[mythtv-users] 120GB drives down to $86

[Jeff Williams]

Is it just me or does Seagate seem to be clearing these drives out rather quickly?  Seems a bit suspicious.  I've checked around and the 7200.7 is significantly cheaper than any other comparable drive (I'm not talking 50% cheaper, but 20% is significant and that's about what it is).  Generally speaking drives with the same features, same rough performance, and same capacity from major manufacturers are within 5% or so of each other price-wise.

I wonder if Seagate's readying up yet another new Barracuda to replace the 7200.7 (which just came out only recently).  There have been complaints not just here but elsewhere about the lack of acoustic management on these drives and that's really the main reason why people buy Barracudas these days (their performance is a bit off the pace set by WD and Maxtor... not that that matters for Myth).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Blomfield [mailto:ScottB at Cavps.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:44 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] 120GB drives down to $86
> 
> 
> Just FYI, that is the Seagate barracuda 7200.7 drive. A lot of people
> have reported that it is not capable of the super quiet modes that the
> barracuda V is capable of. YMMV. Just don't buy it thinking that it is
> the barracuda that everyone on here raves about; that would be the
> Seagate Barracuda V. =)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kelsay [mailto:bkelsay at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:10 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] 120GB drives down to $86
> 
> http://resellerratings.dealtime.com/xCP-Seagate_Barracuda_7200
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Thought some of you might find this useful.

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