2T Working HDD to pair with OS SSD - Is there a better deal?

I am searching for a 2T working HDD to pair with OS SSD.

Is there a better deal than Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive for $119 with free shipping at Newegg?

http://www.newegg.com …aspx?Item=N82E1​6822136891

Thanks for your help!

Green is power saving, not performance. Go for black.

it's actually $99 with the promo code on the page for the hard drive

tim wrote in post #14703454
Green is power saving, not performance. Go for black.

Thanks Tim. Does the black version really worth it with the double price (~$200)?

howesit wrote in post #14703512
it's actually $99 with the promo code on the page for the hard drive

Thanks howestit!

Suggest you look at benchmarks. I wouldn't use green in anything performance sensitive.

I use 2TB WD Caviar Black as storage for my photos. I've got a total of 9 of them.
I recently bought a few SSD drives for the OS + App drive.

I agree with Tim. I would recommend not going with Green drives, especially if you are using these internally. I think if you are housing them in USB 2.0 enclosures, then they are OK since you've already got a bottleneck with USB 2.0 speeds.

Thanks Tim and Nick. You are right, I will go with the black version.

The WD Green drives are slow, I know, I've got around 20 of the 2TB models...

My choice-of-the-day is the Seagate ST3000DM001. 3TB on 3 platters for about $150.

http://www.amazon.com/​dp/B005T3GRLY

When looking at HDDs, I don't tend to look for the cheapest price. I tend to look for the best drive on the market for my particular application, then the best price for that particular drive. I usually go for an "Enterprise Quality" drive. WD, Seagate and Hitachi all have 3TB drives that fulfill those requirements.

Is there anything or anywhere that has better deal than this? It comes with FREE shipping and no tax. I searched Mr Rebate but there is nothing through them.

http://www.amazon.com …/B004CSIG1G/ref​=pd_cp_e_3

Tigerkn wrote in post #14732786
Is there anything or anywhere that has better deal than this? It comes with FREE shipping and no tax. I searched Mr Rebate but there is nothing through them.

http://www.amazon.com …/B004CSIG1G/ref​=pd_cp_e_3

Good drive. I have the SATA II version. 8 of them in fact.

^ WTT Nick? I will have this ship to you and you send me 2 SATA II version

8 of them

Tigerkn wrote in post #14732934
^ WTT Nick? I will have this ship to you and you send me 2 SATA II version

8 of them

Yup, 8 of them. I have 2 in my PC. 1 is for my wedding photography stuff. The other for my other photography. I have 2 additional backup drives for each...so that's 2 + 4 = 6. I use the other 2 for misc storage like movies, music, etc. There's 8 right there!

I have a USB 3.0 drive dock that I use when I run backups!

Tigerkn wrote in post #14732786
Is there anything or anywhere that has better deal than this? It comes with FREE shipping and no tax. I searched Mr Rebate but there is nothing through them.

http://www.amazon.com …/B004CSIG1G/ref​=pd_cp_e_3

I've got a few of these. They're a lot better than the WD Green drives, but I still prefer the Seagate drives I mentioned earlier because they run much cooler and perform about the same.

^^ Thanks Jason for letting me know that. I plan to pick up WD b/c a few peeps that I know told me to stay away from Seagate and Matox (spelling?)