Buying RMA'ed Hard drives risk? help

[arnoldlouie]

Hi, I have been thnking about buying rma'ed hard drives and thinking about the risk? will I have problems with this? the price is 1/3 of the new one. Also is it okay to buy ide hard drives, I know theyre old but since its rma it might still work. what are your thoughts on this? To put everything in perspective 160gb ide for less than $22. These are sealed rmaed drives.

 

[Chairman Ray]

Sealed as in never used? That sounds like a great deal. If they are rma'ed and then repackaged, then I would make sure there's a warranty on it before buying.

 

[arnoldlouie]

so if its sealed its okay? yes its sealed.. they're selling it.. like they have a ton of them... from ide to sata all sizes. I just want to save my crappy movies..hehehe...

 

[smorizio]

just make sure you have an ide controller on your mb if you dont your going to spend about as much money on an ide controller card as a cheap sata drive would have been.

 

[arnoldlouie]

yeah your right..i was also thinking that since ide is older tech.. its an older stock even though they're both sealed. I am still thinking about getting another drive..cause right now I am deleting most movies on the hard drive.. i dont think it makes sense to collect all those movies.

 

[Hawkeye22]

I think IDE drives maxed out at ATA-133 speeds. SATA 1 drives start at 150Mb/s SATA 2 & 3 are even faster. If you are looking for performance, I don't recommend an IDE drive.

 

[arnoldlouie]

I agree.. but in real life the difference in speed is not seen. It might be more prominent in a boot drive. Anyways I opted to just burn the movies the like in dvd and just let them sit there. Most likely I won't watch them again. If it doesn't work I can always download again. Almost everyone has a stack of dvds or vcds in their drawers and the chances of them getting used again are 10% to none..heheh..