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*DEAD* WD10EACS 1TB GP Hard Drive $179.99 from Buy.com

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panfist

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Deal is dieing, no longer are you promised the WD10EACS.

http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/...nnb20MJarI0OBe0CNA40GY

Google checkout coupons could make this an even more HOT deal.

$199 at newegg currently and even that is about $20 cheaper than normal.

If anyone has any spare buy.com or google checkout coupons, and you're not going to use it on this scorching deal, please share with me! So far I have never ever got one emailed to me.
 
You can't share Google Checkout "coupons", as they aren't coupons but discounts tied to your google checkout account. You either got one or you didn't.

If you didn't though, you can use the 5% off buy.com coupon here: link

(you can't combine the 2 discounts)
 
I already used the 5% coupon the last time when WD10EACS drives were $199, so no luck there. There's a $5 off $100 or $10 of $200 I could use but neither of those is very sweet.

Yeah, but if anyone was so inclined, they could add the drive to their buy.com cart, apply the coupon, send me a screenshot of the final price before checkout, I could non-cc paypal them the cost +$10, and then they could check it out for me. If anyone wanted to do that, since I can't really ask them...
 
The 750GB spinpoint F1 is slightly lower cost per gigabyte, more power consumption, more noise, more performance.

The spoinpoint may be a better "value," for the WD10EACS you are paying about 1-2 cents a gigabyte premium for getting the quietest, lowest power consumption drive on the market.

Also the data density is slightly greater. If you wanted to run 4 of these vs. 3 of the WD10EACS, the difference in power consumption and noise becomes much greater. If you're just looking for the best cost/GB ratio, the 750GB is better in that regard.
 
The WD10EACS is GREAT for 24/7 application like TIVO DVR where speed is not paramount!!! It spins at 5400 and not at the suggested 5400-7200 range.

Samsung F1 is faster but there is an iffy reliability problem.

 
If you look up that cavalry model number, it specifically includes the WD10EACS.

The same thing happened last time buy.com had a good deal on this "cavalry" bundle and everyone got the promised WD10EACS.EDIT: nevermind, the specs never used to say "hitachi or seagate"

Not like it matters now, because this deal is only valid for 5/1/2008 which is rapidly coming to an end.
 
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