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Seagate 160GB 7200.9 SATA2/SATA-300 Retail Kit $49.99 + Shipping

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LukeMan

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Same Hot Deal as last month on Outpost that sold out in a day, except you gotta pay the shipping. Great deal on these 5-yr warranty hdd's.

Shipping to me is $7.59 for 1, $8.10 for 2, $8.59 for 3..... I might as well get a couple to save on shipping (hotter deal).

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i bought one last time, but it's still sitting in the box...sometimes outpost likes to post free shipping a few hours/day+ later. but don't take my word for it.
 
Here's what I'm hoping for.

Free shipping

$49.99 or less

160GB

7900.10

Limit 2

RAID

Happiness

World peace
 
This is 7200.9 and it's not that a great deal at all. Before shipping it's $50/160 = $0.31 per GB. Drives this small usually $0.20 - $0.25 is better. If this were 400GB+ then it would be good.
 
Originally posted by: LukeMan
They even make 160gb 7200.10's? I think the smallest the 7200.10 goes is 250gb?
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I don't know, was just wishful thinking on my part. 😀 It technically is possible to make a 160GB single platter 7200.10 drive. Will Seagate sell such a drive, and for $50 or less? Dunno.
 
Originally posted by: Auzner
This is 7200.9 and it's not that a great deal at all. Before shipping it's $50/160 = $0.31 per GB. Drives this small usually $0.20 - $0.25 is better. If this were 400GB+ then it would be good.
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seagate 5-yr warranty, sata-300, and it's the newest technology for this size of drive, not to mention it's the retail kit so it comes with all the nifty little doo-dads like screws, manual, software, usb cable. You won't find a better deal on a this drive or a similar retail drive of this quality.
 
Originally posted by: Auzner
Drives this small usually $0.20 - $0.25 is better.
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According to your calculations I should be able to find a 160gb sata2 drive for $32-$40? Find 1 for me, I'll buy.
 
Originally posted by: Jbog
400GB for $50, really?
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I meant for $/gb. That's what I shop by. So 400GB for $100-120, not $50+ship.

Originally posted by: LukeMan
According to your calculations I should be able to find a 160gb sata2 drive for $32-$40? Find 1 for me, I'll buy.
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Well you won't at that size. Usually 250, 300, and 320 can get in the 20's cent per GB range.

Sorry to pick on your discovery. My point is it's not how big the drive is or what it costs, it's how much you're paying per GB. Also Maxtor never counts. 😉 I like drives with longevity.
 
This past Christmas season there were 200GB EIDE drives for around $30AR, though one of mine didn't come through. :|
 
if you're looking for a fast sata hdd w/ a great warranty, for use on a family computer (doesn't require 100's of gb's of storage) you could spend $45 on a 80gb drive shipped at newegg or elsewhere, or you can muster up the extra $10 for the 160gb from seagate.

Find just 1 hdd of the same performance that compares in price to this hdd (~$57 after shipping).

Comparing the $/GB of a 250-300gb hdd to this 160gb drive is like comparing apples to oranges. People get these drives either because A.) They want a cheap yet fast hdd (size doesn't matter for them), or B.) They want a cheap Raid set-up.

2 of these drives in are about the same price as a 320GB SATA2 hdd (give or take a couple bucks), but when used in Raid will outperform any single SATA 16mb cache drive in file transfer.
 
Originally posted by: Zap
This past Christmas season there were 200GB EIDE drives for around $30AR, though one of mine didn't come through. :|
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I don't count on Rebates, they tend to let you down. I'm waiting on my Ultra 500 Watt psu mail-in-rebate from RadioShack, and my 74gb 16mb raptor MIR from newegg.
 
Back in stock. Total including shipping and tax comes out to $60 which is still cheaper than similar OEM drives from Newegg.
 
shipping to IA comes out to $58 total. Each additional hdd is only like $0.50 extra to ship, so get multiple hdd's for a better deal.
 
per gb pricing matters only when you need a ton of space... for a office PC, spending $50 on a 160gb ($0.315/gb) is much better than spending $65 on a 250gb ($0.26/gb), because they only really needed < 40gb in the first place.
 
Originally posted by: crimson117
per gb pricing matters only when you need a ton of space... for a office PC, spending $50 on a 160gb ($0.315/gb) is much better than spending $65 on a 250gb ($0.26/gb), because they only really needed < 40gb in the first place.
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:thumbsup:

crimson, did you get in on this deal last month? (2x160gb in your sig)
 
I'm confused about the part number of this drive. It's listed as ST160812AS-RK. The only retail 160GB 7200.9 SATA II drive I've seen is the ST3160812AS-RK. I've also seen the OEM version (which I have), and the low profile OEM (ST3160811AS).

Is this just a typo on their site or is this some "special" (read gimped) version?
 
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