WD to release 320GB platter drives
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WD to release 320GB platter drives
Seems WD is going to be the second manufacturer to release 320GB platter drives. WD claims that the drives are already shipping, although it's not known if it's actually true given that it took Samsung over 6 months between "shipping" and actually available. Also press release indicates that unlike Samsung which released higher capacity drives first, WD will work its way upwards, releasing 320GB model first, and higher capacity models later.
Could be a nice alternative for people who prefer WD over Samsung or if Samsung fails to deliver 320/640GB F1's in a timely manner.
DailyTech article
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10432
Actual Press Release
http://wdc.com/en/company/releases/Pres ... F6C62FF%7D
Could be a nice alternative for people who prefer WD over Samsung or if Samsung fails to deliver 320/640GB F1's in a timely manner.
DailyTech article
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10432
Actual Press Release
http://wdc.com/en/company/releases/Pres ... F6C62FF%7D
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Update 1/25/2008: According to a close source at Western Digital, the WD3200AAKS model number is currently in use for the single 320GB platter model as well as the double 160GB platter model until the latter is phased out of the lineup.KenAF wrote:Does anyone know the model or part number of the 320GB platter drive that Western Digital says is shipping now?
And no, this question wasn't answered in any of the threads linked above.
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That's great because I want to check the performance of the drive. My Seagate 7200.10 are fast ( RAID 0 ) but not really quiet. I want change them both and get better performance, quieter. The new Western Digital GP series looks good from an SPCR point of view but I think they will be slower than my Seagates since they are spinning only at 5400 rpm.KenAF wrote:Anandtech will have a review of the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 in the next few weeks.
Should we expect the 640Gb GreenPower model to hit the shops in february or is that not to be expected?
I was just about to buy 3 x 500Gb GP drives in february, so now I'm not shure what to do.
The extra 140Gb of the drive is not so important to me, but if the new drives will be quieter ... and the 500Gb models less expensive ...
I'm also very curious how will the 1x320platter GP hdd perform in terms of noise factor if compering it to 2x250 platters (wd5000aacs) ?
Well, real dilema now here!
I was just about to buy 3 x 500Gb GP drives in february, so now I'm not shure what to do.
The extra 140Gb of the drive is not so important to me, but if the new drives will be quieter ... and the 500Gb models less expensive ...
I'm also very curious how will the 1x320platter GP hdd perform in terms of noise factor if compering it to 2x250 platters (wd5000aacs) ?
Well, real dilema now here!
Last edited by Tomson on Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tomson, note that this thread is not about 320GB/platter GreenPower drives -- at least not yet. The GreenPower drives use 250GB platters across the board. The aforementioned WD3200AAKS & WD6400AAKS models are performance drives from the Caviar SE 16 series that do not fall in the same category as the GreenPower drives.
Looks like we may have a new leader in silent storage.
While we wait for Anandtech's review, I found these benchmarks of the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 on Planetnow.de.
While we wait for Anandtech's review, I found these benchmarks of the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 on Planetnow.de.
here times some results in the comparison to seagate 7200,10 with 250gb also 16mb cache
HD Tune
Seagate 250GB/WD 320GB
Min(MB/sek): 26.5/50.3
Max(MB/sek): 79.8/111.0
Average(MB/sek): 64.6/86.8
Acc. time (ms): 13.5/16.3
Burst(MB/sek): 206.0/153.2
CCU: 3.5%/5.6%
HD Tach
Seagate 250GB/WD 320GB
Avr. read(MB/sek): 68.3/90.6
Acc. time (ms): 13.2/17.1
Burst(MB/sek): 243.3/240.0
CCU: 4%/4%
in addition it is ultra quiet... even with the ear against the drive, the case fans are louder
The access time is slower on the WD, but it's not clear how that affects performance in real world applications.I do not believe the Samsung was ever this quiet.
I received several of these drives today. I got them from this ebay seller.
When you submit payment with Paypal, specify in the note that you want the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 version.
When you submit payment with Paypal, specify in the note that you want the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 version.
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I ordered two of them, they're on their way.KenAF wrote:I received several of these drives today. I got them from this ebay seller.
When you submit payment with Paypal, specify in the note that you want the new WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 version.
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