June 5, 201016 yr I can't afford to buy 10 big drives to experiment with. Anyone on the forum with sata 80GB to 250GB drives just sitting collecting dust that can part with them for a few dollars? I'll use them to check cooling and power in my experimental cases.
June 5, 201016 yr Be careful with what drives you do pick up. Older drives require more power than newer drives. My old 250 GB PATA / EIDE drives required up to 20 Watts for spin up and 10 Watts when idle. Today's 2TB Green drives seem to require 10 Watts for spin up and 2 watts when idle. The net effect is you could end up overbuilding your PSU by nearly a factor of 2.
June 6, 201016 yr BRiT makes a good point. That said, I've got at least one 250 GB drive (Seagate SATA II 7200 RPM) that I could probably part with. I've also got another 500 GB drive (same specs) that is dead and needs to be RMA'd (RMA expires in Nov 2011, I think). If you are interested, let me know and I'll figure out pricing.
June 6, 201016 yr What is a fair price, I have lots of "smallish" drives 500GB and under. 2x250 1x300 2x320 5x500
June 6, 201016 yr Author The smaller capacity the better because they are less valuable and I'm only going to use them for testing so I don't need them to actually provide storage. 500GB is big enough for someone to still use. 160GB is still cache drive usable. I'm talking recycle bin value almost. Like $5 or $10 apiece tops + shipping. I'm expecting them all to be out of warranty and probably pretty well used. I PM'd Rajahal and WeeboTech
June 6, 201016 yr why not go "virtual" if just testing..? just a thought... queeg's needs: I'll use them to check cooling and power in my experimental cases.
June 6, 201016 yr Author Can't go virtual. I need 10 drives worth of heat all being read from at the same time and one being written to just like a parity calculation.
June 6, 201016 yr Can't go virtual. I need 10 drives worth of heat all being read from at the same time and one being written to just like a parity calculation. Roger that! I missed that part. oops. side note.. i've had occasional success finding goodies pretty cheap over at http://www.surpluscomputers.com/
June 15, 201016 yr http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-3-Mix-Brand-Capacity-3-5-SATA-Hard-Drives-Wiped-/310226906713?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483af6ee59 http://computers.shop.ebay.com/40-79-GB-/64460/i.html?_nkw=sata&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282 http://computers.shop.ebay.com/40-79-GB-/64460/i.html?rt=nc&LH_BIN=1&_nkw=sata&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283 http://computers.shop.ebay.com/100-199-GB-/64462/i.html?_nkw=sata&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282 http://computers.shop.ebay.com/100-199-GB-/64462/i.html?rt=nc&LH_BIN=1&_nkw=sata&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283
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