500GB Maxtor SATA $109.99 w/ free shipping @ Frys.com

[Katana]

As title says, Frys.com has the Maxtor MXT 7H500F0 for $109.99 with free shipping.

edit-deal dead, now $119.99 with free shipping

edit-the price seems to be fluctuating get it at $109.99 while you can

 

[thescram]

Looks like a solid deal. $20 or so cheaper than elsewhere.

 

[TheDrake]

I would jump on this but I have 2 500 WD's and I would prefer not to mix brands :\ Guess I can wait a bit longer for prices to dop.

 

[The Sauce]

Is it me or have HDD prices gotten ridiculously low? I haven't been in the market for a large HD in a while but I see lots of deals for 500gb around $100 these days.

 

[uhohs]

waiting for seagates to get to this pricepoint.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: uhohs
waiting for seagates to get to this pricepoint.

Me too. I'm so happy disks are getting cheap. Now if only they could get (a lot) faster in terms of seek time.

 

[Devil2U]

Wow, nice price. Wish it were Segate though...but still a HOT deal!

 

[bzo]

Any chance these are rebadged Seagates? The last 300GB Maxtors I ordered from Outpost ended up being 320GB 7200.10s

 

[The Sauce]

Why is everyone so hot for the Seagates?

 

[AMD K9]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
Why is everyone so hot for the Seagates?

Perpendicular technology, brotha, welcome to 2007!

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

seagate owns maxtor and these OEM drivers are Maxline pros with 5yr warranty with seagate/maxtor... and I wouldn't be surprised if they were seagates, but not sure.

 

[khurios2000]

eggs link says 3 years warranty on OEM maxtors
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144016

 

[hansmuff]

Originally posted by: AMD K9

Originally posted by: Snatchface
Why is everyone so hot for the Seagates?

Perpendicular technology, brotha, welcome to 2007!

Hitachi also uses this technology, and many Maxtors are rebadged Seagates.
Just FYI

 

[M2005]

I just snatched one from frys online. I will update everyone on the warranty to be more clear. I should receive it this friday but if someone get its their's before me, update us on the warranty or if you magically get a seagate.

 

[SoyBoy004]

got one, will see how it goes.

 

[ss284]

Originally posted by: AMD K9

Originally posted by: Snatchface
Why is everyone so hot for the Seagates?

Perpendicular technology, brotha, welcome to 2007!

You forgot really noisy. If you want semi quiet drives go with WD or Samsung.

 

[yeba]

FYI. newer maxtor drives are now manufactured by Seagate using perpendicular technology. I passed this 500gb deal and went for 2 maxtor $49 200gb sata300 drives to use for raid. The drives I bought are rebranded seagate 7200.10's.

Originally posted by: AMD K9

Originally posted by: Snatchface
Why is everyone so hot for the Seagates?

Perpendicular technology, brotha, welcome to 2007!

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

Originally posted by: khurios2000
eggs link says 3 years warranty on OEM maxtors
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144016

a very good portion of newegg's warranty listings are incorrect.
note- one of the reviewers from the link you sent said:
"Pros: This is my second one purchased, both have been very fast, easy to install and thus far 1 mth very reliable. Both of mine came with 5 year warranties as checked on the Maxtor/Seagate sites warranty checker utility."
Zipzoomfly shows 5years
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100725

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: yeba
FYI. newer maxtor drives are now manufactured by Seagate using perpendicular technology. I passed this 500gb deal and went for 2 maxtor $49 200gb sata300 drives to use for raid. The drives I bought are rebranded seagate 7200.10's.

not all new maxtor drives are rebadged seagates. some people have reported this drive as being a real maxtor.

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: yeba
FYI. newer maxtor drives are now manufactured by Seagate using perpendicular technology. I passed this 500gb deal and went for 2 maxtor $49 200gb sata300 drives to use for raid. The drives I bought are rebranded seagate 7200.10's.

not all new maxtor drives are rebadged seagates. some people have reported this drive as being a real maxtor.

How do you tell if they are rebadged?

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

FYI- just got 2 in- they were double boxed - drives came in special Frys oem tight pack boxes that apparently Maxtor/Seagate did special for them (assuming Frys would never take the time or money to invest in oem boxing them themselves). The drive checked on seagates site with warranty till: 25-Feb-2012
The drive's manufacture date is 21-aug-2006. So these are OLD stock being clearanced -so get them at this price while you can if the price drops are in fact low only to clear old stock.
PS- these look like straight up maxtors, dont think are seagates.

 

[AMD K9]

Curious how to check online for warranty info.

 

[BIGFOOTPI]

http://support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: AMD K9
Curious how to check online for warranty info.

Google "7H500F0 Warranty" and you'll find that these are business-class MaxLine Pro's with a 5 year warranty.

 

[Polar2002]

I was just about to ask the same question. Thanks.