640 GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS Caviar Blue

[looroll12]

Can Scan confirm that their WD HDD are the two platter HD's and not the 3 platter types

many thx in advance

[alexp999]

Can Scan confirm that their WD HDD are the two platter HD's and not the 3 platter types

many thx in advance

All WD6400AAKS, are 2x 320GB platter drives.
have been since day one, doesnt matter where you get it from and how old it is they are all the same

Thats why I got one, so I didnt have to worry about getting an old revision.

[TAKTAK]

yup

as above...

al WD 640GiB AAKs' are 2 * 320GiB platters

its the 320GiB drives you need to watch out for... as there are lots of revisions

[looroll12]

Thanks for the quick reply

Thats cleared that up

[LuckyNV]

yup

as above...

al WD 640GiB AAKs' are 2 * 320GiB platters

its the 320GiB drives you need to watch out for... as there are lots of revisions

I see what you're doing there but its 2*320GB because when you format it in Windows then it becomes GiB. (around 2*305 GiB)

[TAKTAK]

I see what you're doing there but its 2*320GB because when you format it in Windows then it becomes GiB. (around 2*305 GiB)

yup, your right, i've had all of my contexts wrong for a while (been using GiB for HDDs and RAM and GB for files )

Gigabyte GB for storage media (e.g. HDD)
Gigabyte GB for memory (e.g. RAM)
Gibibyte GiB for storage (e.g. a file)

edit:

                      Abbreviation 	       No. of bytes 	Usage
gigabytes 	GB (Note: uppercase "B") 	1000^3 	      Computer storage (e.g., 500 GB hard disk)
gigabytes 	GB (Note: uppercase "B") 	1024^3 	      Computer memory (e.g., 4 GB RAM)
gibibytes 	GiB (Note: uppercase "B") 	1024^3 	      Computer storage (e.g., 34 GiB file)
gigabit 	Gbit or Gb 	                125*1000^2    Network throughput (eg 1 Gbit/s data transfer rate)

SOURCE

[Agent]

Please give credit when posting quotes buddy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

[TAKTAK]

Please give credit when posting quotes buddy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

oop, your right, i missed the source

[jrea]

Does any one know what revision firmware/manufacture date SCAN's stock are?

[alexp999]

This is the info for the one I bought from a scan a month or so ago

[Lee H]

Does any one know what revision firmware/manufacture date SCAN's stock are?

Sorry, it's not feasibly possible for us to guarantee and confirm this information I'm afraid.

This is due to the fact that we source the products from more than 1 given active supplier at any given time and as such there is always the chance of us having mixed stock/batches on the shelves.

I hope this information helps.

Best Regards,