Fry's / outpost : Maxtor 200gb HD for $79 OTD

[oslama]

linky

no rebates

 

[EvilTwin996]

Wow, good price on the HDD...too bad they want TAX + $9.72 GROUND shipping. :disgust: Makes is $97.32 for me. Ima check Fry's B&M in the morning, and see if they have it, too.

 

[chinkgai]

my local frys ad in the bay area had this for 89 instead of 79

 

[Skyhack]

Originally posted by: chinkgai
my local frys ad in the bay area had this for 89 instead of 79

Chicago area (Downer's Grove) Fry's has it for $89 too.

 

[LouPoir]

Sweet

 

[kamranziadar]

nice

 

[Maddscientist]

tight

 

[vadims]

can't add to cart, wierd

 

[tjaisv]

i'm tired of these slow-ass 7200RPM SATA hard drives...

when are 10000RPM 16MB cache hard drives with 200GB capacity gonna be here?

 

[JafCo]

Originally posted by: vadims
can't add to cart, wierd

same

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: tjaisv
i'm tired of these slow-ass 7200RPM SATA hard drives...

when are 10000RPM 16MB cache hard drives with 200GB capacity gonna be here?

Pfffttt... 10K drives are barely any faster than 7200 rpm drives.
Pretty much the same thing as going from ATA 100 to ATA 133...and while I am at it, SATA drives are barely faster (if at all) than PATA drives.
For speed RAID 0 is the way to go.
We need SATA II drives to see some real speed increases.
Or some nice SCSI drives, but I haven't seen SCSI drives on sale ever. lol

 

[Blazin Trav]

Originally posted by: Elixer

Originally posted by: tjaisv
i'm tired of these slow-ass 7200RPM SATA hard drives...

when are 10000RPM 16MB cache hard drives with 200GB capacity gonna be here?

Pfffttt... 10K drives are barely any faster than 7200 rpm drives.
Pretty much the same thing as going from ATA 100 to ATA 133...and while I am at it, SATA drives are barely faster (if at all) than PATA drives.
For speed RAID 0 is the way to go.
We need SATA II drives to see some real speed increases.
Or some nice SCSI drives, but I haven't seen SCSI drives on sale ever. lol

SATA II drives are already out man...

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav

Originally posted by: Elixer

Originally posted by: tjaisv
i'm tired of these slow-ass 7200RPM SATA hard drives...

when are 10000RPM 16MB cache hard drives with 200GB capacity gonna be here?

Pfffttt... 10K drives are barely any faster than 7200 rpm drives.
Pretty much the same thing as going from ATA 100 to ATA 133...and while I am at it, SATA drives are barely faster (if at all) than PATA drives.
For speed RAID 0 is the way to go.
We need SATA II drives to see some real speed increases.
Or some nice SCSI drives, but I haven't seen SCSI drives on sale ever. lol

SATA II drives are already out man...

True... but I mean the SATA II specs that call for 600Mbytes/sec transfers

 

[Loki726]

Originally posted by: Elixer

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav

Originally posted by: Elixer

Originally posted by: tjaisv
i'm tired of these slow-ass 7200RPM SATA hard drives...

when are 10000RPM 16MB cache hard drives with 200GB capacity gonna be here?

Pfffttt... 10K drives are barely any faster than 7200 rpm drives.
Pretty much the same thing as going from ATA 100 to ATA 133...and while I am at it, SATA drives are barely faster (if at all) than PATA drives.
For speed RAID 0 is the way to go.
We need SATA II drives to see some real speed increases.
Or some nice SCSI drives, but I haven't seen SCSI drives on sale ever. lol

SATA II drives are already out man...

True... but I mean the SATA II specs that call for 600Mbytes/sec transfers

When was the last time you had a drive that came anywhere near the 150mb/s "called for" by SATA I?

 

[killamonilla]

Link is now broken. Please fix if possible.

 

[vadims]

outpost does not have them anymore

 

[tr1kstanc3]

got 1.. sweet hopefully it doesnt break =)

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: Loki726

Originally posted by: Elixer

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
SATA II drives are already out man...

True... but I mean the SATA II specs that call for 600Mbytes/sec transfers

When was the last time you had a drive that came anywhere near the 150mb/s "called for" by SATA I?

Which is why I said that they are barely faster, if at all, than ATA100 or ATA133.
They have to crank up the RPMs, and have very high density platters, and do internal RAID 0 to come close to the 600MB/sec.
.

 

[Zerilos]

Originally posted by: Skyhack

Originally posted by: chinkgai
my local frys ad in the bay area had this for 89 instead of 79

Chicago area (Downer's Grove) Fry's has it for $89 too.

Dallas ad has it for $89

 

[jagec]

To make this deal hotter: Go to staples and have them do a 110% pricematch on Fry's. Then add a box of paperclips or something, and use coupon #69638 ($15 off $75). I paid $67.43 after taxes for this drive and a pen.