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    Would you buy a WD5000BEVT for 88€?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by riahc3, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. riahc3

    riahc3 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey

    Would you buy a WD5000BEVT for 88€ or are 1TB around the corner??
     
    riahc3, Jun 10, 2009
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    I bought mine couple of weeks ago for €92 (including shipping), so - yes, I would :D I don't know about the 1TB, but nowadays it's better to wait a little bit before you buy a new technology :)
     
    triturbo, Jun 11, 2009
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  4. John Ratsey

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    The WD5000BEVT has very competitive pricing and is a good performer. It came out top in this review. The Hitachi 5K500.B is more power efficient if this is of importance to you.

    At the moment there are no announcements about bigger 2.5" HDDs. The jump from 320GB to 500GB gave users a lot of extra space to fill. I would expect, when there is something bigger, then 750GB will come first.

    John
     
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  5. v_c

    v_c Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, you won't see 1TB drives for quite some time, 640GB and 750Gb will hit the market first. I would expect them in Q4, though I havent seen any announcements yet.

    At the end of the day, there is always something bigger/faster/better around the corner, so just buy when you need to, or want to.
     
    v_c, Jun 11, 2009
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  6. riahc3

    riahc3 Notebook Evangelist

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    The most important things to me are

    1: Space
    2: Power efficiency
     
    riahc3, Jun 11, 2009
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