CTY: WD Caviar Green 1000G SATA-II HD (WD10EADS, 3 Gb/s, 32M Buffer, 7200RPM) - $90

[h2o-]

I don't actually follow the market price on 1TB or 1.5TB drive since I picked up mine but I think it's somewhat a warm deal

CTY - http://www.cty.ca/productdetails.asp?pid=3319
Product Info - http://www.wdc.com/en/products/produ...59&language=en

[cutesnoopydoll]

the black version at cc last week is hotter!

[GeforceX]

the black version at cc last week is hotter!

depends what you're looking for. power efficiency, lower noise and heat, or higher performance.

[majikstic]

depends what you're looking for. power efficiency, lower noise and heat, or higher performance.

Ditto!.... for me this is hotter. Thanks OP.

[citric]

on their homepage ( http://cty.ca/ ) it marks the drive as refurbished.

anyone confirm?

[cmge]

on their homepage ( http://cty.ca/ ) it marks the drive as refurbished.

anyone confirm?

i see it too that its a refurb... so this deal is cold

[gilboman]

on their homepage ( http://cty.ca/ ) it marks the drive as refurbished.

anyone confirm?

people! please learn to read

refurbirshed is $85 and has a different sku than the new one which is $90 on their site.

REFURB http://cty.ca/productdetails.asp?pid=3499
NEW http://cty.ca/ProductDetails.asp?pid=3319

is it that hard?

[GeforceX]

i see it too that its a refurb... so this deal is cold

They are slightly different drives, just hear me out. The one that's on sale for 89.99 has 32mb cache (WD10EADS). The refurbed one is 84.99 and lists as 16mb cache (WD10EACS). However, that refurbed one also shows WD10EAVS which is 8mb cache.

Now the 16mb and 32mb are currently listed in WD's site, and I believe the 8mb has been replaced by the 16mb as I found specs for the 8mb version also. As far as performance differences go, there are practically none, just look up the reviews. The higher cache is just more for marketing than anything.

[Dakx]

Filtech computers has these same drives at their store at Spadina/College. I always like buying in person myself, does CTY have a retail outlet?

[cutesnoopydoll]

refurb seems an "alert" to me, not to buy....I didn't see a lot of WD black refurb.

[Taft]

Filtech computers has these same drives at their store at Spadina/College. I always like buying in person myself, does CTY have a retail outlet?

LOL Isn't CTY practically next door to Filtech??? I go to the Richmond hill store, but I think it is one of the many stores down at Spadina/College.

[Agent]

LOL Isn't CTY practically next door to Filtech??? I go to the Richmond hill store, but I think it is one of the many stores down at Spadina/College.

Looks like there is only the Richmond Hill location according to their web site.

[cynan]

refurb seems an "alert" to me, not to buy....I didn't see a lot of WD black refurb.

The refurbished drive (WD10EACS) is the older 4-platter design. The drive on sale for $90 is the NEW version (WD10EADS) released last October, with the newer 3-platter design - similar to the caviar Black. The new version also features more cache. The 3-platter design will result in slightly less power consumption over a 4 platter design and faster seek times.

Avoiding the newer WD10EADS because you encounter older WD10EACS refurbs in the market is not logical, both because they are different designs, and because the older WD10EACS has been in circulation much longer.

NOTE: There are reports that the most recently manufactured WD10EACS are 3-platter desings as well, so they may be on par power-consumption wise with the WD10EADS. It is likely that the refurbed WD10EACS at CTY are the older 4-platter models...Not sure why WD would be selling both models concurrently though as only difference is 16 vs 32 mb cache?

[thepotatohead]

Looks like there is only the Richmond Hill location according to their web site.

They have closed their downtown location last year.

[Azenha]

Filtech computers has these same drives at their store at Spadina/College. I always like buying in person myself, does CTY have a retail outlet?

Filtech's drive only has 8meg buffer, whereas CTY's is 32meg. And, yes CTY does have a retail store. Personally I haven't bought anything from them since they closed their College St. store (used to be next to CC).