NewEgg.com has the Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $75 with free shipping. It is covered by a 3-year Manufacturer's warranty.
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#1
gimmefreestuff - Posted 5:24 pm PST 12/10/08 (90 Posts)
samsungs are great
#2
Foolzatch - Posted 5:28 pm PST 12/10/08 (26 Posts)
Tempting... Would like a nice cheap and reliable SSD though. : )
#3
R6 - Posted 5:38 pm PST 12/10/08 (264 Posts)
stop day dream #2, it's not even dark yet
#4
wonderboy - Posted 5:50 pm PST 12/10/08 (155 Posts)
cheap and reliable ssd is not fast.
#5
Karuto - Posted 6:01 pm PST 12/10/08 (55 Posts)
SSD is not recommended until they are more developed. As of right now, a lot of gigantic-sized hard drives can be found on the cheap, and finding one that hits that sweet spot, like this one, takes a lot of pressure off both your computer and your wallet. I'm picking this one up.
#6
the lawyer - Posted 6:38 pm PST 12/10/08 (3752 Posts)
a fast drive.
#7
mr_ed - Posted 6:43 pm PST 12/10/08 (55 Posts)
samsungs run quiet too.
#8
kaystyle - Posted 6:46 pm PST 12/10/08 (14 Posts)
thanks ben.
#9
mdheinzer - Posted 6:47 pm PST 12/10/08 (576 Posts)
samsungs are ok, i prefer seagates with a 5 year warranty.
#10
geoff2000 - Posted 6:54 pm PST 12/10/08 (14 Posts)
I'm with #9 - all my systems have 2 x seagate in raid 1, and while I have had to return drives to them under warranty, their response time has been quick.
#11
scottman - Posted 6:58 pm PST 12/10/08 (211 Posts)
I have this exact drive. Scores a 5.9 in vista experience fwiw. Silent compared to the video card fan.
#12
TyBauz - Posted 7:29 pm PST 12/10/08 (235 Posts)
Samsung is my new favorite brand.
#13
mgchan - Posted 7:36 pm PST 12/10/08 (151 Posts)
3 years is probably enough - I don't think I have really needed a hard drive that lasted 5 years.
#14
pussymeister - Posted 7:52 pm PST 12/10/08 (136 Posts)
Not a bad deal, but at $1 per gig, might as well go for one of the other deals going around for 100 gig HDDs @ $100.
#15
tiburoncito2000 - Posted 7:55 pm PST 12/10/08 (1364 Posts)
great price too bad I do not have any money to get one 
#16
twitch42 - Posted 7:59 pm PST 12/10/08 (86 Posts)
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#14 - What? Move your decimal point over a couple of places.
#17
arkhipov_timour - Posted 8:10 pm PST 12/10/08 (60 Posts)
do 32 mb really make a difference?
#18
TerryV - Posted 8:14 pm PST 12/10/08 (128 Posts)
It's only 10 cents a gig...
#19
nightowl - Posted 8:35 pm PST 12/10/08 (623 Posts)
I have this drive. Great drive, only thing is that you can force it into SATA-1 mode through jumpers. Samsung documentation says that you have to re-flash the firmware to get it to SATA-1. WTF, dude? If you have a POS chipset like VIA, it wouldn't even recognize your other SATA drives when you have this drive plugged in. So tell me how do I flash the firmware then? Fortunately my motherboard has another controller (Promise) and even though that is SATA-1, it doesn't hang and the drive falls back to SATA-1 like it should.
The RMA procedure is also a little strange. It says to go through who you bought the drive from.
Other than that, fast, silent, and runs quite cool.
The RMA procedure is also a little strange. It says to go through who you bought the drive from.
Other than that, fast, silent, and runs quite cool.
#20
pmptg - Posted 9:02 pm PST 12/10/08 (9 Posts)
I want to get a drive to use with my drobo, would this be a good drive to use?
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