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Seagate 400GB SATA Hard Drive

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Seagate 400GB SATA Hard Drive $40 at Newegg
 
Discuss (6) : History : Tell : Posted 5:44 AM PDT 06/26/09 by Ben
Seagate 400GB SATA Hard DriveNewegg has the refurbished Seagate ST3400832AS 400GB SATA Hard Drive for $40 + $0 shipping = $40 shipped. It sports your standard specifications of 7200RPM Spindle Speed, 8MB Cache.
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    #1   djrussell - Posted 8:24 am PDT 06/26/09 (128 Posts)
    i'd rather get the 500gb new one for $10 more. free shipping also.
    #2   JakeBlade - Posted 9:09 am PDT 06/26/09 (561 Posts)
    I'd rather get the 2TB new one for $200 more. Er, wait. It's Seagate. Nevermind then.
    #3   RKLE - Posted 12:19 pm PDT 06/26/09 (6253 Posts)
    Seagate are just fine.
    #4   dave_c - Posted 4:19 pm PDT 06/26/09 (7483 Posts)
    Refurbished drives are too much of a gamble for $10 off on a 100GB smaller drive.
    #5   ucansee - Posted 7:32 pm PDT 06/26/09 (613 Posts)
    Not really #4.. If it works, it work. If not, RMA it. Here the catch, 90 day warrantee or less. read the fine print.. Good price and just good as new.. But..... I prefer buying this 500gb Hard Drive for 50 bucks. click here and put this in your cart for 60 bucks, then add a coupon code EMCLTNS33 and it will drop it to 50 bucks. Brand New and Factory Sealed with 3 years warrantee.. Coupon expire 7-1-09

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395&nm_mc=AFC-Bensbargains&cm_mmc=AFC-Bensbargains-_-NA
    #6   dave_c - Posted 8:06 am PDT 06/27/09 (7483 Posts)
    <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>ucansee wrote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Not really #4.. If it works, it work. If not, RMA it. Here the catch, 90 day warrantee or less. read the fine print.. Good price and just good as new.. But..... I prefer buying this 500gb Hard Drive for 50 bucks. click here and put this in your cart for 60 bucks, then add a coupon code EMCLTNS33 and it will drop it to 50 bucks. Brand New and Factory Sealed with 3 years warrantee.. Coupon expire 7-1-09

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395&nm_mc=AFC-Bensbargains&cm_mmc=AFC-Bensbargains-_-NA</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">

    Not just as good as new. Let's see...

    Lower platter density = lower performance

    Lower cache size = lower performance (granted, going much higher in cache size show diminishing returns but for primary OS drive incl. Vista or Win7 use the continual I/O makes use of doubled cache size.

    Slower burst speed from SATA150 interface

    Lower platter density = twice as many platters = more bearing and arm wear, more heat, more power used

    Refurb'd = stock returned after having had wear in a mechanical device where wear = finite lifespan, plus someone has already had a problem with it once.

    RMA it = waste of time, or replaced with same refurb'd drive you still have all above detractions compared to new $50 drive.

    A few months back, before drives went 500GB/platter, when 500GB cost more it may have been a reasonable deal and risk for non-critical data storage but even then 400GB is enough data that even usi... [Truncated]
     
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