home : hot deals & information involving: data storage Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Newegg.com
- Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive for $65
Western Digital Caviar Blue (WD10EALS) 1TB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $65 when added to the cart along with coupon EMCYVNV25 .
With its two internal 500GB platters, it's rated one of the fastest, quietest, and most reliable 1TB hard drives on the market today.
Newegg.com
- Western Digital External/Desktop 2TB USB Hard Drive for $110
Western Digital Elements 2TB USB Desktop/External Hard Drive for $110 with coupon EMCYVNV45 .
Newegg.com
- 2TB Hard Drive for $100 (expired)
Western Digital Caviar Green (WD20EARS) 2TB (2000 GB) 64MB-Cache Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $100 today.
That comes out to 5 cents per GB.
Amazon.com
- Portable 640GB USB Drive for $70
Seagate Expansion 640GB Portable USB Drive for $70 today.
Powers itself through the single USB data cable.
Other stores sell it for around $110.
Newegg.com
- Western Digital 2TB External/Desktop USB Drive $115
Western Digital Elements 2TB USB Desktop/External Hard Drive for $130 plus $5 shipping, and coupon WEEKENSALE23 gives $20 off in the cart.
It plugs into a power outlet, and into a USB port on a computer.
1saleaday.com
- 8GB USB Flash Drive for $0 after rebate (expired)
Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 101 USB Flash Drive for $20.
A $20 mail-in rebate is available from Kingston.
Rebate must be postmarked within 30 days of purchase.
This deal will likely expire sometime this morning.
eWiz.com
- Intel X25-M 80GB SSD for $190
Intel X25-M 80GB Serial-ATA Solid State Drive for $210 with free shipping, and coupon BUBBLE20 gives $20 off in the cart.
Rosewll 8 Hard Drive Enclosure for $230 with coupon EMCYVNY76 .
Fits up to 8 Serial-ATA hard drives, and allows you to set up all drives for use with your computer, or set up RAID volumes.
The included PCI card is really just an eSATA card and comes with software RAID drivers, and does not perform very well.
Using a RocketRaid 2314 Card will greatly improve the performance of the RAID array.
It is important to note it uses 2 eSATA ports, and only 4 drives are connected to each port.
This means a RAID configuration is limited to 4 drives, so filling this enclosure with more than 4 drives will require two separate RAID arrays.
eWiz.com
- 1.5TB Hard Drive & USB/eSATA Drive Docking Station $90 (repost)
Samsung Ecogreen (HD153WI) 1.5TB 5400rpm hard drive for $80.
Add it to the cart along with coupon CASTLE10 to get it for $70.
Or, click here and scroll down to the "combo deal" which includes a BlacX (ST0005U) USB & eSATA Hard Drive Docking Station for $100.
Add the combo to the cart along with coupon CASTLE10 to get both for $90.
1.5TB drives usually cost around $85 to $120, and this BlacX usually goes for around $35.
The BlacX is a how-swappable docking station for any Serial-ATA drive, and plugs into a computer's USB or eSATA port.
eSATA transfers data much faster than USB, but few computers have a eSATA port.
If your desktop computer has no eSATA ports, you can get a SATA to eSATA Bracket for $5.50 which plugs into an internal Serial-ATA port and provides external eSATA.
eWiz.com
- deals today
As we mentioned yesterday, consumer hard drive prices continue to drop, so this summer is a good time to find great deals on large capacity hard drives at around 5 to 7 cents per GB.
SSD prices are also falling, now almost down to $2 per GB.
Some people are setting up their PC's with a lightning fast 32, 64, or 80 GB SSD drive for the operating system, and a 1, 1.5, or 2 TB drive for everything else.
Some deals at eWiz today:
Coupon BEACH5 gives $5 off any $15+ order, and CASTLE10 $10 off any $75+ order.
The above hard drives work in desktop and tower computers.
The above SSD drives will also work in laptop computers.
eWiz also seems to have good prices on other things, such as laptop hard drives and headphones.
A Sennheiser HD-280 Headphone is $68 with code CASTLE10 .
Energizer Extended iPhone Battery for $15.
