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250 GB SATA 8mb Maxtor HD, $139 No Rebate at Fry's & Outpost

Outpost.com - Maxtor 250GB SATA 150 HDD 8MB retail- $139.99+sh no rebates

Also available at outpost, for those of you who live in states that are fry's-deprieved. like moi :|

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3699705

OP if you can update your title to say outpost also, a lot of people wont even click this if they see FRY'S! thanks
 
sweet .... this should allow me to put a fifth drive in my Dell 400sc (along with my four 250GB IDE drives)to give me 1250GB of drive space

They should all work together shouldn't they?
 
damn dude 5 drives?
u have no optical drives in there don't you...

im thinking about taking out my dvd+Rw and cdrw also. at least the cdrw since its not used often😀
 
I'm just using the Dell 400sc as .... imagine this .... a server. It is so quiet I just keep it on 24/7 and use the storage (for ripped movies, etc). My dvd burner is in my regular desktop.

But movies take up a lot of space....I have Netflix and get about 25-27 movies a month (3 at a time). I rip em and put em back in the mail the same day, then watch the movies off my server at my leisure.
 
Originally posted by: ECartman
I'm just using the Dell 400sc as .... imagine this .... a server. It is so quiet I just keep it on 24/7 and use the storage (for ripped movies, etc). My dvd burner is in my regular desktop.

But movies take up a lot of space....I have Netflix and get about 25-27 movies a month (3 at a time). I rip em and put em back in the mail the same day, then watch the movies off my server at my leisure.


You really shouldn't admit to pirating movies so blatantly...discreet would've been much better.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ

You really shouldn't admit to pirating movies so blatantly...discreet would've been much better.

It ain't pirating. It's fair use. (although the DMCA may be interpreted differently). Dont sell em and dont keep em, dont give em away. just watch most of em only once and delete em. just timeshifting them.
 
Originally posted by: ECartman
Originally posted by: BigJ

You really shouldn't admit to pirating movies so blatantly...discreet would've been much better.

It ain't pirating. It's fair use. Dont sell em and dont keep em, watch most of em only once and delete em. just timeshifting them.

hehehe, "timeshifting"
 
As for the limit=1 items, I've been able to buy more than one at the same time. It seems more a policy to prevent dealers than it is for stopping private consumers. If the drives don't need one of those writeup sheets from a salesperson (and retail boxed drives don't), then you can just get a different cashier each time you get a drive. I've also brought up two drives to the same cashier and just asked that each drive be rung up separately.

**NOTE #1: when buying two different drives at the same being rung up separately, be sure to re-read the sales receipts for both carefully to be sure that separate serial numbers are listed on the receipts. If the salesperson is lazy, they may forget to clear their entry and you get two sales receipts with the same serial number on it. If so, then you will have lost the warranty for one of your drives (invalid sales receipt).

**NOTE #2: you may (or may not) need a different credit card for each purchase rung up separately if you buy the items at the same time from the same cashier. If you only have one card, then the solution is to buy one drive at a time. Buy one, walk it out of the store to your car, and re-enter the store to be a customer once again. I've bought items one at a time this way.
 
I know someone looking for a new hd. Can the SATA drives be conneted regular ata with flat ribbon cables as well?
 
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