Original topic was posted a few weeks for $125.99 here Link but a week ago best buy changed price to $170, but today they changed the price again down to $142.99+tax and if you use a 10% off coupon(you can get at your post office for free in the change of address envelopes) the price is $128.691 so get them by next sun because they change prices every sun and theres no telling whether the drive will change in price or not. On the drive packaging it will say that the drive in PATA and 5400 RPM and some of them are and some of them arent, You need to get a drive with the serial # starting with DTG, because these are the 7200's if the serial # does not start DTG than it is 5400 so make sure you check before buying.
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Update for week starting 11/18
Best Buy has this drive for $129.99. There is a 10% coupon in another thread = $117 AC. Bought last DTG serial number drive at Cary, NC.
Message edited by: centrifuge41 on 2007-11-18 12:04:33 CST
yager
Happy Member
posted: Oct. 21, 2007 @ 5:26p
confirm the price is $142
BodegaBay
Addicted Member
posted: Oct. 30, 2007 @ 5:21p
It's definitely back at the $142.99 price at Best Buy. There were plenty of DTG serial #'s at my local stores. There were also a lot of 10% coupon (exp 1/31/2008) in the address change pack found at US Postal Office.
I just pluged it in the USB port and confirmed that it's the Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00. I'll swap this out on my ThinkPad X61. Good find guys!
thewingthing
Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2007 @ 11:27p
I got one too. Serial number starting with DTG. 7200RPM, HTS722020K9SA00.
yager said:confirm the price is $142 Yes it is before u use 10% off coupon please read before u post.
bubbanc
New Member
posted: Nov. 4, 2007 @ 2:55p
Doesn't removing the drive from the enclosure void the warranty?
quickfingerz
Happy Member
posted: Nov. 5, 2007 @ 8:54p
Yes, it voids the warranty. So try the drive before taking it apart. Notebook drives are generally pretty sturdy. Pretty resistant to impact (when off).
BodegaBay
Addicted Member
posted: Nov. 5, 2007 @ 9:16p
bubbanc said:Doesn't removing the drive from the enclosure void the warranty?
Here's a how-to guide to switch the drive out and check it's a 7200rpm drive:
Was hoping that it would come back with a valid 10% coupon that I could use with it!
edit: does anyone know for sure if this will work in an Apple G4 Powerbook? Thanks
alanku
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 5, 2007 @ 10:07p
Dimez2Dollarz said:Will definitely be checking this out tomorrow.
Was hoping that it would come back with a valid 10% coupon that I could use with it!
edit: does anyone know for sure if this will work in an Apple G4 Powerbook? Thanks
Looks like this 7200 rpm drive is a SATA drive which will not fit in the Powerbook. However, if the 5400 one is a PATA drive (OP mentioned this in his post but I am not sure) then it should fit your powerbook.
centrifuge41
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 18, 2007 @ 12:05p
Bump, back alive this week for $117 AC!
TellyTubby
Tired Member
posted: Nov. 18, 2007 @ 12:17p
centrifuge41 said:Bump, back alive this week for $117 AC!I noticed that all of the drives on the shelf now in my area are not DHG.
visorvisor
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 18, 2007 @ 12:52p
Back on sale again for $129!
stanshow
Tired Member
posted: Nov. 18, 2007 @ 2:34p
At around noon, Denver West BB had two DTG drives left after I bought one. You'll probably have to look through the 160Gb drives to find them, though. The 10% off coupon from the post office worked fine.
mjdeere
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 18, 2007 @ 2:53p
I found 18 drives in Rockaway, NJ...4 were dtg...I purchased 3 and the last one was snatched up by someone else looking at maxtor drive after I 'splained them' about the faster spindle of the dtg drives.
-Hot! I will be upgrading 2 Dell laptops I have on order for my office and use the last for file xfer/backup.
-MJ
WilliamG
Thrifty Member
posted: Nov. 18, 2007 @ 2:57p
This was a good deal when it came out, and is still a good deal now. Combine with a 10% off coupon to make it even better. Not much over $100 for a 200GB 7200rpm drive.... you really can't complain. I put one of these in my Macbook Pro and it positively flies.
dondavi
Cranky Member
posted: Nov. 19, 2007 @ 3:52p
visorvisor said:Back on sale again for $129!
Yup! And with the 10% coupon and no TAX in Montana brings it to like $117 What a good buy! Plenty left in Billings, Montana.
pidge
Shopaholic Member
posted: Nov. 19, 2007 @ 4:13p
WilliamG said:This was a good deal when it came out, and is still a good deal now. Combine with a 10% off coupon to make it even better. Not much over $100 for a 200GB 7200rpm drive.... you really can't complain. I put one of these in my Macbook Pro and it positively flies.
Don't you mean "positively frys"? I replaced my 5400RPM HD with this one and boy did it make one side of my palm rest very hot. This is on the latest Macbook Pro 15". But I highly recommend it. The speed boost is very noticable.
dwaynebillybob
Member
posted: Nov. 20, 2007 @ 9:08p
Alive and well at Springfield, OR last night. $129.99.
Think I might have gotten the last one of the DTG; other 10 or so that I saw were WHG.
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I replaced my 5400RPM HD with this one and boy did it make one side of my palm rest very hot. This is on the latest Macbook Pro 15". But I highly recommend it. The speed boost is very noticable.
