160 gb HDD 50$

[acid45]

found this at frys, seems hot.

MIR tho.

http://www.outpost.com/entry?s...100804&sku=4008242

 

[DainBrammage]

looks good to me

 

[acid45]

i know seagate are extremly quiet too.

 

[tranceport]

I'd jump on it if it was sata.

 

[new2AMD]

they had the Maxtor for 69 with no rebates but I guess that is gone now. This looks like the best deal for 160gb

 

[superHARD]

Yeah but Maxtor sucks!

 

[user1234]

they had the hitachi 160 for $50, and it's a little quieter and faster too

they still have it

 

[cw42]

this is sexy.

i jumped on the other Outpost deal with the 200gb for 80$. <3

 

[JaRb0y]

i just bought this drive on friday at local frys...much better than the maxtor i had in there before. i can barely hear it

 

[ReiAyanami]

what are the dB specs on the hitachi? i thought barracuda's are the reigning champ of silence

this is my 3rd seagate barracuda, strange thing happens: when i have a 120gb and the 160gb plugged in, i can hear them due to resonance? (a fluctuating pitch) they are both 7200.7 barracuda 5.

but when i put in the 80gb barracuda with either of the 2 the whining goes away (just 7200, barracuda 4).

and when each drive is separate, no noise. anyway to reduce the resonance of two barracuda 5's? i tried placing them as far apart as possible and putting stuff between the two

 

[new2AMD]

Originally posted by: superHARD
Yeah but Maxtor sucks!

way to add to the post

 

[DainBrammage]

but when it comes down to shear volumes of information seagate cant touch Maxtor
Maxtor is almost always first to the market with the bigger badder, denser platters.

 

[user1234]

maxtor performance sucks (25% slower in seq read than seagate).

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: DainBrammage
Maxtor is almost always first to the market with the bigger badder, denser platters.

Check your facts... Seagate is the only manufacturer right now with 100 GB per platter drives, though this is not one of them. Seagate leads in density. Other manufacturers pack more platters into a drive to get their capacities higher, Hitachi being the most extreme with 5 platters in their 400 GB monster drive.

Hey is this $50 /160GB Seagate drive available in-store at Bay Area Fry's?

I like the Seagate rebates too, my co-worker got in on an 80GB Seagate for $30 After Rebate at Fry's, he got his rebate in less than a month.

 

[modedepe]

I picked up 2 at the Sacramento fry's. Before I went I saw an add saying there was an additional $10 rebate, but when I got to the store there was only the $50 one. Anyone know what the case is with this?

 

[salaku]

Good price. Seagate rebates come quicker.

 

[mdcrab]

How does the Hitachi compare to the Seagate?

mdcrab

 

[iahk]

I'm not contributing to this thread or anything but I just wanted to say double (or more) repost.

Thread 1
Thread 2

 

[Cheetah8799]

I jumped on this deal about 3 weeks ago when they ran it. Seagate rebates are really fast compared to most. I have 4 Seagate 7200.7 model drives (2 x 80, 120, 160), and they are all awesome!

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: mdcrab
How does the Hitachi compare to the Seagate?

mdcrab

Both drives are really quite. I have a 160 GB Hitachi SATA drive and its very very quit. The hitachi is a little bit better performing drive but i don't think you are going to notice this in real world cases. The segate definitly has the SUPERIOR warranty (5 years). My hitachi only came with a year. I definitly would jump on this deal if your in need of a hard drive. The only draw back to this deal is its not a SATA drive which i prefere but for the price why not.

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: ncage

Originally posted by: mdcrab
How does the Hitachi compare to the Seagate?

mdcrab

Both drives are really quite. I have a 160 GB Hitachi SATA drive and its very very quit. The hitachi is a little bit better performing drive but i don't think you are going to notice this in real world cases. The segate definitly has the SUPERIOR warranty (5 years). My hitachi only came with a year. I definitly would jump on this deal if your in need of a hard drive. The only draw back to this deal is its not a SATA drive which i prefere but for the price why not.

SATA provides no performance advantage over ATA/100 for 7200rpm drives because even burst transfer rate is usually below 100 MB/sec. Many times you will see comparisons between the two drive types, where the cache size is also different (2MB for PATA, 8MB for SATA) and this is what accouts for the difference in system workload benchmarks. But this was some time ago, today the PATA drives can be had with the same cache size as SATA, so there should be almost no performance difference.

The question about this deal is why not opt for the Hitachi deal (same price), since Hitach is faster and quieter.

 

[jpeyton]

I picked up a couple of Maxtors for $69 each. I hate dealing with Fry's rebates. You'll eventually get them, but prepare to wait for a while.

 

[Glavinsolo]

Well if you look at it price wise the seagate is a good deal but the WD 250 is a better one. without taking in the price of shipping and just looking at the price after rebates

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3620115

Seagate = $3.2 per GB

WD = $2.5 per GB

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: iahk
I'm not contributing to this thread or anything but I just wanted to say double (or more) repost.

Thread 1
Thread 2

Thread 3

 

[bjamm2]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Well if you look at it price wise the seagate is a good deal but the WD 250 is a better one. without taking in the price of shipping and just looking at the price after rebates

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3620115

Seagate = $3.2 per GB

WD = $2.5 per GB

Your math is backwards

$100 AR for 250gb is .40 cents per gig (.4 x 250gb =$100)

$49 AR for $160 is .31 cents per gig... and comes with 5 yr warranty versus 1 year with the maxtor

But i have both drives so I cant complain