Western Digital 100GB $69.99 AR Circuit City 4/13

[allisolm]

Western Digital 100GB 7200 $69.99 after rebates at Circuit City WD1000BBRTL

$149.99 less $10 instant rebate less $40 mfr MIR less $30 CC MIR = $69.99

from 4/13 newspaper flyer.

available online and shipping is free.

 

[ams30gts]

is this a 8mb buffer?

 

[DeviousTrap]

2mb

 

[samyboy]

Yes. WD1000BBRTL is a 2MB version. These are kinda un-cool these days ( against 8MB drives )

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: samyboy
Yes. WD1000BBRTL is a 2MB version. These are kinda un-cool these days ( against 8MB drives )

say that to a person running a 6 gigger..thanks allisolm !

 

[MontyBurns]

Fantastic deal. This is a very fast drive, despite what any 8meg-heads might tell you.

 

[Kevin]

Wasn't there a story about 8MB being a myth and the performance gains are minimal to un-noticeable at best? I remember reading it here a while back...

 

[benchmarq]

Originally posted by: kevin000
Wasn't there a story about 8MB being a myth and the performance gains are minimal to un-noticeable at best? I remember reading it here a while back...

I've tried both in the exact same system, and the ONLY way I could tell any difference was if I was benchmarking the drives. As far as normal everyday operations, the 2MB cache version is perfectly fine. At less than 70¢ per GB, this looks like a great deal to me!!

 

[Wiseguy69]

I saw this ad today also... great deal. Like I need more storage. Hard to pass up though.

 

[LilHen]

thanks

 

[toant103]

i have 120GB and 80GB brand new. Still in the box. It's so cheap so i bought it but i have no use for it.

 

[dartworth]

The 8MB drives are the SE drives...which come with a 3 year warrenty

2MB drives...1 year.

 

[markOpoleO]

Warning: Your rebate will take UP to one YEAR to process.

So if you are expecting that $40 mfr rebate soon..be prepared to wait up to a year.

 

[fraeone]

Wasn't there a story about 8MB being a myth and the performance gains are minimal to un-noticeable at best? I remember reading it here a while back...

I/O (specifically Hard Drives) have evolved the least compared to the rest of the components in a computer, and they're the biggest bottleneck these days. You need every drop of performance you can get from your HD. That being said, I'm not fanatical enough to buy a $200 36G SCSI drive Right now I have a WD 120G SE and sooner or later I will add another 120 8M drive (I have RAID on the mobo)

fraeone

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: markOpoleO
Warning: Your rebate will take UP to one YEAR to process.

So if you are expecting that $40 mfr rebate soon..be prepared to wait up to a year.

my CC rebates have all come in a timely manner (2-3 months) and my only WD one that was cantankerous was from OM..but it came after some prodding and faxing..as always ..ymmv

 

[Salvador]

WAY too heavy on the MIR's for me. Thanks for posting this though.

Sal

 

[zParticle]

I've never purchased an IDE drive for myself before--I've run an exclusive SCSI shop since the mid-80's. However, comparing these IDE prices to the current fast SCSI drives ($8/GB for 15k.3's) has inspired me to build a low-speed server for multimedia data. So, pardon the IDE-novice questions:

• Even at .70/GB after rebate, is this as good as it gets? Ideally, I'd like to find a larger drive in this price range--rebates are ok.
  
  What are some of the best IDE deals that you've seen this year? Any great deals on the largest drives?
  
  For performance, I'll stick with SCSI. If I'm optimizing for capacity and not speed, are there any other considerations besides finding the largest drives I can?
  
  Ideally, I'd like to stick with the 120GB-200GB drives, for possible use in a future RAID0/RAID5 array with other drives of the same size. Or are there IDE RAID controllers that can handle mixed drive sizes?

Thanks for the help!

 

[allisolm]

What are some of the best IDE deals that you've seen this year?

Just put 120GB, 200GB, etc into the search box and you can see the earlier deals.

 

[ton]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Western Digital 100GB 7200 $69.99 after rebates at Circuit City WD1000BBRTL

$149.99 less $10 instant rebate less $40 mfr MIR less $30 CC MIR = $69.99

from 4/13 newspaper flyer.

available online and shipping is free.

And the working link is here..

Enjoy

 

[ton]

Originally posted by: fraeone

I/O (specifically Hard Drives) have evolved the least compared to the rest of the components in a computer, and they're the biggest bottleneck these days. You need every drop of performance you can get from your HD. That being said, I'm not fanatical enough to buy a $200 36G SCSI drive Right now I have a WD 120G SE and sooner or later I will add another 120 8M drive (I have RAID on the mobo)
fraeone

Actually, I don't really think for everyday usage you'de need the fastest hard drive. The only thing that give you is the nice number when you do your benchmark.

Unless you deal with a lot... and i mean a lot of data. Video capture in lossless mode, for example..

 

[Thump553]

How is this drive on noise? Sound volume first, and heat secondly, are starting to become more important to me than mere speed. Frankly, I can barely tell the difference between a 5700 rpm drive and a 7200 one in real life, much less the difference between 2 MB and 8 MB buffer size. I'm pretty familiar with the various Maxtors but have had only one or two WD.

BTW, I have always been very, very happy with CC rebates.

 

[dlaw]

Originally posted by: samyboy
Yes. WD1000BBRTL is a 2MB version. These are kinda un-cool these days ( against 8MB drives )

People who use it for mass storage, care about mostly size.

 

[TrayjikMayjik]

is the model number for the 8mb different? what is it out of curiosity?

 

[OgreDave]

instead of BB its JB

 

[LoverBoyJ]

Thanks Allisolm!

Just what I need for a replacement data drive.