Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA HD Retail-boxed, $109 + ship, Newegg.com

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kmmatney

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The thing is, the flooding didn't effect Seagte like it did WD. Seagates prices were adjusted artificially high, and they have been making a killing. Look at their Stock since the flooding occured in October 2011. The stock price has tripled!.
 

cytoSiN

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The thing is, the flooding didn't effect Seagte like it did WD. Seagates prices were adjusted artificially high, and they have been making a killing. Look at their Stock since the flooding occured in October 2011. The stock price has tripled!.

True, but they also bought Samsung's hard disk unit in April 2011, which also had an impact on stock price. Lots of things went right for them just as they were going wrong for other manufacturers.
 

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so this drive is $10 less expensive than a 1.5TB I bought in 2009. Not a good time to buy drives
 

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The thing is, the flooding didn't effect Seagte like it did WD. Seagates prices were adjusted artificially high, and they have been making a killing. Look at their Stock since the flooding occured in October 2011. The stock price has tripled!.
Seagate's manufacturing wasn't affected, but they're still feeling the effects of the shortage, the whole industry is. Seagate doesn't have anywhere close to enough manufacturing capacity to meet the gap in demand left by the flooding of WD's factories, so of course their prices go up as well since everyone wants more drives than they can churn out.
 

formulav8

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Yeah the flooding is mainly an excuse for some of the makers like seagate to artificially raise prices. :\
 

frostedflakes

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It's not really artificial. Due to the shortage, prices rose to the necessary level to ensure that demand met the supply that was available. Just like how before the floods prices were at the level necessary for demand to meet the supply available. Stop and think about what would have happened if prices stayed at pre-flood levels despite the ~30% fall in supply, every single hard drive being made would have been sold and then people who need hard drives might not have been able to get their hands on them. Whereas with the higher prices people who need them can still them (albeit at inflated prices) while people like me, who would like to buy a couple more hard drives but don't really need them and can afford to wait, will just make do until prices reach more reasonable levels.
 

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Na, it's artificially inflated. If they stopped making so many stupid 250 & 320gb drives, they could use those resources to make larger drives. Thus lowering the price of larger drives but raising the cost of smaller drives that no one really wants. :D
 

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IMO you're better off buying external drives and taking them out of the case, that's what I just did to get a 1.5TB Seagate for $65 + tax from Staples. Lots of good deals still remain on these for some reason.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005W8NLF6

http://www.staples.com/Seagate-FreeA...product_401441

Get this at staples.com with $25 off $75 coupon (google for seller, costs less than $2), then call or chat to get PM. Very easy.

Yeah it's not a current drive, but it's 7200rpm w/32mb, not that old either and is easy to remove from the case.
 
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slpnshot

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I was advised that it's better to get a standalone internal to still get the warranty, although that was before the manufacturers started taking off the 5 year deals...
 

frostedflakes

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Yeah only downside with pulling a drive from an external is that it voids the warranty. But now that Seagate only has 1 year warranty for Barracuda drives and WD dropped the warranty for Blue and Green drives to 2 years, if you can find an external cheap enough it might be worth the risk of giving up a 1-2 year warranty.
 

slpnshot

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Not trying to derail but is this a better HDD because it's Sata 3?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

I think I remember hearing that Sata 2 vs 3 is a gimmick for HDDs because with disc drives the speed is held back not by the wire transfer rate but more by the actual speed(slow) of the drive.

Looking for a new HD since I think my current one is going to the crapper, so I'm trying to compare ones for cheap with decent warranty to get some peace of mind.

HDs honestly all seem the same to me.
 

VirtualLarry

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Yes, SATA 6G does nothing for mechanical HDs, currently.

I would pay the extra $7-something in shipping, and get the retail-boxed drives myself. They survive shipping MUCH better than bare drives.
 
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