WD 750gb 16mb SATA 3.0gb Hard Drive $139.99

[Capt Caveman]

The lowest I've seen for a 750gb hard drive.

Link

Use Promo Code EMCACBEBK for $20 discount

 

[Zap]

No kidding, beats the previous lowest price by $10. Now if only the 1TB drives would drop below $200...

 

[AmberClad]

This is a great deal for a 750 gigger. Just an FYI, this is the Caviar GP (Green Power), not the regular Caviar. Very lower power consumption and noise, but somewhat average performance, so keep that in mind if you're looking for an OS drive.

 

[Mitch101]

Has anyone gotten this to work? I got the e-mail this morning from NewEgg but it didnt work that way either. Did they promo the wrong drive?

 

[AmberClad]

I just tested it (EMCACBEBK), and it worked fine for me.

 

[Mitch101]

Strange it wont work for me at all. Apply Promo Code nope I get the message: This promo code you entered is only available for specific programs.

Thoughts? I got the e-mail for this and it didn't say I had to purchase anything else.

 

[PCNewb]

Originally posted by: Mitch101
Strange it wont work for me at all. Apply Promo Code nope I get the message: This promo code you entered is only available for specific programs.

Thoughts? I got the e-mail for this and it didn't say I had to purchase anything else.

Worked for me. Not trying to add anything to your order, or any other code, right?

"Promotional code discount can not be combined with combo or gift item on same order."

 

[Slick5150]

Just open a chat with one of their CSRs if the code doesn't work. They'll ask you to place the order anyways then manually adjust the price for you. I've had this happen a couple of times and they did it without a problem.

 

[AmberClad]

Did you just recently sign up?

 

[Mitch101]

No but about a week ago I changed my e-mail address. My guess is that its based upon the e-mail address. I still get mail from the old e-mail address and eventually that will stop and its on 2 of my old e-mail addresses that I received the message about the deal. Both of which I removed from my account when I got a new one.

I'm not sure what is going on with NewEgg but ClubIT has now replaced them as my favorite vendor online. Between the price gouging on new items and now this deal after being a customer since they probably started I don't know what to say. I shouldn't have to talk to a CSR every time I place an order now as most of the CSR's are just used car salesman with poor attitudes. Sorry Egg I wanted to but I will just get it from someone else. The Egg has broken.

Over the last few months since the ATI 3850/3870 and GeForce 8800GT were released I have had a lot of friends getting disgusted with NewEgg. Many with orders being broken and shipping charges being way too high and most recently with price gouging. I'm not sure what has happened in the last 6 months but they are defiantly going down hill for a lot of people I know.

 

[Pardus]

You must be subscribed to the free Newegg newsletter for at least 24 hours to use the promo code.

 

[Mitch101]

Ive been a member for years and changed my e-mail address about a week ago. Bad Egg! ClubIT price matched me on a 750gb drive.

 

[kidsafe]

Lowest price on a 750GB I've seen w/o rebate, but be aware this isn't a 7200 RPM drive. GreenPower drives have a fixed RPM of somewhere between 5400 and 7200 RPM.

 

[AmberClad]

From the reviews I've seen, I recall that it was closer to the 5400RPM end of the scale...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
This is a great deal for a 750 gigger. Just an FYI, this is the Caviar GP (Green Power), not the regular Caviar. Very lower power consumption and noise, but somewhat average performance, so keep that in mind if you're looking for an OS drive.

5400 RPM drive. the areal density is so high that the xfer rates are still pretty good, though seek times will be lower than comparable 7200 rpm drives.




think i'll get one for my external SATA box. it gets quite warm when the fan isn't on, but the fan is annoying sounding. plus, i'll be able to back up my whole computer to it, rather than just most of my computer as with the current 500GB that's in there now.

<--- will now have 2 500 GB drives not doing anything.

 

[jjmIII]

HHMmmm, why couldn't this just be a regular 7200rpm......I'd be on it!!

EDIT: Review
EDIT2: Review

 

[AMDZen]

I jumped, seems like the consensus is that these drives should last a lot longer as well. Speed isn't as important as reliability and it still does good for large data copy's since it spins up to 7200 rpm

 

[kidsafe]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
I jumped, seems like the consensus is that these drives should last a lot longer as well. Speed isn't as important as reliability and it still does good for large data copy's since it spins up to 7200 rpm

Nah, that's dodgy marketing hooplah. GreenPower drives don't actually have variable RPM. Each model spins at an unspecified RPM. But yeah, I agree, they aren't bad drives at all. They're quieter, cooler, and sip a little bit less power.

