Hot or not? Maxtor 250GB,8MB,7200RPM 179.99-30MIR=149 @ Frys

[MoeSyzlak]

Frys has this goin right now. Is this a hot deal? Also, will anyone pricematch this? They also have a 200GB WD for 189.99-70=119.99.



"Hello, my name is Moe. Or as the ladies call me "Hey you behind the bushes."" -Moe Syzlak

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Frys .. ..could you put that in the thread title ..plz..tia

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: MoeSyzlak
Frys has this goin right now. Is this a hot deal? Also, will anyone pricematch this? They also have a 200GB WD for 189.99-70=119.99.

I went for the WD myself...I've had too many Maxtors keel over and die. Newegg wants $169 for the same drive (no rebate), and theirs doesn't have a Promise IDE controller bundled with it (nice if your computer doesn't support LBA48 by itself, or if you just want to throw a ton of drives at it).

A 200-GB TiVo is a Good Thing.

 

[Lint21]

For the record: the drive that is linked at Newegg is not the same. That is a 200GB drive, while Frys has a 250GB.

The deal is still going on at Frys until at least 1/8/04.

The Renton Frys has/had a bunch of these drives. Most of their stock was an originally $250 version that came with a combo SATA150/PATA133 PCI card. They had a couple that were originally $280, which included the regular PATA133 PCI card. Same Frys SKUs, same $150 after rebate ($180 before).

I think this is a pretty good deal. Not amazing, but it's nice to see that large capacity drives are coming down in price. plus, it's 7200RPM and 8MB cache.

I also noticed that they had a 250GB external drive for $300 minus a $50 rebate ($250 total). The drive was USB2.0 and Firewire, but only 5400RPM and 2MB cache.

 

[blacklit]

price reduced to 174.99 over the weekend in the bay area. that's $144.99 with the $30 rebate. oh, it comes with free sata controller too.

 

[AMDScooter]

price reduced to 174.99 over the weekend in the bay area. that's $144.99 with the $30 rebate. oh, it comes with free sata controller too.

Ya I picked one up too, it also has a free t-shirt along with the PCI SATA/PATA controller.