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Posted at 9:35 AM on Wednesday 08/5/09 by
Ben
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Zip Zoom Fly has the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B (0A38016) 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $80 - $5 off with coupon code EBAAA011 - $10 rebate [Exp 8/22] = $65 with free shipping. Features an average seek time of 8.2ms, and a three year parts/labor warranty. [Compare]
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    mmytacist - Posted 9:51 am PDT 08/5/09 (15 Posts)  Report Spam

    RAID 1 here I come!

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    tman - Posted 10:04 am PDT 08/5/09 (447 Posts)  Report Spam

    $65 +tax? damn! Great price for a TB of storage.

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    tarad10 - Posted 10:05 am PDT 08/5/09 (97 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is a good price. I may have to finally buy a NAS.

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    SelfGovern - Posted 10:13 am PDT 08/5/09 (2021 Posts)  Report Spam

    Three comments and nobody has used the word "deathstar"?

    (Deathstar was a nickname given to some IBM DeskStar drives many years ago, when they exhibited premature failure at a higher-than-expected rate. Probably no connection between that technology and the technology used in these drives.)

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    hitech007 - Posted 10:15 am PDT 08/5/09 (47 Posts)  Report Spam

    Good deal! only if i didnt have so many HDs i would have gotten 1 myself.

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    tekgk - Posted 10:19 am PDT 08/5/09 (67 Posts)  Report Spam

    Worst drives I've ever used were Hitachi, Samsung, and Toshiba. Utter shite. Stick w/ WD and Seagate if you value your data. I've lost tons of mine thanks to the deadly 3.

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    clok1966 - Posted 10:30 am PDT 08/5/09 (141 Posts)  Report Spam

    Deathstars had heat issues, If properly cooled they lasted (problem is, why worry about cooling, when other HD's dont need to). I have a TB Hitachi for about 2 years now, no problems. But prefer the 5 years you can get sometimes on WD drives (alot of the external drives have had 5 years).

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    CrustyMc - Posted 10:52 am PDT 08/5/09 (193 Posts)  Report Spam

    The 'Egg is showing an 83% rating for 3 stars or better.
    Although it's 7200 RPM, its also only a 16MB cache (not that I've ever notice a performance difference).

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    petep2112 - Posted 11:02 am PDT 08/5/09 (487 Posts)  Report Spam

    I had 2 Deathstars last over 6 years each. They mostly ran 24/7. Guess mine were the exception.

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    Lokrien - Posted 11:20 am PDT 08/5/09 (138 Posts)  Report Spam

    They came out with a patched firmware that would prevent good drives from dying, but if it had already started having issues, it wouldn't help. petep2112 may have had a set leave there with the patch already on it...

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    joe1234 - Posted 11:33 am PDT 08/5/09 (928 Posts)  Report Spam

    I've had a pair of these running in my DNS-323 for about 2 months now. No issues so far. These run quieter than the previous two drives I had (a 500gb Deskstar and a 500gb Samsung, don't remember model #'s).

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    8Ball - Posted 11:34 am PDT 08/5/09 (260 Posts)  Report Spam

    Lately Hitachi drives havent been bad at all. I woul still prefer a WD, however at this price I might just buy one and see.

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    headusher - Posted 11:47 am PDT 08/5/09 (251 Posts)  Report Spam

    it has a 3 year warranty stop your whining jackasses.

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    Sliver - Posted 11:49 am PDT 08/5/09 (737 Posts)  Report Spam

    Hitachi/Toshiba/Samsung HD consistently run 10-20% cheaper than their WD/Seagate correspondents. Given that so much of HD preference is based on personal and anecdotal experience, is there any objective test basis for comparison, or is the whole affair just a matter of paying your money and taking your chances?

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    GlennDav - Posted 1:00 pm PDT 08/5/09 (4 Posts)  Report Spam

    I purchased one about a month ago for about the same price. I read on the forums that the failure rate was higher than normal for this drive. But there is a 30 day return policy on it through NewEgg - - and they're very reasonable about returns. So I've been stress testing it in hopes any failures will become evident before the warranty is up. So far so good!

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    monkieinabarrel - Posted 6:39 pm PDT 08/5/09 (1016 Posts)  Report Spam

    nice price, wonder why the 7k1000.b has only 16mb cache

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    DavebyNet - Posted 8:42 am PDT 08/6/09 (13 Posts)  Report Spam

    I've had a Hitachi drive running in my NAS for 2 years now and no problems. But it is a bit loud though. Also I hear that if you run it as a backup drive such as in a NAS, the cache does not matter all that much.

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    dave_c - Posted 9:10 pm PDT 08/6/09 (16750 Posts)  Report Spam

    Ben has listed a Seagate 7200.12 LP for $75 with coupon. Fewer platters contribute to longer life as does lower RPM, it is the better long term storage drive.

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