Maxtor 300GB HD w/16MB Cache $199.99

[rasputinj]

CompUSA has a deal on the

Maxtor 300gb ATA/133 7200rpm hard drive with 16MB cache

On Sale for

$199.99

with no rebates to worry about


shipping should be a penny

 

[superHARD]

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=22-144-359&depa=0

$206 shipped No rebate.

 

[Noghri2112]

For those of you with a Fry's, they have it on sale for $199(no rebate). This is in Dallas-Forth Worth area. May be in other areas too.

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: Noghri2112
For those of you with a Fry's, they have it on sale for $199(no rebate). This is in Dallas-Forth Worth area. May be in other areas too.

Nice...Wish KC had a Fry's!

 

[toolfan]

It's an instant rebate, so it's $199 out the door.

Linky

 

[TechnoKid]

good grief...300GB? wouldn't that require special bios or winXP update or something? never the less a good price i assume

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
good grief...300GB? wouldn't that require special bios or winXP update or something? never the less a good price i assume

It *might* require ATA133, but that would be it. Maxtor is the company that introduced 48-bit LBA for these big (size>127GB) drives in the first place. I'm not even sure if it requires that though.

Nate

 

[iahk]

Originally posted by: superHARD
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=22-144-359&depa=0

$206 shipped No rebate.

This is for the parallel ata version, not the serial ata version. This is also a retail kit.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Originally posted by: iahk

Originally posted by: superHARD
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=22-144-359&depa=0

$206 shipped No rebate.

This is for the parallel ata version, not the serial ata version. This is also a retail kit.

So in other words, for the $7 more at Newegg, you get SATA instead of IDE... Hmmm.... sounds like a steal to me, even more so since there is no need for a rebate, that price is the out the door price.

Personally I won't buy one due to their limited warrenty. If a company can't stand behind their products with a decent 5 year hard drive warrenty, I won't stand to purchase one. On a side note, I would be a little carefull with these, there seems to have been some inconsistancies in performance (hence, manufacturing problems) with these drives. Check storagereview for more info. The first drive they tested had pretty poor performance. The second one performed much better. Because of this, the odds of getting a poor drive seem to be much higher then other models. There are reports of many people getting poor performace with this model compaired to the stated specs. Just try and get a RMA for a drive that "works" but not up to specs...

 

[Odeen]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
good grief...300GB? wouldn't that require special bios or winXP update or something? never the less a good price i assume

It *might* require ATA133, but that would be it. Maxtor is the company that introduced 48-bit LBA for these big (size>127GB) drives in the first place. I'm not even sure if it requires that though.

Nate

48-bit LBA != ATA133

All IDE controllers can theoretically support 48-bit LBA with proper BIOS and software. In order to access 300gb under Windows XP when using chipset IDE channels, you need SP1. In order to access 300gb when using a PCI ATA controller, you just need the proper drivers for the ATA controller.

For example, the built-in Windows XP drivers for a Promise Ultra100 PCI card have the 127gb limitation. But as soon as you update the drivers, the full drive size shows up.

ATA133 just means a peak interface transfer of 133mb/second. Since a 7200 RPM hard drive isn't likely to break 60mb/second, even ATA66 won't hold you back performance-wise.

 

[Vallybally]

Can someone just message me a few months from now when this drops to $150 or less? I'm sure competition for 300gb+ is gonna heat up.

 

[deals99]

[/quote]ATA133 just means a peak interface transfer of 133mb/second. Since a 7200 RPM hard drive isn't likely to break 60mb/second, even ATA66 won't hold you back performance-wise.[/quote] These new maxtor drives can break 60mb/s. ATA66 would hold them back. Good to see these drives coming around.

 

[iahk]

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell

Originally posted by: iahk

Originally posted by: superHARD
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=22-144-359&depa=0

$206 shipped No rebate.

This is for the parallel ata version, not the serial ata version. This is also a retail kit.

So in other words, for the $7 more at Newegg, you get SATA instead of IDE... Hmmm.... sounds like a steal to me, even more so since there is no need for a rebate, that price is the out the door price.

Some people don't have the novelty of having the option of purchasing a SATA or PATA drive. Up until about 2 weeks ago, I ignored all the SATA HDD deals because I didn't have a SATA controller.

Also, you may have missed it at the beginning of the thread but this is an INSTANT REBATE. Not a mail-in.

I have no opinion on the hotness of this deal. I just want to clear up any misinformation.

 

[jodhas]

Originally posted by: iahk

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell

Originally posted by: iahk

Originally posted by: superHARD
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=22-144-359&depa=0

$206 shipped No rebate.

This is for the parallel ata version, not the serial ata version. This is also a retail kit.

So in other words, for the $7 more at Newegg, you get SATA instead of IDE... Hmmm.... sounds like a steal to me, even more so since there is no need for a rebate, that price is the out the door price.

Some people don't have the novelty of having the option of purchasing a SATA or PATA drive. Up until about 2 weeks ago, I ignored all the SATA HDD deals because I didn't have a SATA controller.

