(EVEN HOTTER!) - MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM INTERNAL HARDDRIVE FOR $69.94 SHIPPED AFTER REBATE!

[esquared]

These deals don't reflect the tax since it is different in every state. Some states have no sales tax. It's kind of unspoken when either Staples, OD or OM are involved.

 

[zeroidea]

The ball bearing drive is indeed not what I'd call quiet

Folks: unless you really like taking chances (on either getting a fluid-bearing drive or a free ata133 card) - I think that the OEM Quiet drive from newegg for slightly more (with free shipping and no tax outside CA) would be a better deal. That, or they have the barracuda IV (even quiter by most reviews) for about the same price.

This may not matter to people with tons of loud fans and all that, but my harddrive was the only component in my system which makes noise, and now that it's been replaced (with this new ball-bearing maxtor), it's still that way.

The noise, BTW, isn't on seeks and reads, it's of the constant high-pitched noise, same as the old maxtor I had produced, only maybe a little less present for the new drive.

 

[paths]

Originally posted by: TurtleMan
i think L01J080G, means it is a liquid bearing drive, since it start with L..

edit:

oh btw , check rite next to the bar code see if it says P6L6L4, if it does
then it is the jack pot ~

darn ... i bought the same drive for 110 2 month ago..... sigh ..

mines a l01j080g, but it has the j6l4 code... I wonder how many if any are left at the B&M's to exchange with? I want a fluid motor since I have ata133 on the mobo I dont care about the card . plus every little reduction in noise is a plus

 

[KLineD]

Originally posted by: paths

mines a l01j080g, but it has the j6l4 code... I wonder how many if any are left at the B&M's to exchange with? I want a fluid motor since I have ata133 on the mobo I dont care about the card . plus every little reduction in noise is a plus

I checked 3 stores, and they all claimed that all drives are this "J6L4", and that the "L6L4" is the "Quiet" model of the drive that they don't carry. Also all claimed that none come with ATA cards. I know both these statements are complete bull....but once again, living in a large city has its disadvantages. Especially NYC(im in Brooklyn) -- many people are rude, and too lazy to get off their ass to check what they have in stock. Maybe some stores in the city have more in stock...but 3 stores was enough of a waste of time. :/

Edit: btw...if you guys are finding them too loud, maxtor has a utility called "AMSET" .. linkified that allows you to sacrifice some performance (increase seek time slightly) to make the drive more quiet.

 

[paths]

wonder if I call maxtor and ask for a replacement if they will ship one out or hassle me???

 

[Pothead]

When we had the deal a couple weeks back with the free ata133 card, people stated there is only a .3dba difference in Ball bearing and liquid bearing drives, not really a big difference.

 

[paths]

.3 is in bels and .3 bels = 3 decibels

A decibel is 1/10th of a Bel. A doubling of sound pressure level (SPL) is a 10 dB increase, where a halving of SPL is a 10dB decrease. The human ear can detect differences as small as 1 dB, however 3dB is commonly referred to as a level where a change is readily apparent.


But some peaple say its easy to hear other say the bb drive is quieter, who knows the fames will be runing but the current maxtos are a little louder than I would like. Guess I will give it a quick once over at staples and if there a no-go on the exchange I will just put the thing in the computer and not worry about it. The fluid dynamic bearing has been out for a while I wonder why Maxtor even makes the regular ball bearing drive....

 

[KLineD]

Originally posted by: paths
wonder if I call maxtor and ask for a replacement if they will ship one out or hassle me???

Not that bad an idea, maxtor is great for their advanced RMA...you give them your info, and cc# (incase you don't return) and they send u a drive with a box to return yours in...
But do you really wanna do all that for a fluid bearing drive?

 

[randomlinh]

nm

 

[hudster]

Originally posted by: hudster
really nice. last night when checking the Staples website, the Maxtor drive was listed, but it was showing as "out of stock". Now this morning when I check Staples website, that drive isn't even listed at all! whether i search by item number (471535), or just do a search on 'maxtor', the 80GB 7200RPM drive is no longer there.


DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR STAPLES...

:|

ok, well, now THIS morning, it's back to showing up again on the website, but it's still OOS. *grumble*


-hudster

 

[lsman]

i ordered at 6/4 afternoon. Got my drive (with $50 off $200) and CD-label kit, CDR and some 2.5 stuff yestersday.
has a 133 card inside.

Now, just if there is a hack to make it a RAID card. Then it will be MUCH HOTTER!

 

[leonc]

It is now showing up at Staples.com online again as in stock
and shipping in 1 day. I ordered it again (maybe I will get it
this time), so I will know tomorrow.

