Warm?? 160GB $69.99 @ Fry's--no rebates

[toneman]

Dunno if this is a great deal or not, but it's in today's Fry's ad (here in the Sacramento, CA area). Based on SKU number shown in the ad (cross-referenced it at Outpost.com--#3575084), it is the Maxtor 160GB UDMA/133 8MB drive (L01P160) retail kit...no rebate required. For those of you--like myself--who missed out on the Staples deal from earlier this week and don't really care for the SATA card that was bundled with the Staples deal, this might be a pretty decent deal...considering that both Newegg and ZipZoomFly currently sell just the bare drive itself for around $95.

Sure it doesn't beat the just-dead Seagate deal but at least it doesn't require a rebate...

FYI--Outpost currently doesn't reflect the sale price for this drive (listed at $120); maybe they haven't updated the site yet.

 

[jmgonzalez]

Confirming that its a Maxtor - bought one this morning in Manhattan Beach, CA.

 

[buzzsaw13]

you can PM to this at office depot and add a whole bunch of other crap to use the 20 off 100 coupon thats floating around on the FW forums to sweeten the deal.

 

[toneman]

Probably old news, but worth mentioning...them sneaky Fry's bastids smartly left out everything in their ad that would explicitly identify as to what make and model the drive is--in all likelyhood done so as to make it more difficult to pricematch at another competitor.

 

[Adul]

it is a retail maxtor drive. I got one this morning good deal

 

[newbiepcuser]

Are Maxtor's reliable compared to Seagates? Noise level, speed, etc?

They've been so cheap lately.

 

[Kelvrick]

Hmm... I think the seagate is the better deal considering hte 5 years warranty.

 

[GTFan]

Avail today for $59.99 at Fry's Atlanta. Ad doesn't say brand but does say it's an ATA133 retail boxed, so...

 

[compfreak999]

Originally posted by: newbiepcuser
Are Maxtor's reliable compared to Seagates? Noise level, speed, etc?<BR><BR>They've been so cheap lately.

noise wise totally seagate, its so much quieter
speed proubly about same, if not its only a minor difference

 

[woodscomp]

Originally posted by: compfreak999
<blockquote>quote:
<hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>newbiepcuser</b></i>
Are Maxtor's reliable compared to Seagates? Noise level, speed, etc?<BR><BR>They've been so cheap lately.<hr></blockquote>

noise wise totally seagate, its so much quieter
speed proubly about same, if not its only a minor difference

The new maxtors you can not even hear. I used a couple in Raid last week and they were not even audible.

 

[lordbob99]

What's the warranty on these things? 1 or 3 years?

 

[toneman]

Originally posted by: lordbob99
What's the warranty on these things? 1 or 3 years?

1 year, according to my receipt...

 

[lordbob99]

I stopped by the Sunnyvale Fry's yesterday, and there was a large stack of these drives. I passed on it due to the 1 year warranty.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Decent for no rebate.

Two weeks ago it was $10 cheaper after rebate.

 

[toneman]

Yeah, it's a decent deal...but I couldn't wait, as I had just recently received my copy of HDLoader and wanted to put it to immediate use...