Where to get Retail HDDs?
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The_Other_One
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Newegg has retail drives...
a box, intrustions, a cable, and normally software that you can download from there website anyways.
Geoff
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OEM is perfectly fine. It's exactly the same as retail drives, except its not pre-packaged. There not used in anyway, and besides OEM drives are ALOT cheaper then retail drives.
TOO was right, Newegg does sell retail drives. There just so expensive you have to look for them at the very last page
Retail box HDDs kick ass. They're so much faster. That's why they're so much more effective. If you want to hang on a second I'll cut and paste something I found on Google about the 10MB/s throughput performance enhancement on the latest HDDs (and this isn't even software, ladies and gentlemen, it's hardware). Typically they come with a custom drive interface so that they fit nicely into IBM builds.
That pretty box sitting on the shelf as seen here also cuts your seek times down by an average 1.4 seconds by the 3400+ Athlon sitting here waiting to be tested after frying two boards in an AST.
Oh, here we go. I found the related link:
Do I have an Eye for quality postings or what?
Ok, no seriously, OEM is destined to Original Equipment Manufacturers. They're the drives I buy when I'm building boxes for clients. I don't need the pretty boxes, but I do need to save money. They come with the same warranty, but I am obligated to support the client through the first year of warranty. I don't see the big deal though, as manufacturers will accept them direct from the purchaser.
That pretty box sitting on the shelf as seen here also cuts your seek times down by an average 1.4 seconds by the 3400+ Athlon sitting here waiting to be tested after frying two boards in an AST.
Oh, here we go. I found the related link:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BRZ/is_9_22/ai_101679030
Do I have an Eye for quality postings or what?
Ok, no seriously, OEM is destined to Original Equipment Manufacturers. They're the drives I buy when I'm building boxes for clients. I don't need the pretty boxes, but I do need to save money. They come with the same warranty, but I am obligated to support the client through the first year of warranty. I don't see the big deal though, as manufacturers will accept them direct from the purchaser.
Geoff
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You missed it?!?!?! I can't believe you missed it!! Holy shit I must have seriously lost my touch this morning. Are you saying I need more Coke?
If you threw a "haha, no seriously..." in there, it deffinetly would have made it seem more sarcastic
Well, I'm still working on the Coke. Give me some time to get warmed up. I thought that was pretty good for a first effort though.. You gotta hand me some kind of props. 