Fireware needs suggestions on a new hard drive

Any off topic discussions should go in this forum. Post count is not increased by posting here.
Archive Access status is required to post in this forum. Find out how to get it
Forum rules
Any off topic discussions should go in this forum. Post count is not increased by posting here.
Archive Access status is required to post in this forum. Find out how to get it
Locked
Bender
User avatar
Donator
Posts: 1524
Joined: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:30 pm

Fireware needs suggestions on a new hard drive

Post by Bender »

I need something over 300gb, and under USD $100. Any suggestions will be considered.
Image
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; mimic; rv:9.3.2) Clecko/20120101 Classilla/CFM
"Stupid can opener! You killed my father, and now you've come back for me!"

pr0gram the pr0grammer
Donator
Posts: 698
Joined: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:05 pm
Location: Or-stray-liagh

Post by pr0gram the pr0grammer »

Seagate have been pretty good to me ... and you can get a 320gb Seagate SATA for $74.99US from Newegg.
pr0gram the pr0grammer
BetaArchive retiree | OSBA Expat

spaceship9
User avatar
Posts: 201
Joined: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:05 am
Location: USA
Contact:

Post by spaceship9 »

go with seagate
I got a 300GB PATA with.. good everything really... doesn't run hot, fast, and REALLY cheap... IDE/SATA compatible..
costs generally ~$70
Image

If you're havin' IE problems, I feel bad for you, son - I got 99 problems but a browser ain't one. - DJ Danger Mime


Image
include email

Andy
User avatar
Administrator
Posts: 12815
Joined: Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:47 am
Location: United Kingdom
Contact:

Post by Andy »

Sticky for this? Don't abuse your mod powers. Its not worth being a sticky. Unstickied.

expert01
Posts: 352
Joined: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:28 pm

Post by expert01 »

Seems average price is about $0.20 per GB. Check the hot deals section at forums.anandtech.com and you should get all the best deals

For instance:
500GB for $89 http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4551377
750GB for $105 http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx ... ia=CA51140
300GB for $60 http://shop1.outpost.com/product/498782 ... IN_RSLT_PG
250GB for $50 http://shop1.outpost.com/product/459625 ... IN_RSLT_PG

Bender
User avatar
Donator
Posts: 1524
Joined: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:30 pm

Post by Bender »

This was a sticky? Sorry Andy, must of accidentally checked it.
Image
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; mimic; rv:9.3.2) Clecko/20120101 Classilla/CFM
"Stupid can opener! You killed my father, and now you've come back for me!"

Locked