[geeks] FORSALE: 400GB Seagate SATA drive (update)

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Mark wrote:

> On 13 Feb 2008, at 23:05, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:53:24PM -0500, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>>> This drive is brand new and sells for $105 at newegg.
>>
>> You can get HItachi 500G drives for $99-101 at NewEgg.  That's  
>> insane that
>> 100G less sells for $105.
>
> I've noticed recently Seagate have started putting a premium on  
> their Barracuda discs. For the first time in almost a decade I went  
> for a pair of Western Digital SATA drives when I put 2 500s in the  
> Mac Pro because they were almost 10 GBP cheaper a drive, and they  
> are quieter and faster than the 7200.10 and 7200.9 Barracudas in it  
> already too.

Seagate Barracuda has always been more expensive than the WD drives.

I have always found them to be higher quality myself, and get better  
performance out of them in most cases.

WD does seem to have improved in quality at least a little, but I  
still see more failures with their drives.

They also have only 1-3 year warranties, while Seagate has 5 year  
warranties.

Also, Seagate sells the Barracuda ES line which is 50% more than the  
standard Barracuda.

It has a couple of other features, even quieter, and it is supposed to  
be better quality.

For example, 500GB is normally around $110, while the ES version is  
around $150-160.

Yes, a lot of sellers don't bother to note exactly which Barracuda  
they are selling.

How is that for confusing?



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