$85: 1TB Hitachi HDD with 16MB Cache

**~*77*~** · Last edited by ~*77*~ on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:48:50; edited 1 time in total

NewBiiz - eWiz - SuperBiiz has a Hitachi 1TB 16MB cache 7200RPM SATA 3Gbps drive for $85. No rebate. Free shipping.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:44:15 Post Subject:

Too bad it's only 16MG cache... I need to start building a storage array.

**~*77*~** · Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:48:17 Post Subject:

16MB is no good now? Yikes

I know there are 32MB cache drives, but 16MB seems good... And it is 7200RPM, where many of these big drives that go on sale are 5400RPM.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:48:13 Post Subject:

16MB really isn't enough for a drive that size. 8MB for <200GB 16MB for smaller that 750GB (Pushing it IMHO), 32MB >750GB, and if the get to 2TB drives I'd say they would need 64MB.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:52:43 Post Subject:

I was looking to build a new array and was about to buy some WD Black 640GB drives (5-year warranty)... 1TB seemed like too much money then. Newegg didn't have enough in stock (I wanted 4), so I bought Hitachi which was $25 less per drive, but 3 year warranty. Of course the next day a variety of brands and sizes went on sale for less, and even the WD with a 3 year warranty is now the same as Hitachi's price. Damn it - I need to not go online for a few weeks after I buy something so I can't see what could have been.