Hot Heart Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Grabbed Storm Front, the first in the Dresden Files series (as per P4's recommendation) and The Fault In Our Stars as I'd had my eye on them and both were on sale on Kindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 2 TB Seagate 7200 rpm 64MB hard drive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 >Seagate I'm sorry for your future loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) been buying seagate for years. only hard drives I've ever had to replace have been WD. Edited January 2, 2014 by staySICK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Are you buying Red or Blacks from WD though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) one was um... Green? Another was just whatever HP uses in their laptops, and I had a blue go out a number of years ago. I have a WD that's a year newer than my current Seagate and still running, not sure which it is. (eta: the drive itself just says Caviar, I think its a blue as well) The WD blacks are also typically $30-$50 more than Seagates, even their barracuda line. Edited January 2, 2014 by staySICK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 I think the answer is the fact it was HP laptop. Those things have not been good with hard drives. I remember one particular model we got through work had about a 75% failure rate. I went through 3 of them in 2 months. Just some observation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 point being so far, knock on wood, I haven't had a Seagate die on me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 My office got it for me. I'm stoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Just want to add that I also have NEVER had a seagate die as well.I have one that has lasted more than half a decade(maybe 7ish).I've had several WDs die(but not as much as I've had other(non-Seagate) die on me.If you are gonna get a HDD...make it a WesterDigital or Seagate and you should do alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yeah, in general you'll be fine with either Seagate or WD. Just try to get a WD Black or equivalent. Those tend to be really solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Just want to add that I also have NEVER had a seagate die as well. I have one that has lasted more than half a decade(maybe 7ish). I've had several WDs die(but not as much as I've had other(non-Seagate) die on me. If you are gonna get a HDD...make it a WesterDigital or Seagate and you should do alright. This is really bad advice. As MaliciousH said you should go for something known for its reliability and just buy a better model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Just want to add that I also have NEVER had a seagate die as well. I have one that has lasted more than half a decade(maybe 7ish). I've had several WDs die(but not as much as I've had other(non-Seagate) die on me. If you are gonna get a HDD...make it a WesterDigital or Seagate and you should do alright. This is really bad advice. As MaliciousH said you should go for something known for its reliability and just buy a better model. I'm sorry...I should have said "in general" going for SG or WD is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Due to nothing but anecdotal evidence though. You can easily find someone with the opposite experience which is why it's just better to pay for something more reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Due to nothing but anecdotal evidence though. You can easily find someone with the opposite experience which is why it's just better to pay for something more reliable. Did you ONLY read the part of MH's post that said Western Digital Black?...and not the rest?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 The other companies have more reliable models than the basic stuff, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecha Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 The other companies have more reliable models than the basic stuff, too. And? I said you should be alright with WD/SG(they are widely believed to be the better two brands).MaliciousH said "In general" you will be fine with the two brands. It's pretty obvious not to get a specific SG/WD hard drive, that is widely reviewed to be shit and unreliable, just because it has SG/WD slapped on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Also got Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero, the graphic novel prequel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Since I find it so easy to pirate songs from Japanese/Foreign artists, I think I should throw them my money when they make their stuff available to me to buy. What better way than physical CDs for my car? I already got some rap/hip hop (Shing02). Time for some instrumental rock . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Since I got some dosh loaded up in Amazon...I need an air pump to make some worm tea. I'm currently doing a 10 gallon batch without an air pump to see how that goes. Either way, I'll be using my worm castings to make worm tea all season long or use it directly. And about HDDs... This will be my first HDD purchase from Amazon so I'll see how that goes if I need to RMA or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Picked a foldable bike since space is somewhat limited. It's mainly to get me started back on fitness track, works out about 4 months of gym membership, so not the priciest of bikes. As and when it arrives housemeates have permission to make use of it, just gotta hope some of my friends that have a habit of dicking about with things they shouldn't don't touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Picked up a new power supply since my current one is five years old. Not looking forward to unhooking everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) 64 GB. Online purchase from Bestbuy and it should get here by Monday... or I think by this Friday since Monday is a holiday. I guess the factories in Asia were really backed up for the stock to take this long to replenish. Edit: It got sold out again. My order better ship. Edited February 11, 2014 by MaliciousH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 24" monitor. I've never gone with Acer for monitors before but this has got pretty good reviews Housemates say I'm crazy with 24" but I did use a 27" TV-monitor as a monitor for a fair while and I figure I might as well have a decent upgrade on my current 19"-ers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I've treated myself to a fancy pants coffee machine*. It came in an absolutely a massive box so even though I'd checked the measurements I was a bit worried when I saw it that it wasn't going to fit - but I don't think it is too big for the space. The fruit isn't normally there either so it won't look so hemmed in. I've been wanting it for over a year and a coffee machine in general for even longer. For once my inability to commit to a decision paid off as it was a lot more than I wanted to pay for one but I didn't want a cheaper one that didn't do what I wanted, so I was in a stale mate but I ended up biting when I saw it for half it's original price, which was over £300 cheaper than I'd seen it anywhere else. However, the site I ordered it from went from saying out of stock to removing the page entirely so I was worried it was a price error and expected an email on Monday to say that my order had been cancelled. *Yes I know manual coffee machines make the best coffee, but I had one and it was hard to get consistent results, and you spend as long making and cleaning up that I didn't use it as often as I wanted. Other full auto systems had too many compromises for the amount they cost (don;t heat milk properly so your drink isn't hot and still needing some amount of cleanup after each drink being the main ones) . This one is pretty cool - it heat the milk in your cup so it's hotter than other auto systems and the cleans the wand itself so there in no cleanup at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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