2. Administrators Jabo Posted April 27, 2009 2. Administrators Posted April 27, 2009 Wonder if I could possibly impose on one of my fellow DDz on the other side of the herring pond...I have a requirement (OK, call it 'want') for a WD Velociraptor (pref 300GB) and they're a LOT cheaper over there (despite the exchange rate). Do you chaps know of any suppliers over there who'll ship to the UK? I know Newegg are down to £150, but won't ship Any suppliers cheaper? ~S~ Jabo Quote
Blairgowrie Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 I checked Zip Zoom Fly Jabo but like NewEgg they will only ship within the US. There is also NCIX http://www.ncixus.com/products/36681/WD3000HLFS/Western%20Digital%20WD/ but I suspect they also only ship within the US. The other option would be to have it shipped to someone in the US. I know Quazi has done this several times for UK residents. He will repackage it for you and put a low value on the customs declaration. Only problem with this is if it gets lost in transit, insurance would be limited to the declared value. Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted April 27, 2009 Author 2. Administrators Posted April 27, 2009 D'you think it's worth the hassle Jim? I'm not sure how much difference it'll make to my PC - The HDD is the bottleneck at present, but perhaps I'd be better off waiting for the prices to fall here and just getting a big standard SATA to tide me over... ~S~ Jabo Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted April 27, 2009 Author 2. Administrators Posted April 27, 2009 Maybe I've missed the point here, but what's the point of shelling out for a Velociraptor when a bog-standard SATA II drive hits the same 300MBps data transfer rate? So it's just the seek time which is quicker? Confused of Coventry Quote
Jediteo Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 And here I thought we would have a discussion in the spirit of amateur paleontology (one of the few fields of science I have no knowledge in). Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted April 27, 2009 Author 2. Administrators Posted April 27, 2009 And here I thought we would have a discussion in the spirit of amateur paleontology (one of the few fields of science I no knowledge in). That's what the thread was originally about Jedi, I hijacked it to ask a question about hard disk drives... Quote
Blairgowrie Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Is it worth the hassle? Got to admit I love my 74gb Raptor. I have used less than 50% of the available space and have a hard time figuring why anybody would need a 300GB drive. Do you have any idea what the Customs Duty would be Nick? Quote
Blairgowrie Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Maybe JP could bring one over. Then it would be worth the hassle just to see him get arrested for smuggling. Quote
Jediteo Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Well you got a chance to get in the record books by muleing a HD Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted April 27, 2009 Author 2. Administrators Posted April 27, 2009 Is it worth the hassle? Got to admit I love my 74gb Raptor. I have used less than 50% of the available space and have a hard time figuring why anybody would need a 300GB drive. Do you have any idea what the Customs Duty would be Nick? Regretably Jim, I could fill your 74GB drive with my photos, let alone the 50GB of music that I have, plus iso's of all my software etc etc etc. At present, I need around 200GB of storage, let alone the OS and installed software. I have no idea about the customs duty other than "a lot" Maybe JP could bring one over. Then it would be worth the hassle just to see him get arrested for smuggling. LOL oooh! Quote
T_O_A_D Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 And here I thought we would have a discussion in the spirit of amateur paleontology Ditto, I was almost exited. Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted May 2, 2009 Author 2. Administrators Posted May 2, 2009 Well, abandoned the Velociraptor idea in favour of a pair of 500gb WD RAID III SATA II drives currently running RAID 1(Mirrored) in the PC (the pair cost less than a 150GB VR). This setup now gives me a 5.9 in the Windows Experience Index (overall 5.5 from 5.2 - cpu's the bottleneck now Quote
mctav Posted May 8, 2009 Posted May 8, 2009 Cool Jabo, you going to bug out the way now so the boys can talk dinosaurs? Quote
2. Administrators Jabo Posted May 8, 2009 Author 2. Administrators Posted May 8, 2009 Cool Jabo, you going to bug out the way now so the boys can talk dinosaurs? Quote
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