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qwertycopter   07-11-2006 at 09:22:11 PM

I'm looking for the most cost effective drive ($ per gig) that offers the best features. This is the best one I've found:

Seagate Barracuda 320GB PRT 16MB Cache

Right now on newegg it's $99 +free shipping. That's 31 cents a gig. 16 MB cache. Native Command Queueing (yes I know it decreases performance in average use.. so I won't use it). Perpendicular Recording. 5 year warranty.

Does anyone know of a better deal? Does anyone have this drive? I'm wary of being an early adopter of a new technology (PRT). I learned my lesson with rambus...

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Heyyou27   07-11-2006 at 09:50:30 PM
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That's a great deal.

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pcwhiz   07-12-2006 at 01:19:40 AM
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Tigerdirect has a Seagate Barracuda 320 GB for 69.99. There is a link on my website in my signature for it.

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qwertycopter   07-12-2006 at 02:18:36 AM
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Seagate Barracuda 320 GB for 69.99

Holy freakin buckets! That's the same drive.

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lurk3r   07-14-2006 at 09:49:22 PM
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Too bad the drive is no longer available from tiger, they do offer you 'similar' products for much more money.

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PCcashCow   07-14-2006 at 10:05:55 PM
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I used to work for a company that marketed for Tiger, they pull that bologna on products all the time. Then the wack you on there shipping. It's a supply and demand module that get built when a product is at end-of-life.

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1Tanker   07-15-2006 at 08:05:30 AM
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I used to work for a company that marketed for Tiger, they pull that bologna on products all the time. Then the wack you on there shipping. It's a supply and demand module that get built when a product is at end-of-life.

And most of their deals are saddled with a MIR that takes 2 months to get, if you even get it.

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qwertycopter   07-16-2006 at 03:28:16 AM
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Well I'll stick with the one on newegg since it's still at $100 w/o MIR and has free 3-day shipping. :wink:

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jimw428   07-16-2006 at 04:30:26 AM
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Seagate Barracuda 320 GB for 69.99

Holy freakin buckets! That's the same drive.

Not the same drive- ATA-100 interface, the one at Newegg is SATA II.

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