madalienmonk Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 Looking through the ads, all I see are some portable HDs and a maxtor onetouch for 80 (.16 cents a gig!!!!). Are there going to be any HDs (internal/external, preferably in the 1-1.5TB range at .10/gb) this year!?
freesia39 Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 1 TB at 0.10/GB?! Maaaaaaaaaaaybe at Fry's.
wx4svr Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 I'd keep looking at Office Depot, Staples, places like that. Those may be your best bet. =)
cooper2142010 Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 Try newegg (I cannot post links) I purchased a couple of 1TB Hitachi drives for .09/GB
Abe1787 Posted November 16, 2008 Posted November 16, 2008 Yeah, they've already been less than ¢10 a gig. I'm hoping for an even better deal, but I think the only reasonable possibilities are Newegg and Fry's.
Marcster Posted November 16, 2008 Posted November 16, 2008 Last week, Newegg had one of their one-day deals for a WD 1TB internal for $99 shipped. I still remember back when 8 (eight) GB hard drives were $100. http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Marcster2005/Smileypad/Male/11.gif
bluebear Posted November 16, 2008 Posted November 16, 2008 I've been looking out for a hard drive too. I was hoping to get 1TB too, 750GB at the least. I was wanting to stay below $100, and it looks like I may be able too. Thanks for the info, I'll be checking Newegg regularly. When I bought my first computer, it had a 210MB HD. My friends were saving up for a 500MB (Yes MB, not GB), which was $500 at the time. $1/MB, what a bargain!
kren Posted November 16, 2008 Posted November 16, 2008 Marcster, I'll show my age and say I remember building a PC with a 20 MB hard drive. That's right, megabytes. And it cost close to three grand, even with me building it!
flipdice Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 Agree, what is with the poor deals on external HDs so far? Best I've seen (for 1TB) was the Maxtor One-touch for $139.99 @ OfficeMax. Hoping to see something better...
flyjar Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 Target is going to have a WD 750GB External for $88.88 (USB 2.0), I was hoping from something with eSATA, but might settle for that one. Looking for:external HD Western Digital & Segate is prefered500GB+eSATA & Firewire would be niceprice < $100
kren Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 That price seems about right. I got a 500GB WD external from Target last BF for $79. It's been completely problem-free.
MasterOC Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 Buy dot com is currently offering the following with free shipping Cavalry CADA002SA2 Hard Drive Array - CADA002SA2 Cavalry 2TB Hard Drive - Dual Interface (USB 2.0 & eSATA) RAID - External Hard Drive (wont let me post a link but im sure you can find it if you search. I think it is a great deal for only $230 with free shipping) This seems to be a really good price for two 1 TB drives and an external enclosure that is raidable with Esata support.
everlast316 Posted November 17, 2008 Posted November 17, 2008 A note of caution regarding the Maxtor drives. I've gotten two of them over the past three years and both have conked out on me due to failed power supplies. Just wanted to share this with you all.
flipdice Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 A note of caution regarding the Maxtor drives. I've gotten two of them over the past three years and both have conked out on me due to failed power supplies.Just wanted to share this with you all.Thanks for the info. Internal or external?
IcecreamLtDan Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Buy dot com is currently offering the following with free shipping Cavalry CADA002SA2 Hard Drive Array - CADA002SA2Cavalry 2TB Hard Drive - Dual Interface (USB 2.0 & eSATA) RAID - External Hard Drive (wont let me post a link but im sure you can find it if you search. I think it is a great deal for only $230 with free shipping) This seems to be a really good price for two 1 TB drives and an external enclosure that is raidable with Esata support. NewEgg is having the exact same deal at the moment.
IcecreamLtDan Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Whoops, sorry, scratch that, I read it wrong and apparently I can't edit my own posts. They are having a deal on 1tb external drives though.
IcecreamLtDan Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Guess a link would help, huh? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822204069 I think Buy.com has this same deal too.
madalienmonk Posted November 20, 2008 Author Posted November 20, 2008 I prefer major HD manufacturers (seagate and wd) for their warranties.....The fantom has only a 1 year warranty (compared to WD and seagate's 3-5 and 5 year, respectively) Overall, severely disappointed with HD sales this year, looks like i'll be betting it all on newegg.
laddhorn Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Microcenter has the WD 1TB internal for $99 after (unfortunately) $20 in-store coupon right now. As we have seen this deal ALREADY...I'm hoping for slightly under that on BF or Cyber Monday. Now that I think of it..Where is the NEWEGG ad? Didn't Brad have it by now last year?
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