500 Gb External HDD $154.11 AR W Google Checkout

[NaughtyGeek]

Buy.com has an IOmega 500 Gb External USB 2.0 hard drive for 154.11 after $50 MIR and $10 discount for using Google Checkout. Linky

 

[bigred2k]

is there something wrong with this drive? No comments yet and I'm waiting to jump on it

 

[Ricochet]

That seems reasonably hot for 1/2 a TByte. Wonder if there is any review on this particular HDD.

 

[novafire]

Any warranty information on these drives? I was looking around, but could not find anything.

 

[hytek369]

looks hot

 

[Mehdi]

I guess one reason for the ho hum reception is the fact that the listed cache size under the tech spec is only 2 Megs! That's pretty small for such large capacity drive. Most drives these days have at least 8 Megs of cache, with many of them listing 16 Megs of cache.

 

[aimanzym]

hot for the price for a 500GB HDD. thanks

 

[neomits]

seems hot? do I jump on it?

 

[shinson]

Thanks a lot of storage for that price.

I guess 2MB cache is OK for just a "backup" drive...

I checked out the specs here:

http://www.iomega.com/

edited: link looked weird!

Tech Specs
Technical Information

* Capacity: 500GB
* Preformatted FAT32
* Fast 7200 RPM
* Compatible with PC and Mac®
* 2 MB Cache Buffer
* One-year limited warranty

What You Need

PC Users:
* Pentium® II-class or equivalent processor or higher
* USB controller
* What is USB?
* Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional / Me / XP Home / XP Professional
* USB 2.0 host connection or controller for USB 2.0 speeds
* 32MB RAM or more as required by operating system

Mac® Users:
* G4 or G3 (blue and white G3 only) or iMac® computer with built-in USB connection
* What is USB?
* Mac OS X or higher
* USB 2.0 host connection or controller for USB 2.0 speeds
* 32MB RAM or more as required by operating system

Dimensions (L x W x H):
7.25? L x 4.50? W x 1.25? H