Samsung Spinpoint 1tb now only £76.64, these just keep going down in price. I got a 500gb one of these the christmas before last for about £60 ffs, very good drives quiet and reliable too.
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 7200RPM 32MB cache - Aria Technology
The Samsung Spinpoint F1 drive offers a superior combination of density, recording quality and reliability. This 3Gbps SATA drive has a maximum of 334GB of formatted capacity per platter while also featuring Samsung's industry-leading NoiseGuard and SilentSeek‚ technologies to eliminate acoustic noise. Servers, high-end desktops, RAID systems and DVRs are among the applications well suited to the Spinpoint F1 drive.
Technical Details:
Form factor 3.5" x 1/3H
Dimensions (wxdxh) 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm
Weight 0.6 kg
Capacity 1 TB
Interface type Serial ATA-300
Data transfer rate 300 MBps
Average seek time 8.9 ms
Spindle speed 7200 rpm
Buffer size 32 MB
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 7200RPM 32MB cache - Aria Technology
The Samsung Spinpoint F1 drive offers a superior combination of density, recording quality and reliability. This 3Gbps SATA drive has a maximum of 334GB of formatted capacity per platter while also featuring Samsung's industry-leading NoiseGuard and SilentSeek‚ technologies to eliminate acoustic noise. Servers, high-end desktops, RAID systems and DVRs are among the applications well suited to the Spinpoint F1 drive.
Technical Details:
Form factor 3.5" x 1/3H
Dimensions (wxdxh) 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm
Weight 0.6 kg
Capacity 1 TB
Interface type Serial ATA-300
Data transfer rate 300 MBps
Average seek time 8.9 ms
Spindle speed 7200 rpm
Buffer size 32 MB