Deal:
SimpleTech 160GB External Hard Drive $80 at Office Max
OfficeMax.com has this SimpleTech 160GB Portable External USB 2.0 Hard Drive (2.5" Form Factor) for $80 with free shipping. The drive runs at 5400RPM, with an 8MB Cache and StorageSync Pro software. Covered by a 3-yr warranty. [BizRate]
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#1
way2cool - Posted 3:21 pm PST 11/17/07 (90 Posts)
with 100....go for other external 500Gb drives
#2
Philster - Posted 3:41 pm PST 11/17/07 (802 Posts)
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This is a 2.5" notebook type drive, whereas the $100 500Gb ones are 3.5" drives that weigh much more. The larger drives require a power supply cable as well, this does not.
Good price, if I'd not just gotten the Seagate 160Gb for $100. 5 year warranty, I'm wondering if the 2 extra years are worth the 20 bucks.
#3
babuguy - Posted 3:49 pm PST 11/17/07 (33 Posts)
yesterday, there was a $70 deal for same size 2.5" hard drive..
#4
mikerowaved - Posted 3:58 pm PST 11/17/07 (743 Posts)
Yup, it's a 2.5" notebook drive alright. Expensive and slow as crap. No thanks. I'd much rather melt the polar ice caps with a REAL drive.
#5
jhkilroy - Posted 4:07 pm PST 11/17/07 (196 Posts)
These drives are great.
no power is needed. Format it to fat32 and you can use them for your PS3 or Xbox 360 for music , video , pictures.... way cheaper and faster than a thumb drive.
no power is needed. Format it to fat32 and you can use them for your PS3 or Xbox 360 for music , video , pictures.... way cheaper and faster than a thumb drive.
#6
leo - Posted 4:12 pm PST 11/17/07 (828 Posts)
and i thought this deal is hot, but according to #3, this deal is not so hot after all.
#7
LJW - Posted 5:43 pm PST 11/17/07 (1013 Posts)
Anybody knows if the drive inside is PATA or SATA? Standalone SATA 160GB drives go for over $100, this would be worth getting just to extract PRECIOUS BOUNTY
#8
gabinator - Posted 6:35 pm PST 11/17/07 (35 Posts)
Good idea to use as an Xbox drive. I think this size will work well for that too.
#9
lschang - Posted 7:13 pm PST 11/17/07 (101 Posts)
bought a $15 of $75 coupon off of ebay and used on this.
#10
seymour - Posted 8:17 pm PST 11/17/07 (1046 Posts)
these drives are painfully slow. I prefer the passport which is sleek and black.
#11
LJW - Posted 8:58 pm PST 11/17/07 (1013 Posts)
Once you go passport...
#12
mikerowaved - Posted 9:38 pm PST 11/17/07 (743 Posts)
#9, so you're the one that outbid me at $22 for the coupon.
#13
lapierce - Posted 8:37 am PST 11/18/07 (165 Posts)
Ya'll are missing the point. This thing is designed by Pininfarina. It's the FERRARI of external hard drives.
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