For iPhone 3G and 3GS only.
Protects part of the phone, and the phone's speaker & microphone work fine with the battery attached.
Extends the battery life to about 70% more than regular.
Dolica Black Case for SLR Camera for $20 with free shipping.
The combo available adds a (not so) "free" small padded case & 4GB memory card, but adds $7 shipping.
Logitech MX-518 Wired Gaming Mouse for $33 with code EMCYVZP28 and a $15 mail-in
rebate is available ($18 after rebate).
The mouse has a very good rating, not as high as the Logitech's with an adjustable weight cartridge, but still very good for the price.
Dell.com
- Western Digital External 1.5TB Hard Drive for $85
Western Digital Elements 1.5TB External/Desktop USB Hard Drive for $85 with free shipping.
Most other stores sell it for around $100.
It's a regular external hard drive, uses both a power adapter and a USB cable.
eWiz.com
- Super Talent 16GB USB Flash Drive for $18 (expired)
Super Talent 16GB USB Flash Drive in either black or silver for $25.50, shipping adds about $2.50.
Final price is about $18.
No reviews seem to exist for this exact model, but another similar Super Talent Flash Drive has good reviews.
Speed of this model is unknown, but considering the huge price sale, we suspect the file transfer speed could be slow.
eWiz.com
- Samsung 1.5TB Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $71 (expired)
Samsung 1.5TB 5400rpm Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $81 with free shipping, and coupon JULY4TH gives $10 off in the cart.
An amazing deal at $0.047 per GB.
For a price comparison, Newegg sells it for $80 with coupon EMCYTNR47 .
Dell.com
- Portable 1TB USB Hard Drive for $100 (repost)
Western Digital Elements SE Portable USB Drive for $100.
Powers itself through the included USB data cable, so no need to carry a power cable as well.
Most other stores sell it for around $100.
Newegg now sells a Toshiba 1TB Portable USB Drive for $100, about the same physical dimensions as the Western Digital.
BestBuy.com
- 320GB Laptop 2.5" Hard Drive for $35 (expired)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB Serial-ATA 2.5" Hard Drive (meant for laptops and 2.5" drive bays) for $35 with free shipping.
Also can work inside a Playstation 3.
Good reviews, and most other stores sell it for around $50. Update (6/29):
Shipping no longer free.
Now it adds around $14.
In-store pickup is not available.
JVC In-Ear Headphone for $10 with coupon EMCYTNN76 .
Most other stores sell it for around $20.
Computers:
Home Theater PC Bundle for $971.
Core i5-750 2.66GHz processor, Gigabyte Intel P55 Micro-ATX Motherboard, Antec Fusion Micro-ATX Media Center/HTPC Case, Thermaltake 850-Watt Power Supply, Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB Video Card, HDTV Tuner for ATSC/QAM, 2x2GB Corsair DDR3-1600 4GB Memory, Seagate 2TB 5900rpm Hard Drive, Lite-On Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Reader Drive, 6-foot HDMI Cable.
Three Visa Prepaid Cards are also available after 3 separate mail-in rebates, totaling $45.
Vostro 430 Mini-Tower PC without monitor for $600 with Core i3-530 processor, 3GB memory, CD/DVD Burner Drive, 250GB hard drive, Geforce G310 512MB Video Card, no monitor.
When added to the cart, a Western Digital Elements 1TB USB Desktop Drive automatically appears free.
Newegg.com
- Hitachi 1TB Hard Drive, Docking Station for $60
Hitachi 1TB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Hard Drive and Rosewill Hot-Pluggable USB Docking Station for Serial-ATA drives for $60 for both.
Newegg.com
- Samsung 1.5TB USB External Desktop Hard Drive for $95
Samsung StoryStation 1.5TB USB External Hard Drive for $95 with coupon EMCYTZT23 .
Not as portable as other drives, but really good reviews and good for someone who wants to make backups of files on their computers.
Western Digital RE4 2TB Hard Drive for $280 with code EMCYTZZ33 .
Here is a review.
This is the newer, slightly faster version of the aforementioned RE4-GP 2TB drive.
