WD Caviar Green 2TB SATA $99 after rebate

[Acanthus]

I wonder if platter densities are going to rise again.

3TB HDs on the way?

 

[alaricljs]

So they've got stock/are taking orders again. Came to ~$87.20 after shipping and rebate and bing CB for me. Also, there's no need for the email referral link, I went in via bing CB store list to Compusa and searched for wd20ears, it came up with the $99 price after $40 rebate and proceeded to check out.

 

[CKent]

I wonder if platter densities are going to rise again.

3TB HDs on the way?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3713/hard-drives-to-reach-3tb-in-2010

 

[Ricochet]

CB still does not work for me. Would be extremely hot if it did.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

wow, must resist

 

[alaricljs]

Ricochet, why do you think the CB won't work for you? There was no indication for me whether it would work or not. I was willing to pay the $105 for this drive. I went through the entire checkout process with NO indication of bing CB. After the process was completed I logged into bing and my cashback was listed there.

Since I rarely do retail bing CB (think this is the 2nd time) I had no expectations of obvious signs of CB. I also have popup blocking and ad blocking so frequently don't see all kinds of nifty things. Is there some bing CB notification that's supposed to happen during the checkout process?

 

[Acanthus]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3713/hard-drives-to-reach-3tb-in-2010

ahh, well that is good news.

They are just using larger platters though, which will not improve performance generally from the current run of HDs.

I was hoping for an increase in density to boost performance as well as capacity.

 

[alaricljs]

ahh, well that is good news.

They are just using larger platters though, which will not improve performance generally from the current run of HDs.

I was hoping for an increase in density to boost performance as well as capacity.

In the article it's poorly stated, but it IS a density increase. We're not going back to 5" drives and if you've ever popped open a drive you know there is no room for increasing the size of the platters inside.

 

[The0ne]

FYI, I'm filling the rebates now and it's a lot more of a hassle and more chances to make mistakes and NOT get your rebate. Definitely avoid if you have reserves about rebate in the first place. For example, it tells you to sign the rebate form but you have to find the location first as it is tricky

 

[Ricochet]

Ricochet, why do you think the CB won't work for you?
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Like some others I keep getting a message in RED at the top indicating that the product is not qualified for Bing Cashback.

 

[Auric]

Bit-Patterned Media (BPM) and Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) are en vogue for upcoming areal density increases. We will be hearing more about them as the alluded to Perpendicular Magentic Recording (PMR) half a decade ago.

As for the RPM of Green drives, it is not variable but rather a variable which WD sets (or fixes) to achieve the target spec for noise/vibration/power consumption and so on, given that constituent parts (especially motor) vary in their spec. The less variability, the more units are going to be same.

Whereas HGST, for instance, actually makes multiple RPM models where the speed can actively step down during idle.