HELLA HOT!! STAPLES MAXTOR 120 gb HD 9/7 - 9/13 39.98 AR\AC\IR

[369s]

Staples 120 gb 7200 rpm 2mb cache maxtor hd (onyl let down is 1 year warranty)

109.48
- 20 $ off 85 $(printable coupon that u will have to search for yourself )
- 40 $ rebate
- 10 $ Instant rebate

= 39.98 AR

staples

 

[Lager]

2MB??

Could really use a 20 off 100 right now. This is a good deal.

 

[369s]

question how important is cache? not more than rpm atleast right?

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: 369s
question how important is cache? not more than rpm atleast right?

Not really important, but some prefer 8mb just because we like things to known to be "faster".

 

[JoeFoster]

Are you sure about the $109 price, isnt it gonna be $129-$10instant=$119?

 

[CherryBOMB]

Originally posted by: 369s
Staples 120 gb 7200 rpm 2mb cache maxtor hd (onyl let down is 1 year warranty)

109.48
- 20 $ off 85 $(printable coupon that u will have to search for yourself )
- 40 $ rebate
- 10 $ Instant rebate

= 39.98 AR

staples

LOL,The Deal goes like this, Maxtor 120gb 8mb Item# 499950 is $129.98 -$10IS for $119.98 use $20 off $100 coupon for $99.98 + Tax -$40MIR =$59.98 + TAX

 

[JoeFoster]

its a $40MIR

 

[dc]

haha, title had me running in here fast as i could. =)

 

[s0ssos]

well, online it says an 8 meg cache here

and it is $120 - $40 rebate - $20 coupon (if you can get that). so decent deal still

 

[mrakman]

Memory has different speeds...
lets use an example...if a file can be processed in
1 nsec for Registers
2 nsec for Cache
10 nsec for main memory (ram)
10 msec for magnetic disk (HDD)
and 100 sec for magnetic tape....you decide how important cache is...

as for the RPMs...they are both equally important

 

[jwddfi]

I believe the deal is:

$119 ($109 is for the Maxtor 2MB cache)
-$ 40 Rebate
-$ xx Coupon of your choice

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: mrakman
Memory has different speeds...
lets use an example...if a file can be processed in
1 nsec for Registers
2 nsec for Cache
10 nsec for main memory (ram)
10 msec for magnetic disk (HDD)
and 100 sec for magnetic tape....you decide how important cache is...

as for the RPMs...they are both equally important

Thats kind of confusing, but the cache helps A LOT! There is a noticeable difference in speed.

 

[froinlaven]

So the consensus is that this deal isnt' so hot then?

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: 369s
Staples 120 gb 7200 rpm 2mb cache maxtor hd (onyl let down is 1 year warranty)

109.48
- 20 $ off 85 $(printable coupon that u will have to search for yourself )
- 40 $ rebate
- 10 $ Instant rebate

= 39.98 AR

staples

If this truely is the 2mb cache version, then it may be a B&M only deal as there doesn't seem to be a 2mb version on the website...

Not bad for storage!

 

[ApeMan]

The OP didn't do his homework. The $40 MIR and $10 IS are only on the
"Ultra Series" 8MB drive.

 

[mbuf]

Maybe OP is referring to this MAXTOR 120GB 2MB @staples.com for $109.98, but no MIRs/IRs are advertised.

- mbuf

 

[369s]

mbuf: i was talking about that

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: mrakman
Memory has different speeds...
lets use an example...if a file can be processed in
1 nsec for Registers
2 nsec for Cache
10 nsec for main memory (ram)
10 msec for magnetic disk (HDD)
and 100 sec for magnetic tape....you decide how important cache is...

as for the RPMs...they are both equally important

Thats kind of confusing, but the cache helps A LOT! There is a noticeable difference in speed.

haha. too bad that the data is wrong. mrakman, you should try to research up before you post something like that. do you know what cache you are talking about? when you said 2 ns, that is referring to cache on the processor, or L1 cache. that is pretty fast. it is used for stuff like fetching from memory. when they are talking about cache for hard drives they are using much slower memory. no way can they afford to use L1 cache. i mean, processors have less than 1 meg of L1 cache, and 512K of L1 cache is really big also (like barton processor). they are using regular memory (what we would call RAM) to cache for the hard disk.

cache is just a term. it doesn't refer to anything in particular. it doesn't mean DRAM, for example

 

[NostalgicV]

how trustworthy is staples with rebates? hmmmm...

