Posted August 25, 201113 yr HITACHI Deskstar 0S03230 3TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $109 with promo code EMCKBHE22 Not sure how long the deal lasts.. See Here for details... Oh.. and Free ship too.
August 25, 201113 yr Author Expires 08/31/2011. Great deal! Almost matches the Amazon deal in July. Where did you see that? I looked for an expiration... Edit: Never mind... I found it at the very bottom..
August 25, 201113 yr Author Also at the very top. Man I must be blind! I think someone must have quickly changed my browser because I swear I couldn't find it earlier!!!
August 25, 201113 yr Expires 08/31/2011. Great deal! Almost matches the Amazon deal in July. Rajahal, I purchased a few in the Amazon deal, they are a different model number though, any idea what is the difference between the two?
August 25, 201113 yr I've wondered that too. I can't find any difference between them. Maybe one is OEM and one is retail? The Amazon ones appeared to be retail, they came in boxes with screws and such.
August 25, 201113 yr I've wondered that too. I can't find any difference between them. Maybe one is OEM and one is retail? The Amazon ones appeared to be retail, they came in boxes with screws and such. Yeap, same thoughts, they seem to have a slight difference visually, side by side... hopefully no difference in specs. I will compare the preclear speeds when I get these with the amazon ones (I keep them for historic's)
August 25, 201113 yr Actually I remembered I bought one of these from newegg back in June as I had a coupon and wanted one to test when Tom added the first beta with 3TB drive support. So I just checked the preclear reports, the amazon one's all came in exactly 4MB/s slower in preclears then this one from newegg. That why I only bought a few from amazon to check them out...
August 26, 201113 yr ... 109.99 seems to be the magic sale number these days. I'll prolly get a few this time around. I wanted to fill out my norco with just 3TB drives. altho, this line caught my attention: Idle Power Consumption (W): 4.8 22 of those is a hefty power draw....
August 26, 201113 yr Author altho, this line caught my attention: Idle Power Consumption (W): 4.8 Is that idle with the disk spinning or not spinning... That might be with the disk spinning (no heads moving) idle
August 26, 201113 yr Author Expires 08/31/2011. Great deal! Almost matches the Amazon deal in July. I just bought one a week ago.. I couldn't wait any longer for the sale.. And it figures that it goes on sale now! I do want one more.. hmmm... when is the next credit card cycle start?
August 26, 201113 yr Hitachi 3TB (as originally announced) were 5 platters design compared to the 4-platters WD
August 26, 201113 yr altho, this line caught my attention: Idle Power Consumption (W): 4.8 Power measurements for several 3T. drives http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/3tb-hdd_10.html#sect0 The 5k3000 is not tested but the 7k3000 is. It has a power draw of .86 watts when spun down.
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