Smoking hot: 300GB Segate PATA for 79.99 AR

[ncage]

Title Says it all. Here you go peoples:
http://www.outpost.com/entry?site=op:mfe031406&sku=4280824

 

[soflawill]

good deal with the free shipping

 

[Lemanz]

This is hot. I have gotten both of my last 2 seagate and hitachi rebates from Fry's Hard drive deals.

Free shipping

 

[furballi]

I think the PATA 250GB with 16MB cache for $70 is a better deal.

 

[paulney]

Pretty good deal, I think. I was waiting for somethng like that - need an extra drive for storage. Thanks for the heads up, OP!

 

[Ricemarine]

Good deal for those who don't get charged tax

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: furballi
I think the PATA 250GB with 16MB cache for $70 is a better deal.

The deal that ended 3/9 and is therefore no longer a deal? Riiight.

 

[furballi]

It will return. Too many of those drives on Fry's shelves.

 

[ajikan]

wow, nice

 

[mikeford]

My current Frys ad for Orange, Ca has the 300gb for $119 - $50 rebate, says 8MB with a popup next to it saying 16MB available, no clue what that means. Price is good til Tuesday, getting one is on my list.

 

[SleepyB]

Originally posted by: mikeford
My current Frys ad for Orange, Ca has the 300gb for $119 - $50 rebate, says 8MB with a popup next to it saying 16MB available, no clue what that means. Price is good til Tuesday, getting one is on my list.

I saw this in today, Sunday, LA Times ad too. I think both models quality, so it's better to get 16MB cache of course. If you manage to get a 16MB cache one Mike, can you post the model no./part no.? Just wondering if these are the 7200.8 or 7200.9 models.

LA Times ad (works only on Sunday 3/12)

If they're offering 7200.9 with 16MB cache I'll go pick one up. I think the 7200.9 300GB are using 2 short-stroked 160GB platters. The 7200.8 uses 3 platters.

Also gonna run down to Fry's Wed/Thurs for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. Can't believe they're selling it for $23.99. That availability date keeps changing.

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis...es/marketing/detail/0,1081,627,00.html
(8MB) 7200.8
ST3300831A-RK
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis...es/marketing/detail/0,1081,731,00.html
(16MB) 7200.8
ST3300631A-RK
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis...es/marketing/detail/0,1081,708,00.html
(16MB) 7200.9
ST3300622A-RK

 

[furballi]

7200.8 has 133GB/platter. 7200.9 uses 120GB/platter. There are reports about the low reliability of the 7200.8.

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: mikeford
My current Frys ad for Orange, Ca has the 300gb for $119 - $50 rebate, says 8MB with a popup next to it saying 16MB available, no clue what that means. Price is good til Tuesday, getting one is on my list.

Last Christmas, the Bayarea Fry's had the same thing going on with both drives (8 MB and 16 MB cache), qualifying on the same rebate. The 16 MB drive was 30.00 higher if I remember correctly. My guess is the same thing will happen with this drive. The 16 MB version will be more expensive, but both qualify for the same 50.00 rebate. If I go to Fry's today, I will post back.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I picked one of these up yesterday at the Wilsonville,OR Fry's Made me very happy, just wish it was SATA.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: furballi
I think the PATA 250GB with 16MB cache for $70 is a better deal.

26.7 cents per gig < 28 cents per gig. its close but the 300GB drive is the better deal. As long as the warranty is the same or better (of which the 300GB drive has that 5 year), don't be fooled by the cache. Only SATA could make the 250GB drive a possibly better deal, of which it is not.

 

[MrCoyote]

Originally posted by: furballi
7200.8 has 133GB/platter. 7200.9 uses 120GB/platter. There are reports about the low reliability of the 7200.8.

Link to said low reliability? I'm buying one anyway. I will use it for archiving my DV files. It will just sit on a shelf for years.

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: MrCoyote

Originally posted by: furballi
7200.8 has 133GB/platter. 7200.9 uses 120GB/platter. There are reports about the low reliability of the 7200.8.

Link to said low reliability? I'm buying one anyway. I will use it for archiving my DV files. It will just sit on a shelf for years.

7200.8

 

[toneman]

Originally posted by: esquared

Originally posted by: MrCoyote

Originally posted by: furballi
7200.8 has 133GB/platter. 7200.9 uses 120GB/platter. There are reports about the low reliability of the 7200.8.

Link to said low reliability? I'm buying one anyway. I will use it for archiving my DV files. It will just sit on a shelf for years.

7200.8

Is the performance identical between SATA and PATA versions of this drive? I ask because the review in the link you provided discusses testing on the SATA version. Maybe the performance is probably the same between the two, but technically an "apples and oranges" comparo if you're attempting to provide proof that the Seagate 300 GB PATA drive (ST3300831A-RK) is an underachiever.

In any case--like MrCoyote, I bought it strictly for video storage; it'll probably get fired up maybe once a week for maybe an hour (probably less), at most...so if it does fail, it won't be due to it being busy like a mofo...

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: toneman

Originally posted by: esquared

Originally posted by: MrCoyote

Originally posted by: furballi
7200.8 has 133GB/platter. 7200.9 uses 120GB/platter. There are reports about the low reliability of the 7200.8.

Link to said low reliability? I'm buying one anyway. I will use it for archiving my DV files. It will just sit on a shelf for years.

7200.8

Is the performance identical between SATA and PATA versions of this drive? I ask because the review in the link you provided discusses testing on the SATA version. Maybe the performance is probably the same between the two, but technically an "apples and oranges" comparo if you're attempting to provide proof that the Seagate 300 GB PATA drive (ST3300831A-RK) is an underachiever.

In any case--like MrCoyote, I bought it strictly for video storage; it'll probably get fired up maybe once a week for maybe an hour (probably less), at most...so if it does fail, it won't be due to it being busy like a mofo...

Storage review doesn't separate the SATA from the PATA. Look at the reliability link for the 7200.7 series below. It lumps them all in as a series AFAIK. The 7200.8 does just include the SATA as far as the introduction page, because the review was from Jan 2005. The reliability might very well have the 7200.8 PATA drives included since Jan 2005. I am not defending anything one way or another. I was just providing a link for the reliability on the 7200.8 series.
7200.7 drives SATA and PATA
7200.7 reliability