http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145088
seems fair priced? i dunno much about hitachi though.
seems fair priced? i dunno much about hitachi though.
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is this HD any good?
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dont seem bad, HD's have come down a lot in price lately
Where did you hear the bad things about Hitachi? Newegg reviews? 
Hitachi is the third largest HD maker (behind Seagate and WD) and HGST has the luxury of being backed by the huge finanical resources of Hitachi, as well as as a partial stake with IBM.
Newegg's shipping butchers hard drives, no suprise that customers come back and post negative reviews.
Knocks on Hitachi drives? They don't offer advance warranty replacement (never had to RMA a Hitachi drive though), and they don't offer a 16MB buffer on a drive smaller than 500GB until the T7K500 hits the street.
Hitachi is the third largest HD maker (behind Seagate and WD) and HGST has the luxury of being backed by the huge finanical resources of Hitachi, as well as as a partial stake with IBM.
Newegg's shipping butchers hard drives, no suprise that customers come back and post negative reviews.
Knocks on Hitachi drives? They don't offer advance warranty replacement (never had to RMA a Hitachi drive though), and they don't offer a 16MB buffer on a drive smaller than 500GB until the T7K500 hits the street.