Originally posted by: brownzilla786
same type of drive floating around this forum but its by samsung...which is better?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152025
Originally posted by: Mr Bob
$80 for that 250GB WD drive is an awesome deal.
Edit: Drive has a 1 yr warranty.
Originally posted by: Ghettocowboy
the SATA II still available as of 05/04/06 6:17 PM Pacific time. I ordered one. thank op
Originally posted by: douglasb
Check out ResellerRatings for Fry's/Outpost also. I ordered a pair of Hitachi 250GB SATA2 drives when they were on sale + rebate (yeah, like I'll ever get that), and Outpost cancelled ONE of my drives because it was "backordered" and neglected to tell me, so I found out on my own later that day and called them about it to cancel the entire order, since I needed 2 drives for RAID. While I was on the phone with the Outpost CSR, I opened another Firefox tab and checked up on my order again, and saw that in less than 2 minutes after being put on hold, the status had been changed to "shipped." I complained to the CSR and she said I could call the shipper, DHL, and tell them not to ship it, or refuse delivery. Somehow, Outpost decided they wanted to be really generous and upgrade my shipping from Ground to Priority Overnight, so the next morning my drive was on the doorstep before 10am. I'm convinced that they did this in an attempt to stick me with the drive, thinking that I wouldn't want to go through the hassle of RMA'ing it and paying return shipping, which turned out to be 7 or 8 bucks. So I ended up with nothing and had to waste my time and money sending the single drive back to them, all because they couldn't be honest or forthright enough to actually tell me that part of my order was cancelled, then they rushed to sneak the rest of the order to my door before I could cancel or refuse it.
I could write a book about Fry's/Outpost and how unethical and despicable they are, but I think ResellerRatings is enough to convince anybody to think twice before shopping there. If this deal was anywhere else on earth, I would consider it hot, but I will never buy anything from Fry's or Outpost again. You can find this same drive at LOTS of other stores that will price-match for you if you show them a Fry's ad and there is a Fry's in your area. If there isn't a Fry's store around, be glad, because they are the scum of the earth. I literally have run out of space on ResellerRatings writing my complaints about Fry's/Outpost. I used all 5,000 characters on two complaints, when I have about half a dozen more. The last one I wrote about (the one linked in my sig) was the straw that broke the camel's back, and I STRONGLY advise anyone from doing any business with Fry's/Outpost.
Originally posted by: Jolt2
Dead deal. $159.99 and $139.99 now.
Thats pretty much what I been telling people around me all along, speed difference is quite negligible, so base your judgement on noise, vibration, heat generation, and most importantly, price. Aside from rampant fanboysm seen in some of the posts up there, I had drives fail on me from all different manufacturers - IBM, seagate, connor, quantum, samsung, WD. IMO, there is a lemon for any brand, so just avoid lineups that are particularly notorious for quality control issues (i.e. 60GXP/75GXP). Personally, I find idle noise the single most deiciding factor and naturally would go for samsung. On the other hand, I could see a hardcore overclocker going for WD to minimize heat generation as much as possible.Samsung SpinPoint P120: Samsung's flagship no longer stands contrasted against competing units twice its size. In our productivity suite, the drive offers decent performance, placing near the top in both the Office and High-End tests. For gaming purposes, however, Samsung's design languishes near the bottom of the charts. On the plus side, even when going up against same-size competition, the SpinPoint's noise levels and power consumption are among the best around.
Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS: The WD2500KS is built on an older platform, evidenced most clearly by its less dense, 83-gigabyte platters. It nonetheless offers above-average performance and manages to capture the number one slot in the Office DriveMark as well as our World of Warcraft trace. The drive's idle noise floor is not nearly as loud as objective measurements may suggest. It also offers the coolest overall operation of all drives in the roundup. The Caviar is the only review drive that does not offer NCQ - while this is no drawback in single-user applications, the drive's scores suffer under multi-user patterns.
We would be remiss without noting that, overall, performance differences between all five contenders remain relatively small. These days, 250 gigabyte SATA drives are commodities; all players have honed their offerings down to levels where distinguishing between them on the basis of performance, environmental factors, and price can be quite difficult. Absolute fastest? Hitachi. Least expensive? Maxtor. Quietest? Samsung. None of these factors matter? Choose your favorite brand.
As demonstrated by drives from Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital, one does give up more than sheer space when moving down to a commodity 250 gigabyte drive from a capacious flagship. Also, Maxtor and Samsung both have larger units right around the corner. Keep this in mind when allocating your budget towards various components... a bit more dough gets you more capacity and more speed.
Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
$.32 / gb on the SATA II drive.
$.28 / gb on the PATA drive.
I'd say they are both warm.
Originally posted by: Richardito
PATA deal is now dead. There is a Seagate for $80 with free shipping available (5yr warranty):
Seagate 250GB PATA
Originally posted by: Richardito
PATA deal is now dead. There is a Seagate for $80 with free shipping available (5yr warranty):
Seagate 250GB PATA