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DeMoN LaG wrote:
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> "Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail dot com> wrote in
> news:kJudnRPAPZCGlxKiRVn-:
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> > CompUSA is doing a 120GB Seagate for about $70 total after taxes and
> > mail in rebates.
>
> That isn't a seagate with 8MB of cache though, is it?
>
I bought an 80GB Seagate (ST380013A) at Best Buy for $60. They had the
Seagate 120GB (ST120026A0 w/8MB buffer for $80. The 120GB SATA was $130.
This was 2 weeks ago in Los Angeles. These prices are all after rebates.

Virg Wall
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what can be done with fewer.
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DeMoN LaG wrote:
> "Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail dot com> wrote in
> news:kJudnRPAPZCGlxKiRVn-:
>
>> CompUSA is doing a 120GB Seagate for about $70 total after taxes and
>> mail in rebates.
>
> That isn't a seagate with 8MB of cache though, is it?

yup

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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:48:45 GMT, Wizard <> wrote:

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>Here are my personal ratings based on Performance, Quality, Tech Support
>and compatibility. 10=Best, 0=DO NOT BUY (even if free):
>
>Maxtor 9.0
>Western Digital 7.5 (making a come back)
>Fujitsu 7.0
>Seagate 6.8
>IBM 5.5 (soon to be Hitachi)

Soon to be Hitachi? Hmmmmmmm.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:58:25 -0700, "Winston" <>
wrote:

>I've used them all. The problems come in spurts, and I was wondering which
>ones are going south lately.........
>
>Seagate, Maxtor, or WD special edition are all about $60 now at new egg. I
>heard they took off the bottom cover plate on the Seagates, and the new WD
>have a 3 year warranty. Anyone care to opine? Thanks!

Best is Western Digital...hands down!


Have a nice week...

Trent

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:34:21 GMT, "Adam Steiner" <>
wrote:

>I might be mistaken, but didn't Hitachi already complete their purchase of
>the IBM hard drive division? I know that the newest Hitachi drive is using
>an IBM chip for something or other (I forgot what the review said), but I
>don't think it's officially IBM anymore.

Wizard's lists are often quite old! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent

Certified breast self-exam subcontractor.

DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote in message news:Xns9416A8AA3D0D8Wobbly@216.168.3.30...
> If I had the funds with me today, BestBuy is still doing their 120 GB WDSE
> drive for $79.99 after rebates

WOW! Lots of room............For what?? Vid's or sound? I don't do much of
that Thanks for the advice, guys!

Winston

"Winston" <> wrote in
news::

> WOW! Lots of room............For what?? Vid's or sound? I don't do
> much of that Thanks for the advice, guys!

That's a ton of space for one drive. And it is sweet with the 8MB cache.
Next up for me is a striped array of SCSI drives though. The reason I
don't have the funds for that drive at BB is because I just put down a bit
on a few SCSI drives on ebay, when they get here I plan to run them in a
RAID 0+1 configuration (maybe a software RAID5 solution, not sure yet) to
add a couple hundred gigabytes more to my network. If I hadn't done that,
I'd most definitely have gone for the WD.

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