ZipZoomfly.com has HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 0A35155 1TB SATA 7200 RPM 32MB hard drives for $119.99, or $89.99 AR. Shipping is about $7. MIR expires 10/31/2008.
ZipZoomfly.com has HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 0A35155 1TB SATA 7200 RPM 32MB hard drives for $119.99, or $89.99 AR. Shipping is about $7. MIR expires 10/31/2008.
Currently $99.99 AR FS
Green for OP.
Now, the wait for the first person to ask if these are still unreliable as the old DeathStars begins......
One would think Hitachi would simply have marketing come up with a new brand name.
Awesome deal OP! In for 5 drives to replace several 750GBs.
For anyone who's even thinking of posting the word deathstar, I've had 6 of these running 24/7/365 for the last 1.5 years without issue. Who care's that these are 1st gen 5 platter drives? 
OUCH!!! This is a 5 platter design 
.....You guys better know what you're buying lol. I wouldnt buy it.
keep in mind this drive is a 5-platter design.
Zipp1Zone said:keep in mind this drive is a 5-platter design.
Is that like a 5-head VCR?
airtommy said:One would think Hitachi would simply have marketing come up with a new brand name.
Yep. But they chose to stay with the DeskStar name.
I have three of these, taken from the external deal @ BB several months ago. (Thought it was a good deal - it actually was - back then @ $200 a piece. OUCH 
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The temperature does get up there, but I have all of them placed in Antec MX-1's, so the temperature's not really a problem for me. The drive does have respectable performance, though. If performance is your only measure of HDD's, and you're too cheap to buy the Samsung 3-platters, the Hitachis can be a reasonable choice.
Obviously, if I had to make the choice again, the smart money goes to the Sammy's.
PacoDeth said:Zipp1Zone said:keep in mind this drive is a 5-platter design.
Is that like a 5-head VCR?
What's a VCR?
Must be trying to blow out inventory with the 7K1000.B 3 platter version on the way.
This is tempting, but personally I hate MIRs.
Mark
will someone explain why a 3-platter design is better than 5-platter? and by how much?
umm no, the original deathstars were not hitachi they were IBM and had glass platers, I still have 3 out of 4 of them in a fileserver running windows 2000 software raid, it has been up for a really long time (almost 10 years), I am going to keep it in production until the last drive dies just cause I can, and hopefully get the worlds record for the longest running dethstar drive.
figgi said:will someone explain why a 3-platter design is better than 5-platter? and by how much?
A 3 platter design would use 3x 334GB platters instead of the 5x 200GB being used now. To greatly simplify things, denser platters = better performance, fewer platters = lower power consumption / heat / noise.
billmr said:umm no, the original deathstars were not hitachi they were IBM and had glass platers, I still have 3 out of 4 of them in a fileserver running windows 2000 software raid, it has been up for a really long time (almost 10 years), I am going to keep it in production until the last drive dies just cause I can, and hopefully get the worlds record for the longest running dethstar drive.
I think I might hold the record (or be in the contending) for the longest running unpatched 60GXP
onion said:OUCH!!! This is a 5 platter design .....You guys better know what you're buying lol. I wouldnt buy it.
Nothing wrong with that, especially at this price. Folks, this was the very first 1TB drive in the world and is a little antiquated but still plenty fast and RELIABLE.
Edit : Oops, I should qualify that. It might behoove you to wait for a newer 250GB or 334GB platter design drive to hit this price point if you're buying a single drive. Since I'm picking up 5 of these puppies, it works out to only ~$92 per drive for me.
Good luck with getting the rebate from ZipZoomfly (ZZF). I bought a Seagate 750Gig drive from ZZF in March and only got my $20 rebate after hours of research and phone time with Seagate and the rebate company. After some snooping I found that ZZF went with a small rebate company to fulfill those rebates. Response to the offer was so small that ZZF just decided NOT to pay the rebate company to send out the rebates. In case you didn't know, in some cases the rebate fulfillment company waits until the promotion is over and then tells the rebate grantor (i.e. ZZF in this case) how much money the promotion costs. At that point the grantor pays the rebate company and rebate checks (or Visa cards in this case) are sent to the consumers.
Well in this case, ZZF just decided NOT to pay the rebate company! The rebate company was screwed for hosting the promotion and I was screwed for not getting my $20. The rebate company executive and I agreed that we were both shafted by ZZF. I contacted some folks at Seagate and let them know what was going on and they "suggested" that ZZF pay the rebates and quick. The very next day the rebate company let me know that the rebate had mysteriously been funded and I got my rebate fulfilled ASAP. Seagate even sent me a free drive for my trouble. Throughout the entire matter, ZZF was unresponsive to emails and calls, even to their executives.
So you should know that ZipZoomfly practices some very shady rebate swindles like this. Do NOT count on any rebates from ZZF. If the execs at Seagate had not pressured ZZF into paying the rebates that ZZF advertised, I and the other rebate submitters would be out our $20.
Wow I didn't know they still make 5 platter design anymore. But anyway, for $89 AR, then it's a decent deal ($70 AR would make it a hot).
For those of you wondering if the heat is a major factor in killing hard drives, the answer is NO. The #1 hard drive killer is shock. Heat is no where close to being a killer as long as you're within operating temperature specs. Granted, in general, a cooler running drive will generally last longer, but NOT by much, then a hotter running one, but in the real world, shock kills h/d's way before heat comes into play. Also, a change in temperature and the turning on/off of the drive also play factor in shortening the lifespan of a drive just as much as heat. So you not need worry about the heat killing any drive. I remember the old Seagate 4GB SCSI drives 10-12 years ago used to run so hot that I literally could not touch them for more than 3 seconds without feeling an excruciating burning sensation. I ran 3 of these in a RAID for 5-6 straight years pretty much 24/7 until I bought new drives. They never died on me though, ran loud as a jet engine, but none ever died. In terms of heat generation, today's drives are NOTHING compared to those 10-15 years ago.
Well if you're buying multiple drives, I figure it's still a hot deal since it works out to ~$92/drive or some such. I'd rather deal with the Hitachi rebate rather than the Calvary rebate.
Despite the being an older 200GB/platter design, it's still perfectly functional if you're looking to use it for bulk storage and definitely >= the WD Caviar GP.
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