Originally posted by: docinthebox
Good price for a very good drive. Thanks.
This and the WD5000YS are currently my favorite 500GB drives.
Originally posted by: bob4432
Originally posted by: docinthebox
Good price for a very good drive. Thanks.
This and the WD5000YS are currently my favorite 500GB drives.
why those two?
Originally posted by: chizow
As much as I like Newegg and most of their products, just thought I'd toss out a warning about Newegg and some OEM parts.
I recently parted out a new rig from Newegg and picked up one of their 150GB Raptor X's with $30 MIR. Was a lot cheaper than most other places and the convenience of ordering from the same place speaks for itself. About a week ago BB was running a special for the retail kit for much less, $179 no MIR compared to $199 AR. No biggy, timing difference.
What was upsetting was that the retail drive from BB was a Jan 2007 build and the one I purchased from Newegg only a month or so earlier was a Jan 2006 build. That alone wasn't anything to get upset about....until I fired up my rig and found that the new drive was much quieter than the old drive. I'm talking 2-3x and the pitch was also much different.
Anyways, my thoughts are that large manufacturers use Newegg's reputation and high turnover as sort of an "outlet store" for older and overstocked parts.....maybe even refurbished parts. There's a reason WD was perpetually running MIRs on these drives through Newegg. I guess there's nothing wrong with this directly, but in my past experiences Newegg has always had the latest revisions, steppings and stock for the products enthusiasts love. Just thought I'd throw a heads-up to people out there who expect the same.
Right, except that retail channels are longer than e-tail channels and you would think turnover would be longer at a B&M compared to a well-known e-tailer like Newegg. But 1-year old drives being sold as new? C'mon, seriously. Places like Tiger Direct were founded on buying overstock and bankruptcy inventory and selling them and steeply discounted prices, so its nothing new in the industry.Originally posted by: keeleysam
Or it's that an OEM drive and a retail drive are sold though different channels in different volumes.
Originally posted by: docinthebox
Good price for a very good drive. Thanks.
This and the WD5000YS are currently my favorite 500GB drives.
Originally posted by: Muse
Will this drive work in my desktop? It's Beauty in my sig. TIA.
Originally posted by: hardcandy2
Originally posted by: Muse
Will this drive work in my desktop? It's Beauty in my sig. TIA.
Beauty has no orifices listed. Is she IDE or SATA? And why do you not know after giving your computer a name?
Storage Interface: IDE
Originally posted by: Muse
Will this drive work in my desktop? It's Beauty in my sig. TIA.
Originally posted by: JeSpre
I'm pretty sure all Samsung drives carry a 3-year warranty, but I can't find anything on Samsung's site to back that up.
Originally posted by: esquared
Originally posted by: Muse
Will this drive work in my desktop? It's Beauty in my sig. TIA.
You have no SATA posts on your board according to the MSI model number you gave in your sig, (an MSI KT3 Ultra2). You would need to get a SATA card as EKKC suggested.
Here's the link to your board,. MSI KT3 Ultra2 specs
Originally posted by: Jimmy
Hey guys, I got mine today and tried to check the warranty here but it says the serial number format is not recognized. I guess there's still no definitive proof of the warranty length, so use your own judgement.
Originally posted by: superHARD
Originally posted by: Jimmy
Hey guys, I got mine today and tried to check the warranty here but it says the serial number format is not recognized. I guess there's still no definitive proof of the warranty length, so use your own judgement.
Cool, we don't get any warranty at all I guess![]()