BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 Looking for: Western Digital 74GB WD740GDRTL Raptor 8MB Buffer 10000RPM Seems like $199.99 - $30 = $169.99 Outpost is the best price I have come around... If anyone knows of a good price for a non OEM drive, let me know!!
akolozvary Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-160&depa=0 177 - 25 rebate = 152.00 who da the man? got that in 4mins flat. *pow*
BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Author Posted November 27, 2004 If anyone knows of a good price for a non OEM drive, let me know!! Close, but not quite :/
akolozvary Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 What's wrong with oem? Sure you don't get the pretty box, the cable, and the screws...but come on, do you really need that?
BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Author Posted November 27, 2004 $18 to get one that is new seems worth it. Well, when dealing with a hard drive that will contain data I do not want to lose, OEM is not worth the chance. Retail is better, it isn't just a pretty box.
akolozvary Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 I don't believe that OEM drives are refurbished/used. They are brand new just like the retail ones. The only thing that differs from the retail, is the pretty box, the cable, and the screws. Then again I could be wrong, but I never heard of this before. I always go with OEM if I can save money. Newegg.com has never let me down.
BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Author Posted November 27, 2004 But an $18 difference, doesn't quite seem worth it. If it was around $80-$100 difference, I would have to go with the OEM. The other ones are just too expensive $220. Hard drives are fragile, and sometimes you get a few that fail. I would rather have a drive that hasn't ever been handled before, and went straight from assembly line (or however they are made), directly to box.
Brad Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 Bobby - you might be confusing OEM with something else. OEM drives like this do come right from the assembly lines and are packaged. They are not system pulls or anything like that. They are the same ones the manufacturers send to system builders, just that they send some to retailers like Newegg to sell. There is no difference in the actual hard drive.
akolozvary Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 Trust me. You'll be fine with OEM. I bought a few OEM items before and they worked just like the retail items I purchased in the past. And hey, they're all covered with warrany just like retail. So incase something does go wrong you'll be covered. Sounds like you had some troubles in the past with a harddrive.
BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Author Posted November 27, 2004 OEM drives can also be drives that have been handled more. I always thought that OEM drives also fall under the category of ones that would come from a prebuilt system, that might not have been used, but still selll as new. So OEM drives don't fail as often as retail drives?
Brad Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 When it comes to hard drives like these, I'm 99% sure that they came off the assembly line, were sealed in an anti static bag and haven't been touched yet. Some were put in retail boxes with cables, screws, mounting brackets, etc... and others were packaged in bulk and sent to system builders and retailers like Newegg. They are brand new.
BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Author Posted November 27, 2004 Do I need to buy a special cable if I want to set these drives up on RAID? If these OEM drives end up being fine to use, then I will just use them. If I need to go buy a RAID cable anyways, I might as well just get the OEM ones anyways.
BobbyDouglas Posted November 27, 2004 Author Posted November 27, 2004 Seems like others say it is exactly the same: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1451418&STARTPAGE=1
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