 

[anonymouschris]

didn't get the ata/133 card, but i did get the fluid bearing drive.

 

[maxam]

Looks like this is a better deal if you could find one in your area.

 

[Slickone]

unsped said:

I got in on the staples deal, and got a ball bearing drive, and also purchased a fluid bearing drive from newegg.

just my experience, these things are FAR from quiet. The liquid drive was actually louder than the ball bearing drive. You can hear the drives spin up and spin down like a damn scsi cheetah. And the piercing noise...

I have 5 7200 drives listed in order of quiet to loud:

(2) seagate barracuda 80gb
(1) ibm 60gxp 60gb
(1) maxtor ball bearing 80gb
(1) maxtor fluid bearing 80gb

the maxtor fluid bearing is the loudest drive to date ... very dissapointing. Ear piercing "Whiiiiiiiiiine"

Wow. Anyone else experience this?

 

[aDub]

its back in stock in my area (Columbia, MO) so I ordered it along with the pacific digital 32x burner so my total was 229-50=179 minus the rebate of 40 for each drive = 100+tax

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: maxam
Looks like this is a better deal if you could find one in your area.

Why would an 80GB external Firewire drive be a hotter deal? Isn't Firewire slower than ATA133?

 

[maxam]

Originally posted by: huesmann

Originally posted by: maxam
Looks like this is a better deal if you could find one in your area.

Why would an 80GB external Firewire drive be a hotter deal? Isn't Firewire slower than ATA133?

I know that Firewire is slower than ATA133. But the external version costs only "109.50 - 20 coupon - 30 rebate= Makes it $59.50 +tax= $66.44 total". A good Firewire Enclosure alone would cost you $40. Add all that up don't you think it's a better deal?

 

[maxam]

Originally posted by: huesmann

Originally posted by: maxam
Looks like this is a better deal if you could find one in your area.

Why would an 80GB external Firewire drive be a hotter deal? Isn't Firewire slower than ATA133?

I know that Firewire is slower than ATA133. But the external version costs only "109.50 - 20 coupon - 30 rebate= Makes it $59.50 +tax= $66.44 total". A good Firewire Enclosure alone would cost you $40. Add all that up don't you think it's a better deal?

 

[huesmann]

Yeah, but why would I buy a Firewire enclosure in the first place? Okay, so it's a little more portable than just sticking a drive in your PC case, but likely is it that the people who you take the drive to will have Firewire cards?

Aren't these drives essentially IDE drives anyway, just stuck in a Firewire enclosure with some kind of ATA->Firewire converter?

 

[tazmania99]

Originally posted by: aDub
its back in stock in my area (Columbia, MO) so I ordered it along with the pacific digital 32x burner so my total was 229-50=179 minus the rebate of 40 for each drive = 100+tax

Me too!

 

[dok0619]

Originally posted by: tazmania99

Originally posted by: aDub
its back in stock in my area (Columbia, MO) so I ordered it along with the pacific digital 32x burner so my total was 229-50=179 minus the rebate of 40 for each drive = 100+tax

Me too!

:Q

They were back in stock again today at my Staples in JAX. They only had 3 left on the shelf. A guy walking around with 20 dollar off codes written on a pc of notebook paper asked me where to find it when he saw me carrying on of em around! Maybe 1 left if you hurry... also, I saw there were 2 of the 80 gig Firewire drives on clearance left in stock, till ScrapSilicon walked out with one of them! So..maybe one of those left as well...Happy Hunting!! (AT ABOUT 5:00PM)

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: dok0619

Originally posted by: tazmania99

Originally posted by: aDub
its back in stock in my area (Columbia, MO) so I ordered it along with the pacific digital 32x burner so my total was 229-50=179 minus the rebate of 40 for each drive = 100+tax

Me too!

:Q

They were back in stock again today at my Staples in JAX. They only had 3 left on the shelf. A guy walking around with 20 dollar off codes written on a pc of notebook paper asked me where to find it when he saw me carrying on of em around! Maybe 1 left if you hurry... also, I saw there were 2 of the 80 gig Firewire drives on clearance left in stock, till ScrapSilicon walked out with one of them! So..maybe one of those left as well...Happy Hunting!! (AT ABOUT 5:00PM)

I didn't walk out with it...I had a receipt ..

 

[911paramedic]

Could somebody please PM me with the coupon info, please...

I would really like to pick up one of these if I can get that coupon info. Thanks!

 

[huesmann]

Come on, a platinum member should have a little more imagination than that....