Maxtor 250GB $59.99 AR CompUSA $.24/GB

[allisolm]

If you didn't get in on any of the Black Friday hard drive deals, this one isn't bad.

CompUSA has Maxtor 250GB 16MB cache ATA/133 316138 for $59.99 after one $80 MIR. Price good 11/27-12/03/2005.

 

[randomlinh]

i hate this shopping season. i want to spend money i don't have

 

[BMdoobieW]

Yeah, that's a good deal on that drive, considering that tami and I paid $79.99 with no rebates for that drive at CompUSA on October 8, 2005.

 

[gpgofast]

It looks like the rebate is also good for the equivalent SATA drive.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=305076&pfp=srch1

http://image.compusa.com/pdfs/0019431.pdf

 

[Woody419]

Had it in my cart, all info entered with only $5 shipping and then nothing. They just switched to in store only, time for a road trip.

 

[Ohji]

Just got one from my local CompUSA and canceled my order for the 300mb w/ 8meg buffer from Outpost. Thanks...

 

[ttown]

can anyone with this drive comment on how noisy this drive is?

I'm considering it for a htpc machine -- but so far, i'm leaning towards a 300gb drive from seagate

 

[OCNewbie]

Originally posted by: gpgofast
It looks like the rebate is also good for the equivalent SATA drive.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=305076&pfp=srch1

http://image.compusa.com/pdfs/0019431.pdf

Nice find, though the $20 instant rebate is not applied I would imagine. So the SATA version would be $20 more than the PATA, probably worth it?

Edit - Also the SATA version just has 8MB Cache. So if you don't mind the more difficult connection of a PATA drive, and considering the PATA drive has double the cache, and $20 less, wouldn't that still be the best one to get? Or would SATA make that much of a diff?

Edit #2- The part # listed on CompUSA's website is L01M250, for the 250GB SATA drive listed in this post. On CUSA's web listing, they list 8MB of cache. But on Maxtor's listing - Link, near the bottom, the part #L01M250 is listed as 16MB of cache. So that's a little confusing, I guess I'd believe Maxtor on their own product over CUSA, but who knows.

Edit #3 - Doh, now I found another Maxtor listing that lists the #L01M250 drive as 8MB Cache, geez. - Doh, can't find it now, I'll see if I can (in case anybody is actually reading my updates =P)

 

[gpgofast]

The SATA drives on the shelf at the local Compusa had 8mb of cache. GP

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Thanks OP. Drove 1 hour to the nearest CompUSA to pick 2 up
It will probably be a cold day in heck before I can get a similar
deal on a MaxLine III or SE16.

 

[kamranziadar]

16MB Cache is nice, i might pick up one tonight.

 

[bman46]

This is so ridiculously cheap

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: bman46
This is so ridiculously cheap

That's what I said when I read this thread :laugh:

 

[Morpheux]

I bought one online for pickup in-store. Got there, they said they didn't have any but the two that were damaged out. So I'm back at home with no drive......

Ordered one online and submitted a CS report via web.

 

[OCNewbie]

Having a helluva time getting this to work in DMA mode on a DFI nF4 Ultra-D, in Windows 2000, SP4. Anybody else running a similar setup, motherboard-wise, and not having any trouble with DMA mode in Win2k?

Thanks.

 

[kamranziadar]

Looks like deal is dead.