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    You're welcome: $79.99 hitachi 7200 rpm 500 gb 7k500

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by pufftissue, Nov 23, 2009.

  1. pufftissue

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    pufftissue, Nov 23, 2009
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    gah! i know it's the facts of life that our technology drops in price quickly, but i just ordered this drive for $20 more 5 days ago :(
     
    Qwaarjet, Nov 23, 2009
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    How fast is the drive, can you post a HD tune pls?
     
    mew1838, Nov 23, 2009
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    About as slow as the rest of the spindlers...
     
    CitizenPanda, Nov 23, 2009
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    This is supposed to be the fastest traditional HD out there.
     
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    Thanks for the info. :) Appreciate it. :)
     
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  7. pufftissue

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    A cursory pricegrabber price check on the seagate 7200.4 500gb drive shows that it's still $107. I remember there was some crazy Dell deal a while back where it was I think $70?

    The seagate has been out for 6 months already and the price is still way above $79 on average. So $79 right now is a great deal. Even if in the future this goes to $69 or or $65, I'm fine with it because I got 6 months of having a drive rather than waiting and waiting.

    Count me among those who are done with Seagate. I have been so impressed with my Hitachi 5400 rpm 500 gb that I bought this sight unseen at this price. I'm going to predict that my battery life won't even take a hit of more than 5 minutes while my performance will see noticeable gains psychologically, hehe. I still don't know if it's all in my head, but I felt my laptop was faster with a 7200 rpm drive.
     
    pufftissue, Nov 23, 2009
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    For a 2.5", maybe... not for 3.5"s and not even close to SSDs.

    $80 is cheap for 500gigs though.
     
    CitizenPanda, Nov 24, 2009
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    How hot does this thing run, compared to, say, a 320GB/7200RPM Western Digital WD3200BEKT?
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Nov 24, 2009
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  10. Han Bao Quan

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    About the same or cooler. It won't be hotter than I can say.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Nov 24, 2009
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    Nice timing! I was going to buy the Seagate momentus, but this deal is the cheapest 500gb 7200rpm hdd right now!
     
    keitai, Nov 24, 2009
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