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    Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 320GB for $64.99 after $20 MIR

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by dougy86, Nov 14, 2008.

  1. dougy86

    dougy86 Notebook Guru

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    Just ordered two of these from TigerDirect.com here's the link to the deal

    Used Live Search cashback for 5% cash back click here 1st if u wanna get extra 5% off

    i hope i made the right choice...cause i heard about the vibration and noise issues w this drive i'm hoping those are isolated cases
     
    dougy86, Nov 14, 2008
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    The 7K320 i exceptionally quiet. I have three of them, and they are all very quiet drives. The 7K320 series has a triple thickness cover on it, which helps cancel almost all of the noise from the drive. I cant feel any vibrations with any of my drives, and they are all very quiet.
    Keep in mind all three of mine are the single platter 160Gb models. The dual platter config may be a bit louder.

    K-TRON
     
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  3. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Nice deal, Live Search appears to be down though, bummer.
     
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  4. dougy86

    dougy86 Notebook Guru

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    well I only got $8.50 and thats for 2 drives
     
    dougy86, Nov 14, 2008
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    dougy86 Notebook Guru

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    Hi k-tron I'm planning to put these in my 6831fx if i were to raid0 my 7k320s is there a reason to believe that these drives in raid0 config would cause more noise/vibration/heat than usual?
     
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  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    If you are putting two in raid 0, think of it as two drives. If some people complain about the sound of one harddrive in a system, your going to have two, so expect it to be audible.

    I have two 7K320's in my D900K, and when it was working, the harddrives were inaudible (their are 4 fans in the system always running at full speed, so I couldnt hear the drives at all)
    Your system has a much smaller and quieter cooling system, so expect to hear the drives.

    When you have files stored in raid 0 half of the data is on each drive, so the drives are going to be running and accessing files at the same time, so you will hear pretty loud clicks when opening files.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Nov 14, 2008
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  7. mullenbooger

    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    Awesome deal, I just jumped on it. Add to that 5% Live cashback (or fatwallet or ebates) and this is a killer deal.
     
    mullenbooger, Nov 15, 2008
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  8. dawn777

    dawn777 Notebook Geek

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    How thick is the Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 320GB ?
    Can I install it in my sony Z540?

    Thanks
     
    dawn777, Nov 24, 2008
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  9. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    man they charge me sales tax .. no go for me.. ill wait for zipzoom or someone else..
     
    zfactor, Nov 24, 2008
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  10. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    It will work.
     
    dtwn, Nov 24, 2008
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  11. levelup2

    levelup2 Newbie

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    I am glad to read it here.
     
    levelup2, Nov 26, 2008
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