Where to buy laptop hard drives?

Lionsault_100

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• Jul 4, 2009

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I need some cheap PATA laptop hard drives, any ideas?

 

dylskee

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• Jul 4, 2009

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I haven't had to buy a laptop HDD in a while but I remember www.mwave.com being the best price on laptop HDDs but like I said, it's been a while. Worth a look though.

 

benbaked

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• Jul 4, 2009

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What size are you looking for? I bought my last laptop drive for my iBook from B&H, it was a WD Scorpio 160GB IDE with free shipping and no tax. Here is a 320GB Scorpio for $99, free shipping. Here is a Scorpio 250GB for $79, free shipping. Both are IDE.

 

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• Jul 4, 2009

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Pagesize=100

 

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Lionsault_100

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those actually arent terrible prices, but i am looking for 20 and 30 gig for 20 or lower, the 250 for 80 bucks is very intresting.

 

benbaked

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Hah, either Google Product Search failed me or I failed in my searching. I entirely missed that 320GB scorpio at newegg for $89 shipped. That's good, best deal on that list of newegg drives IMO.

 

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• Jul 5, 2009

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Depends on the BIOS, older laptop would defiantly not work with 320GB. What model laptop?

 

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4GHZ_or_bust said:

Depends on the BIOS, older laptop would defiantly not work with 320GB. What model laptop?

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If you have an ATA-6 or higher IDE controller you can handle the 320GB size.