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2.5" 1TB drives
I'm after a couple of these drives. One for a laptop, one for an external enclosure, but I don't understand why:
1TB (1000GB) Western Digital Scorpio Blue Hard Drive - HDD
1TB Western Digital WD10TPVT, Scorpio Blue, 2.5" HDD, SATA 3Gb/s, 5200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 12 ms, 12.5mm
£99+VAT
and
1TB Samsung Spinpoint MT2 Hard Drive
1TB Samsung HM100UI/Z4, 2.5" HDD, SATA 3Gb/s, 5400rpm, 8MB Cache, 12 ms
£69+VAT
Why is the western digital SO much more expensive?
Cheers...
b0redom
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Re: 2.5" 1TB drives
Western Digital Drives are generally more expensive than Samsung, although not usually by this much!
Could just be a premium for 2.5" drives, or because of stock issues? Seems to be a global difference though, looking around, not just scan.
200RPM slower too, really doesn't make sense.
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Re: 2.5" 1TB drives
The 5200rpm is probably a mistake, the western digital is 12.5mm so just make sure it will fit your laptop as they are normally 9mm. Samsung drives are getting cheaper, I bought a Samsung 640gb for £45 when other brands are around £20 more.
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Re: 2.5" 1TB drives
I'd be fairly surprised if they weren't both 12.5mm.