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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB Hard Drive $67 at ZipZoomFly
Zip Zoom Fly has the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B (0A38016) 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $77 - $10 rebate [Exp 7/20] = $67 with free shipping. Features an average seek time of 8.2ms, and a three year parts/labor warranty. [Compare]
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#1
jpnfun - Posted 8:22 pm PDT 06/29/09 (528 Posts)
Isn't this a better deal for its price and flexibility?
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10010643
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10010643
#2
bsg75 - Posted 8:40 pm PDT 06/29/09 (372 Posts)
Uh, do you have all your system drives on external hdds?
#3
freddyspam - Posted 8:51 pm PDT 06/29/09 (43 Posts)
Rebates suck
#4
CompWiz17 - Posted 10:19 pm PDT 06/29/09 (4521 Posts)
#1: yes, it is.
#2: it has an eSATA connection, so it will work just as fast as an internal drive.
#5
dave_c - Posted 12:53 am PDT 06/30/09 (7483 Posts)
Not if you're putting it in your system and don't need a spare external enclosure, don't want to fool with the eFvckMe discount.
There's not much of a point in leaving a drive external even if it is as fast, unless you need to move it around. If you do obviously that's a good deal but if not, just more clutter.
Then there's the factor of not knowing what drive comes in that enclosure, or does someone know? Might not be as fast, might be fairly hot running which combined with a typical external enclosure PSU, makes for a higher failure rate than with internal drives and it has only 1 year warranty vs 3 years for the internal drive offered in this deal.
There's not much of a point in leaving a drive external even if it is as fast, unless you need to move it around. If you do obviously that's a good deal but if not, just more clutter.
Then there's the factor of not knowing what drive comes in that enclosure, or does someone know? Might not be as fast, might be fairly hot running which combined with a typical external enclosure PSU, makes for a higher failure rate than with internal drives and it has only 1 year warranty vs 3 years for the internal drive offered in this deal.
#6
lightbulb42 - Posted 1:12 am PDT 06/30/09 (275 Posts)
I'm with #3. I don't do rebates any more.
#7
sguy2130 - Posted 5:43 am PDT 06/30/09 (517 Posts)
This isn't a bad deal even w/o the rebate so if you're looking for a storage drive I think its worth the risk.
#8
e098005 - Posted 6:00 am PDT 06/30/09 (131 Posts)
This is a good price.
#9
dennis13 - Posted 7:53 am PDT 06/30/09 (109 Posts)
Yup. I'm planning to get one.
#10
gwe - Posted 12:58 pm PDT 06/30/09 (350 Posts)
I was thinking of using this with a BlacX dock for my WDTV, does anyone know how well it will work?
#11
dave_c - Posted 4:03 pm PDT 06/30/09 (7483 Posts)
Keep in mind it seems to be the old 350GB/platter design, not a big deal if you value capacity/$ most but for main/OS use there is a gain in performance proportional to the price increase going with current-gen 500GB/platter 7K2 RPM alternatives.
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