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#3578687 - 05/24/12 05:23 AM
Re: Hard Disks
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Hell Drummer
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Ok then, it's sorted.
SMART at the boot up tells me that the new unit is no more trustable and to backup data and change it as it may soon fail.
*groan*
At least costumer support answered me really fast and will send me another one.
Or should I ask a refund and just buy it somewhere else?
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#3578931 - 05/24/12 12:40 PM
Re: Hard Disks
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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RMA and ask them to ship it correctly.
i bet if you ship it back to them the same way they shipped it to you, they would refuse it.
So, send it back in a static bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, in a box.
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#3578980 - 05/24/12 01:56 PM
Re: Hard Disks
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Hell Drummer
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hehehe I really was thinking the same!  They contacted me already and seems fine so far. Willing to replace.
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#3579030 - 05/24/12 02:50 PM
Re: Hard Disks
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just let everyone in the house know, if it comes in a unpadded envelope again, refuse it. HDDs should be shipped in a Small box, with supports on both ends of the hdd like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/aznhomig/CIMG0894.jpg
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#3582013 - 05/29/12 04:55 AM
Re: Hard Disks
[Re: komemiute]
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Hell Drummer
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Last request for PROTIP,
what is the performance difference between Caviar Black, Green and Blue?
'Cause I've found a 2TB Caviar Green for the same price as the 500GB Caviar Black...
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#3582029 - 05/29/12 06:10 AM
Re: Hard Disks
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Is all that padding important? I understand just static bag+envelope is quite stupid, but I bought a HDD from an eBayer who just had a static bag, a small fitting brown box, then a semi-padded envelope (one layer of bubble wrap). Did a scan of the HDD and found nothing after two runs. Should I be worried?
If I were to sell my HDDs, would the plastic container most HDDs come in be a good protection device (plus bubble wrap, of course)?
Thanks!
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#3582034 - 05/29/12 06:23 AM
Re: Hard Disks
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The black is about 50% faster. If you can find two 1TB greens for the same price as one 500GB and make a RAID0 drive, you have about the same performance.
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#3582074 - 05/29/12 08:32 AM
Re: Hard Disks
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Hell Drummer
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I was googling some new video card too, actually...
Since I have a very nice 9800 GTX Black edition, that's now my bottleneck, what would be a 150$ card that would give me some graphic boost?
Doesn't have to be DX11...
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#3582118 - 05/29/12 10:12 AM
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Frugalite & P-38 fan
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 I think all cards around the 150$ mark would give you a nice boost. For an AMD card around that price would be a 6850. I don't know if an nVidia 550Ti will outperform a 460.
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#3582150 - 05/29/12 11:13 AM
Re: Hard Disks
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greens are way slower than blacks... and also have a shorter warranty period.
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