BestBuy has the Seagate 1TB SATA 32mb Cache hard drive starting Sunday for $179.
Thought this was a good deal for a retail drive, at retail store.

Has the 32mb cache not the 16mb cache with a 5 year warranty.

Model: ST310005N1A1AS-RK

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Product Features
1TB maximum storage capacity
Serial ATA interface
Data transfer rates up to 3 Gbps
32MB cache buffer
7200 rpm for fast read/write times
Advanced fluid-dynamic bearing motor ensures whisper-quiet operation
Built-in self-monitoring technology helps ensure maximum reliability
DiscWizard software makes installation quick and hassle-free
Interface cable, Serial ATA power cable, diagnostic software, installation guide and mounting screws included
Compatible with Mac and PC

I guess this is the replacement for the Western Digital last week (Which was $169)

rtrdealin said:Delerious said:I guess this is the replacement for the Western Digital last week (Which was $169)

I haven't been following HDD prices over the past year. I'm about to build 2 new media storage servers (4TB each) for the family compound, and wanted to know if the $179.00 is typical for 1TB drives?

Also are we at a point in the technology cycle where prices are going to drop over the next few months because new things (platters, etc...) are coming out?

Going to do my own reasearch as always, but just thought I'd ask.

Any info appreciated, thanks.

Yep, that's about normal price.

Prices will always drop over time, and honestly, we're probably about due for a size increase soon.

Note that this Seagate 7200.11 has not been well received. It's unclear if the issues people mention are real, were once real but gone now, or are just misinformation. There's a Western-Digital 1TB GreenPower which is a great drive if you don't need absolute max throughput. In a server it will save you money over time due to using less power, at the expense of some speed in the most high performance applications. There's also a Samsung SpinPoint 1TB which is well received, has a 32MB buffer (like this drive), fast and affordable.

simpleDeal said:rtrdealin said:Delerious said:I guess this is the replacement for the Western Digital last week (Which was $169)

I haven't been following HDD prices over the past year. I'm about to build 2 new media storage servers (4TB each) for the family compound, and wanted to know if the $179.00 is typical for 1TB drives?

Also are we at a point in the technology cycle where prices are going to drop over the next few months because new things (platters, etc...) are coming out?

Going to do my own reasearch as always, but just thought I'd ask.

Any info appreciated, thanks.
The lowest I saw on this forum on 1T is $159. Right now, the 750G is best bang for the bucks (lowest is $90) if you can live with smaller capacity.

Where do you get 750G for $90?

or you can save your money on the time machine and pay $99 (+s&h if no fry's around you) and get the samsung spinpoint 750gb

WhoBeDaPlaya said:With the recent deals, 750GB and 500GB drives are pretty freakin' sweet $/GB wise but if you're like me and already have 15 750GBs humming in a CM Stacker and need a little bit more space, well...

Which CM Stacker do you have that holds 15 HDs? And how do you like it?

Green, it's a decent price for one of these in-store. About the same as a good online "regular price" for this drive.

Axelerate said:or you can save your money on the time machine and pay $99 (+s&h if no fry's around you) and get the samsung spinpoint 750gb

samsung drives have about 500,000 mtbf where as this has 1,200,000 mtbf

FYI MTBF Definition

us said:Axelerate said:or you can save your money on the time machine and pay $99 (+s&h if no fry's around you) and get the samsung spinpoint 750gb

samsung drives have about 500,000 mtbf where as this has 1,200,000 mtbf

FYI MTBF Definition

I've had a samsung drive that came with my old HP, and it's been working just fine for 5 years. Let's be reasonable here, do you really think everything is that calculated. If a drive is about to fail, it will fail, doesn't matter who makes it.
I can tell you 1 thing, most reviewers rate the spinpoint f1 to be one of the best in the market at the moment, and for that price, i think it's worth it.

the MTBF is an average and it will give you an estimage of what type of reliability you expect from the drive / manufacturer. Back when I did some computer repair I would say 95% of the samsung drives came back within the first 2 years for failure and the other brands did indeed last longer 3~5 years.