Hot or not? Toshiba 3TB SATA 6.0 $89.99 FS Newegg email

[angminas]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396

Must be signed up for e-mail alerts to use promo code ESCAPKA35.

I don't think I've ever had a Toshiba hard drive. My primary concern is reliability. Any thoughts? Seems like a great price.

 

[JBT]

Do you mean this drive?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=Toshiba_3TB_SATA_6.0-_-22-149-408-_-Product

 

[angminas]

Do you mean this drive?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=Toshiba_3TB_SATA_6.0-_-22-149-408-_-Product

No, different model numbers. I don't know where you got that one from.

 

[MustISO]

Toshiba and WD tend to be pretty reliable compared to Seagate. I've lost one drive in 20 years to a failure and I've owned all brands. As long as you backup your data it won't matter if the drive dies except for the inconvenience.

 

[JBT]

Ok, well either way and I should have been more clear the link in the OP isn't to Newegg...

 

[JBT]

DP

 

[VirtualLarry]

Ok, well either way and I should have been more clear the link in the OP isn't to Newegg...

Huh? Goes to Newegg for me.

Edit: You should scan for malware ASAP.

 

[JBT]

wow weird stuff. When I use IE I see his link for a second then it changes to a some sort of pgparter.com (related to Alexa ) link for serversupply.com

 

[Ranulf]

Link shows in the forum and goes to a website called server supply. Im using Firefox with no script running.

 

[qliveur]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396

Must be signed up for e-mail alerts to use promo code ESCAPKA35.

I don't think I've ever had a Toshiba hard drive. My primary concern is reliability. Any thoughts? Seems like a great price.

Oh, crap, this is the retail kit. :thumbsup:

I thought it would be the OEM version, which I would not recommend buying from Newegg due to number of DOAs.

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396

That's the link in the OP. It goes to Newegg, not serversupply. Lot of malware making the rounds, apparently.

Edit: Unless you are using a free AV, that rewrites online shopping links. One of the major ones does that.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Link shows in the forum and goes to a website called server supply. Im using Firefox with no script running.

No, it goes to Newegg. You have malware.

 

[TwiceOver]

On my phone it goes to served supply.

 

[exar333]

Nice deal OP.

For those not getting a Newegg link, you have Malware. LOL

 

[TwiceOver]

Not exactly malware, but definitely questionable. You can opt out of viglink here:

http://www.viglink.com/opt-out/

Appears tapatalk uses it and some forum admins also use it. Just a note that none of my PCs had it, only my phone. I use Chrome as my browser so it isn't a setting that propagates like all other settings. More like a cookie.

 

[JBT]

Not exactly malware, but definitely questionable. You can opt out of viglink here:

http://www.viglink.com/opt-out/

Appears tapatalk uses it and some forum admins also use it. Just a note that none of my PCs had it, only my phone. I use Chrome as my browser so it isn't a setting that propagates like all other settings. More like a cookie.

Thanks that fixed my system.

I was going to say what ever "malware" this is, is in inthere deep, Nothing detected on malware bytes or my AV scanner.

 

[angminas]

Not exactly malware, but definitely questionable. You can opt out of viglink here:

http://www.viglink.com/opt-out/

Appears tapatalk uses it and some forum admins also use it. Just a note that none of my PCs had it, only my phone. I use Chrome as my browser so it isn't a setting that propagates like all other settings. More like a cookie.

Clicking the disable button does nothing. I've tried temporarily allowing all that page in Noscript, then again. What do I need to allow in order to opt out?

 

[TwiceOver]

When I did it the text changes to "disabled" I then relaunched the browser and it was cleared up.

 

[balloonshark]

FWIW the 2TB version can be had for $65 with promo code ESCAPKN26. The promotion expires at 11:59PM PT on 3/15/15. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149407&Tpk=N82E16822149407

Edit: The version I linked to has a lower ratings.
Edit2: Its ratings are better at amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-3-5-Inch-SATA3-Drive-DT01ACA200/dp/B009QOGBZE/