DEAD: 1.5TB Barracuda 7200RPM SATA Internal HD - $106 Free Ship!

[James Bond]

Dell Home has Seagate 1.5 TB SATA Barracuda 7200.11 Internal Hard Drive for $166 - $60 (with code 90K7$QNXLZM4BZ) = $106 with free shipping.

Credit to SlickDeals

Edit: Now dead.

 

[ELopes580]

I bought one of these back in late Dec 2008 from Dell Home. It was one of the unaffected models as it had CC1H firmware.

 

[DannyLove]

holy crap that is a lot of porn storage!

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
It was one of the unaffected models as it had CC1H firmware.

affected?

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: DannyLove

Originally posted by: ELopes580
It was one of the unaffected models as it had CC1H firmware.

affected?

http://www.theinquirer.net/inq...acudas-7200-11-failing

 

[boomhower]

I'm in for my second. If you have a Dell credit account don't forget your extra 3% off.

 

[Jabbernyx]

Wow, they're just giving these drives away! Would still rather not chance any mishaps with the 7200.11 line though.

 

[goobee]

Originally posted by: Jabbernyx
Wow, they're just giving these drives away! Would still rather not chance any mishaps with the 7200.11 line though.

Heard that. I'd be very pissed if I lost all of my por....I mean all of my important educational programs.

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[beergeek]

Originally posted by: James Bond
Dell Home has Seagate 1.5 TB SATA Barracuda 7200.11 Internal Hard Drive for $166 - $60 (with code 90K7$QNXLZM4BZ) = $106 with free shipping.

Credit to SlickDeals

I really wish I could catch one of these deals that wasn't limited to 1 drive - I'm ready to put together a new raid, and I'd like 5 (or 6, to include a spare) identical drives. Unfortunately, all the recent drive deals I've seen have been max 1 - most don't seem to let you buy more than 1 drive even if you pass on the extra $5 or $10 discount...

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: beergeek

Originally posted by: James Bond
Dell Home has Seagate 1.5 TB SATA Barracuda 7200.11 Internal Hard Drive for $166 - $60 (with code 90K7$QNXLZM4BZ) = $106 with free shipping.

Credit to SlickDeals

I really wish I could catch one of these deals that wasn't limited to 1 drive - I'm ready to put together a new raid, and I'd like 5 (or 6, to include a spare) identical drives. Unfortunately, all the recent drive deals I've seen have been max 1 - most don't seem to let you buy more than 1 drive even if you pass on the extra $5 or $10 discount...

Well if stopped crying about it and instead bought one from each deal, you would have them by now.

 

[thegimp03]

Very tempting...

 

[Jabbernyx]

Originally posted by: goobee
Heard that. I'd be very pissed if I lost all of my por....I mean all of my important educational programs.

Hey, you gotta learn about the birds and bees from somewhere

 

[Zap]

3 year warranty :thumbsdown:

$106 shipped :thumbsup:

Maybe I'll have to get this.

EDIT: $112 shipped after tax. I'll pass for now.

 

[Devil2U]

buyer beware......
:thumbsdown: :frown:
I have lost a lot of confidence with the Segate brand since their firmware debacle. I want to start getting parts for a Windows Home Server build, but I am not touching these...no matter what the deal.

 

[beergeek]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: beergeek

Originally posted by: James Bond
Dell Home has Seagate 1.5 TB SATA Barracuda 7200.11 Internal Hard Drive for $166 - $60 (with code 90K7$QNXLZM4BZ) = $106 with free shipping.

Credit to SlickDeals

I really wish I could catch one of these deals that wasn't limited to 1 drive - I'm ready to put together a new raid, and I'd like 5 (or 6, to include a spare) identical drives. Unfortunately, all the recent drive deals I've seen have been max 1 - most don't seem to let you buy more than 1 drive even if you pass on the extra $5 or $10 discount...

Well if stopped crying about it and instead bought one from each deal, you would have them by now.

Not quite crying...

If all the deals (or even a significant number) were for the same drive, I'd do that. Unfortunately, they aren't, and mixing drive types (even at the same size) can have really nasty performance consequences in a raid farm, especially for a high drive count raid 5...

 

[pctwo]

anyone knows what the acoustic is like on this thing? hum? whine? loud seeking?

 

[slashbinslashbash]

Originally posted by: Devil2U
buyer beware......
:thumbsdown: :frown:
I have lost a lot of confidence with the Segate brand since their firmware debacle. I want to start getting parts for a Windows Home Server build, but I am not touching these...no matter what the deal.

At least no data was lost with the firmware problems. I switched to Seagate after too many failures with Maxtor (now owned by Seagate, I know) and then WD drives (even the supposedly heavy-duty server-class WD drives). Have not had a failure with a Seagate in 3+ years. The best I can say for WD is that at least their RMA procedure is quick and easy (have gone through it 4 or 5 times now), but I have stopped trusting their drives.

 

[imported_motodude]

...30-40% failure rates

Hot if they gave you two for this price, plus a power credit for having to run an extra drive in RAID.

 

[boomhower]

I have been using one in my WHS for a few months now without any ill affects. I checked the drive when I got it and it wasn't one affected, if it was a simple flash would have curred the ill. At least this is just a firmware thing that has been corrected, not a hardware issue.

 

[jjmIII]

Originally posted by: pctwo
anyone knows what the acoustic is like on this thing? hum? whine? loud seeking?

when your rma'ing it.....it will be DEAD silent in the box :thumbsup:

 

[zoiks]

I don't care if this costs $50. I'm not putting my data on a drive that's known to be flaky.

 

[CU]

Didn't you have to apply the firmware to kill the Seagate drives, or did they just die? Why did people apply the update was it suppose to fix a big problem with the drive or was it just some little update?

 

[DefDC]

Appears dead...

 

[msi1337]

Originally posted by: DefDC
Appears dead...

the drive, or this deal?

I love Seagate hard drives, but I didn't feel safe enough to get this particular drive. This would have been my only source of backup, and thats a lot of data to lose.