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artem213
Jun 8th, 2008, 04:37 PM
A few of Western Digital internal SATA2 hard drives for sale:

2 x 1000GB Western Digital Green Power SE16 WD10EACS -
1TB, 5400-7200RPM, SATA-II 3Gb/s, 16MB cache.
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=336
$300 firm for both drives.

2 x 500GB Western Digital Green Power SE16 WD5000AACS -
500GB, 5400-7200RPM, SATA-II 3Gb/s, 16MB cache.
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=338
$150 firm for 4 drives.

4 x 500GB Western Digital SE WD5000AAJS -
500GB, 7200RPM, SATA-II 3Gb/s, 8MB cache.
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=307
$300 firm for 4 drives.

Local buyers preferred (Vancouver/Richmond), but will ship within Canada if you will pay shipping costs.

PM for details.
balou911
Jun 10th, 2008, 10:52 PM
great deals.
any refs?
Starcraftjunkie
Jun 10th, 2008, 11:49 PM
why does it say the drives are 5400-7200rpm? Is it that one drive is 5400 and another is 7200? or does it vary the rpms?
Oversized Rooster
Jun 10th, 2008, 11:59 PM
why does it say the drives are 5400-7200rpm? Is it that one drive is 5400 and another is 7200? or does it vary the rpms?

It varies RPM.
balou911
Jun 10th, 2008, 11:59 PM
why does it say the drives are 5400-7200rpm? Is it that one drive is 5400 and another is 7200? or does it vary the rpms?

the drives are 'tuned' in the factory, and run somewhere inbetween to stay within specs.
most drives right now are running in the lower end of that spectrum.
artem213
Jun 11th, 2008, 12:03 AM
2 balou911

No refs. I'm new here. We all started with 0 refs. I've been dealing primarily on craigslist, if that counts.

2 Starcraftjunkie

GreenPower drives reduce RPM to 5400 and spin up to 7200RPM during seek/write.
artem213
Jun 16th, 2008, 07:18 PM
Up. Price drop.
balou911
Jun 16th, 2008, 09:10 PM
why does it say the drives are 5400-7200rpm? Is it that one drive is 5400 and another is 7200? or does it vary the rpms?

It varies RPM.


2 Starcraftjunkie

GreenPower drives reduce RPM to 5400 and spin up to 7200RPM during seek/write.


A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate, and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. For each drive model, WD may use a different, invariable RPM.

-straight from wd themselves.