[geeks] Cheap refurb SCSI drives?

[Mike Hebel]

On Oct 11, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Mike F wrote:

> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Mike Hebel wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2006, at 6:30 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> David Muran-de Assereto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I just ordered a bunch of 146GB drives from computer giant;
>>>>> they were $1.25 each, 1" U320 SCA drives. We'll see if they honor  
>>>>> the
>>>>> price.
>>>>>
>>>> *WOW*.
>>>>
>>> Hmm:
>>>
>>> https://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp?part=119362
>>>
>>> That's almost worth ordering a few myself just to see if they honor  
>>> the
>>> deal.
>>>
>>
>> Wow indeed.  I didn't find that.  Fill minbar's internal bays and  
>> array
>> with those and I'd have two terabytes online for under twenty bucks.
>> That's a no-brainer ........ assuming they honor the price.
>>
>>
>> Uh, hold on though .... the listing says these are 68-pin U320, not
>> 80-pin SCA.  So does every Google reference I can find for that  
>> Hitachi
>> part number.
>>
>>
> https://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp? 
> part=119365&cat=5&subsubcat=2482
>
> This one is a 300GB 80-pin SCA drive :-)

*click*  *click*  Can't pass those up even if this is all a goofed  
website.  The worst that could happen is that I have to cancel and  
order.

> If you look through
>
> https://www.computergiants.com/items/list_all.asp?cat=5
>
> (warning - long list) there are quite a few drives listed for $1.25

Indeed. =-)

MIke
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