The "RE" class enterprise drives are designed for RAID configurations with redundancy in data, such as RAID levels 1,5,6,10, and should not be beneficial in standalone and RAID 0.
eWiz.com
- 16GB USB Flash Drive for $26
Super Talent 16GB USB Flash Drive for $33.50 plus $2.35 shipping within the continental US, and coupon code DONUT2210 takes $10 off in the cart.
No reviews exist on this model, but the price is extremely good for a 16GB USB2 Flash Drive.
Most other 16GB USB Flash Drives go for around $35 or so.
If you rather not take the risk, check out a Mushkin Mulholland 16GB USB Flash Drive for $39.
Every other store sells that drive for around $45, and it is our recommended pick for people looking for one of the smallest, fastest, and best flash drives on the market today.
Western Digital Elements SE Portable 1TB USB Drive for $100.
Other stores sell it for around $120.
It's slightly larger than the Western Digital My Passport portable drives, but smaller than most other manufacturers' portable drives.
It provides a capacity of a around 950GB.
With small, leightweight design comes a performance hit.
It can transfer up to around 1.3 GBytes of data per minute, or about 80 GB per hour.
If you need to fill the whole drive with data, such as off-site storage or for sending a friend your complete media library via US Mail, it can take around 12 hours to fill the entire drive.
TrendNet TEW-652BRP Wireless-N Router for $20.
Don't expect much quality and performance from a $20 router, but a good solution for someone who does not have a 5+ megabit connection and has no desire to spend a lot on computer equipment.
Other stores sell it for around $35.
Sony DSC-W330 Compact Digital Camera for $129.
14-megapixel photo, 4x optical zoom, image stabilization, and 640x480 movie capture.
Most stores sell it for around $150.
According to Sony's website, it supports both Memory Stick Media and the much more common Secure Digital cards.
Lenovo.com
- Portable CD/DVD Burner Drive for $40
Lenovo Portable CD/DVD Burner (GP20N) for $99 with free shipping, and coupon USPCJN19391 gives $59.40 off in the cart.
Many 9" to 13" laptop/notebook/netbook computers have no built-in CD/DVD drive.
This portable drive will work with any vendor's computer (any desktop, laptop, netbook) with a USB port, providing CD/DVD read & write.
Tigerdirect.com
- Seagate 1TB Hard Drive $75, and $30 Visa Card after rebate
Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB Serial-ATA 7200rpm Hard Drive for $70 plus about $5 shipping.
A $30 Visa Prepaid Card is available by mail-in rebate.
The rebate has both an online and mail-in portion; you must complete both then wait 2.5 months to get the rebate.
If you read the fine print of the rebate, you will receive a $30 Visa Prepaid Card, not a check.
Because you must spend the $30 at any store within a certain timeframe, you will be spending $75 with this deal after receiving the "rebate".
If they sent a check instead of a prepaid card, it would be like spending $45 after receiving the rebate, but many rebate providers are now being a little misleading about their rebate offers, making you think you get $30 back, but with a Visa Prepaid Card, you must actually spend the $30 they give you.
The drive has mostly positive reviews.
Also available at CompUSA.com, which is owned by TigerDirect.
Newegg.com
- Seagate 1.5TB Hard Drive for $88 (expired)
Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB Serial-ATA 7200rpm Hard Drive for $88 today only.
Beware, some versions of this drive caused major reliability problems, as shown in the reviews.
Before attempting to put any data on the drive, follow Seagate's instructions to upgrade the firmware on the drive.
If you do not want to deal with that hassle, save yourself the trouble and pay more for a better drive.
99% of Seagate's drives are great, but this drive definitely falls into the rare 1% of bad ones, which is why it's offered today at such a discount.
Really though, at $0.59 per GB, there are sometimes other drives which match that per-GB price.
Just yesterday Dell had a 2TB drive, granted its 5400rpm spindle speed meant slower performance than a 7200rpm, but it was also priced at $0.55/GB and had great reviews.
Newegg.com
- Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive for $70
Western Digital Caviar Blue (WD10EALS) 1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive for $85 with free shipping, and coupon MEMORIAL3 gives $15 off in the cart.