Also, you may have missed it at the beginning of the thread but this is an INSTANT REBATE. Not a mail-in.

I have no opinion on the hotness of this deal. I just want to clear up any misinformation.

CompUSA: L01R300
Newegg: 6B300S0

Newegg is the much better deal. SATA drive from NEWEGG will give a much better performance.

 

[hytek369]

sata or pata?

 

[superHARD]

http://www.compusa.com/product...e=316141&pfp=srch1

Compusa's linky

 

[spidermonkey486]

price per gig ppl please
these 300 gig ata133 are .66~ per gig
where as from
http://www.targetpcinc.com/Det...?ItemID=2078&Res=2
a 200 gig ata133 is 101~ shipped or .505 a gig..
also from
http://www.upgrade-solution.co...mp;PID=705&add=yes
the same price about
but to put money into old tech ??? WHEN new tech is cheaper is pretty numb IMO

200 GIG SATAs
MDT 200g http://3btech.net/seataswhlama2.html <<<done business with these folks myself EXLT

WD2000JD(30$ rebate) http://www.memoryexpousa.com/wediwd20seat1.html
they have a seagate for 115 if it matters to ya
both above 99$usd delivered(1 -rebate)
OR IOW .495 a gig or from another angle 400 gigs sata for the ~same price as 1 300gb Pata

let me think CHAA right

 

[AdamsJabbar]

Originally posted by: spidermonkey486
price per gig ppl please
these 300 gig ata133 are .66~ per gig
where as from
http://www.targetpcinc.com/Det...?ItemID=2078&amp;Res=2
a 200 gig ata133 is 101~ shipped or .505 a gig..
also from
http://www.upgrade-solution.co...mp;PID=705&amp;add=yes
the same price about
but to put money into old tech ??? WHEN new tech is cheaper is pretty numb IMO

200 GIG SATAs
MDT 200g http://3btech.net/seataswhlama2.html <<<done business with these folks myself EXLT

WD2000JD(30$ rebate) http://www.memoryexpousa.com/wediwd20seat1.html
they have a seagate for 115 if it matters to ya
both above 99$usd delivered(1 -rebate)
OR IOW .495 a gig or from another angle 400 gigs sata for the ~same price as 1 300gb Pata

let me think CHAA right

Welcome to the forums.

As far as price per gigabyte, the largest sized disks are very rarely going to have the best price. This is just the way of things in general.

Price per gigabyte is not important when you need the most storage in the least space possible. If I needed 1.5TB of RAID 10 disk storage but only had enough power and/or physcial room for 10 drives, I would not be able to use the drives you mentioned in your links. The best I could do is 1TB. Additionally, these 300gb drives do not require a mail-in rebate. Many rebates only allow you to claim a limited number of them per promotion. Furthermore, if you are a business of any kind, you are most likely ineligble for such a rebate.

What I am trying to point out is this is a very good deal on the product mentioned. Your post is what we refer to as "thread crapping." There are plenty of deals to be found around the forums on smaller hard drives. We appreciate feedback on hot deals so long as they are productive.

Again, welcome to the forums.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Just to set the facts straight, the drive at CompUSA is a retail kit drive, is $199 without any rebate required, and includes a SATA cable.

The drive at Newegg is an OEM drive and has no cable.

So, for approx. $4 more (because I incl. sales tax for CompUSA price), you get the retail drive at CompUSA. And you get it now, not "who knows when" which is the current state of affairs with Newegg's order fulfillment, they have lost the crown for sure ...

 

[RobCur]

150.00 maybe, 200.00 HELL NO
200gb cost less then 90 at pricewatch..
so 200gb x 2 = 400gb for less then 200.00 plus twice as fast if your raid them.

 

[Averox]

Don't forget, unless you live in CA, Newegg and ZipZoomFly are *tax free*. Very big point for me for ordering online.

Edit: I forgot about NJ and somewhere else for Newegg. But yes, no tax is a big thing for me. I'd effectively be paying $14 tax if I bought this drive from CompUSSR. I've got two of them from ZipZoomFly right here on my desk

 

[BPB]

If you go to Maxtor's website and check out the part number for Newegg versus CompUSA you'll see the Newegg drive says it's SATA II, the CompUSA drive does not. The specs are PDF's, so I won't bother linking them. I hate viewing PDF's in FireFox, it takes forever to close out of them.

 

[Yurkinator]

Newegg OEM Drive = 3 year warranty
Compusa Retail Drive = 1 year warranty

 

[bond007taz]

i got my Maxtor 300GB HD today from CompUSA for $199. It was a DiamondMax Plus SATA/150 w/ 16mb cache. If you check Maxtor's website - Any drive shipped after September 14, 2004 - the drive will have a 3 year warranty... I would imagine that SATA/150 16mb drives would be covered under this statement seeing that Maxtor did their press release for the new drives on September 13th.

Please check your facts before posting!

 

[abaez]

3 year warranty makes a difference.. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm