Maxtor 120GB HD 7200 rpm 8mb cache $110

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Maxtor 120GB HD 7200 rpm 8mb cache $110

 

[docinthebox]

Good deal. Slight downside is: if you enlarge the image of the box, it says 1-yr warranty.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: docinthebox
Good deal. Slight downside is: if you enlarge the image of the box, it says 1-yr warranty.

damn, you can see that?

 

[shootinyou]

Whats up with only 1 year warranty???? anyone

Good eye docinthebox

 

[m1ke101]

yup...only 1 year warranty, but still a good deal

 

[docinthebox]

Nice drive nevertheless. I bought it from BB several weeks ago. (Mine's has 3 yr warranty.) Using it as system drive, put the paging file towards the front, and now my system response time is much faster than before.

According to storagereview, the read service time of this drive is a full millisecond faster than the WD1200JB. (12.4ms vs. 13.5 ms) I'll buy this over WD1200JB anyday.

 

[Daytrader889]

I think all the major brands have started to change to 1 year warranties.

 

[TheSaint51]

is that coupon public or unique?

 

[DistantHorizon]

I think all the major brands have started to change to 1 year warranties.

I believe Western Digital's JB drives are still 3 years, but for the most part they've gone to 1 year... What a cop-out, they should at least have enough faith in their product to give you two years to blow it up.
Credit cards that extend warranties can be your friend.
At least 3 of my 4 SCSI drives have 4+ years of warranty left...

 

[TAL0N]

THG did a full article and interviewed the "big 3" about this last october, THG - Rant-O-Matic: When Hard Drive Warranties And Expectations Collide

here's a couple exerpts..

"By now, most readers know that three of the largest hard drive manufacturers have announced their "unpopular news" that, effective October 1st, 2002, their normal warranties for most ATA hard drives will be reduced to one year. Consumers, as well as OEMs, are accustomed to the standard three-year warranties that these hard drive manufacturers have previously offered on their ATA hard drives, and they are not at all happy with this news."

"Maxtor - As of October 1, 2002, Maxtor offers a Standard Warranty Period of 1 year on the following ATA drives: Maxtor Fireball, DiamondMax and DiamondMax Plus. Maxtor MaXLine ATA premium drives will carry a Standard Warranty Period of 3 years. Maxtor Atlas SCSI drives will carry a Standard Warranty Period of 5 years."

"Western Digital - Western Digital standard products manufactured on or after October 1, 2002, carry a one-year warranty and are eligible for extended warranty... WD Special Edition products feature a three-year warranty."

"Maxtor - Maxtor's one-year limited warranty only affects Maxtor Fireball, DiamondMax and DiamondMax Plus retail hard drives shipped on or after October 1, 2002. Maxtor will continue to honor the Maxtor warranty statement printed on or in the retail packaging."

 

[cutty]

I'm also in market for hunting a hard drive now, so I did spend some time to study all companies' warranty policy.
For Maxtor, only their MaXLine II and MaXLine Plus II products still have 3 years warranty, all other have only 1 year warranty.
For WD, any HD with 8MB cache has 3 years warranty, all other have only 1 year warranty.
I care more about warranty than the hard drive capacity, since no matter it's 80GB or 120GB, it's much more than enough for me anyway. However without a 3 years warranty, what can you do if your it break down after a year?
If it's not the warranty problem, I may already go for the L01J100 in Compusa, which is $149.99 - $10IR -$40MIR = $99.99.

 

[DorkBoy]

Nice Price

 

[MontyBurns]

This is an excellent deal from an excellent retailer.

 

[MontyBurns]

While I agree that it is a cheap shot to reduce the warranty periods on these drives, I find it odd people saying that they shop for warranty more than anything else. If the hard drive fails and you lose everything on it, no warranty is going to help you out. So, yes, you are protecting a $110 investment, but you're not protecting anything actually ON the drive.

I don't know of many $110 pieces of computer equipment that come with three-year warranties. That hasn't stopped me from buying CD writers, Motherboards, memory and video cards.

The odds of the drive being damaged beyond repair are very, very low. The odds of a hard drive crash, meaning a loss of data and a reformatting, are much higher, but no warranty is going to protect you from that anyways.

 

[JonTheBaller]

Originally posted by: toant103

Originally posted by: docinthebox
Good deal. Slight downside is: if you enlarge the image of the box, it says 1-yr warranty.

damn, you can see that?

Did you click on the image to enlarge it?

 

[MontyBurns]

Ericon: Where did this $10 coupon come from?

 

[hopshop]

I think I will wait for a good deal on Western Digital. I cant believe I missed a sweet deal on a Western Digital 120 GB for $70 because my credit card company messed up!

 

[MuffD]

Check out the my updated thread. This is a good pricematching opportunity for Staples!

 

[Tnvolsfan]

Where is your thread?

 

[MontyBurns]

I've never been able to get Staples to PM to an AFTER-Rebate price.

If you did, congrats.

 

[RideFree]

As the guy said, "The coupon please".

 

[MuffD]

Originally posted by: RideFree
As the guy said, "The coupon please".

thread is located here.

For the coupon, you can check FW or just search on google and get a bunch from there as well.

I've never been able to get Staples to PM to an AFTER-Rebate price.

If you did, congrats.

So far I've been pretty lucky in getting these pricematches through staples. If I didn't buy the two a few weeks ago, I would grab this for sure. The 1 yr warranty is the killer for me though. I would like to try and stick with drives that carry the 3 yr warranties. Just my personal preference.

 

[ericon]

Originally posted by: RideFree
As the guy said, "The coupon please".

ck ur pm

 

[linuxthinker]

Originally posted by: MontyBurns
While I agree that it is a cheap shot to reduce the warranty periods on these drives, I find it odd people saying that they shop for warranty more than anything else. If the hard drive fails and you lose everything on it, no warranty is going to help you out. So, yes, you are protecting a $110 investment, but you're not protecting anything actually ON the drive.

I run all my stuff in RAID-1, so I can just call up maxtor and RMA the dead drive, while my system runs on the hot spare. I'd like to continue doing this for the next 3 years.

I don't know of many $110 pieces of computer equipment that come with three-year warranties. That hasn't stopped me from buying CD writers, Motherboards, memory and video cards.

Retail CPUs.

 

[Crucial]

I am having trouble locating this $10 coupon. Anyone care to take pity on a poor soul and PM the info to me?