Seagate 300GB hard drive for $99.99

[korsjs]

For those of you who love a bargain, but are lacking the time and energy to wade through the sea of online deals, CNET News.com is now highlighting just one great offer on a daily basis.

Instant savings of $30 and mail-in rebates worth $60 knock the price of this "super-silent" 300GB hard drive down by almost 50 percent at CompUSA.

What: Seagate 300GB hard drive
How much: $99.99 after $30 instant savings and $60 in mail-in rebates
Shipping: free for ground freight
Where: CompUSA (via techdeals.net)
When: Rebates expire Jan. 14

http://news.com.com/Deal+of+the+day...r+99.99/2110-1044_3-6025329.html?tag=nefd.hed

 

[charper1]

Still a great price, but all those interested this HDD is not ATA133.

 

[ZachMetal]

Great deal, but I've heard Seagates overheat.

 

[cdru]

Great deal, but I've heard Seagates overheat.

No more or less then other drives. I have 3 200GB Seagates and they run about the same temp as my WD drives. I prefer Seagate drives over Maxtor or WD anymore because of the 5 year warranty.

 

[dfergie]

I have yet to have a Seagate fail compared to a couple of maxtors (one brand new) and a WD...Running Them in Replays...

 

[bpickell]

I have yet to have a Seagate fail compared to a couple of maxtors (one brand new) and a WD...Running Them in Replays...

In the last two years the company that I work for has had 22 Maxtor hard drives go bad and 26 Seagate Drives go bad. They were all fairly new computers still under mfg warranty. And they were all the same size hard drive.

 

[charper1]

Out of how many total drives? Are you sure that none of them were refurbs?

Man, in 5 years I have had or installed over 150 drives between me & friends (not counting work PCs) and have had a total of 5 failures. 3 Western Digital and 1 Maxtor and 1 Seagate.

With that fail rate posted above, I would seek a new supplier of PCs. Something isn't "kosher".