Seagate 1TB drive for £54.99!! One day only! From e-buyer

maxtweenie

Just to let anyone know who ordered this that ebuyer are sending out emails showing the full price of £68.99 instead of the one day special £54.99. I had a word with them, but the woman was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. She told me the they were aware of a problem, and everyone had been overcharged by £10??? Luckily, my paypal account is showing the right amount but it worried me for a while.

Sid_Harper

Aren't the interface speed arguments a little academic considering the limiting factor is what the mechanicals of the drive can deliver - 60mbps-ish burst, and maybe around half that normally? It was a good deal!

sabretoothtigger

The drive itself might be close to 100 megabytes a second afaik

Try a utility called hdtune to compare speeds

Antispam

You need a haircut sabretoothtigger

gjchester

newsgroup_monkey wrote: »

1. Most people don't have gigabit Ethernet cards in their PCs. And they certainly can't afford a gigabit NAS.

Actually I think you'll find they do, most PC's for the last few years have gigabit NICs in them. The chipsets are so cheap and they are backwards compatable you tend to get 10/100/1000 cards in most computers except the bargain basement cheapies.

Gigabit NAS is another thing entirely...

newsgroup_monkey

gjchester wrote: »

Actually I think you'll find they do, most PC's for the last few years have gigabit NICs in them. The chipsets are so cheap and they are backwards compatable you tend to get 10/100/1000 cards in most computers except the bargain basement cheapies.

Gigabit NAS is another thing entirely...

Well, I'll actually eat my own hat. i've just got one of the Ebuyer NAS drives and it's got a Gigabit connection.

Now I've got a problem.

I want a DSL Modem Router with Wireless-N (for Xtreamer)

No problem, £32 from Ebuyer.

I want a DSL Modem Router with Gigabit.

No problem. £34 from Ebuyer.

I want a DSL Modem Router with Gigabit Ethernet AND Wireless-N

Try finding one with any sort of reputation for less than £100!

I'm wondering... if the chipsets are so cheap for 10/100/1000, why aren't there some cheap routers about?

sabretoothtigger

gigabit over wireless sounds a big ask, stick to wires