Seagate'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 $80 with free shipping. Covered by Seagate's 3-Year Warranty.
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#1
bakerzdosen - Posted 7:55 am PST 01/21/09 (353 Posts)
Although I have two of these drives at home in a RAID1, I'd recommend reading this before buying:
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=540
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=540
#2
bargainbasement - Posted 8:11 am PST 01/21/09 (128 Posts)
Thank you #1.
#3
superd00d3 - Posted 8:35 am PST 01/21/09 (2475 Posts)
Ouch! Thanks for the link #1. Ben should really include that warning with each Seagate 7200.11 drive deal.
#4
bigdady92 - Posted 8:51 am PST 01/21/09 (134 Posts)
RUN FROM THESE FAR FAR AWAY.
#5
JVA - Posted 8:58 am PST 01/21/09 (518 Posts)
the samsung for 70$ above might be better until they stop zune-ing their bacon
#6
danpi - Posted 9:24 am PST 01/21/09 (1133 Posts)
Oink
#7
dtsmatt - Posted 9:27 am PST 01/21/09 (345 Posts)
price is crap, brick situation is being worked on according to possible engineers: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1098793&cid=26542735
comment is there supposedly from seagate.
comment is there supposedly from seagate.
#8
2133 - Posted 11:22 am PST 01/21/09 (798 Posts)
horrrible reviews. Get a .10 or .12 instead.
#9
Departure1 - Posted 6:51 pm PST 01/21/09 (549 Posts)
It's covered by a 5 year warranty, not a 3 year as Ben listed it.
#10
bacon - Posted 7:34 pm PST 01/21/09 (248 Posts)
I have had tons of seagate drives, I love em. Except this. 7200.11 is CRAP.. AVOID.
Went through 3 in 1 year, the latest one is failing now.
Went through 3 in 1 year, the latest one is failing now.
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