best 80gb HDD for $50

[theMan]

my friend needs a new hdd, and asked me to figure out which one to buy. he really wants SATA, but i told him it wouldnt make much of a difference, and waste money. i told him a seagate would be good, but it looks like the maxtor and WD drives are a lot cheaper, what do you think?

 

[orangat]

Waste money? SATA costs pretty much the same and the thinner cables are easier to deal with. Stick with SATA whatever the brand.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Hitachi 80GB IDE at Fry's for free on Black Friday after rebate

 

[KoolDrew]

Hitachi SATA 7K80.

 

[theMan]

ok, looks like that hitachi is really good. thnaks guys. too bad we dont have Fry's in michigan.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Staples has a 200GB Maxtor 7200RPM PATA drive (8meg cache) for 29.94 after rebate for Black Friday

 

[Chacranajxy]

I dunno if I'd say the hitachi's good... I'd personally go with a Seagate 7200.9 80GB for like $70 at Zipzoomfly, but whatever.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Chacranajxy
I dunno if I'd say the hitachi's good... I'd personally go with a Seagate 7200.9 80GB for like $70 at Zipzoomfly, but whatever.

The Hitachi is ~$50 and it is a really good performer.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Originally posted by: t3h l337 n3wb
Hitachi 80GB IDE at Fry's for free on Black Friday after rebate

beat me to it!

 

[theMan]

ok, just a question about sata ll. he has a mobo that only supports sata l. will a sata ll drive work?

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: theman
ok, just a question about sata ll. he has a mobo that only supports sata l. will a sata ll drive work?

Since Sata 2 is useless since we cant use it to its full potential, there is no loss or gain by going with Sata 1. It will all perform the same.

 

[MASTERT]

when is this black friday you speak of? is that 11/25/05??

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: MASTERT
when is this black friday you speak of? is that 11/25/05??

Yes...

 

[LxMxFxD3]

Originally posted by: t3h l337 n3wb
Hitachi 80GB IDE at Fry's for free on Black Friday after rebate

For real? I'll have to pick one of these up then ONe of my HDs recently died

 

[theMan]

yeah, but the hitachi drive is sata 2. i was wondering if it would work with a sata 1 mobo.

 

[MASTERT]

yea it's backwards compatable and a SATA 1 works on a SATA 2 also
DAMN i didn't check this message till today!
now i missed my freakin chance

anyone know any other awesome HDD deals?
I'm willing to get anything but i'm not willing to spend more than $20

I just need extra space
I really want something 20GB or more, 7200rpm or more, 8mb cache or more, IDE, SATA I or SATA II doesn't matter.
i also have a SCSI card but that's for me crappy server

Hope you can help
Mark

 

[Brian48]

Is there a BestBuys near you? Saw a PATA 8mb Seagate 120g for only $29.95 (after rebates) yesterday.

 

[MASTERT]

ok i see it on their site
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...=6&productCategoryId=pcmcat33200050001

is there any other better deals??
yeas i'm very poor

Mark

 

[eXx08]

Originally posted by: MASTERT
ok i see it on their site
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...=6&productCategoryId=pcmcat33200050001

is there any other better deals??
yeas i'm very poor

Mark

I feel yah bro, I am getting ready to order all my PC parts and I will be completely broke until January.