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Cheap(ish) 300gB Seagate SATA DriveJust stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good
drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort of price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February 15th. Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort of rebates. Disclaimer: not affiliated, etc... "John McGaw" <nob***@nowh.ere> wrote in message Looks like a good deal...news:lS9Pd.7900$pE1.6090@bignews3.bellsouth.net... > Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good > drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box drives > on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort of price > before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February 15th. Oh, > yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort of rebates. > > I just purchased a 300 gig Seagate IDE drive for a machine I'm working on. (as i was tracking the order on-line the doorbell rang with the delivery) I paid $200 from Newegg... just needed one fast to replace his 200gig drive which is failing... it only seems like yesterday that i got an awed and scared feeling from working with a 2 gig drive!!!! how large it seemed at the time ! philo wrote:
Show quote > "John McGaw" <nob***@nowh.ere> wrote in message $200. Whew! I bought a PATA Seagate 200gB in December, also from > news:lS9Pd.7900$pE1.6090@bignews3.bellsouth.net... > >>Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good >>drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box drives >>on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort of price >>before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February 15th. Oh, >>yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort of rebates. >> >> > > > Looks like a good deal... > I just purchased a 300 gig Seagate IDE drive for a machine I'm working on. > (as i was tracking the order on-line the doorbell rang with the delivery) > I paid $200 from Newegg... > just needed one fast to replace his 200gig drive which is failing... > > it only seems like yesterday that i got an awed and scared feeling from > working > with a 2 gig drive!!!! how large it seemed at the time ! > > Outpost.com the last time they had another of their stealth rebate campaigns. Price came out to something like $80 after the rebate (haven't received the rebate check yet but they did acknowledge receipt of the paperwork). These sales that they sneak in seem to be very good if one can synchorize needs with sale dates with budget but unless one is actively checking for them they can slip past unnoticed. And assuming that Fry's manages to keep their servers working properly for the duration of the searching/ordering process of course...
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"John McGaw" <nob***@nowh.ere> wrote in message well i just checked their website for the same drive i boughtnews:3TaPd.7928$pE1.7883@bignews3.bellsouth.net... > philo wrote: >> "John McGaw" <nob***@nowh.ere> wrote in message >> news:lS9Pd.7900$pE1.6090@bignews3.bellsouth.net... >> >>>Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good >>>drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box >>>drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort of >>>price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February 15th. >>>Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort of >>>rebates. >>> >>> >> >> >> Looks like a good deal... >> I just purchased a 300 gig Seagate IDE drive for a machine I'm working >> on. >> (as i was tracking the order on-line the doorbell rang with the delivery) >> I paid $200 from Newegg... >> just needed one fast to replace his 200gig drive which is failing... >> >> it only seems like yesterday that i got an awed and scared feeling from >> working >> with a 2 gig drive!!!! how large it seemed at the time ! > $200. Whew! I bought a PATA Seagate 200gB in December, also from > Outpost.com the last time they had another of their stealth rebate > campaigns. Price came out to something like $80 after the rebate (haven't > received the rebate check yet but they did acknowledge receipt of the > paperwork). These sales that they sneak in seem to be very good if one can > synchorize needs with sale dates with budget but unless one is actively > checking for them they can slip past unnoticed. And assuming that Fry's > manages to keep their servers working properly for the duration of the > searching/ordering process of course... > and it was $20 cheaper...not a big savings...but it looks like a good place for harddrives next time i need one In article <lS9Pd.7900$pE1.6***@bignews3.bellsouth.net>, nob***@nowh.ere
says... > Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good There's a reason outpost.com stuff is so cheap...> drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box > drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort > of price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February > 15th. Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort > of rebates. > > Disclaimer: not affiliated, etc... > theyak wrote:
Show quote > In article <lS9Pd.7900$pE1.6***@bignews3.bellsouth.net>, nob***@nowh.ere And that reason is? I've ordered from them possibly six times over the > says... > >>Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good >>drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box >>drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort >>of price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February >>15th. Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort >>of rebates. >> >>Disclaimer: not affiliated, etc... >> > > > > There's a reason outpost.com stuff is so cheap... past few years. Every time the products were as advertised, were delivered in a few days, and worked perfectly. I wish I could say the same about some other online/catalog companies I've dealt with. I've had more problems (one to be exact) with orders from newegg.com than I've had with outpost.com. In article <b0cPd.7959$pE1.6***@bignews3.bellsouth.net>, nob***@nowh.ere
says... Show quote > theyak wrote: Fry's happily take your returns of defective merchandise and then put > > In article <lS9Pd.7900$pE1.6***@bignews3.bellsouth.net>, nob***@nowh.ere > > says... > > > >>Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good > >>drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box > >>drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort > >>of price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February > >>15th. Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort > >>of rebates. > >> > >>Disclaimer: not affiliated, etc... > >> > > > > > > > > There's a reason outpost.com stuff is so cheap... > > And that reason is? I've ordered from them possibly six times over the > past few years. Every time the products were as advertised, were > delivered in a few days, and worked perfectly. I wish I could say the > same about some other online/catalog companies I've dealt with. I've had > more problems (one to be exact) with orders from newegg.com than I've > had with outpost.com. > them right back on the shelf. Outpost = Fry's. John McGaw wrote:
> Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good Why do you want a disk that big? It will just accumulate stuff, you > drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box > drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort > of price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February > 15th. Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort > of rebates. will forget what most of it is, and then one day, the disk will get an error and everything will be lost. Wouldn't it be better to burn CDs or DVDs with all the treasured files on them and stick to a small, say 50GB, drive for the volatile info? You will have less to back up, assuming that back up actually works!
