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my neighbor wants the biggest HD she can get for carrying around mp3's to friends. she wants external. naturally she called her comp guru accross the street as she called me :p
i told her she can save $$$ by bying internal and gettin an enclosure..so guys
i know i can get a 250gig HD for under $100..you guys know anything bigger than that for a reasonable price? :cool:
im also lookin on a good deal for a enclosure..im not sure if enclosures these days support sata or not..so if they do bring it on as the usb 2.0 or firewire may benifit!
so even if you find a 400gb for a good price please post it!
Fr3@k3r
11-09-05, 01:18 PM
Tiger direct has a refurbed 300GB Sata drive for $89 after $45 rebate...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1121653&CatId=139
jack222
11-09-05, 01:53 PM
Tiger direct has a refurbed 300GB Sata drive for $89 after $45 rebate...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1121653&CatId=139
You'll never get the rebate.
Plus it's Maxtor. :eh?:
Fr3@k3r
11-09-05, 02:16 PM
You'll never get the rebate.
Plus it's Maxtor. :eh?:
ive done 15+ rebates and have gotten them all..
Maxtor is a good brand, dont knock it unless you've had problems.
jadakada
11-09-05, 02:20 PM
ill knock it, I haven't got my rebate yet, its been 2 mounths, Ive called, horrible service, this is why I hate rebates, just take the money off the price, dont make me send you a rebate form and hope to god I forget about it. pfft.
anything with moving parts is bound to fail. when it comes to hard drives, buy the one with the best warranty.
i found a 300gb maxtor for $120 shipped @ the egg - 3yr warrenty. i think ill jump on that
now to pick out a external enclosure!
You'll never get the rebate.
Plus it's Maxtor. :eh?:
iv had an exellent experience w/maxtor :shrug:
Benvanz
11-09-05, 03:03 PM
Plus it's Maxtor. :eh?:
Maxtor is what only use :)
jack222
11-09-05, 03:21 PM
Well, I personally haven't had a great experience with them.
But hey, i'm only 1 person. They just had a tedency to die on me.
GL with it. :)
squirtle632
11-09-05, 04:18 PM
Not much better on Maxtor from me.
Hitachis are running good for me......... 3yr warr.
Quailane
11-09-05, 07:04 PM
I think you'll have to do PATA and not SATA if you want to do external.
I have seen a few external SATA enclosures but you are sure to have a bigger selection if you look for PATA. They might be cheaper too.
anvil82
11-09-05, 11:19 PM
250gbs of mp3s?
Assuming she has 100gb of mp3s, that's 25 dvd-r that can be had for less than $15.
I know it's not nearly as versatile, but it's just another option, and of course doesn't allow for sharing mp3s.
we ordered a 300gb a couple hours ago along w/a enclosure that has a 80mm fan!
should work well
Nathan0490
11-10-05, 02:36 AM
we ordered a 300gb a couple hours ago along w/a enclosure that has a 80mm fan!
should work well
250 gigs is way too much for mp3s :eh?:
I tend to have maxtors catch fire, no kidding :D
deathman20
11-10-05, 08:09 AM
I've only had a problem with maxtor years ago. It was a 15gig drive and what ya know they ship a new one i ship the old one back after I get the info off the drive and it was a 30gig maxtor :) There service is good and they backed there warrenty then i'd still trust them.
I've used Seagate, Hatachi, Maxtor, WD. Like them all but currently in my new system I got 2x 250gig Hatachi SATA II's (hey they where cheap) and an external 160gig Seagate. All work very well and there quiet and don't put out much if any heat.
Maxtor and WD is a little nosier, expecially the Raptors. But other then that there all good drives. None but that one 15gig have givin me problems. It did fail on me after all the info was off the drive though and did a few format runs.
telexen
11-10-05, 08:55 AM
I hate it when people who've had one Maxtor drive go bad think they're the worst brand ever.
I've owned mostly Maxtor drives for a few years...a convert after a couple dozen WDs between myself and clients died prematurely. I've NEVER had ONE SINGLE Maxtor fail on me...and only one on a client.
And don't be complaining about waiting 2 months on a rebate to come back..that's really not very long. My latest Seagate rebate took longer than that.
squirtle632
11-10-05, 09:15 AM
Personally,
I have had at least 6 Maxtors in past few years.
Only 1 is still working.
Archer36
11-10-05, 10:39 AM
I have 3 maxtors all at least 3 years old, none of them gave me any problems. Infact my 120gig has been droped a few times and it runs like a charm.
maelstromracing
11-10-05, 11:00 AM
WD for me....even the one from 1993 is still up and running. I will stick with them.... I have a fujitsu from 97 that still works great. Don't have any working Deathstars or MAxors....
mysubaruimp
11-10-05, 11:14 AM
I just ordered 4 Maxtor drives. All the same kind, from Newegg at the same time. 2 of them were DOA. 50% is not very good odds if you ask me.
ManOman
11-10-05, 11:19 AM
250 gigs is way too much for mp3s :eh?:
It really all depends on what you're using them for and how many you have.
The DJ for our Wedding had approximately 1tb worth of mp3's.
Quailane
11-10-05, 11:58 AM
I have seen a few external SATA enclosures but you are sure to have a bigger selection if you look for PATA. They might be cheaper too.
The external SATA enclosures that I have seen that go for less than the cost of the drive to go in them use eSATA to connect to the PC, which almost nobody has.
250 gigs is way too much for mp3s :eh?:
My 160gb is almost chock full of MP3's
twEEkerAreUs
11-10-05, 03:46 PM
Seagate>Maxtor and I'll also note Western Digital isn't bad either. I think I qualify when I say Maxtors do not seem to last....I bought 8 indentical hard drives back when I building some comps for myself & friends. 1 of them today is still working, yes you heard right 1! What a headache, after I started buying Seagate again I've had ZERO issues,
2x 120Gig Seagates (Identical)
1x 160 Western Digital
Can't wait for Black Friday this year again Woooo
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