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Western Digital 250 gig JB Series at circuit city $159
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:59 amby dsd
Out the door no rebates. Not a bad price at all
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:29 amby dsd
I checked online and it said $159 after $90 savings but the flyer in todays paper says nothing about a rebate. Anybody know?
Thanks
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:30 amby Ian
Probably $90 in instant savings.
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:09 amby tazdevl
Got mine for $130 with a rebate I'm still waiting on. Might want to verify the warranty on it. Hopefully it's 3 years.
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Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:00 pmby eliminator
It's usually $145 w. mir. @ Fry's
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:03 pmby LoneWolf
Sounds great until you see that almost all retail box drives have a 1-year warranty now.
Bought my 200GB WD JB for $142 with free 2-day shipping from ZipZoomFly a few weeks back, OEM, but with the 3-year warranty. No rebates required.
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:54 pmby eliminator
yup, there's a $15 3yr. warranty option tho...
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Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:21 amby LoneWolf
eliminator wrote:yup, there's a $15 3yr. warranty option tho...
If it's not through Western Digital (probably through a fulfillment company), I wouldn't want it, though. I worked in retail electronics when I was a wee laddie, and found those to be very much a mixed bag in how well they worked.
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Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:15 pmby Kennyshin
tazdevl wrote:Got mine for $130 with a rebate I'm still waiting on. Might want to verify the warranty on it. Hopefully it's 3 years.
That's $540 for 4-drive 1TB storage. $1,080 for 2TB. I only need to use my Abit IT7 Max board for this setup.
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:20 pmby LoneWolf
Kennyshin wrote:tazdevl wrote:Got mine for $130 with a rebate I'm still waiting on. Might want to verify the warranty on it. Hopefully it's 3 years.
That's $540 for 4-drive 1TB storage. $1,080 for 2TB. I only need to use my Abit IT7 Max board for this setup.
Or you could always wait for the Hitachi 400GB 7200rpm drives that are just around the corner.
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:00 amby bac
LoneWolf wrote:Or you could always wait for the Hitachi 400GB 7200rpm drives that are just around the corner.
There's always something better around the corner. But the hitachi 7k400 is a whopping 5 platters so it is probably noisy and/or hot.
The maxtor maxline plus ii is rated quieter than these two, and has a 3 year warranty, so personally I'm leaning towards that drive.
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Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:54 amby LoneWolf
The Hitachi should be fluid dynamic bearing, so noisy shouldn't be too much of an issue. As for heat, I can't say one way or the other.