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Posted at 8:32 AM on Tuesday 12/16/08 by
Ben
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GoHardDrive.com has the White Label 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive for $85 with free shipping. This a brand new drive covered by a 1-year warranty. They hint that it is a Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS. Just think of the joy you'll have when it finally fails. [BizRate]
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    MadMonkey - Posted 8:38 am PST 12/16/08 (1315 Posts)  Report Spam

    How much more to get it covered?

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    techsupport - Posted 8:47 am PST 12/16/08 (5126 Posts)  Report Spam

    I prefer blue lable @ $200/bottle. That there's some smooooth Scotch whiskey.

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    LittleBit - Posted 8:53 am PST 12/16/08 (161 Posts)  Report Spam

    still a risk when Seagate isn't that much more. factory 2nd's ??

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    TTM77 - Posted 8:57 am PST 12/16/08 (987 Posts)  Report Spam

    "What is White Label? A white label product is a product produced by one company (Western Digital) that manufactured for other companies (OEM Hard Drive Reseller) rebrand to make it appear as if they made it or for large volume special application. "

    Is this suppose to be a good thing?

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    techsupport - Posted 9:08 am PST 12/16/08 (5126 Posts)  Report Spam

    No, it's a bad thing. No warranty. However, it's priced accordingly.

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    cablephil2001 - Posted 9:26 am PST 12/16/08 (853 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yes, it's a bad thing. It's a very bad thing. Even though these are new drives by various manufactures, the manufacturer assume no warranty liability. If this drive has problems or fails, you would have to go through GoHardDrive for a replacement. For a couple of dollars more, and buying a name brand drive, you have a better warranty and the option to get a replacement (in the event that it fails) through the manufacture. With this deal(?), you are dealing with the reseller. Caution is advised.

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    hungry81 - Posted 9:32 am PST 12/16/08 (77 Posts)  Report Spam

    It says 1 year warranty, doesn't it?

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    bboyflashy - Posted 9:33 am PST 12/16/08 (1047 Posts)  Report Spam

    $85 for 1 TB is still good

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    benvwong - Posted 9:49 am PST 12/16/08 (95 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yeah, 1-year warranty is 2 less than their normal 3-year. Sounds like a risky buy.

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    brad84 - Posted 9:55 am PST 12/16/08 (86 Posts)  Report Spam

    Buy two and mirror them. Problem solved. Besides, you should anyway with volumes of that size....too much data to just let it all go up in smoke.

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    brad84 - Posted 10:07 am PST 12/16/08 (86 Posts)  Report Spam

    Buy two and mirror them. Problem solved. Besides, you should anyway with volumes of that size....too much data to just let it all go up in smoke.

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    ibm650 - Posted 10:08 am PST 12/16/08 (477 Posts)  Report Spam

    Your data is worth more than the savings of buying this. Get a branded with several year warrantee.

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    cablephil2001 - Posted 10:10 am PST 12/16/08 (853 Posts)  Report Spam

    heah #10, is #11 your twin or just a copycat?

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    nutzo - Posted 10:16 am PST 12/16/08 (838 Posts)  Report Spam

    OEM & the warranty is only as good as GoHardDrive.com.
    Not worth the data risk for the few $ saved.

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    atomyc - Posted 10:16 am PST 12/16/08 (525 Posts)  Report Spam

    prefer seagate with their 5 year warranty

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    czynut - Posted 10:45 am PST 12/16/08 (70 Posts)  Report Spam

    #14 unless your data is pretty much worthless data like tv shows that you couldn't care less about if you loose it.

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    RagManX - Posted 11:22 am PST 12/16/08 (163 Posts)  Report Spam

    #10/#11 - wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a reliable, warranted drive of this size than to buy two questionable drives and mirror them in hopes that only 1 will go bad?

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    ivenholt - Posted 12:30 pm PST 12/16/08 (292 Posts)  Report Spam

    A drive with a 3 year or 5 year warranty can still fail and you can still lose your data, getting a replacement dosen't magically bring it back.

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    frankly - Posted 1:31 pm PST 12/16/08 (92 Posts)  Report Spam

    Not a deal - Ben had a WD 1 TB yesterday for the same price, with 3 year warranty.

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    cynicme81 - Posted 1:50 pm PST 12/16/08 (35 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yeah, throw a WD or Seagate in there and its money!

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