HOT ~ 80GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive for $93.20 shipped from Dell.com

JumpOnDeals

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Dell Home has the 80GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive (item #340-2966) for $129.00. Use the $10 off $100 coupon code (can be found), and an additional 20% off will automatically be added to your cart bringing your total down to $93.20. Plus, Free shipping & no tax in most states.

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I'm feeling old now. The 120GB special editions and their 8MB cache... *sigh* I remember spending more than that for a 10MB drive.
 

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dang... now i'm outta bays... i could go up to 380 gigs with this... ok, i'm not outta bays but i'm not putting two HDDs right next to each other, leaving a nice gap... ah well.
 

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I'm a little worried -- some of the drive's specifications are contradictory.

Highlights:
* Rotational Speed: 7200RPM
* Average Seek Time: 9.5ms
* Average Latency: 5.55ms
* Buffer Cache Size: 2MB
* Spindle Start Time: 10.0 seconds
* Interface: Ultra ATA/100

Average latency (measured in ms) can be calculated as 1000 / ( rpm / 60 ) / 2 = 30000 / rpm.

7200rpm drives should have a *much* lower average latency, something like 4.16ms.
5400rpm disks have an average latency of 5.55ms.

You don't have 7200rpm disks with that latency, one or the other has to be wrong.

Also, the seek time seems kind of high. Has anyone gotten their drive yet, or called Dell to see exactly what it is?