2TB USB 3 Hitachi External HD $79.99! In-Store

[saratoga172]

I was at Fry's yesterday and they had a large batch of Hitachi 2TB USB 3 HD's going for $80 + tax!

I've been looking for a 2TB USB 3 under $100 for a while so I picked one up. So far it's working great. USB 3 is a great improvement over USB 2.

Tough to find an internal for this price.

BTW this was at the Fry's in Plano, TX.

 

[Zap]

Too bad it wasn't at Best Buy. Yes, I said it. That's because:
1) I have a Best Buy GC.
2) There's a Best Buy 10 min away, while the nearest Fry's is well over an hour away and several dollars worth of tolls.

Great deal though, for those near a Fry's.

EDIT: $90 shipped

 

[Fire&Blood]

Just ordered one, $89.99 shipped with UPS.

 

[Fire&Blood]

It arrived within 48 hours, initially wouldn't do USB 3.0 on my mobo.
I got about 20GB worth of stuff on it, mostly Steam before I made a long shot attempt to enable USB 3.0 on the mobo and it makes a difference already. It is remarkably cold for a external unit.

 

[cardiac]

$129.99 now. Crap....

 

[intogamer]

It arrived within 48 hours, initially wouldn't do USB 3.0 on my mobo.
I got about 20GB worth of stuff on it, mostly Steam before I made a long shot attempt to enable USB 3.0 on the mobo and it makes a difference already. It is remarkably cold for a external unit.

Why didn't you run on USB 3.0 by default if your chipset supported it?

 

[Fire&Blood]

Why didn't you run on USB 3.0 by default if your chipset supported it?

Good question. When I unboxed it, I plugged the drive in 3.0 ports, windows startled me as my A/V receiver volume was turned way up. Connection was clearly detected it but storage wasn't recognized, same thing with the other 3.0 port. So I used 2.0 to make sure it wasn't DOA before grabbing the driver from Intel's site.

 

[saratoga172]

Mine recognized USB 3 by default but I had installed the mobo driver disc first thing after installing Windows on my new build. Saw the drive in store today for $129.99 now.

I've got a little over 500gb transferred to it and it's been rock steady so far. Using it mostly as a backup drive and for things I can do without if the drive goes down. Runs very cool though from what I can tell of the enclosure.

Average transfer rate is about 50-60. I've peaked around 130 for short periods on bigger files but the usual settle down is about 50-60.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

BTW this was at the Fry's in Plano, TX.

Hello from Farmers Branch!

 

[saratoga172]

Hello from Farmers Branch!

You're right around the corner. I'm in addison!

 

[djnsmith7]

Seagate or WD & I would've considered it to be a hot deal.

 

[av911]

WD owns Hitachi.

 

[truckerCLOCK]

Drive is back for $89.

 

[BenJeremy]

I hate Frys B&M sales.... the closest location is about 400 miles away.

Ugh.

On the other hand, the Microcenter is only about 45 miles away.

I'd love for Frys to get a location in Southeast Michigan.

 

[truckerCLOCK]

LoL.....The nearest Microcenter around here is 1200 miles away.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I've got no Frys or Microcenter near me. But it's good to see hard drive prices falling to these levels again. It's been a while.

 

[ServerGUY]

$129 again now for me.

 

[Raider1284]

$129 again now for me.

same here

 

[midwestfisherman]

No Fry's here in the north country.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

No Fry's here in the north country.

That's the nice part about Dallas. Microcenter and 3x Fry's nearby, with another Fry's not too far away (Arlington).