Hitachi 180 GB HD at Frys for 69.99 AR

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spacejamz

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Didn't see this posted yet...

Retail Boxed Hard Drive
8.5 ms Seek Time
7200 RPM
8 MB Buffer

179.99 in store price - $90 MIR - $20 MIR = 69.99

Irving, TX location had a bunch left (ten on the shelf and the rest were on the shelf above the hard drives)...
 
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pxc

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Notice the funky "UPC" symbol on the box? I'm already dreading sending it in.
 
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bocaboy

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Aren't the Hitachi drives actually the same as the former IBM Deskstar drives? I heard IBM sold their IDE drive business to Hitachi after all the problems with the Deskstar 75 series.
 
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RDMustang1

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Originally posted by: bocaboy
Aren't the Hitachi drives actually the same as the former IBM Deskstar drives? I heard IBM sold their IDE drive business to Hitachi after all the problems with the Deskstar 75 series.
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Yes but remember only the Deskstar 75GXP (and some 60GXPs) had problems. If you hold this against IBM then you should not buy WD, Maxtor, Seagate or Fiji hard drives because they have all had similar problems in the past.

Originally posted by: Bot69
Be prepared for a couple RMAs
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Umm, no.. New IBM/Hitachi hard drives have been proven some of the fastest and most reliable. IBM had one bad run and you give up on them. Again, if you follow this mentality through all manufacturers then there is probably nothing you could ever buy because all companies run into some back luck at some time in manufacturing at least one of their products.
 
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gflores

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Just wondering, are there any Fry's in Denton, Plano, Frisco area? My mom just moved here and so I was wondering.
 
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mechazawa

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Originally posted by: gflores
Just wondering, are there any Fry's in Denton, Plano, Frisco area? My mom just moved here and so I was wondering.
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There's a Fry's in Arlington, Garland, and a new one just opened up in Plano.

 
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HeineKid

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I have 3 deskstars, one from IBM and two from Hitachi...all of them have given me no problems...I rely on them more than my WD and Seagates...i RAID with all IBM/Hitachi...I'm going to order a couple of these.
 
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RocketsFan

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Originally posted by: gflores
Just wondering, are there any Fry's in Denton, Plano, Frisco area? My mom just moved here and so I was wondering.
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They just opened up one in the Plano area and there's one just 12-15 miles away from that one (weird) in the Dallas/Mesquite area.
 
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SimsFreak

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What does Fry's Stand for? sorry If I asked this again, but as soon as I posted the other I left for the weekend.
 
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HeinekinMan

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I picked up two of these yesterday and installed both; they are very fast and very quiet! Good deal...

Fry's Electronics does not stand for anything that I'm aware of; it's the name of the family and it's a family run organization, Randy Fry is the CEO I believe. Several of his brothers/sister run the company.

I have many IBM 120GXP and 180GXP drives running virtually 24/7; no problems. The majority of the bad press that IBM has gotten (already posted many times) has been with the 75GXP and to a less extent, the 60GXP.

FYI, I don't think these drives are actually part of the Hitachi 7K250 family; the box just says Hitachi Deskstar Hard Drive, the enclosed user's guide says 7K250 but...it shows up in BIOS and in Win2K as: IC35L180AVV207-1 which, I believe, translates into 180GXP family.

 
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DevilsAdvocate

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Originally posted by: SimsFreak
What does Fry's Stand for? sorry If I asked this again, but as soon as I posted the other I left for the weekend.
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Fry's does not stand for anything. Go to frys.com for a list of store locations.
 
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DaiShan

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Originally posted by: RDMustang1
Originally posted by: bocaboy
Aren't the Hitachi drives actually the same as the former IBM Deskstar drives? I heard IBM sold their IDE drive business to Hitachi after all the problems with the Deskstar 75 series.
Click to expand...

Yes but remember only the Deskstar 75GXP (and some 60GXPs) had problems. If you hold this against IBM then you should not buy WD, Maxtor, Seagate or Fiji hard drives because they have all had similar problems in the past.

Originally posted by: Bot69
Be prepared for a couple RMAs
Click to expand...

Umm, no.. New IBM/Hitachi hard drives have been proven some of the fastest and most reliable. IBM had one bad run and you give up on them. Again, if you follow this mentality through all manufacturers then there is probably nothing you could ever buy because all companies run into some back luck at some time in manufacturing at least one of their products.
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Doesn't IBM only spec the drives for a certain number of hours per day?

 
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Something like 8 hours a day. I dont know what drives these apply to, but it was around the time of the pixiedust problem. For reference, I had three 60GXP's in raid for the longest time. I have sold all three drives off and they are all still working to this day. Its been over three years, and I ran them nearly 24-7.
 
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Originally posted by: docinthebox
According to the product description at Outpost, this is the new 7K250 series from Hitachi, which is the top ranked 7200 RPM IDE drive currently on Storagereview.com's Leaderboard. Storagereview tests hard drives and lists the best of the best in each drive category on their leaderboard.
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I highly doubt this is 7K250, because there's no 180GB model among 7K250 line-up. (80GB/Platter.. that might be reason, I guess) I think this deal is for 180GXP, and still believe very hot deal.
 
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Fry's was a grocery store chain years ago. I think they were in the San Frqancisco and Arizona areas. When old man Fry was going to let the kids run the chain, they told him that they wanted to move it into electronics and lose the groceries. He warned them that it was not a good idea. Seeing all the expansion of their chain, I guess they are doing okay.


ramuno
 
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jwardl

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I'd be happy to see a decent price on a hard drive WITHOUT rebates. Technology has moved a long way in the past few years. I can't see any legitimate reason for hard drives to have such high "sticker" prices as they do.

It's not hard to get a good AFTER REBATE price these days, but you have to tie-up a sizeable chunk of change in rebates, and hope that you'll actually get it.

=sigh=
 
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nexialist

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These drives were ratest the hightest in the current issue of Maximum PC magazine.

If that means anything.

Dan
 
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nexialist

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These drives were ratest the hightest in the current issue of Maximum PC magazine.

If that means anything.

Dan
 
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nexialist

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These drives were ratest the hightest in the current issue of Maximum PC magazine.

If that means anything.

Dan
 
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