Seagate 750GB FreeAgent Desktop External Hard Drive + $5 filler for around $50+ (Free Shipping)

Answer: yes. $55 something shipped for me (I'm in CA, and added a bit more than $6 of filler).

Good deal, OP. Thanks!

pixiq said: can you use coupons from competitors?
Not online.

USB 2.0 is already faster than the read/write of the hard drive, so don't expect any significant changes with 3.0. No reason to wait.

Louse76 said: USB 2.0 is already faster than the read/write of the hard drive, so don't expect any significant changes with 3.0. No reason to wait.

true that

Louse76 said: USB 2.0 is already faster than the read/write of the hard drive, so don't expect any significant changes with 3.0. No reason to wait.

exactly.

plus you'd have to have a USB 3.0 motherboard to take advantage of the speeds, which don't exist yet. Asus might be the first out of the gate with the P6X58.

timswim78 said: What type of drive is in these? I'm thinking about buying it for the drive, if it is a decent drive.

I'm wondering the same thing about what kind of hard drive these have in them. I'm looking at a Security Digital Video Recorder for closed circuit TV and the Digital Recorder comes without a hard drive but states the Digital Recorder needs an IDE hard drive. So I'm hoping to find a cheap external hard drive with an IDE hard drive inside to remove for the Security Digital Recorder.
Any Hope on this.
Thanks.

thanks for the deal OP - worked great...
1 x 750gb hard disk + 1x HP 4GB Flash (9.99 today) - 25 off 75 (ejunkie) and 20 instant savings off drive.

Imjusthappytobehere said: timswim78 said: What type of drive is in these? I'm thinking about buying it for the drive, if it is a decent drive.

I'm wondering the same thing about what kind of hard drive these have in them. I'm looking at a Security Digital Video Recorder for closed circuit TV and the Digital Recorder comes without a hard drive but states the Digital Recorder needs an IDE hard drive. So I'm hoping to find a cheap external hard drive with an IDE hard drive inside to remove for the Security Digital Recorder.
Any Hope on this.
Thanks.

Chances are very slim that it will be an IDE drive. I'd be very surprised if this did not have any SATA drive inside. I'm curious as to what type of SATA drive that is.

lament said: Louse76 said: USB 2.0 is already faster than the read/write of the hard drive, so don't expect any significant changes with 3.0. No reason to wait.

exactly.

plus you'd have to have a USB 3.0 motherboard to take advantage of the speeds, which don't exist yet. Asus might be the first out of the gate with the P6X58.

your bottleneck is still the read/write speed of the drive. Your want speed. You should get the SSD.

Thanks OP picked one up!

sklar said: I wouldnt be so quick to discount USB 3. About the best you can get from a USB 2 external drive (~20-25M) is about 1/3 of the best rate you can get from eSata (60-70M. USB 2.0's 480M isnt even close to being fully realized in a single device to device transfer.
...

WRONG .. USB 2.0 is 480Mbit/s divide by 8 = 60MByte/s.

eSATA is the same as onboard SATA 150MByte/s SATA1 or 300MByte/s SATA2.

2TB / 60MB/s = 555.5 Mins to fill
2TB / 120MB/s = 277.7 Mins to fill

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it's dead Jim.

just got one also,but do think they wiil run out soon.thanks for post

Thanks, grabbed this and the Sentry safe posted on FW as well. Both had $20 off....got em for $130 shipped before SER of another $20.

For some odd reason, my $30 off $150 coupon from ejunkie wouldn’t work. Staples said I didn't reach the required amount yet.

Farhood said: Thanks, grabbed this and the Sentry safe posted on FW as well. Both had $20 off....got em for $130 shipped before SER of another $20.

For some odd reason, my $30 off $150 coupon from ejunkie wouldn’t work. Staples said I didn't reach the required amount yet.The $20 instant rebate is taken off the price before they apply any dollar off coupon.

how do i get the coupon?? what is ejunkie?

Louse76 said: USB 2.0 is already faster than the read/write of the hard drive, so don't expect any significant changes with 3.0. No reason to wait.

This is not true. The most you can possibly expect from USB 2.0 in the real world is 25 MB/s... MAYBE 30 MB/s at the very top end. If you wanted to populate the entire drive with data, it would take over 24 hours on USB 2.0. This is where it pays to actually run tests and not just look at spec sheets. If speed is a concern you, you should only be looking at eSATA drives. You can expect speeds anywhere from 2-4 times faster than USB 2.0.

edit #1 ...... not sure if this 5 digit coupon cancels the built-in coupon, give me a second to check.

edit #2 ...... They stack just fine

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Izpoof said: Didnt see it posted yet, but if so then oh well.

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