 

[wadew]

Staples rebates are pretty reliable... you can track them on-line and everything. They're usually one of the best at getting rebates back to you and such, plus they're easy to work with as well. It's actually the 8MB version, but it's not listed on-line anymore... so you have to pick it up instore. Here's a link to the ad

So the price would be $129.98 - $10.00 instant savings - $20.00 coupon - $40.00 rebate = 59.94 ...

BUT you can also PM with fry's who has it for $108.99 originally then $30.00 rebate. So with 110% pm, of the original price, it would end up being $119.98 - $108.99 = $10.99 x 110% = $12.00 so 119.98 - $12.00 - 20 coupon - 40 rebate = $47.98. YMMV on the PM and use of coupon.

 

[Stoney]

Just got back from the store and bought the 120gig 7200rpm SE w/ 8 meg cache for $119.94 less -$20 for a $20 off $85 coupon found on the "Fat site" and it printed out a $40 MIR.
Pretty good deal for $59.94, ok it is HOT. Ther rebate doesn't apply to the 2meg and for $10 it is well worth the 4x as much cache.

 

[s0ssos]

stoney's profile: I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken

so you were wrong, eh? =P

 

[natenut]

Hey i think its a pretty good deal. I allready have 1 120 8mb and a nice raid array would be sweet.

As far as disk cache goes, storage review swears up and down that in desktop computing, the cache and prefetch system of the disk is what gives one disk an advantage over another. otherwise all 7200 rpm disks would perform pretty much the same.

stoney's profile: I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken

yeah isn't it:

Yeah, i was wrong once. Thougth i was wrong, but i was wrong.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: s0ssos

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: mrakman
Memory has different speeds...
lets use an example...if a file can be processed in
1 nsec for Registers
2 nsec for Cache
10 nsec for main memory (ram)
10 msec for magnetic disk (HDD)
and 100 sec for magnetic tape....you decide how important cache is...

as for the RPMs...they are both equally important

Thats kind of confusing, but the cache helps A LOT! There is a noticeable difference in speed.

haha. too bad that the data is wrong. mrakman, you should try to research up before you post something like that. do you know what cache you are talking about? when you said 2 ns, that is referring to cache on the processor, or L1 cache. that is pretty fast. it is used for stuff like fetching from memory. when they are talking about cache for hard drives they are using much slower memory. no way can they afford to use L1 cache. i mean, processors have less than 1 meg of L1 cache, and 512K of L1 cache is really big also (like barton processor). they are using regular memory (what we would call RAM) to cache for the hard disk.

cache is just a term. it doesn't refer to anything in particular. it doesn't mean DRAM, for example

Not to mention he left out the fact that the data has to get from the hard disk to the cache at some point too. The cache only helps if the data is already there, such as if a program requests some data, and the disk reads the rest of the track/cylinder since it's already there.

 

[Calgar99]

Originally posted by: Stoney
Just got back from the store and bought the 120gig 7200rpm SE w/ 8 meg cache for $119.94 less -$20 for a $20 off $85 coupon found on the "Fat site" and it printed out a $40 MIR.
Pretty good deal for $59.94, ok it is HOT. Ther rebate doesn't apply to the 2meg and for $10 it is well worth the 4x as much cache.

I hope this doesn't violate anandtech/hot deals rules, but can anyone help me find this 20 off 85 coupon at staples? All the links I find take me to thetollroads and the link doesn't work.

I want to get in on this deal quite badly, but only if I can find that 20 dollar off 85 coupon. Thanks!

-Matt