 

[Ricochet]

Best price I've seen so far @ less than $.19 per gig. This really puts me in a dilemma because I'm waiting for the 1TB to come down in price.

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
...seems like the consensus is that these drives should last a lot longer as well. Speed isn't as important as reliability ...

reliability would seem to be better with lower heat, but the issue I have with WD is the warranty - as long as Seagate is backing their drives for 5 years (vs 3 years --I think-- for this model), I have to look for Seagates.

here is WD's warranty information page.
http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp

when your drive dies, you want to be able to RMA it. your drive WILL die, its just a question of when.

(edit: pare down quote)

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: onelove

Originally posted by: AMDZen
...seems like the consensus is that these drives should last a lot longer as well. Speed isn't as important as reliability ...

reliability would seem to be better with lower heat, but the issue I have with WD is the warranty - as long as Seagate is backing their drives for 5 years (vs 3 years --I think-- for this model), I have to look for Seagates.

here is WD's warranty information page.
http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp

when your drive dies, you want to be able to RMA it. your drive WILL die, its just a question of when.

(edit: pare down quote)

i honestly dont think this is that big an issue. i mean the warranty is still 3 years. a 750gb drive after 3 years.... will not cost much to replace. i'm assuming if you have to replace your drive all the data is lost anyway.


as far as im concerned i just want the data to be reliable. in 3 years 750gb will be like $40 after a rebate and be a faster drive. so i guess thats what it comes downto. newegg has the much faster 7200.11 for $169 actually 750gb. which is a pretty decent deal, but if slower drives means more relaible then if its just for storage maybe its still better at least from a data loss perspective to just get the greenpower. i mean if i was going to use an external raid nas like a linksys nas200 or whatver 2 green powers probably would be better than 2 longer warranty 7200.11s

 

[onelove]

I like the idea of supporting hardware mfgrs to produce greener products.

However, this product looks like WD is re-using old technology (5400rpm, which is what these run at) and branding it "green". I'd be curious to know whether these "green" products are manufactured using low-lead/low-mercury/low cadmium/etc processes. I see no mention of this on WD's page discussing the product.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=336
I'm guessing that means no, but I'd love to know if I'm wrong.

Anyway, this is Hot Deals, I know, but because WD is marketing what is essentially a last-gen product in what seems to be a crass way to jump on the greenwagon, I just thought to point it out.
Here is information regarding lead free manufacturing etc:
http://www.multicircuits.com/pcb/tech/lead_free.html
http://www.no-burn.org/regional/pdf/poisonpcs.pdf

I bet if you test power consumption of other old 5400 drives, you'd find similar power consumption numbers to those on this drive.

The older tech 5400 speed combined with the newer high density platters will make this drive cheap-cheaper-cheaperer.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: onelove

Originally posted by: AMDZen
...seems like the consensus is that these drives should last a lot longer as well. Speed isn't as important as reliability ...

reliability would seem to be better with lower heat, but the issue I have with WD is the warranty - as long as Seagate is backing their drives for 5 years (vs 3 years --I think-- for this model), I have to look for Seagates.

here is WD's warranty information page.
http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp

when your drive dies, you want to be able to RMA it. your drive WILL die, its just a question of when.

(edit: pare down quote)

aren't the .11 drives somewhat infamous for higher than usual failure rates? I, for one, value the data on the drive far more than the actual physical device. as hans007 has pointed out, the inevitable advance in technology would most likely make replacement costs more than manageable if they do happen to fail at all.

for me slight difference in boot times and such doesnt bother me at all. none of the recent hdd purchases had me yerning for more speed. the popular notion of heat and noise issue of recent seagate drives does have me concerned. (note: this is all relative, it is NOT quiet just because you have a loud system that muffles the noise coming from a drive) so is it just the firmware or issue or what?

 

[Nessism]

Originally posted by: onelove
I like the idea of supporting hardware mfgrs to produce greener products.

I'd be curious to know whether these "green" products are manufactured using low-lead/low-mercury/low cadmium/etc processes.

Just about everything in the electronics consumer products industry is RoHS compliant these days which means it's lead free. This is not necessarily a positive though if you want reliability. The aerospace and medical industry is exempt from these requirements since reliability must be maintained and the jury is still out on the lead free stuff.

 

[Zap]

I bought one. Now I see it is a 5400RPM drive, but that's okay since I was thinking of getting one of these in a 1TB size anyways as a data-only drive. Still, IMO pretty shady of WD to advertise them with "7200RPM" anywhere in the specs.