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LAN Party Forums => The Swap Meet => Started by: Petch on October 21, 2008, 08:42:33 AM

Title: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: Petch on October 21, 2008, 08:42:33 AM: Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148294&nm_mc=AFC-Spoofee&cm_mmc=AFC-Spoofee-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on October 21, 2008, 08:44:01 AM: yeah but I just got this Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s for $65 shipped. Any advantage to the Seagate??
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: Petch on October 21, 2008, 09:41:18 AM: 5 Year Warranty and the 32MB Cache vs the 8MB Cache on the Western Digital drive.
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: Dwg115 on October 21, 2008, 05:45:11 PM: Yea i wouldv'e opted for this drive instead for $84

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on October 21, 2008, 05:57:23 PM: Quote from: Petch on October 21, 2008, 09:41:18 AM
5 Year Warranty and the 32MB Cache vs the 8MB Cache on the Western Digital drive.

Yeah but the drive I got is going to be for File Storage. The larger cache won't make any difference in my application. And I have had very good luck with WD drives.
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: Petch on October 21, 2008, 06:46:57 PM: Quote from: Dwg115 on October 21, 2008, 05:45:11 PM
Yea i wouldv'e opted for this drive instead for $84

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319[/url]

That's a good deal on that drive. The WD Caviar Black's have a 5 year warranty also, but you have to watch because the WD Caviar Blue's only have a 3 year warranty.
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: sully! on October 21, 2008, 06:55:49 PM: That's why I was looking at the WD Caviar Plaid. It's 300TB, 64GB of cache, spins at 100,000 RPM and has a 2 century warranty. Too bad it's like $314,159,265 and only exists in my head. *LOL*
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on October 21, 2008, 09:11:38 PM: I have had my 500 Gb drive in my system for 3 hours now and I have 131 Gb on it so far. By the end of it I should have about 350 Gb filled. It feels good to have storage space in my network. Now I want a gigabit nic in my old gamer and a gigabit switch so I could transfer all these files much quicker.
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: Dwg115 on October 22, 2008, 07:58:42 AM: gigabit nics are dirt cheap! i think you could get a gigabit 8 port switch for around $50 or so bucks
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: sully! on October 23, 2008, 05:11:53 PM: This is the one I'm eyeing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817111031

But yeah, less than $50 for an 8-port: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127082
Title: Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
Post by: Dwg115 on October 25, 2008, 10:55:25 AM: Yes i like D-links equip. I just sold my 24 port 10/100 and that thing rocked. I just don't ever use it anymore.