vbrad511 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 I'm kinda sorta in the market for a new drive. I just went to Newegg and their prices have skyrocketed since I bought my 1tb SATA earlier in the year. Anybody have a place they shop for this sort of stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theRobot Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) They had some bad weather occur over their, and the Seagate and Western Digital factories flooded and had to turn off production... http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2128502/seagate-forecasts-sales-rise-despite-thailand-floodshttp://newsgadgetcool.com/by-flood-overtaken-seagate-western-digital/ Prices are likely to be high for the next few months.. Edited December 24, 2011 by theRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 according to my cost trends, prices are starting to go down. about $10 in the past week.I am seeing about a $15 varience from vendor to vendor though.I personally wouldn't buy until after the first of the year, It looks like prices should be closer to "normal" around then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer030201 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hard drive prices are through the roof! I'd hold off for quite a while. try to get a used one from somewhere on the cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killtodie Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 SSDs have not gone up in price. If anything, they are going down. Look for a Crucial m4 128GB. It sandforce and just over $200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSMvirus1 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 have you tried tigerdirect.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 company i get hardrives from have a white lable which is made by wd and ive used em for a long time with no probs http://3btech.net/harddrives-sataunder500gb.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 3btech is literally down the road from my work.the "white label" as you call them, are made by "Magnetic Data Technologies" and have a VERY high failure rate. I've seen many DOA units from them. I'd stick with WD.If you want a boot drive, get a solid state drive (SSD). I would stay away from crucial, as I have seen a decent failure rate from them and they have had a couple recalls already. I'd stick with Kingston or Intel (510 series only) on the SSD.On the SSD, you can probably get away with a 64gb if you already have a 1tb storage drive. I run a 64g in 3 of my 4 computers and only use about 28gb on the os drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 3btech is literally down the road from my work.the "white label" as you call them, are made by "Magnetic Data Technologies" and have a VERY high failure rate. I've seen many DOA units from them. I'd stick with WD.If you want a boot drive, get a solid state drive (SSD). I would stay away from crucial, as I have seen a decent failure rate from them and they have had a couple recalls already. I'd stick with Kingston or Intel (510 series only) on the SSD.On the SSD, you can probably get away with a 64gb if you already have a 1tb storage drive. I run a 64g in 3 of my 4 computers and only use about 28gb on the os drives. ive used the white lable for many years and yet to have a problem but yea i prefer wc hardrives ( as far as who makes them i was told my 3b they was rebaged wd hardrives ) but its possible that i was misinformed that being said they have name brand ones there as well but i use newegg for the name brand ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliber308 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Internal or External? Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzord30 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Go Seagate momentus xt its awsome! Cheap compared to Hybrid per GB but alot faster most of the time then a Normal Mechanical HDD.Hybrid FTW (Hard drive solid state not car hybrid lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie_Rich Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I get a lot of stuff from www.microcenter.comThey have a retail store mot too far from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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