$189 500GB seagate drive at Fry's (good deal?)

stompah · May 14, 2006

as posted in their ad (Renton, WA) good until 5/16.

500GB Seagate IDE drive, 7200rpm/8mb (maybe 16mb too?) 5 year warranty, retail box.

This a good deal? I know Maxtor 200s can be had for $50-70 on a regular basis and occasionaly down to $30

An OEM version @ Newegg for $298.99

Oxalic32 · May 14, 2006

Looks like you'll save around $100+. Pretty nice deal, but 500gb hds are still too much for me.

Lionsault_100 · May 14, 2006

500gig IDE? this would go nice with a 7800GS and a 3.4ghz northwood

beavismorpheus · May 14, 2006

this would be the ultimate xbox hard drive

CCUABIDExORxDIE · May 14, 2006

Lionsault_100 said:
500gig IDE? this would go nice with a 7800GS and a 3.4ghz northwood

dont ya mean 7900gs and P4 EE Gallatin?

Oxalic32 · May 14, 2006

beavismorpheus said:
this would be the ultimate xbox hard drive

Lol i feel you on that one. I modded my Xbox new case and xbox media center and put a 320gb hard drive in there.

tom10167 · May 15, 2006

That is an insane deal. If only it were SATA but even then, this is amazing.

beavismorpheus · May 15, 2006

^^^ People went crazy for the SATA drive. I saw a 500gb sata for 200 on slick deals and it was gone the same day. Id go for one if it was closer to 150.

silent bob · May 15, 2006

beavismorpheus said:
^^^ People went crazy for the SATA drive. I saw a 500gb sata for 200 on slick deals and it was gone the same day. Id go for one if it was closer to 150.

Thats 40cents a gig , of course thats a sweet deal, I mean not to mention its the biggest drive out now , and honestly , who here cant fill a 500 gig hd ?
Sata's are about 45-50 cents a gig , on average . IDE , who cares , they are only getting cheaper .

stompah · May 15, 2006

silent bob said:
Thats 40cents a gig , of course thats a sweet deal, I mean not to mention its the biggest drive out now , and honestly , who here cant fill a 500 gig hd ?
Sata's are about 45-50 cents a gig , on average . IDE , who cares , they are only getting cheaper .

I am pretty close to filling it. I will rip all of my DVDs and CD and use it in a HTPC. I have about 100gigs of movies now and probably 50 movies more to rip. not even gonna mention the CD/mp3 collection.

custom90gt · May 15, 2006

silent bob said:
I mean not to mention its the biggest drive out now .

seagate has their 750gb hdd's out now, but of course they have a premium on them.

Kendan · May 15, 2006

stompah said:
as posted in their ad (Renton, WA) good until 5/16.

500GB Seagate IDE drive, 7200rpm/8mb (maybe 16mb too?) 5 year warranty, retail box.

This a good deal? I know Maxtor 200s can be had for $50-70 on a regular basis and occasionaly down to $30

An OEM version @ Newegg for $298.99

The 16mb ones were regular price. I bought one of the ones that is on sale

stompah · May 15, 2006

This ad could be interpreted as including 16mb buffer. there is no indicator of 16mb buffer being on sale or being full price. Do note the item #.

Banyan · May 16, 2006

stompah said:
This ad could be interpreted as including 16mb buffer. there is no indicator of 16mb buffer being on sale or being full price. Do note the item #.

the drive included in this deal has 8mb buffer (it clearly states it in the brief specs)... so big ymmv on getting a 16mb drive for the price in the ad.

Lionsault_100 · May 16, 2006

CCUABIDExORxDIE said:
dont ya mean 7900gs and P4 EE Gallatin?

Pwned.

$189 500GB seagate drive at Fry's (good deal?)

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