HOT: 650GB EIDE HDD $109.99 plus shipping

[Zap]

Here's an oddball drive, a 650GB Seagate. Says "AVAILABLE ONLY AT FRYS.COM." Maybe these are just 750GB drives with a defect on one side of one platter? Dunno...

http://shop4.outpost.com/product/5448089

$109.99
Limit 2 per household

I'm thinking of buying two of these with one of those 320GB SATA "limit 1" drives to save on shipping. Then, I can get rid of my older 400GB EIDE drives (using external bays). I'll have to think on this. Still, it is around the same cost as a 500GB drive so 150GB extra for free is pretty nice.

 

[superHARD]

Anyone know how they get 650GB?


want to unlock the extra space?
http://www.devhardware.com/for...s-recovered-18348.html

 

[Zap]

I'm guessing they don't use one side of one platter of a 750GB drive and then fudge it in firmware. Hmmm, wonder if these use the new higher density platters of the 7200.11 drives... if so then it'll be extra hot 'n spicy! I'm actually considering picking up a few of these. I counted and I have around six 400GB EIDE drives in external bays that I can upgrade.

 

[superHARD]

...remember the old ghost trick to unleash the actual size of your HD?...I do...well kinda

 

[Engineer]

Maybe you get lucky and get one of those little "We've upgraded your drive FREE of charge for you" to 750GB!

(Well, one can dream can't I?)

 

[Corporate Thug]

wow, i didnt even know a 650gb was produced.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
wow, i didnt even know a 650gb was produced.

Not listed on the Seagate site so I don't think they knew it either!

 

[dew042]

I remember 4 years ago, Best Buy had a 75GB hard drive on Black Friday and a big slash that said it came with 5GB free! Crazy.

dew.

 

[hans007]

well the 7200.11 uses 250 gb platters. so thats still doesnt make sense.

it is probably a 7200.10 with the platters stroked.


4 platters about about 165 each. the 750gb 7200.10 uses 187 gb platters, but shortening it does improve access speed somewhat (by not having any data on the slower inner tracks)

 

[RaynQuist]

How about the 334GB platters that Samsung was supposed to come out with? 2 x 334GB round down to the nearest neat number.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: dew042
I remember 4 years ago, Best Buy had a 75GB hard drive on Black Friday and a big slash that said it came with 5GB free! Crazy.

dew.

lol

 

[jjmIII]

whos buying one ???

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: jjmIII
whos buying one ???

I have a good feeling these might be 750 just downmarked..

Like the Maxtor deal Fry's had... sold it as a 250gb but actually was 320gb.

 

[jjmIII]

great deal either way, but i'm only buying sata now....

 

[ELopes580]

I'm tempted by this for my USB2.0 enclosure.

 

[ishmael2k]

Got one of these and one of the 320s coming.

 

[Zap]

Is anyone else having problems reaching Outpost/Frys.com? I can't hit the site this morning and pinging it gets a "destination net unreachable."

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Zap
Is anyone else having problems reaching Outpost/Frys.com? I can't hit the site this morning and pinging it gets a "destination net unreachable."

YES

 

[Lanyap]

Seagate did make a Pushbutton Backup 650-GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive. Maybe these drives on sale are surplus from that model. Still doesn't explain how they made them 650GB.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/in...90aRCRD&reqPage=Model#

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Lanyap
Seagate did make a Pushbutton Backup 650-GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive. Maybe these drives on sale are surplus from that model. Still doesn't explain how they made them 650GB.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/in...90aRCRD&reqPage=Model#

In for one, we'll see what happens . . .

 

[jjmIII]

hope this is available for awhile. Want to hear if it is 750gb. I grabbed a 750 sata, and did say.....

Originally posted by: jjmIII
great deal either way, but i'm only buying sata now....

....but if its 750, I'd have to bite .

 

[gba]

Originally posted by: jjmIII
hope this is available for awhile. Want to hear if it is 750gb. I grabbed a 750 sata, and did say.....

Originally posted by: jjmIII
great deal either way, but i'm only buying sata now....

....but if its 750, I'd have to bite .

Yeah, I mean, if you have your OS on something real fast already and you have an ongoing need to archive data, I am of the opinion that you may as well look at cost/GB and warranty length before considering the SATA vs. PATA argument. As long as you have a free slot on a PATA controller somewhere, that is.

I have been all about grabbing deals on USB 2.0 PATA external boxes, myself. I know I can always sell an external drive I throw together at a great price if I feel like I have become a little too storage rich... a feeling I have yet to experience ;-)

 

[jjmIII]

I agree about $/gb and the externals......but in general there are just fewer and fewer places to plug pata into anymore. I'd use one of these to upgrade a 500gb external, but only if it was 750gb.

 

[Rio Rebel]

I bought a Galaxy external enclosure (plays iso files as dvds, as well as most audio formats). I need the pata version. This was a perfect find for me.

 

[gba]

Originally posted by: Rio Rebel
I bought a Galaxy external enclosure (plays iso files as dvds, as well as most audio formats). I need the pata version. This was a perfect find for me.

Wow, that sure does sound like a fun toy!