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OMG good deal!

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Flak_Monkey

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So I was online today when I friend pointed out that anandtech was having a 'Harddrive grudgematch'. So I went over and had a look and the 320GB segates were battling Western digital driver. The seagates were pwning them as usual so I checked out newegg and the drives were going for $99.99

I didn't know if it was a glitch or a good deal so I picked up 2x Seagate 320GB for 199.99 total! There was even free shipping!

I've never known newegg to give such great deals but I just had to snap these up. :D
 
hahahaha...you could have saved 10 bucks just by reading.

all in good fun.
Nice drives though!
 
I have one of these and I love it. My dual opteron installs windows to it in about 15 minutes :)
 
Slartibartfast said:
I have one of these and I love it. My dual opteron installs windows to it in about 15 minutes :)
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I doubt that, my Raptor takes almost 15 minutes to install winxp pro (15 mins includes 10 minutes to format the long way)
 
Slartibartfast said:
I have one of these and I love it. My dual opteron installs windows to it in about 15 minutes :)
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wouldnt the speed of your cd/dvd-rom determine the install moreso than your dual opteron?

xxshawn672xx said:
I doubt that, my Raptor takes almost 15 minutes to install winxp pro (15 mins includes 10 minutes to format the long way)
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gotta love those raptors :D
 
xxshawn672xx said:
I doubt that, my Raptor takes almost 15 minutes to install winxp pro (15 mins includes 10 minutes to format the long way)
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So you're saying the actual install, not counting formatting, takes 5 minutes? I'd have to see that to believe it. My dual opterons with 15k rpm Fujitsu MAS SCSI drives on a PCI-X controller (definitely faster than a Raptor) takes longer than that.
 
protias said:
wouldnt the speed of your cd/dvd-rom determine the install moreso than your dual opteron?
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Yeah, it's mostly the speed of the cd-drive and the hd speed. I just automatically type "dual opteron" so I know which comp I'm referring to :)

And yes, it is about 15 minutes, could be a few longer. I've installed xp on a raptor 150 before and the speeds were similar. Peprendicular recording ftw! Incidentally, that raptor died after about 5 hours of use :rolleyes:
 
Slartibartfast said:
Yeah, it's mostly the speed of the cd-drive and the hd speed. I just automatically type "dual opteron" so I know which comp I'm referring to :)

And yes, it is about 15 minutes, could be a few longer. I've installed xp on a raptor 150 before and the speeds were similar. Peprendicular recording ftw! Incidentally, that raptor died after about 5 hours of use :rolleyes:
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Are counting the ntfs format, the long format way?'
I don't think ppt speeds up the drive at all...just allows more data to be stored on a platter...
 
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