Seagate 160GB Serial ATA

[burney]

Seagate 160GB Serial ATA/300 8MB Buffer ST160812AS-RK - Retail Hard Drive Kit $ 39.99
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[trexpesto]

hoty

 

[alobell]

thanks OP!

free shipping too-

 

[Jules]

anyone able to find any info on this drive?

 

[rip]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
anyone able to find any info on this drive?

Yes!

 

[KDKPSJ]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
anyone able to find any info on this drive?

It seems like P/N from Outpost is missing number. It should be ST3160812AS-RK rather than ST160812AS-RK.

INFO CAN BE FOUND HERE

So, it looks like it's 7200.9. (Not 7200.10 that uses Perpendicular Recording)

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Thanks OP! Good price and free shipping; pretty hot deal from Frys.com!

 

[FreedomGUNDAM]

I have one of the 160GB drives from the last time Frys/Outpost ran this deal. Nice HDD.

 

[burney]

finally going to RAID

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: everydae

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
anyone able to find any info on this drive?

It seems like P/N from Outpost is missing number. It should be ST3160812AS-RK rather than ST160812AS-RK.

INFO CAN BE FOUND HERE

So, it looks like it's 7200.9. (Not 7200.10 that uses Perpendicular Recording)

Whats so great about the Perpendicular recording?

 

[Tomer]

Nice deal, but I guess I am old school as I wholeheartedly prefer PATA over SATA.

All the SATA cables I have are relatively stiff and springy and that teeny, tiny little SATA connector just begs to break.

I have installed one SATA drive and it was impossible to keep the MB connector from having tension on it.

Is there something about SATA that makes it that much better than PATA?
Help me climb on the SATA bandwagon.

Oh and that Perpendicular recording is very disturbing. It will be quite sometime before I buy a drive that uses that technology. I let the bleeding edgers ferret out all the issues first.

Over course, I have not and will not move to Vista anytime soon, so maybe I'm just getting old.

 

[PingSpike]

I think SATA's main advantage is you don't have to screw with clumsy, air flow killing ribbon cables.

 

[rdunnit]

I had been looking at that drive since yesterday and bought it this morning along with a
ECS K8 M8 890M-M socket AM2 motherboard that they had priced at $39.71 + shipping.
I ended up paying $88 for an AM2 motherboard and a 160GB SATA hard drive. I thought that was a killer deal. even if it was an ECS board. I am not a gamer. I am looking for a board for just daily internet/ home busines use. Thanks for everyone that provided the link to outpost.com

It has saved me a lot of money. Even more money than Newegg!!

Robert

 

[Tomer]

Got a link to that MB I can't seem to locate it?


And yes, Outpost is in some cases better than the Egg. They have had some killer deals lately with free shipping and they get here 1 day faster.

 

[MisterE]

Originally posted by: Tomer
Nice deal, but I guess I am old school...
... anytime soon, so maybe I'm just getting old.

Wow, Tomer, you should keep an eye open for a hot deal on one of these!

 

[Keitero]

So is it a slimline drive?

 

[oscar6]

What would be better as far as speed and long term stability for a budget AMD 3600 X2 OC'ed build?

This deal or a 7200.10 160GB SATA? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148230

 

[Syndicate]

160GB 7200.9
Here
For $34.95 free ship but its an OEM/pull so warrantied only though the company it looks like. Cheaper price though.

 

[burney]

I do not think performance wise 10 is better then 9..

 

[e1guapo]

How much advantage would a 16mb cache drive have over this?

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: Syndicate
160GB 7200.9
Here
For $34.95 free ship but its an OEM/pull so warrantied only though the company it looks like. Cheaper price though.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Rogue_Computer

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Syndicate
160GB 7200.9
Here
For $34.95 free ship but its an OEM/pull so warrantied only though the company it looks like. Cheaper price though.

Why when you can get it brand you for 40?

 

[Syndicate]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth

Originally posted by: Syndicate
160GB 7200.9
Here
For $34.95 free ship but its an OEM/pull so warrantied only though the company it looks like. Cheaper price though.

Why when you can get it brand you for 40?

Just putting an alternate out there thats cheaper, 1 year warranty.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: e1guapo
How much advantage would a 16mb cache drive have over this?

Significantly faster only when you do bouceau heavy duty video decoding.

 

[cparker]

I got one of these from Outpost last year during another special. I think I paid something like 60 bucks for it then. It's been running steadily ever since, no problems al all, seems fast enough on a Venice 3000 system running at 3600 with ECS mobo (cpu/mb also picked up from Outpost on one of their specials).