Cheap Hard Drive

[Rockhound1]

I am putting together a cheap system for a friend and need to buy the cheapest herd drive that I can find. I found this Hard Drive and was wondering if anybody here had any experience with them. It is a 40 GB 7200 RPM hard drive for $31. I need a cheap hard drive and it doesn't have to have much storage space. There is a 20GB drive for $28, but I figured I would spend another $3 and double the capacity.

Thanks for your opinions.

 

[Bobthelost]

I wouldn't do it, MDT? *shudders*

 

[Trey22]

I'd spend $15 more and get a Western Digital 80GB w/ 8MB cache.

 

[mshan]

6 month warranty 🙁

I think you would be better off buying a lightly used hard drive from a reputable seller on these forums (e.g. put up a WTB ad for an 80 GB hard drive at around 30 - $35 shipped and you'll probably get a lot of responses to choose from).

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: mshan
6 month warranty 🙁

I think you would be better off buying a lightly used hard drive from a reputable seller on these forums.

Thats almost as scary as Dells 90 day warranty on their junk!

 

[kenrippy]

i just did a quick pricegrabber search and this looks like the best price for a 40gb from a somewhat "reputable" dealer.

$32.95 + $6 ship. http://www.upgrade-solution.com/detail.cfm?show=yes&PID=865&add=yes

i still would rather go with a used drive from a reputable seller here on the FS forum. you can usually pick up a $40gb for about $20 shipped IIRC.

edit: here ya go

 

[Rockhound1]

Thank you for all of your responses. Looks like I will pass on the MDT hard drive.