Maxtor 320GB SATA $60

[medel]

No rebates, it's the 300 + 20 again, so it's probably a 7200.10. free shipping. 18.75 cents a gig
http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4987891

 

[PanzerBoxb]

It is showing as sold out already.

 

[medel]

well, that was fast.. lol

 

[note235]

my frys has about 100+ in stock
just called

 

[Redleader]

Good deal

 

[emelius]

take back what i said 'bout it bein' in stock in Fishers, Indiana...very bad experience there as well...probably gonna stick to their website from now on...

 

[InfernalMachine]

hmm, tempting, are maxtor drives still bottom of the barrel regarding quality?

 

[ASUDevil83]

hmm, tempting, are maxtor drives still bottom of the barrel regarding quality?

maxtor is owned by seagate now....and many of the maxtor drives out there today are just rebadged seagates.

if that means anything to you.

 

[note235]

whats the difference between .9 and .10?
thanks

 

[pxc]

I'm going to pick up one or two after work at the B&M for the same price.

These "300GB with bonus 20GB" drives are Seagate 7200.10 models.

 

[SentToSchool]

whats the difference between .9 and .10?
thanks

.10 is a little nosier but faster.

 

[ricky13]

got two right after I saw it on SD

RAID ftw

 

[blade52x]

got two right after I saw it on SD

RAID ftw

Same Going to try out RAID-0, if I like the performance boost I'll keep it like that - if not I'll setup RAID-1.

 

[ricky13]

Same Going to try out RAID-0, if I like the performance boost I'll keep it like that - if not I'll setup RAID-1.

From what I've read, RAID-0 really doesn't give any benefits to the average desktop system. And it increases your probability for data loss.

I'm def going RAID-1 because I've never really been good about backing stuff up....and then any performance boosts will be a bonus.

 

[pxc]

whats the difference between .9 and .10?
thanks

7200.10 uses perpendicular recording and has a higher data density. The maximum disk transfer rates are faster: 78MB/s vs 65MB/s, and 1030Mbits/s vs 815Mbits/s internal transfer rates.

The rest of the differences:
7200.9 SATA http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/sata/100390001c.pdf
7200.10 SATA http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/sata/100402371a.pdf

 

[SX2233]

how is it 300+20?? 2 HD?

 

[Blue Fox]

how is it 300+20?? 2 HD?

It is a rebadged Seagate 7200.10 320gb drive.

 

[Dangman]

I broke down and bought one despite my dislike of Maxtor drives. Apparently a person can fill up a 120GB drive with pron.

 

[evilcartman]

Good deal...but it's sold out.

 

[InfernalMachine]

I just got back from Fry's, they were sold out or so they thought, a little sleuthing and I was able to find ten or so that were mixed in with some PATA drives. They gave me the one per household but I got through with two of them.

Hmmm put them in as a RAID setup or keep them as storage and keep using my 80GB Raptor for OS/APPs...

 

[Bender_Unit_22]

when is the sale over?

 

[pxc]

when is the sale over?

It ends today in-store. It died online when it went OOS.

 

[note235]

got one
7200.10

 

[InfernalMachine]

I tried to put them in a raid config last night and failed - I'm a raid newb and couldn't figure it out!

 

[blade52x]

I'm a raid newb too

The two that I also got were 7200.10 - but I haven't opened up the anti-static bags they were in yet. I am not sure if I am going to keep them. I was initially going to setup raid1, but lately my system has been going through a ton of changes. Mobo will soon be swapped, Q6600 (already got a B3 but I'm selling it), etc.