I'm looking for the best value for my gigabyte for SATA hard disk storage, they don't need to be quick.
I've previously bought from span.com and it would appear that 2TB is the sweet spot for price per/gb
http://www.span.com/category/SATA-Drives-2tb~548
Where else should I look?
Thanks
Eeeeek! I'm going to stick my neck on the block and tell you that this machine is going to be very slow.
ASUS X102BA Series
The processor in this thing is really really low powered. A CPU Passmark score of 652 is errr... Horrible. I guess it was designed with battery life in mind and not performance.
It has about the same amount of grunt as my old ASUS EEE PC and that was awful.
This Notebook (can I call it a netbook?) may have been designed with Win8 in mind but the dual core A4-1200 and 2GB of RAM will make it almost useless at running Win8 or win7
I doubt adding more ram (it looks like 4GB is the max) is going to help much. This thing is for surfing the internet while you are sat on the couch watching TV.
Sorry :(
I'm sure you were just too polite to mention it.
Shirley,
I know that you really meant GB (Gigabytes) of RAM & not MB, didn't you? (It's been many years since PCs had single digit Megabytes of RAM.) However, please don't get me wrong, this is not the sort of thing that non-technical users should be expected to know. I look after several users, including my better half, who wouldn't know this kind of thing either.
As for MS Office, on my new Win 8.1 system, I've been very pleased with LibreOffice (from www.libreoffice.org). It supports even the modern Microsoft file formats and it's completely free of charge (though they'd like a donation if you like it). I've been using an ageing version of Office 2003, and support for my version is going to be dropped by Microsoft shortly, so I've been looking around. This seems to meet my needs and goes well beyond them.
As for upgrading your new notebook's RAM, the best thing you could do is post here the most detailed information possible about the machine from the invoice when you bought it. Add to that any details of model numbers and that are visible on the machine itself, often underneath or on a label at the back. As an example, I have a Lenovo Notebook that says Lenovo 3000 N100 on the topside of the machine (when the lid is open) & Model no: 0768 underneath. Also underneath is a label giving a serial number, which itself isn't normally needed, but saying Model 0768-FPG. All that info is helpful in tracking down the bits you need.
Another suggestion is that you also see if you can get the OS downgraded to Win 7. It is perfectly legal so far as Microsoft are concerned, but needs someone with Win 7 disks. Many slower machines are somewhat more responsive when using Win 7 than Win 8.
I use a mixture of 2TB drives. WD Green drives with a 2 year guarantee (6 of them I think) and 4 WD Red drives with a 3 year guarantee.
Be very careful putting any make of low rpm green drives in NAS boxes and servers. Often they will not play nicely with raid arrays and cause all sorts of problems.
I didn't actually look, but just have and have a two year manufacturer's guarantee. Good argument for buying through Amazon.
Not very keen on a model that says "version garantie 1 an" when the Amazon one says "Garantie du fabricant: 2 ans". Makes you think it might be B-graded stock.
Same drive €69.90 + €2.90 postage apparently.
http://www.grosbill.com/4-seagate_barracuda_7200_14_2_to_2000_go_sa...
James, It seems as if you have to click on the drop-down next to "Extension de garantie 3 ans" for it to offer you "Aucun extension de garantie". (This worked for Chrome, which is what I normally use.) Anyway, the Amazon deal was better & I'd back their customer service against most others, though, that being said, Pixmania have never posed me any problems.
Snap James, BUT there was one of those slashed through prices the day I ordered so got mine for €64 and a bit with free delivery too! When I looked for a second for my OH next day it was back to normal price. Moral: keep your eyes wide open and jump in immediately with orders when special offers come up.
Got one from Amazon instead for €76,11 inc free delivery to my house
Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda Disque dur interne 3,5" SATA III 7200 tours/min 2 To
I have just tried to order one of these from Pixmania but apparently I cannot place the order without the addition of a three year warranty taking the total cost up to nearly 100 euros. Is there a way to remove this, if there is I can't see it!
Must have missed it earlier, but for a slightly lower per bit price, the 3TB Barracuda from Pixmania offers more bang per buck: here
They are so cheap I took our server into the garage and welded on an extension :)
Useful info, thanks Carl. They are so cheap now too, it makes sense to just back it all up on the slower formats.
As an aside, I just had a great customer experience with Western Digital on a faulty 2TB Red drive. Their service had the drive replaced within 72 hours.
Thanks Peter, looks good to me.
Brian, my machine runs incremental backups hourly and I have a 4TB RAID 1 array, but all but the most important of that data is stored on disks in my office, so I want some redundancy. I bought an external caddy, so I can plug in SATA disks and backup to them for off site storage, seems like a better plan that online which takes forever to upload.
Hi James,
Pixmania have the Seagate ST2000DM001 for €75.95 TTC and with free delivery, guaranteed before Christmas. Seems to be a good deal.
See this link.