This drive apparently has two 500GB platters inside, as opposed to older 1TB drives which have three 333GB platters.
Fewer platters means it should perform better for average users.
Also the new Western Digital 1TB "Black" drive posted in earlier Newegg's "deals today" also has two 500GB platters but a larger cache size than this "Blue" drive.
Newegg.com
- 2TB External USB Desktop Drive for $110 (expired)
Samsung Story Station 2TB USB External Desktop Hard Drive for $110.
Usually sells for $140.
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 470 1.2GB Video Card for $350, same price as most other stores, but Newegg is including a free Hitachi 500GB hard drive with bundle purchase today.
Antec P183 Mid-Tower PC Case for $149, same price as most other stores, but Newegg is including a free Hitachi 500GB hard drive with bundle purchase today.
Amazon.com
- Seagate 640GB Portable USB Drive for $80
Seagate Expansion 640GB USB Portable Drive for $80 ($0.125/GB).
Most other stores sell it for around $110.
They say it's a portable drive because it powers itself through its USB data cable, but at 5.2 x 6.8 x 2.2 inches it is a bit larger than most other portable drives.
In comparison, a Western Digital 1TB USB Portable Drive is 5.0 x 3.1 x 0.6 inches, and has a lower price per GB ($0.105/GB) through today.
Dell.com
- 1TB Hard Drive for $70
Western Digital 1TB 5400rpm Serial-ATA (model WD10EARS) Hard Drive for $70 with free shipping.
Other stores sell it for $80.
A faster 7200rpm version of this drive is also available in a deal today for $5 more.
Dell.com
- 1TB USB Portable Drive for $105
Western Digital 1TB Elements SE Portable USB Drive for $140 with free shipping, and coupon F8PG6RXS4XDBS2 gives $35 off in the cart.
Most other stores sell it for around $130.
This one is a little bigger and a little heavier than all other Western Digital portable USB drives.
It is also not the new My Passport SE which sells for more.
It does use a regular Micro USB connector, one is included, but is different than other Western Digital portable USB drives.
Dell.com
- 2TB USB Desktop Drive for $135
Western Digital Elements 2TB External USB Desktop Drive for $135 with free shipping.
Most other stores sell it for around $150.
Newegg.com
- OCZ Vertex Series 60GB MLC SSD for $149 (expired)
OCZ OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 2.5" 60GB MLC Solid State Drive for $149 today only, and a $10 Visa Prepaid Card is available by mail-in rebate.
eWiz.com
- Samsung 1.5TB hard drive, USB/eSATA Dock for $104
Samsung 1.5TB 5400pm Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $119 with free shipping, and coupon ILOVEMOM gives 15% off in the cart.
Other stores sell just the drive for around $100.
Code ILOVEMOM also applies to any other of the combos shown.
Dell.com
- Seagate 1.5TB Hard Drive for $90
Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB Serial-ATA 7200rpm Hard Drive for $120 with free shipping, and coupon 2FSP2?Q7$N0JTN gives $30 off in the cart.
Good reviews on Dell.com, but older firmware versions of this drive caused big problems, according to Newegg.com reviewers.
If you receive one of these drives with part number 9JU138-300, 366 and with firmware revision SD17, SD15, or SD18, it can be upgraded to firmware SD1A to fix any problems.
You should check and patch the drive before using it.
Western Digital Black 1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive for $90 with coupon EMCYSYR59 .
This is the newer WD1002FAEX model with 64MB-cache.
It's reported to operate louder than other WD Black drives, but performs better.
Onkyo TX-SR608 7.2-Channel A/V Receiver for $494 and code EMCYSYR76 gives a free iPod/iPhone Dock.
Most other stores sell just the Receiver without iPod dock for around $500.
Belkin 100-feet of 18-Gauge Speaker Wire for $17 with code EMCYSYR26 .
18-Gauge is decent wire, good for most home installations.
The lower the Gauge, the thicker the insulation.
Newegg.com
- 1TB Hard Drive $65 (expired)
Samsung 1TB 5400rpm Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $65 today only.
A great deal at $0.065 per GB.
Not the fastest drive, but good for storing files, music, and movies.