70470 Posts in 6879 Topics - by 687 Members - Latest Member: Laricwashere

Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com  (Read 1831 times)

Offline Petch

  • Network Admin
  • Uber Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 1621
  • Karma: 2
  • Steam ID: meekalpetro
Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« 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

Logged

Offline _!Rathe!_

  • Master Sergeant Shooter Sergeant Person
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 2296
  • Karma: 0
  • XFire: rathewin2k
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #1 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??
Logged
Never, but never question the engineers judgement.

Offline Petch

  • Network Admin
  • Uber Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 1621
  • Karma: 2
  • Steam ID: meekalpetro
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2008, 09:41:18 AM »
5 Year Warranty and the 32MB Cache vs the 8MB Cache on the Western Digital drive.
« Last Edit: October 21, 2008, 09:43:58 AM by Petch »
Logged

Offline Dwg115

  • News Reporter
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 4078
  • Karma: 4
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #3 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
Logged

Offline _!Rathe!_

  • Master Sergeant Shooter Sergeant Person
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 2296
  • Karma: 0
  • XFire: rathewin2k
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #4 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. 
Logged
Never, but never question the engineers judgement.

Offline Petch

  • Network Admin
  • Uber Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 1621
  • Karma: 2
  • Steam ID: meekalpetro
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #5 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

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



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.
Logged

Offline sully!

  • Administrator
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 4997
  • Karma: 16
  • If the future is now, where's my jetpack?
  • Steam ID: sully213
  • XBox Gamer Tag: FITESully
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #6 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*
Logged
Please just walk away. I don't want to have to stand here and say something so awesome that I'll have to remember it the rest of the day. Thank you!

Offline _!Rathe!_

  • Master Sergeant Shooter Sergeant Person
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 2296
  • Karma: 0
  • XFire: rathewin2k
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #7 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.
Logged
Never, but never question the engineers judgement.

Offline Dwg115

  • News Reporter
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 4078
  • Karma: 4
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #8 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
Logged

Offline sully!

  • Administrator
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 4997
  • Karma: 16
  • If the future is now, where's my jetpack?
  • Steam ID: sully213
  • XBox Gamer Tag: FITESully
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2008, 05:11:53 PM »
« Last Edit: October 23, 2008, 05:13:29 PM by sully »
Logged
Please just walk away. I don't want to have to stand here and say something so awesome that I'll have to remember it the rest of the day. Thank you!

Offline Dwg115

  • News Reporter
  • Godlike Gamer
  • *
  • Posts: 4078
  • Karma: 4
Re: Seagate 500GB HDD for $89 from Newegg.com
« Reply #10 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. 
Logged
Pages: [1]