Looking for 1.0 or 1.5TB internal disks

BikerEd

ebuyer have a great £79.99 price on a Samsung 1.5TB SATA-II drive, trouble is the drive runs at 5400rpm and has poor seek times meaning it isn't ideal for RAID.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166989

Ideally I'm looking for four drives to stuff a RAID system. I'd like 7200rpm with 1.0 or 1.5TB. For the smaller drive my target price is around £50.

Any suggestions on suppliers with great prices at the moment? Quidco would be a nice bonus

Nilrem

£50 will be very lucky to get a 1tb drive - at the moment (from memory) the Samsung "eco drive" (5400) drives are about £55-60, and for a faster drive (7200rpm) you're looking at about £6-75 for a 1tb model.

I bought 3x Seagate 12 series 1tb drives the other week for £65 each, and a pair of Samsung Eco drive 1tb's for £60 each.

The Seagates are about 25% faster from what I can tell, but run warmer than the Samsungs (due in large part to the speed difference).

Other options are Western Digital Black drives which are fast and have 5 year warrantes, but cost £70ish each.

isofa

Not sure you'll get anything decent (if at all) in that budget, but I'd try https://www.scan.co.uk

pstones578

BikerEd wrote: »

ebuyer have a great £79.99 price on a Samsung 1.5TB SATA-II drive, trouble is the drive runs at 5400rpm and has poor seek times meaning it isn't ideal for RAID.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166989

Ideally I'm looking for four drives to stuff a RAID system. I'd like 7200rpm with 1.0 or 1.5TB. For the smaller drive my target price is around £50.

Any suggestions on suppliers with great prices at the moment? Quidco would be a nice bonus

1.5TB 7200 £93

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/15TB-Seagate-ST31500341AS-Barracuda-720011-SATA-7200-rpm-32MB-Cache-NCQ-OEM

-TangleFoot-

How 'bout the Samsung SpinPoint F1 for ~£62?