500GB SATAII 7200.10 $69

Like I said, I don't know what the Seagate rep was smoking, but... well, whatever I guess. I wouldn't have given up quite so easily. Seagate is generally regarded as having the best warranty in the hard drive manufacturing business, so I can't for a second believe someone would dare just say "Buy this drive, if it fails, you're on your own" or words to that effect.

Either way, for the current $75 price, this is arguably the best 500GB drive on the market today. Get it while it lasts...
 
Agreed... I still use primarily Seagate. In over 10 years, that was the ONLY Seagate I've had die. And $75 is a good price.

As for the OEM warranty subject, I'd love to discuss it further... just not here (off-topic).
I've started a new thread here.
 
wjogert said:
That's exactly what I did. Whenever I entered the Serial # of the drive into the RMA form, it told me the drive wasn't eligible. That is why I called Seagate by phone. I had the receipt and the drive was only 1 yr. old.

Seagate CS took the Serial # from me, and said, "Oh wait, that's an OEM branded drive." And to paraphrase the remainder of the conversation...

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!

So, don't ask me what was up with that. Their response was based on the Serial #. This was the only Seagate I've ever had to RMA. I did contact NewEgg to ask "WTF??". They would neither confirm nor deny. They just kept repeating, "warranty is subject to the terms of the manufacturer." OK, bend me over.

NewEgg did however offer me 25% off of a replacement drive. LMAO. I bought two.
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"OEM branded drive" meaning that it was re-branded by another company. That's not the same thing as a Seagate OEM drive. You'd have to contact the company that re-branded the drive for warranty service
 
Wow... nice find, artless1. Now if I only had the cash... ;) Pretty sure the 7200.10 drives have NCQ support as well. Would be kind of stupid if any SATA drive on the market today didn't have it. Like shooting yourself in the foot, somewhat...
 
Just wanted to mention that I ordered the 32 mb drive on 5/3/08 and upgraded the shipping to 2 day and they finally shipped it yesterday 5/8/08 with an estimated delivery date of 5/12/08. Item was always instock too. :mad:

Everytime I logged onto my account it said status "packed" when means packed and ready to ship. Did the shipping guy have a medical emergency? :confused: Well when I finally get it Monday, I'll probably be excited enough to forgive but :rolleyes: .

Cagey
 
Hrm, I wonder why the 7200.10 originally linked has a higher list price than the 7200.11 w/ 32mb linked just a few posts above.

Anyone know?
 
I usually don't pay much attention to "list" prices as they never accurately reflect the average street price. List prices typically serve no purpose other than to make a sale price, or even regular price, look better. :rolleyes:

Watch the sales and you'll see. The 16Mb 7200.10 in OP only increased $5.00 when the sale ended. A PCI-e video card that I was watching at Fry's only increased $5.00 when that sale ended. Such is typically the case with most online vendors.

Ignore the advertised list price and instead compare the selling price to several online retailers, like NewEgg, TigerDirect, Fry's, ZZZ, etc. :)
 
Joe Average said:
Wow... nice find, artless1. Now if I only had the cash... ;) Pretty sure the 7200.10 drives have NCQ support as well. Would be kind of stupid if any SATA drive on the market today didn't have it. Like shooting yourself in the foot, somewhat...
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unless the drive is in a multi-user environment, tests/benchmarks show that it is better to have ncq turned off.
 
Funny thing about tests... in my own testing, my own results almost always clash with the stuff you read on that thar Intarweb... go figure. Besides, I have like 45 things going right now and I'm "stuck" on a single 250GB drive at this moment, SATA of course, but not AHCI-connected. Still working out why the Gigabyte P35-DS3L is such a bitch when it comes to using that mode under pre-Vista OSes, even with the drivers from Intel for the ICH9 controller. Time to get me some hax0ring done on these things and force AHCI mode into operation 'cause NCQ would most definitely help with all the crap I'm putting this drive through...

A few percentage points on someone's so-called "official" benchmark/test are meaningless. Those tests can't even emulate real-world operation effectively, so I wouldn't bother using them as the yardstick. Hook the shit up, configure it, and use it for what it was designed to do. Simple.
 
Already have the pair I purchased up and running in RAID 1, so far butter smooth.
 
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