What's up with these maxtor drives?

Sjaak · Jun 24, 2004

Hmz...i found something weird in our dutch pricewatch:

Maxtor 160GB (DiamondMax Plus 9, 7200rpm, 8MB, SATA) € 102,-

Maxtor 120GB (DiamondMax Plus 9, 7200rpm, 8MB, SATA) € 90,-

and these:

Maxtor 160GB (7200rpm, 8MB, SATA) (L14M160) Retail € 124,-

Maxtor 120GB (7200rpm, 8MB, S-ATA) (L14M120) Retail € 115,-

The only difference between them is the 'L14M160' and 'L14M120' part, but why does that make them somuch more expensive?

anyone an idea? :eh?:

FTC · Jun 24, 2004

Yes, usually retail parts are more expensive than OEM ones.... And not only for the added packing box, cables and manual included... specifically with disk drives the warranty can also be shorter for OEMs (don't know if this is the case though).

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FTC

Sjaak · Jun 24, 2004

Usually when i buy my drives they come in a plastic seal..nothing more. Could be the more expensive ones have them cables, manuals etc, but does that make them 20% more expensive?

Jognt · Jun 25, 2004

i dont know the difference... but have you thought of the possibility of those being the same?

the first "cheap" one, varies from 102 euros, to 190 euros! so maybe the other two belong in that list aswell...

Sjaak · Jun 25, 2004

Could be, but then why would they list the 'L14M160' and 'L14M120' parts as special features?

seamadan000 · Jun 25, 2004

the more expensive one may be the liquid ball bearing version of the drive

Sjaak · Jun 25, 2004

seamadan000 said:
the more expensive one may be the liquid ball bearing version of the drive

uhh what do you mean? AFAIK, all the diamondmax plus 9 drives have liquid bearing instead of ball (Fluid Dynamic Bearing motors or somethin)

MisterEd · Jun 25, 2004

If you follow the links it is obvious that the cheaper ones are "bare drives" while the more expensive drives are "retail drive kits".
For example:
Maxtor 120GB DiamondMax Plus 9 S-ATA 7200rpm 8MB Cache 6Y120MO €95,00
Maxtor 160GB DiamondMax Plus 9 S-ATA 7200rpm 8MB Cache 6Y160MO €110,00
Maxtor 120GB RTL 7200rpm S-ATA 8MB Cache L14M120 €115,00
Maxtor 160GB RTL 7200rpm S-ATA 8MB Cache L14M160 €132,00

Maxtor Bare Drives: 6Y120MO, 6Y160MO
Maxtor Retail Drive Kits: L14M120, L14M160

Sjaak · Jun 26, 2004

Hmz. Big price difference for just the 'extras' Whatever, i don't need them, ill go with the cheap ones

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