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"William W. Plummer" <William.Plum***@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message the guy who's machine i just worked on is a professional photographer...news:opednWKy9bQQwJDfRVn-1g@comcast.com... > John McGaw wrote: > >> Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good >> drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box >> drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort of >> price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February 15th. >> Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same sort of >> rebates. > > Why do you want a disk that big? It will just accumulate stuff, you will > forget what most of it is, and then one day, the disk will get an error > and everything will be lost. > > Wouldn't it be better to burn CDs or DVDs with all the treasured files on > them and stick to a small, say 50GB, drive for the volatile info? You will > have less to back up, assuming that back up actually works! and he's got about 500gigs of photos . they are all done in photoshop and have up to 100 layers...so are quite large in size. he usually keeps the originals on dvd's but no matter how many times i tell him to backup everything...i just don't think he's ever going to burn 100 or more dvd's... as long as he's got the original photo backed up...he could at least recreate his work if he really had to... thus far i;ve been able to save his data before he's had a total harddrive failure... but thar hardly means i will be able to save his stuff every time... anyway...i agree... burn dvd's for everything now convince him to do that ! William W. Plummer wrote:
Show quote > John McGaw wrote: Is smaller better? I've probably got some sub-1gB full-height SCSI > >> Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good >> drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box >> drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort >> of price before even for loose OEM drives. Rebate expires on February >> 15th. Oh, yeah, they have a few other Seagate drives with the same >> sort of rebates. > > > Why do you want a disk that big? It will just accumulate stuff, you > will forget what most of it is, and then one day, the disk will get an > error and everything will be lost. > > Wouldn't it be better to burn CDs or DVDs with all the treasured files > on them and stick to a small, say 50GB, drive for the volatile info? You > will have less to back up, assuming that back up actually works! drives hanging around in the junkbox if you'd care to bid on them ;-) Actually, as soon as one starts messing around with editing large media files the motivation toward larger drives is pretty immediate. So when I saw an opportunity to replace the present 160gB drive with one nearly twice as large I didn't stop to think about it for too long. Having the extra space will allow me to think less about swapping files in and out so that when motivation strikes me I can just get started rather than digging around for my materials. Oh, and I do keep verified backups of everything both on CD/DVD-ROM and on my file-server (an old machine in the basement that will soon be gaining a relatively new 160gB drive). On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:36:47 -0500, "William W. Plummer"
<William.Plum***@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >Why do you want a disk that big? It will just accumulate stuff, you You are assuming it is impossible or unrealistic to be organized, to>will forget what most of it is, and then one day, the disk will get an >error and everything will be lost. > >Wouldn't it be better to burn CDs or DVDs with all the treasured files >on them and stick to a small, say 50GB, drive for the volatile info? >You will have less to back up, assuming that back up actually works! perform regular backups, that no one deals with large files or needs to have an archive of files online, that cdr or dvdr's in general are highly reliable & that a single copy of anything could render backups unnecessary. All false assumptions. Besides due to greater aureal density the 300 & 400 gig 7200.8's are a little faster than their predecessors. A 40 gig ata drive would be a real dog by comparison. It would also be far too expensive as the prices for these older items can only drop so low.  |
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