Hitachi 160GB Deskstar HD $59.99 AR

[rasputinj]

CompUSA has a deal going from 10/17-10/23

on the Hitachi 160GB, 7200RPM, Internal ATA Hard Drive



Price: $59.99*
after: $20.00 instant rebate(s)
$60.00 mail-in rebate(s)

 

[ReiAyanami]

was $39.99 AR at fry's last week, but OOS

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
was $39.99 AR at fry's last week, but OOS

LOL
The ultimate useless thread crap:
1. last week's deal
2. deal was at a store not available to 80% of the US
3. even if the deal wasn't over, the item is out of stock.

Link to current deal at compUSA. Item number 314482. Hitachi Mfg Part #: H3160B72P. $60 MIR goes to Parago. Thanks rasputinj.

 

[DillWeed]

Keep in mind this is a 2MB Cache drive, so don't expect stellar performance

 

[beverson]

Actually, I just picked it up and mine does have an 8 MB cache. The whole stack of drives at my CompUSA (Boulder, CO) were all 8 MB cache models. Seems like a really nice drive ? MUCH quieter than the 80 GB WD it's replacing (which itself was a replacement under warranty and is clicking menacingly like its predecessor did right before dying, hence the need for this upgrade).

More sadly, I just realized my FireWire enclosure suffers from the "I can't read more than 137 GB worth of data" malady, so right now I'm short over 20 GB in formatted space. Trying to find a firmware update for this enclosure; otherwise I'll have to find a new one of those too. Ugh. Anyone know of any deals on FireWire enclosures that don't suffer from this problem? I tried out my roommate's (Oxford chipset) and his recognized the whole thing.

 

[compfreak999]

i believe this is the 7k250 which is extreamly fast

 

[Feep]

so whats with the buffer thing? Is it 2 or 8? If its 2 that would kill it for me.

 

[user1234]

Outpost had this one for $49.99AR a couple of weeks ago....