Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Easter Clark]

Here's one listed on E-bay for $389. Does anyone know if you can find one in Korea for approximatley the same price (if not cheaper)?

[mateomiguel]

i went to yongsan and picked up a 500gig Western Digital for around $200, and this was months ago.

[JustJohn]

...and it was a 3.5"

T/F?

[betchay]

here's one for 115,000 won

http://www.dnshop.com/front/product/ProductDetail?PID=C943_GD_30_HD501LJ&CID=D74107&Sid=S001_PL010000_02_01

[Mr. Pink]

I don't get why people need 500gigs of portable storage. 5400RPM = too slow to move 500gigs. Heck at 7200 RPMs it takes too long.

They should have those types of HDs in Korea. Some of the newer notebooks can handle a 500gig HD

[travelnguy]

Guess no one reads the post. I have not seen a 2.5 500 GB Hard drive here. I am going to Yongsan to do some shopping this weekend and will let you know if I see any.

[JustJohn]

[spliff]

The biggest I see on Danawa is this:

http://pc.danawa.com/price.html?defSite=PC&cate1=861&cate2=877

HDD (노트북용) / S-ATA 2 / 320GB / 5,400RPM / 8MB / 6.4cm (2.5)

For 183,000

[n0mad65]

I have not seen a 2.5 500GB yet but I have seen a 400GB Buffalo Tech 2.5 inch drive. I saw it at the COEX retailing for W355,000. I'm sure you can get a better deal at Yongsan or the internet.

[travelnguy]

Just spent the weekend walking through Yongsan and Technomart. I didn't see any 500 GB 2.5 drives.

[spliff]

Of course not, they don't have any yet.

[SeoulFinn]

Forget conventional HDDs. Go for a Solid State Disk (SSD) and enjoy the new speed! If necessary (for pr0n collection etc) get an external HDD (preferably NAS) to function as your storage drive.

SeoulFinn


PS. I know that bigger SSDs are expensive, but you have to pay for speed. Look for a Korean manufacturer Mtron. Their products are one of the fastest out there.

PPS: I know that the OP was looking for an external HDD... but I just couldn't resist!

[spliff]

The cost is unrealistic...will be many years before the price makes it a feasible choice.