Seagate 300 GB PATA ST3300831A-RK (retail) - $119 - NO REBATES

[poisonthewell]

Booyah

First hot deal post. No rebates. 5 year warranty.

Ended up to be $127.58 with shipping to MO for me.

Enjoy!

 

[Woogoat]

Tempted to snag one for the Xbox, great deal.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Why does every hot deal on HDD must always be PATA. Can't they switsh to SATA already?


On the side note, that price is really low, even for PATA, could it be a price mistake? If not then HDD prices on high capacities are finally going down, would be good if it was actually true.

 

[Kipper]

This has been at this current price for some time now.

Rebate is very quick as well, handled by Parago (if it goes to mesa, AZ).

 

[bigboxes]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Why does every hot deal on HDD must always be PATA. Can't they switsh to SATA already?

Cuz the mfg are charging more for their SATA drives. And as far as drives this size I would assume that they are being used for storage drives. In that case it would be perfectly fine to have a PATA drive. If you need the cute little cable I believe you can buy an adapter that will allow you to use one.

 

[ss284]

These 7200.8s are pretty slow compared to the competition. The 300gb model has the smaller 100gb platters, meaning slower transfer rates. However if all you want is a quiet drive for file storage this should be fine.

 

[Kovie]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Why does every hot deal on HDD must always be PATA. Can't they switsh to SATA already?


On the side note, that price is really low, even for PATA, could it be a price mistake? If not then HDD prices on high capacities are finally going down, would be good if it was actually true.

Monarch has a 320gb SATA drive for $140 shipped in another thread if thats more your liking.

 

[poisonthewell]

Originally posted by: Kipper
This has been at this current price for some time now.

Rebate is very quick as well, handled by Parago (if it goes to mesa, AZ).

Yes it has been this price before - after rebate. You might want to note the last two words in the topic.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: Kovie

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Why does every hot deal on HDD must always be PATA. Can't they switsh to SATA already?


On the side note, that price is really low, even for PATA, could it be a price mistake? If not then HDD prices on high capacities are finally going down, would be good if it was actually true.

Monarch has a 320gb SATA drive for $140 shipped in another thread if thats more your liking.

Yes, I jumped on that one. Needed a new boot drive, my old trustworth Barra4 was getting way too slow (although still the quetest drive ever made).

 

[ilikesushi]

Site not working maybe. Can't add to cart.

 

[Kipper]

For those wanting a SATA version of this drive...

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4303165?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

$139.99 +shipping after $50 rebate. Seagate rebates have been getting MUCH better lately. I ordered this 300GB PATA in early May and got the rebate about a week ago...about a 3-4 week turnaround.