Hot: Maxtor Maxline Pro 7H500F0 500GB SATA HDD ( 5 year warranty / 16mb cache) $125.99 + $8 shipping AC. No tax in CA

[Odeen]

Maxtor Maxline Pro 7H500F0 500gb: http://www.directron.com/7h500f0.html
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500gb: http://www.directron.com/wd5000aaks.html
Coupon codes (Publicly accessible page on Directron.com, should be okay to post here): http://www.directron.com/rebates4928271.html

Coupons are:
$3 off $100
$5 off $150
$7 off $200
$15 off $500

Shipping (UPS Ground Residential) is about $8 for one drive, which is fair. Shipping for 4 drives for me was $13.15, so stock up and use the $15/$500 coupon

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I may have to get one of those Maxtors. Thanks for the links.

 

[Budarow]

Nice deal, but unless you REALLY need more than 1 drive at the moment (or very soon), I wouldn't "stock up" cause a hard drive is the type of product which just keeps getting cheaper and better over time. Some products can fluctuate depending on the product cycle. IMO.

 

[eLiu]

How does the Maxtor compare to the Seagate 7200.10 series? (And do ATers trust maxtor more now that they've been owned by Seagate for a while...?)

 

[imported_Skorpio]

Originally posted by: eLiu
How does the Maxtor compare to the Seagate 7200.10 series? (And do ATers trust maxtor more now that they've been owned by Seagate for a while...?)

I dont know how they compare to Seagate

But I own that 7H500F0 model and 2 other Maxtors from 1999 and 2003.

All 3 are running fine....I havent had any issues with any of them.

BTW thanks OP for the link...I will probably buy one more of the maxline.

 

[Shippy]

According ot Directron's site, both of these drives only have a 1yr warrenty. Where are you getting the 5yr & 3yr from? I remember once buying an OEM Seagate assuming it had a 5yr warranty only to later find out it was only 15 days. Luckily the drive is still going strong 2 years later.

 

[Odeen]

All Maxline drives have a 5-year warranty. I picked up a couple at my local Fry's (they're going back now, since these are cheaper) - the shelf tag said 1 year, but they show up as 5 years online.

 

[conehead433]

I own this drive and so far so good. I've bought from Directron before and they're Ok except you can't email them directly if you have a problem. You have to post in their stupid forums. They have a lot to learn about customer service.