Being impatient but also invariably out when deliveries occur, wondering whether this is worth a risk
pcworld (http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0447365429.1216394396@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccehadeejekgjeicflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=652058&category_oid=-31455)
The price is not too bad but I wonder who makes them
Go open a box, Steve? There's no clues that I could see, but if you can look at the disk itself, you'll probably find what you want to know.
I paid £60 each for Samsung 750Gb drives 3 weeks ago, http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S750S2 with free delivery, so £57 for a 500Gb sounds expensive to me
I did find this out which could make things interesting
Pcworld OEM disk (http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2004/06/30/pc-world--sells--new-hard-drive-with-personal-data-on)
Quote from: Glenn on Jul 18, 2008, 16:30:54
I paid £60 each for Samsung 750Gb drives 3 weeks ago, http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S750S2 with free delivery, so £57 for a 500Gb sounds expensive to me
I agree it is not the cheapest but it could be installed 30-45mins from now depending on traffic
This maybe of interest Steve http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/price-match-promise
Quote from: stevethegas on Jul 18, 2008, 16:35:25
I did find this out which could make things interesting
Pcworld OEM disk (http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2004/06/30/pc-world--sells--new-hard-drive-with-personal-data-on)
Slightly worrying, Steve, and we're hearing more cases of this, or malware, on supposedly new drives. If you do go for it, scan it!!
The report was 4 years ago, so I would have thought Western Digital and PC World would have learned by now.
Wasn't there a case against Samsung recently though?
(http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product/500/FO/608079.jpg)
I have got a relatively free weekend and the weather's not going to be great. Perhaps time for WHS
Sounds like a plan, Steve. :)
You won't regret it Steve, no more need to remember to take a backup, as WHS will do it for you. Remember to download and install the Power Pack from Microsoft Connect, you need to register first. Windows Home Server Bible is a good book on the subject too.
Steve, is this (http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/216256/dual-core-server-dual-core-opteron-/) any good to you? Add a couple of 500 - 750Gb drives and a copy of WHS and you would be sorted
This is my dilemma, nothing off the shelf seems "perfect" for my needs,which is essentially file transfer and streaming. The HP ex 470/5 is criticised for its lack of memory should you decide to do anything else with it and power consumption is probably around 80 watts but the HP add on software looks good and the expandability for internal and external drives is easy. The tranquil pc route wins hands down on power consumption around 25-30 watts but loses out on ease of internal expansion. The traditional server route which is very competitive in terms of initial outlay but will surely be expensive in the long term due to higher power consumption from the larger processors.
I have looked at micro ATX boards with AMD 35 watt processors and also the intel atom ITX system but both of these don't really allow you the internal expansion of the HP.
Even today I found that Tranquil pc do a Freesat HD receiver combined with a WHS server its very expensive but looks a marvellous piece of kit Freesat WHS (http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/FreeSAT_Home_Media_Server.html#a124)