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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB 32MB Drive

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB 32MB Drive $90 at Newegg
 
Discuss (21) : History : Tell : Posted 5:18 PM PST 12/12/08 by Ben
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB 32MB DriveSeagate's 2nd generation perpendicular drive: NewEgg.com has the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $90 with free shipping. Covered by Seagate's 5-Year Warranty.
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    #1   DisMaster - Posted 5:36 pm PST 12/12/08 (105 Posts)
    I have this drive and it is wonderful. I paid more than this for it but it is worth every penny.
    #2   indori - Posted 5:41 pm PST 12/12/08 (36 Posts)
    Newegg's reviews are not good, this looks like faulty drive.
    #3   soccermomluv_ - Posted 6:03 pm PST 12/12/08 (177 Posts)
    definitely, #2. newegg is the gold standard for industry testing. the 360 or so reviews on newegg for this drive are a perfect representative sample to test MTBF for the product. thanks for the tip.
    #4   luckylane - Posted 7:01 pm PST 12/12/08 (73 Posts)
    price is coming down
    #5   P5-133XL - Posted 7:03 pm PST 12/12/08 (241 Posts)
    Not a particularly good deal considering that 1TB drives have been in this price range recently.

    Seagate AS drives tend to have reliability problems; Are not particularly fast.

    If you buy OEM Seagate Barracuda drives now you will get the standard 5 Year warranty. That is about to change, as of 1/3/09, where it becomes 3 years.
    #6   atomyc - Posted 7:17 pm PST 12/12/08 (43 Posts)
    i have this hdd in my recent build and its working fine. its half full now.
    #7   calebb - Posted 7:21 pm PST 12/12/08 (213 Posts)
    Great drive - I have some 1TB 7200.11's. Make sure you flash to the latest firmware (from seagate.com), especially if you get a 1.5TB 7200.11!
    #8   mrmorality - Posted 8:18 pm PST 12/12/08 (498 Posts)
    Yes.
    #9   mitda - Posted 8:26 pm PST 12/12/08 (880 Posts)
    No.
    #10   BestBuy Sucks - Posted 8:47 pm PST 12/12/08 (1074 Posts)
    Need a good deal on at least a 1TB drive ... seek and destroy Ben!
    #11   monkieinabarrel - Posted 9:10 pm PST 12/12/08 (869 Posts)
    oh well... drives that will die tend to die pretty early.

    so quick question, seagate starts the warranty at purchase date rather than manufacture date? guess I should scan copies of all my seagate receipts.
    #12   palindrome - Posted 9:20 pm PST 12/12/08 (137 Posts)
    Great drive. No problems at all with it. The newer ones 1TB and 1.5tb seem to have spin up timing issues. This one spins up perfectly and its very quiet.
    #13   hairy_testicles - Posted 9:25 pm PST 12/12/08 (117 Posts)
    love it! one of the best drives ive had in ages
    #14   Santos - Posted 10:37 pm PST 12/12/08 (174 Posts)
    Dear BestBuySucks,

    I feel your pain. They suck copious amounts.
    #15   simpill - Posted 11:10 pm PST 12/12/08 (44 Posts)
    good company
    #16   Philster - Posted 11:34 pm PST 12/12/08 (802 Posts)
    That's not the case, #11. Failure rates tend to replicate the classic "bell curve" graph, unless there's some physical design or manufacturing issue with a particular model. Some drives will die early, and some will go much later in life, but most will fail within the median points of the plot.
    #17   enzoferrarifx60 - Posted 12:01 am PST 12/13/08 (318 Posts)
    wish i can get a 1 TB for this price before Seagate reduce the warranty to 3 years
    #18   ymccann - Posted 3:02 am PST 12/13/08 (70 Posts)
    we should be able to get 1TB at this price.
    #19   noneyet99 - Posted 4:09 am PST 12/13/08 (157 Posts)
    They are doing the same thing Fry's did.

    $80, you get a couple, then think... wait I need a spare for the RAID.. and a week later it is $10 more...

    Thanks for the info on the warranty changing in a few weeks, that makes a difference in timing of the purchase to me.
    #20   Myself - Posted 5:09 am PST 12/13/08 (795 Posts)
    #16, hardware failure rates follow a "bathtub curve", where a fair number of failures will occur early, in "infant mortality", then those that survive are pretty reliable for a while, and towards the end of the design lifespan the failure rate starts to climb again.
     
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