Frys, 160GB for $69 after $65rebate -- Hitachi 8MB cache ata100 with 3YR warrantee

[0roo0roo]

reasonably good deal, since it has the rare rare 3yr warrantee. all the other maxtors/westerndigitals/seagates i saw have 1yr only.

 

[Corporate Thug]

LA frys? OC? Dallas? all of the,?

 

[dsng0403]

Does anyone has experience with Hitachi HDD?

I live in WA and Firday Seattle Times Fry's add showes this deal.

Hitachi
160GB, 8MB Buffer, Ultra DMA/100 HardDrive.
#3885187, Limit 1 per customre.

$134.99 - $60 (MIR) -$5 (MIR) = $69.99 + Tax.

Just realized that this is not DMA/133.

 

[0roo0roo]

f@twa;;et thread says yes

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: dsng0403
Does anyone has experience with Hitachi HDD?

I live in WA and Firday Seattle Times Fry's add showes this deal.

Hitachi
160GB, 8MB Buffer, Ultra DMA/100 HardDrive.
#3885187, Limit 1 per customre.

$134.99 - $60 (MIR) -$5 (MIR) = $69.99 + Tax.

Just realized that this is not DMA/133.

doesn't that just mean it can't go past 100mb/s? i dont think this drive can go that fast.

 

[snooby]

Does anyone know of a website that has Seattle Times ads or ads from the Seattle Fry's? I live down south so I don't have access to the Times very often, and they don't run ads elsewhere. So I have to depend on people in this forum to post the good deals. Thank you all for doing that!

 

[snooby]

FYI for those that don't live near a Fry's, a similar deal is also available from Outpost.com. If you look in the HDD section, the drive shows up as $145 with a $65 rebate ($80). If you go to the product page, though, the rebate doesn't show up.

There's a $140 rebate on the 250GB drive too, making it $160.

Shipping is outrageous at Outpost. $8.74 for ground? It's only 9.57 for 2nd day.

 

[namreahsmas]

Just stopped by Austin Fry's--they are out of stock of the 160GB

 

[magomago]

is this in the san marcos frys? Gonna head down tomorrow if so and maybe pick that up and a better videocard ! ^_^

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roodoesn't that just mean it can't go past 100mb/s? i dont think this drive can go that fast.

No current 7200rpm EIDE drive can get anywhere close. DMA/133 is good marketing for Maxtor though. We just witnessed someone rethinking a purchase because this drive wasn't DMA/133.

 

[NightCrawler]

Hitachi's 7K250 is a fast drive coming close to the Raptor. If it's one of the 7K250 models then it's really fast.


http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200310/20031007HDS722525VLSA80_1.html

 

[CyberTron]

I still have a bad taste in my mouth from my 20gb and 40gb IBM deathstar crapping out after the warranty.

 

[Granorense]

Originally posted by: CyberTron
I still have a bad taste in my mouth from my 20gb and 40gb IBM deathstar crapping out after the warranty.

I feel the same about 4 western digitals. 3 of them died a month after the warranty expired, the other one a year before so I was able to RMA it.

 

[Banana]

Tempting. What should I do?

1) Shell out $155 at Outpost.com and wait for $65 rebate, or
2) Buy the SATA version at NewEgg for $104 shipped

 

[0roo0roo]

remember, 3yr rebate is only for 8mb hitachi's. dunno about newegg.

 

[snooby]

Yep, it's an OEM drive with a one year warranty.

Is it a 7K250?

 

[SiberianTiger]

i believe outpost was bought out by fry's awhile ago.