Confused by all the Fantom G-Force 1TB Drives

[majordude]

Okay. I need a 1TB, Firewire 800 drive and I think I have settled on Fantom's G-Force drives because of all the favorable reviews around here.

1. There is this fat one with a fan and 32MB data cache for $260...
2. There is this fat one with a fan and 16MB data cache for $325... (less for more?)
3. There is this skinny one without a fan and 16MB cache for $280...

I sort of like #3 but I'm worried about it not having a fan. Drives run hot and I live where it can get hot. #1 seems good because of the fan and more cache, yet #2 costs more. Why?

I'm confused.

 

[majordude]

1. There is this fat one with a fan and 32MB data cache for $260...

Okay. I called the manufacturer. I decided to go with this one (the MDC1000). Might get it tomorrow via FedEx!

 

[ramlax13]

just curious, what was the difference? What did they tell you?

 

[harcosparky]

From those pages the $325 has more ( sort of ) - it's a 800 GB, 7200 RPM,RAID 0 setup, less storage more speed?

The $259 is a 1TB triple interface drive .... and tat is all it tells you.


Did they tell you that $325 model is discontinued? I am on the fantomdrives.com site and cannot find that one.

 

[majordude]

just curious, what was the difference? What did they tell you?

One was discontinued, one was wrong (said it was Firewire 800... but it wasn't).