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kinitex
11-22-07, 09:54 PM
Anyone know of any online sales? Im looking to buy a couple 500s for a raid setup. Cheapest I can find right now is $134 at ncix.
DvBoard
11-22-07, 10:10 PM
Newegg had 'em for $125 last week when i ordered 'em. Dunno if they are still at that price or not though.
redrumy3
11-22-07, 10:28 PM
zzf i think has them for 120

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005939&ps=ho4
Twigglish
11-22-07, 10:41 PM
man fu**. Can you please include a question mark in the title??
Ive been looking hard for good HD deals for the past 2 weeks, and you got me seriously excited.
downer
11-23-07, 12:08 AM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB will be $109.99 w/ Free shipping starting at 12AM PST at Newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288
scoobydoo
11-23-07, 12:15 AM
frys has the seagate 650gb for $110
g0dM@n
11-23-07, 07:37 AM
frys has the seagate 650gb for $110

huh? you mean 750? and are you serious... cuz i'd SNATCH that... but i'm guessing you mean B&M, which i don't have. :(
blackfury
11-23-07, 07:41 AM
huh? you mean 750? and are you serious... cuz i'd SNATCH that... but i'm guessing you mean B&M, which i don't have. :(

Its online - http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5448089
ata/100 though.
g0dM@n
11-23-07, 07:44 AM
Its online - http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5448089
ata/100 though.

i thought 650gb was a typo... i wonder what that's about... four 160gb platters rounded up? no... that doesn't sound right... perhaps it's a 750gb with 100gb unavailable to increase avg speed rating? who knows.
leftheaded
11-23-07, 10:38 AM
i can't find that 650GB on seagate's website either. what model can i compare this too on their datasheets?
kinitex
11-23-07, 12:57 PM
Why does newegg not ship to Canada :bang head
RocketChild
11-23-07, 08:47 PM
Honestly, a Seagate 500GB@$110 is not a great deal. The price on those drives has hovered around that mark for several months now. It would be something if it was $90 w/ free shipping...which I have seen that deal a year ago on WD and some Seagates (but they were short lived). I think the advertising you're seeing for $110 is to make you think that you are getting a great deal. Just a trick ploy.
seer33
11-25-07, 08:56 PM
I paid 250 for a 1TB 32meg cache I figure the extra $30 was worth 1 drive vs two.
NedClocker
11-25-07, 10:23 PM
I paid 250 for a 1TB 32meg cache I figure the extra $30 was worth 1 drive vs two.

Depends. ;)
inkfx
11-25-07, 10:26 PM
Honestly, a Seagate 500GB@$110 is not a great deal. The price on those drives has hovered around that mark for several months now. It would be something if it was $90 w/ free shipping...which I have seen that deal a year ago on WD and some Seagates (but they were short lived). I think the advertising you're seeing for $110 is to make you think that you are getting a great deal. Just a trick ploy.
Yeah, but this is the new Seagate drive. (7200.11) They were just introduced not to long ago so I doubt you will be finding better deals on it.
satandole666
11-25-07, 10:36 PM
Isn't this drive essentially the fastest 7200rpm drive out there?

I'll be picking up a couple of these beauties once the fan fare dies down. I was a nub when I bought my hard drive and I'm pretty sure that, other than capacity, it sucks.
Randyman...
11-25-07, 10:47 PM
These are the 32MB drives that do 100MB/s and up :eek: . The ones Rocket Child refers to were the 7200.10 with 16MB and closer to 75MB/s speeds... And the 7200.10 320GB's were more like $80 (the 500GB 7200.10's were more like $100 IIRC)...

I'm STILL holding out for 3x 750 7200.11's. I almost broke down and did 4x 500's when NewEgg had them for $109/ea free shipping, but then I know I'll fill those up quick, and my RAID-5 card only has 4 ports. I'm hoping 3x 750's will allow me some expansion (add a 4th 750 later)...

Anyone know when the 7200.11 750's are due out? I figured we would have seen them by now? My RAID-5 array has been full for like 4 months now as I wait...

And what is up with that 650GB PATA? That is odd... Maybe a 1TB with a bunch of defects mapped-out or something?

:cool:
inkfx
11-25-07, 11:32 PM
100mb/s and up? I thought they were still 'only' around 85-90mb/s?
Randyman...
11-25-07, 11:41 PM
That's probably what I'm expecting out of them, but Seagate published a 105MB/s STR for them IIRC...

:cool:
inkfx
11-25-07, 11:59 PM
Check out this thread.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=535220

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d6/VinnyTAMU/Test_002.jpg

Not the 105mb they said but still very, very nice for a 500GB HDD. If I had the money, I'd replace my current storage drives with these.
Randyman...
12-04-07, 11:30 PM
I couldn't wait for Neweg to get the 7200.11 750's. I saw that a place called "Micro Dimensions" had like 30,000 of the 750's in stock :eek: , so I pulled the trigger.

3x 750GB 7200.11's for $216/ea. They arrived on Monday. I re-built my RAID-5 array last night (on a true Areca 1210 XoR Raid card), but I haven't had a chance to bench the array yet. I was slightly worried that my RAID card might not play well with the 32MB buffers, but it seems fine and dandy.

Once I finish copying my data back over, I'll try to knock out a few benches. I still have an open port too - so I'll be adding a 4th 750GB in a few months. Yeah :D It will be interesting to see if 3x 7200.11 750GB's will surpass my old array with 4x 7200.10 320GB's on the same controller...

:cool: