July 29, 201114 yr HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 (0F12117) 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $59.99 + free shipping after $10 MIR The best 2 TB drive on the market today. Plug-n-play - no need to mess about with firmware, jumpers, etc. Edit: Disregard the previous TigerDirect deal, this Newegg one is better.
July 29, 201114 yr DAMN! Just ordered two yesterday for $10 more and they already shipped (can't cancel).
July 30, 201114 yr I can't seem to tell how long this price is valid for... Still a bit tempted to get a 3tb instead as that would "stay" in my system as I eventually migrate to 4tb drives. (e.g, I'll keep a 3tb, but the 2tb's will become so much less "efficient" when the 4tb's are available) Decisions, Decisions.
July 30, 201114 yr The MIR expires on 7/31/11. Any problems using this drive connected to SATA II 3.0 Gb/s ports?
July 30, 201114 yr Just bought one of these thursday at fry's. No trouble with it attached to my Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1430SA YMMV
July 30, 201114 yr Author The MIR expires on 7/31/11. Any problems using this drive connected to SATA II 3.0 Gb/s ports? Nope, no problem with that. The drive itself is rated for SATA III but can't even saturate SATA I (which is true of all HDDs on the market today). So the drive's performance on a SATA II port will be identical to that on a SATA I or SATA III port.
August 2, 201114 yr Bummer I missed this! I saw it earlier and didn't have a controller for it! I just bought a SASLP today and was going to get a drive (or two) and now the rebate expired... oh well I'll have to wait for the next deal!
August 2, 201114 yr Bummer I missed this! I saw it earlier and didn't have a controller for it! I just bought a SASLP today and was going to get a drive (or two) and now the rebate expired... oh well I'll have to wait for the next deal! Not only that but the drives are $99 now. I'm holding out for the next sale/rebate. You have till tomorrow for the 3tb deal though http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145493&cm_sp=Cat_Hard_Drives-_-Spotlight-_-22-145-493
August 2, 201114 yr I think they are still $80 (79.99)... But the 3TB might be an idea.. Maybe I'll replace my parity drive to free up a 2TB... hmm... does my MB support the 3T drives... hmm...
August 2, 201114 yr It's actually $110 after the mail in rebate... That might be attractive enough to pull the trigger..
August 2, 201114 yr It's actually $110 after the mail in rebate... That might be attractive enough to pull the trigger.. Yep, I was debating this for a while myself and decided to go ahead and do it. I went to order them and noticed the rebate only allowed 2 drives rather than 5. Odd as it may seem this made me change my mind and I decided to stick with the 2tb drives.
August 2, 201114 yr I think they are still $80 (79.99)... But the 3TB might be an idea.. Maybe I'll replace my parity drive to free up a 2TB... hmm... does my MB support the 3T drives... hmm... Interesting, they showed $99 for me earlier today (no $20 off which has pretty much been standard for months). $79 now though. I'll still wait for a better price. Also got 5 $10 visa cards (turned into 5 $10 Newegg gift cards) a couple days ago from my last round of purchasing this drive.
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