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3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: clay
Date: November 21, 2012 11:53AM
Amazon and Newegg both have it at this price:

[amzn.com]

[www.newegg.com]

Good to see that price is starting to get back down to pre-Thailand flood prices. I'll probably pick up one of these as a Time Machine drive. 2TB prices aren't even as good per-GB (at least what I can find), so I may go this route.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: Bosco
Date: November 21, 2012 12:07PM
Yes. Finally!

I guess the 4tb will also be dropping in price as well (sooner than later).
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: onthedownlow
Date: November 21, 2012 12:10PM
Thanks!

I hope those were referral links for you. : )

(Max 3 drives at Newegg + a Drobo S and max 4 drivers via Amazon)


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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: clay
Date: November 21, 2012 12:11PM
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onthedownlow
I hope those were referral links for you. : )

they aren't referral links, as far as I know. Just grabbed the amazon link from the product page. Maybe I should add referral links, though :-)
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: macphanatic
Date: November 21, 2012 12:55PM
Too bad that they're Seagates. I've had too many Seagates go bad on me.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: rz
Date: November 21, 2012 01:04PM
That's almost as low I paid a couple of years ago for four 7200 RPM 3GB Hitachis. I got 'em right after the floods, just as prices were starting to go up. Got the last two at one Office Max, and the last two at another Office Max. I should have gone all over town and bought as many as I could... probably could have resold them for a lot of $$$.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: freeradical
Date: November 21, 2012 01:07PM
The price just went up to $145.95 on Amazon.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: Racer X
Date: November 21, 2012 01:13PM
2 year warranty at newegg, only 1 at Amazon.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: Shakes
Date: November 21, 2012 02:08PM
Great price but I'm waiting for Western Digital or Samsung. I'm not trusting Seagate as much the last couple years.


Shakes
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: ArtP
Date: November 21, 2012 02:57PM
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macphanatic
Too bad that they're Seagates. I've had too many Seagates go bad on me.

+1

My thoughts exactly...
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: November 21, 2012 03:29PM
You're welcome! I just ordered 2 last night at $150/ea., so the price naturally dropped 40%!
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: JoeH
Date: November 21, 2012 04:21PM
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Shakes
Great price but I'm waiting for Western Digital or Samsung. I'm not trusting Seagate as much the last couple years.

Samsung's HDD division was sold to Seagate last year. The list manufacturers is down to Segate, WD and Toshiba. A nice diagram is here -



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/2012 04:22PM by JoeH.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: freeradical
Date: November 21, 2012 05:24PM
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freeradical
The price just went up to $145.95 on Amazon.

Now it's $129.99.

Can anyone explain this?
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: clay
Date: November 21, 2012 08:59PM
out of stock at Newegg.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: mjgkramer
Date: November 22, 2012 07:30AM
I've sworn off of Western Digital due to several failures.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: D. Lawson
Date: November 22, 2012 11:13AM
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mjgkramer
I've sworn off of Western Digital due to several failures.

Same here, four externals in an 18 month span. I didn't know WD acquired the Hitachi line of drives last year, either. That probably explains why the Hitachi I bought in 2010 is still working.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: freeradical
Date: November 22, 2012 11:16AM
I've never had a hard drive fail.

Knock on wood...

I'd like to see some statistical data about hard drive failures rather than anecdotal evidence.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: Chakravartin
Date: November 22, 2012 12:20PM
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D. Lawson
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mjgkramer
I've sworn off of Western Digital due to several failures.

Same here, four externals in an 18 month span. I didn't know WD acquired the Hitachi line of drives last year, either. That probably explains why the Hitachi I bought in 2010 is still working.

...And why Hitachi hard drives are now in short supply.

WD is killing off the brand.

With that move, the quality of hard drives in general just sank like a lead weight. Hitachi was boosting the whole industry.
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Re: 3TB SATA drive now at $90
Posted by: onthedownlow
Date: November 27, 2012 05:42PM
I just received all of mine today. Thanks again!


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