long-run. It's worth spending a
bit more for a proper branded one (No eBuyer Extra Value for me) since you
want it to last at least 5 years. When you consider this, the difference
between £60 and £80 hardly seems relevant.

On 3 November 2011 14:21, Jason Irwin <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems the warnings are going out about massive HDD price rises.  Bit of
> a bugger as I'd been putting off buying drives until the house was
> sorted, anyways...one can still get 2TB jobbies for < £100, which means
> there is currently a small premium but not the doom-and-gloom being
> reported.  So my questions are:
>
> 1) Is SATA III backwards compatible with SATA II?  I think it is, but
> it'd be an expensive mistake to make (the HP Micorserver is SATA II) and
> for some reason SATA III drives are way cheaper than SATA II (go
> figure).  Wikipedia is silent on the subject of SATA III compatibility.
>
> 2) Seagate Barracuda Green (5400rpm) or WD Caviar Green
> ('IntelliPower'rpm)?  I've never had much trouble with drives from
> either company and WD replaced a failed USB drive without quibble.  WD
> is £22 more and I intend to buy two HDDs.
>
> 3) Wait a few months for the hype/speculation to die down and buy
> cheaply after Chrimbo?
>
> --
> Jason Irwin
>
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