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Posted at 5:13 PM on Wednesday 01/21/09 by
Ben
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NewEgg.com has the Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 0A56417 320GB SATA 5400 RPM 8MB Buffer Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive for $70 - $10 rebate [Exp 1/31] + $0 shipping = $60 shipped. Thermal Fly-height Control increases reliability of the two 160GB platters.
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    SeanCamaro - Posted 6:44 pm PST 01/21/09 (205 Posts)  Report Spam

    Wishing I had waited a little longer a few years ago and bought a laptop with SATA...and DDR2 for that matter.

    Ever any deals on 2.5" PATA drives? 80GB is pretty restrictive these days...

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    JVance - Posted 8:41 pm PST 01/21/09 (1101 Posts)  Report Spam

    A few years? Even a few months will turn any current technology into old technology.

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    Patr_110 - Posted 8:43 pm PST 01/21/09 (87 Posts)  Report Spam

    put this drive into one of the external cases continuously found on Ben's site for around $15 and your in business. If you move your data to this drive, your 80GB internal should be enough to host any applications. I used velcro to attach the drive case to the back of the laptop display for convenience.

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    praetorian - Posted 8:44 pm PST 01/21/09 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1, 160GB PATA should be around $65 these days. It's not really getting any cheaper since it's obsolete now.

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    SeanCamaro - Posted 9:15 pm PST 01/21/09 (205 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks guys...I kinda like the velcro idea actually...that beats having that big thing dangling everywhere.

    Oh, and it would work well for hard drive enclosure too Wink

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    jviolone - Posted 10:14 pm PST 01/21/09 (321 Posts)  Report Spam

    How come all the suddenly this and a lot of other regular items have become a deal? Newegg.com has this drive at this price for several months at least since last October, during which twice the price hit $50, though before January 1 the price was $80 - $20 Rebate.

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    dabomb - Posted 6:59 am PST 01/22/09 (362 Posts)  Report Spam

    Spend the extra $14 and get the faster 7200RPM seagate (better drive) without the rebate (74 after discount code).

    http://bensbargains.net/deal/91129/

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    JakeBlade - Posted 7:00 am PST 01/22/09 (650 Posts)  Report Spam

    #6 - This is probably the case with 80% of the crap on this site.

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