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Posted at 2:39 PM on Monday 04/16/12 by
TheKenChan
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Amazon has the Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB SATA3 HDD for $160 with free shipping. Features a SATA 6Gb/s interface, 64MB cache, and 7200RPM. Newegg has it for $170 - $10 off with coupon code EMCNFJC23 = $160 with free shipping.
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    ray4jc - Posted 2:44 pm PDT 04/16/12 (86 Posts)  Report Spam

    now if the price would drop about $40 bucks I'd be in for one maybe even two.

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    dave_c - Posted 3:40 pm PDT 04/16/12 (20896 Posts)  Report Spam

    I'd pay $41 but it has to be SATA2 because SATA3 is a waste.

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    techsupport - Posted 4:17 pm PDT 04/16/12 (6011 Posts)  Report Spam

    So true. I hate paying the sata3 tax.

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    frankburnz - Posted 4:48 pm PDT 04/16/12 (1018 Posts)  Report Spam

    OReally? how much more cheaper is the SATA2?

    yeah, that's what I thought.

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    pukey - Posted 5:12 pm PDT 04/16/12 (269 Posts)  Report Spam

    ~$55 per one TB
    still double the prices pre flood.

    I
    Can
    Wait...

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    atomyc - Posted 5:38 pm PDT 04/16/12 (589 Posts)  Report Spam

    we should see prices falling around the end of this year, if you believe what seagate said.

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    whileatwork - Posted 5:55 am PDT 04/17/12 (554 Posts)  Report Spam

    SATA 3 is a complete waste on ANY mechanical drive, even 10k. Only the fastest SSD's need SATA 3.

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