Great HDD deal!

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:52 pm

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...75100&CatId=134

I loled at this. Though the rest of the prices are decent. I saw a 500GB drive for like 200 bucks. If I needed one I'd definately buy it.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:01 pm

sob

i let my parents borrow the last 600 cash i had and thay have a nice 500gb external drive for 290

unless you know of a cheaper external lol

ive only got like 40 gb's of space left on my pc

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:13 pm

Buy a regular IDE/sata drive and get an external enclosure, usually cheaper and it works great.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:44 am

dude your right lol would be 70 to 100 bucks cheaper for enclosure and a drive

still leaves me with the issue ...parents have my cash right now >< but i will hold onto that link ^^

if im gonna do it i could probly get away with a 500gb external for under 200 bucks lol

Sabrent Black 3.5 SATA to eSATA Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure $23.99

Western Digital / Caviar SE16 / 500GB / 7200 / 16MB / SATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive $159.97

those western drives cheap? like is it better go the extra 50 bucks for a maxtor?
and my biggest question tho is would this setup be fast enuff to play videos like mpg avi mkv etc right from the drive without issues? might also run iso's etc from it ...

i mean would i have to copy files from the external to the pc drive to watch my anime or run iso games?

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:50 am

If your PC is fire wire capable, then get a fire wire enclosure & speed shouldn't be an issue

I'd Google for reviews on different hard drives

I know I had a Western Digital that failed & they replaced it with no problem, all through the mail.

I thought I read that Seagate was the best, but I'm not sure.

Why get an external drive?

Do you have 4 drives in your PC now?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:52 pm

USB is faster then the network, and I find my network drives are even fast enough for movies and such. Not sure how iti's fast enough at only 100mbps but it actually is, most of my movies and such are on my server so I usually just watch directly off the server with no issues.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:24 pm

nah i have space in the pc for another drive but basicly i need another drive for anime and games as thay are in the high gb's

like one anime jigoku shoujo is 4.30gb's alone and games are always above 1gb ... anyways an external would be more convenient

if speeds are = to my mp3 player then speed shouldnt be an issue

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:34 am

Nice thing about usb external is you can have like 512 of em at once if you get usb hubs. Now THAT is a lot of room for expansion.

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:53 am

Triple6_wild wrote: nah i have space in the pc for another drive but basicly i need another drive for anime and games as thay are in the high gb's

like one anime jigoku shoujo is 4.30gb's alone and games are always above 1gb ... anyways an external would be more convenient

if speeds are = to my mp3 player then speed shouldnt be an issue

My girlfriend cuts her space down to about 1-2 MBs by loading it with anime......

I wanted to get her like a 1TB external drive for Christmas. Didn't get the money in time

She would've killed me, anyways.

THIS ONE, infact.

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:43 am

Get this one then--on sale now.

CLICK

Seagate 320GB SATA-300 Hard Drive with Ultra 3.5" Stackable USB 2.0 E-SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure & FREE CA Internet Security Suite 2007 Home Protection

Final Price:
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You're not going to beat THAT price.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:48 am

haha how did you get 75 as final price? must be in US cost for ya

shows as Final Price: $99.99* for me but anyways ya its still an awsome deal could get x2 for 640 gb lol

man i wish i had my money right now

an pyro lol i think she woulda bin happy with even a 80 to 250gb external

buying her a TB woulda made her feel like shit unless she spent 600 on you also

i think you got off lucky by not having the money at the time

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:32 am

She hates people buying things for her, she would've slit my throat for buying her that.

And trust me, she needs way more than 250GB. She'd be lucky if 1TB lasted her more than a few weeks.

And yeah, how'd you get 75 dollars?

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:21 pm

Triple6_wild wrote: haha how did you get 75 as final price? must be in US cost for ya
shows as Final Price: $99.99* for me but anyways ya its still an awsome deal could get x2 for 640 gb lol

HOW WEIRD!

It must have been a one day sale as it's that $99.99 now here, too.

All the neat lights on it is worth it --LOL

I get flyers from another liquidator, who has great prices.

I'll post a link when I find it.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:10 am

And trust me, she needs way more than 250GB. She'd be lucky if 1TB lasted her more than a few weeks.

how much space is currently on her computer?

a TB would last a long time tho cuz as it fills up there is less to download

as it stands right now i know of at least 10-20gb's of anime i want but i have not grabed it cuz the shows are not finished being released (btw the shows are unlicensed so its legal to grab even for the US) but aside from that with the extra space i would probly just grab the good shows i had to delete do to space issues

500 should be just about right for a long while untill alot of new stuff comes out
i just keep a list of all the ones ive watched and delete the ones i hated and keep all the good stuff

anyways that TB you could just sell the 4 drives that come with it and get bigger ones lol
550/4=137 lol i think it would be easy to p0wn off four bran new 250gb drives for 137 each or even more and use the money to buy 500gb drives.. correct me if im wrong but the local prices here are not anywhere near fair

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:27 pm

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:46 pm

hooold up ... 59 for a 250? thay for real?

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:44 pm

Triple6_wild wrote: hooold up ... 59 for a 250? thay for real?

UUMMM--

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Here's another one from the same site

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:47 pm

US prices probably, and US store, so that means it still has to cross the border. Final price: $152

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:42 am

I don't get that part.

If it's shipped to your house, how can any additional charges be added??

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:20 pm

Border fees, bigger shipping charge (longer distance), and other taxes.

Heck, try getting back with a nascar Tshirt, they'll even tax you on that. LOL

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:57 pm

so in the end if your gonna order just order from canada huh?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:50 am

Yeah for sure, be sure you order from the .ca site of tigerdirect.

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:58 am

I'm still a big Ebay fan.

I'd look at Ebay C

I bet you'd be surprised at the good deals u can get

CLICK EBAY

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