750GB samsung $108+ship

/dev/null · Apr 10, 2008

Link

Shipping for 1, $12
Shipping for 4, $17

RayDaddy · Apr 10, 2008

soooo tempting. is this a good fast drive?

-=Antimatter=- · Apr 10, 2008

Do Want

itsmikey · Apr 10, 2008

We've got a thread about the same drive albeit a different vendor and price point, look there for reviews. I love mine thus far.

ganesh21 · Apr 10, 2008

So tempting

tealk · Apr 10, 2008

This makes it the same dealio after shipping for the same drive at Zip Zoom Fly currently.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007193

/dev/null · Apr 10, 2008

tealk said:
This makes it the same dealio after shipping for the same drive at Zip Zoom Fly currently.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007193

Yeah, but I think if you buy 4, it's cheaper here

l3ender · Apr 10, 2008

Awesome deal. Hard not to bite on this one.

venm11 · Apr 10, 2008

If you read thru reviews on newegg (event discounting the nutty-sounding revews) it sounds kind of unreliable, which could explain it's low price. What are you guys hearing?

SJetski71 · Apr 10, 2008

edit: nm

good deal OP

NeoGohan · Apr 10, 2008

Wow that is hella cheap. 750's are finally dropping to 100.

BF-2 · Apr 10, 2008

Robstar said:
Link

Shipping for 1, $12
Shipping for 4, $17

Nice find OP!

reaperr · Apr 10, 2008

zzf has better s/h rates 11.17 on ewiz 6.60 on zzf...for 2 drives

anyways i'd think they're trying to sell out of this current revision of the drive in time for the next one

UltraVioletDream · Apr 11, 2008

holy shit, how come 750 gigs dropped so steep in price!? I got my WD cavier for $149.99 OEM and I thought I got a steal

should have waited for this since I'm not even using my WD yet

kaname · Apr 11, 2008

Has anybody tried to RAID these yet? If so, what are your thoughts?

/dev/null · Apr 11, 2008

I'm holding out for $100 shipped. Hopefully by Xmas.

annaconda · Apr 11, 2008

Good to see price falling.

Indignity · Apr 12, 2008

kaname said:
Has anybody tried to RAID these yet? If so, what are your thoughts?

yes I have

First off, same system RAID0 74GB Raptors 16mb

Secondly these Samsung 750GB 32mb F1's in RAID0

dr4gon · Apr 12, 2008

damn, those are nice speeds!

I'm still having trouble deciding. the WD 640s are faster in almost every respect but I'm sure the actual real world effects will be unnoticeable

http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1032306144&postcount=38

how's the volume of 2 in raid?

RussianHAXOR · Apr 12, 2008

Ive got one of these, and i must say... this thing is DAMN fast. I might actually consider buying another one rather to replace my old dead Seagate.

CrimandEvil · Apr 12, 2008

Just bought two to replace two (perfectly working) 400 gig Sammy's in HTPC; going to take them out of my HTPC and setup a server again with them and buy another three next month (going RAID 5).

michael100 · Apr 12, 2008

thanks nice deal

sparks · Apr 14, 2008

anyone know of a good inexpensive usb 2.0 enclosure for this ?

Ockie · Apr 14, 2008

What a good deal this is.

NemesisBLK · Apr 14, 2008

May jump on this. Good find!

Viper8547 · Apr 14, 2008

sparks said:
anyone know of a good inexpensive usb 2.0 enclosure for this ?

I also want a nice cheap enclosure for this hdd.

Devil24 · Apr 14, 2008

I have four of these and really like them. They are USB2.0/eSATA (my preferred method of connection).

They're low profile, stackable, stay cool to the touch, and look quite nice. Haven't had any problems supporting large capacity HDDs (currently running 2x1TB, 1x750GB and 1x500GB).

Viper8547 · Apr 14, 2008

Sweet just ordered the hdd and the enclosure you posted, will replace my old 150gb external.
Thanks

Cactus Jack · Apr 14, 2008

I got one of these from Newegg awhile back for my new build and I like it so far. Little loud on the seek but I have sensitive ears. The speed is great, seems to run cool too if the sensor is right. I may have to pick up another one of these eventually.

sparks · Apr 15, 2008

thanks Devil24 that looks like just what I need

WesM63 · Apr 15, 2008

I have 3, love them. Only downside is they refuse to work with my Highpoint RocketRaid 2220 raid card. The only conclusion I can come to, is they don't like the chipset in the controller.

/dev/null · Apr 15, 2008

WesM63 said:
I have 3, love them. Only downside is they refuse to work with my Highpoint RocketRaid 2220 raid card. The only conclusion I can come to, is they don't like the chipset in the controller.

Anyone have issues with these on 3ware or lsi cards? I have about 4 of them, all 8 porters except 1 sas 4 port card (lsi)

g0dM@n · Apr 15, 2008

Wow I can't believe 750gb is this cheap!!

These are low profile just like the current 250gb ST3250410AS seagates?

CrimandEvil · Apr 15, 2008

g0dM@n said:
Wow I can't believe 750gb is this cheap!!

These are low profile just like the current 250gb ST3250410AS seagates?

Don't think so, those drives are LP because they're a single platter while these are something like three. IIRC that is.

g0dM@n · Apr 15, 2008

CrimandEvil said:
Don't think so, those drives are LP because they're a single platter while these are something like three. IIRC that is.

I was wondering why someone said low profile and why it looks thin in the pic. It probably uses 3x 250gb platters then... is 250gb the biggest platter size there is or are we up to 320gb? I'm wondering if 320gb platters exist since the coming of the 640mb western digitals (unless they're 4x 160gb)... just curious.

Blazestorm · Apr 15, 2008

g0dM@n said:
I was wondering why someone said low profile and why it looks thin in the pic. It probably uses 3x 250gb platters then... is 250gb the biggest platter size there is or are we up to 320gb? I'm wondering if 320gb platters exist since the coming of the 640mb western digitals (unless they're 4x 160gb)... just curious.

Haha, yea we're up to 320... Seagate has a single-platter 320GB drive (7200.11) and WD has a 320GB single-platter, but it has the same model number (different revision) as the 2 x 160

The 640 WD is 2 x 320 platters... considered the fastest 7200rpm SATA drive out...

Spirals · Apr 15, 2008

Just ordered one off the Egg. 129.99 shipped. It will be here tomorrow + newegg return policy. yeah thats worth another 10 dollars.

mattchapman · Apr 16, 2008

Everyone is offloading these. Must be new rev coming out...

0ptional · Apr 16, 2008

wow this is freaking crazy though...

alexfort93 · Apr 16, 2008

I'd rather go for space over speed. I'm sure your normal user won't notice it.. 'Bout to pick up a couple myself.

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