Dell Home has the 2-Pack Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $270 - $70 off coupon code MZ7$L7$7DCG5BC [Exp 6/12, 1000] = $200 with free shipping. Features a rotational speed of 7200RPM and 32MB Cache. Here's Seagate's site pimping this drive. [Compare]
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#1
RKLE - Posted 8:37 am PDT 06/8/09 (6232 Posts)
solid drive for a good price. I have never had a seagate go out, stay away maxtor
#2
gummy - Posted 8:42 am PDT 06/8/09 (572 Posts)
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#1: You realize that Maxtor is a Seagate brand at this point (e, they are produced by Seagate)?
In any case, for those that need to mirror 1.5TB or need the full 3GB, this is a good deal on a good drive. These drives had a simply horrible reputation whent they were first released, but a firmware fix addressed the abominable performance. I have one, and it has proven reliable and performs well other than an unusually long (but still just a few seconds) spinup time when it powers down for energy savings.
#3
evanjc - Posted 8:42 am PDT 06/8/09 (16 Posts)
don't know if this one has firmware problem?
#4
gummy - Posted 8:44 am PDT 06/8/09 (572 Posts)
#3 - It is highly unlikely to, as everything Seagate has made for the last 6 months or so has the update. Even if you did find some freak "old stock", the update is downloadable from Seagate's website.
#5
goldenboyfx - Posted 8:47 am PDT 06/8/09 (1075 Posts)
How much speed difference will I NOTICE when I replace my 250 gb Seagate 7200.10 with one of these?
#6
eeraser - Posted 8:53 am PDT 06/8/09 (91 Posts)
I think this sounds like a good candidate for a NAS back-up solution.
#7
1 - Posted 8:58 am PDT 06/8/09 (703 Posts)
I am pretty damn sure this is part of the bad batch.
#8
forks - Posted 8:58 am PDT 06/8/09 (51 Posts)
#5 You won't notice any speed difference. You will notice a 6x capacity difference.
#9
btc909 - Posted 9:02 am PDT 06/8/09 (1091 Posts)
Seagate must be dumping these trash drives. One of these already died on me. I suspect another one is going to go.
#10
JakeBlade - Posted 9:15 am PDT 06/8/09 (560 Posts)
Or only $130 on
#11
frankburnz - Posted 9:15 am PDT 06/8/09 (606 Posts)
They have fixed the firmware issues. CCH1 is good firmware, SD1X is bad drives.
#12
the lawyer - Posted 9:58 am PDT 06/8/09 (3749 Posts)
yeah 130 great price yeah right.
#13
N2DVD - Posted 10:24 am PDT 06/8/09 (138 Posts)
Makes me wish I had the $. Not a bad deal.
#14
omega55 - Posted 10:59 am PDT 06/8/09 (160 Posts)
I gave up on Seagate hard drives about 6 months ago because of my personal experience with failure rate. Maybe they're making them better now, who knows. I'll stick with WD's. WD are extremely quiet compared to Seagate.
#15
bestdeals - Posted 11:37 am PDT 06/8/09 (127 Posts)
Although you can only buy one, Fry's has the single retail version for $117, http://www.frys.com/product/5803213
#16
TheBS - Posted 12:07 pm PDT 06/8/09 (1228 Posts)
Well, for that price, I'm game.
#17
nuwan - Posted 1:03 pm PDT 06/8/09 (71 Posts)
Few months back Dell sold this drive for $85. I got one before it went out of stock within hours. This drive is really fast compared to the 400GB I have before. And it didnt have that firmware problem some of the earlier batche had. So I believe what u get from them are good drives with new firmware.
#18
the lawyer - Posted 1:49 pm PDT 06/8/09 (3749 Posts)
never had a problem with seagates
#19
WartHog - Posted 2:08 pm PDT 06/8/09 (52 Posts)
"Few months back Dell sold this drive for $85."
Yep, me too. Great drive.
Yep, me too. Great drive.
#20
danpi - Posted 2:09 pm PDT 06/8/09 (1133 Posts)
#17 is correct, I have the same experience. Postscript is to wait for $85 again, unless you are in dire need right now.
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