Newegg- Seagate 7200.11 750gb, $119 shipped

[tazeat]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...L052208-_-InternalHardDrives-_-L0A-_-22148298

I know frys had theirs for $99 but i think it was a 7200.10 I could be wrong though. Plus frys I have to pay sales tax

 

[Glyndur]

I bit, now I can ditch the 200GB PATA drive in my HTPC for this.

 

[DaNotoriousDOM]

Nice, I paid $125 for my 500gb version earlier this year.

 

[TheBluePill]

Damn fine hard Drive, Great Price.

 

[Gaiden133]

Waiting for $100 Great that these drives are dropping evermore.

 

[wadec22]

what's the better deal; this or the wd 640gb for 99.99? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...L052208-_-InternalHardDrives-_-L1A-_-22136218

 

[TheBluePill]

what's the better deal; this or the wd 640gb for 99.99? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...L052208-_-InternalHardDrives-_-L1A-_-22136218

6.4 Cents per GB for the WD 640gb
6.25 cents per GB for the Seagate 750gb

 

[wadec22]

6.4 Cents per GB for the WD 640gb
6.25 cents per GB for the Seagate 750gb

thanks. i was looking more as to reliability, performance, per platter technology, etc. i haven't read up on newer hard drives in awhile.

 

[TheBluePill]

thanks. i was looking more as to reliability, performance, per platter technology, etc. i haven't read up on newer hard drives in awhile.

Performance they are Fairly Equal.. The WD has only 2 platters which is nice.. I think they are fairly evenly matched.

Tech Report's Velociraptor review also has these two drive in it with a lot of benchmarks;

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14583/5

 

[Aztlan]

I have the 640 gig Western Digital..

and it is very quiet.. and fast..
highly recommend it
in fact. just ordered two more

 

[TheBluePill]

I have the 640 gig Western Digital..

and it is very quiet.. and fast..
highly recommend it
in fact. just ordered two more

I Bought the Samsung SpinPoint F1 750gb and Im happy with it too..

All of these are GREAT Drives.

 

[wadec22]

thanks!

 

[jebo_4jc]

Yea the 640GB Caviar probably has a slight edge over these 750GB drives due to the two platter design, but the edge is slight, and for the cheaper cost/GB, I'd rather have the extra capacity. So I bought the Samsung.

 

[NeilFarted]

Yea the 640GB Caviar probably has a slight edge over these 750GB drives due to the two platter design, but the edge is slight, and for the cheaper cost/GB, I'd rather have the extra capacity. So I bought the Samsung.

what about the cache size? doesn't that give a slight edge to the seagate?

 

[SFaznSpEEdSTeR]

6.4 Cents per GB for the WD 640gb
6.25 cents per GB for the Seagate 750gb

You have it the other way around...what you have is GB/Price

Heres the right math...
15.47 cents/GB for the WD 640GB
16 cents/GB for the Seagate 750GB

 

[SirKronan]

The 640 WD is a very cool, quiet drive. Excellent for an HTPC. Every Seagate drive I've ever owned has been a good drive, but noticeably noisier than its WD equivalent counterpart - not by much, but slightly noisier. You can't go wrong with either one, but I would probably prefer the quieter, and extremely efficient WD over the seagate, at least in my HTPC. For raw performance I doubt there's much difference. Do they have the 5 year or 3 year warranty? That might be a factor.

 

[amdmaxx]

very tempting