$80 MAXTOR 60gb 7200 @OD AR$20 + Coupon

[RandomCoil]

Doug117: Of course you are correct about there being effectively no speed increase in going from ATA100 to 133. However the spec is a useful tool for differentiating between the two most recent series of Maxtor 7200 rpm IDE drives: the newer 740X series (133) and the older DiamondMax 60 series (100).

While the change in ATA level offers no apparent speed advantage, the newer tech. in the 740X drives does result in a fair increase in performance. If you don't believe me, you can look at the reviews at storagereview.com

740X
DX60

As it turns out the newer drive does indeed have better performance, even if it does use one bogus feature as a selling point.

 

[docinthebox]

If you're lucky, you might even get a D740X which uses the new fluid dynamic bearing motor (model # 6L060L3 instead of the older 6L060J3 which use ball bearing motors.) The new motor is supposedly quieter.

While I agree that the sustained transfer rates of IDE hard drives today do not even reach 66MB/s, let alone 133MB/s, in general I still try to get the newest drives if possible, not because of the interface speed, but because there might be other improvements, like the motor mentioned above, or maybe bug fixes in the firmware etc. After all, building new systems with all the latest components just seems more fun than using older components especially if they cost about the same.

 

[dwopks]

OK, just got my 60 GB drive shipped from Texas to here in KS. Drive is a D740X-6L, Maxtor P/N MX6L060L3. On the outside of the box, it says "Buffer Size: 2MB, Avg Access time < 8.7 MS, Data Xfer Rate: 100MByte/sec (Ultra ATA/100), spin rate 7200 RPM. Kit ST0156000H."

They shipped it with an INVOICE (so I'm not worried about the rebate people...):

* * * INVOICE * * *

Order Summary

blah, blah, blah...

Item #923511 - Maxtor 60GB 7200 = 119.99
Item #4721 - $20 off $75 Purchase = 20.00-

Merchandise Total = 119.99
Coupon = 20.00-
Sales Tax (4.90%) = 4.90
------------------------------------
Order Total = 104.89

Delivery Charge = 0.00

Ordered on 14-Apr-2002
Delivery Date: 16-Apr-2002

I really like that they charge tax of 4.90% when our tax is really about 7.0%....

THANKS for the Deal!

 

[Toku]

Just got mine in. It's D740X-6L with the quiet motor, although I haven't gotten a chance to (not) hear it yet. It shipped from Orlando and I'm in Gainesville, so if you're within a two hour radius of Orlando you can pretty much expect the same one.

BTW, check out the 20% off coupon. It gives a couple bucks more off than a flat 20 off coupon.
Good luck!

 

[SimMike2]

Don't worry about Office Depot lousy online order tracking. If they promised three day delivery, that is what you should get. I went through this same anguish when I bought a notebook last month with the same one-week-to-mail the rebate bullshit. The OD site kept on giving me weird information about what was happening to the order. I just ignored this stuff and sure enough it was delivered when it was promised.

 

[Caminetto]

Yep, got mine today. Drive is a D740X-6L, Maxtor P/N MX6L060L3 with the new fluid dynamic bearing motor. Fast, quiet and sweet.
Thanks Beav.

 

[GregANDTCH]

Thanks for the post,
but it told me "backorder".