Seagate 1TB Barracuda ES.2 Internal Hard Drive ( ST31000340NS ) - $99.00

[stephenm00]

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Edited April 21, 2017 by stephenm00

[ilovejedd]

That's a really nice price for a 1TB drive, even nicer when you consider it's an enterprise level hard drive with street price of around $230. MTBF is better than the Seagate AS drives. I'd say go for it.

[WeeboTech]

Just an update, I purchased two of these drives. I received the AS version of the drives.

Upon inspection they seemed in good condition, but upon use I immediately began having problems with one of the drives.

I figured I might just keep them (price was right) yet upon review of the warranty, it expires in Apr 2009.

Not much time and I figure it's not really worth saving the 20 or so dollars.

I don't mind used/recertified, but if I begin having clicks and pauses with a limited warranty, it's a formula for loss later on.

 

eCost acknowledged there was an error in the warehouse, so they are letting me return these for refund.

I guess in some case It's fortunate they sent me the wrong drive as it gives a huge bargain point for refund.

 

On the flip side, they were very courteous to work with and I would still consider them for purchase in the future.

 

In addition, the re certified WD green 1TB drives I received in the past via newegg.com, did check out to have a 3yr warranty.

One was DOA, yet WD replaced it expeditiously.

 

[sdirge]

I had the same problem here, they were very good at getting me an RMA, I tested the drives before I notced the part number, 2 out of the 8 were bad. I dont think it helped that they were totaly mispacked.

[WeeboTech]

I just sent mine back. The real issue in my book is that the warranty was only 6 months.

In that respect, no amount for those drives was worth it.

one of them was clicking incessantly. No degrdation in performance but clicked constantly. even while idle. I just knew it was doomed to fail in the short term.

 

There ended up being a great sale at tiger direct so I got a 1.5tb for speedier parity and a 1tb AS for a lil over what I spend on a pair of these.