home : hot deals & information involving: Western Digital Monday, May 5, 2008
ZipZoomFly.com
- 500GB Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $77 (expired)
Back in stock again is a
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB internal Serial-ATA hard drive with 16MB Cache and 5 year warranty for $70.
Add $7 for ground shipping for one, and about $1 shipping each additional, so:
one for $77 after shipping fee ($0.155 per GB), or
two for $148 after shipping fee ($0.148 per GB), etc.
Most other stores sell 500GB drives for $85 to $100.
It comes as a bare drive only, without any cables.
An internal Serial-ATA cable is $0.73 and a Serial-ATA cable with Molex-to-SATA Power Adapter is $1.35, and the shipping fee is not increased when ordered with the hard drive.
Other similar hard drive deals:
Seagate 500GB Serial-ATA Hard Drive, 32MB Cache, 5 year warranty for $85 plus shipping ($92 shipped).
One of the best performing drives priced under $100.
Western Digital 500GB, 16MB Cache, 3 year warranty for $85 ($0.17 per GB) with 3-7 day shipping, or at Newegg for $90 ($0.18 per GB) with 2-3 day shipping.
ZipZoomFly.com
- 500GB Serial-ATA Hard Drive for $80 (expired: 4/28, price raised to $85)
Samsung 500GB Serial-ATA internal hard drive is back at $80 with free shipping.
Its 16MB cache is half the size of many other drives priced $20 more, but its performance is still pretty good and a great deal at $0.16 per GB.
Comes as a bare drive only, without a Serial-ATA cable.
If needed, a Serial-ATA Cable for $2.70 after coupon PCMICRO10%OFF with free shipping.
Other similar deals:
Dell.com
- 750GB External USB Hard Drive $140 (expired)
Western Digital 750GB external USB hard drive for $140 with free shipping.
A great deal at $0.19 per GB, most other stores sell it for around $190, and is only $5 more than the internal drive.
CircuitCity.com
- Western Digital 1TB External USB Hard Drive $198 (expired)
Western Digital 1TB External USB Hard Drive for $220 with free shipping, and coupon code BCAS9D4AZB gives 10% off.
Also a 320GB Portable 2.5" USB Hard Drive for $150, and 10% coupon makes it $135.
Most other stores sell it for around $170.
Note, USB drives can take about an hour to transfer each 100GB.
Buy.com
- 1TB internal hard drive for $190 (expired: 3/27)
Western Digital WD10EACS 1TB internal Serial-ATA hard drive is on sale for $190 with free shipping.
Also includes a Serial-ATA cable and power adapter.
Most other stores sell just the hard drive for $235.
A great deal at $0.19 per GB.
BestBuy
- Western Digital 1TB External USB Hard Drive $207 in-store (expired)
Western Digital MyBook 1TB USB2 External Hard Drive is back at $230 in stores, and a 10% coupon makes it $207.
At $0.21 per GB, it's one of the best deals around for a large capacity external hard drive.
This one has very good reviews, and runs very silent.
Some people who are eager to fill up huge capacity hard drive with lots of data should keep in mind it takes about 3 minutes to transfer 5GB, or about an hour to transfer each 100GB.
That's very good performance for storing backup files, videos, and music which do not need blazing fast speeds, but far slower than an internal hard drive.
Brother MFC-665CW Printer/Scanner/Fax wired & wireless network compatible for $100 with free shipping.
Other stores sell it for around $180.
This is a great deal for a network-ready all-in-one with very good reviews.
These are hot deals, and may not last long. Update:
Check if Staples.com recently sent you an email containing a coupon.
Some people received a $30 coupon from Staples, which can apply to the above deals.
Dell.com
- Western Digital 1TB External Gigabit NAS Drive for $210 (expired: 6pm EST, price raised)
Western Digital MyBook World WDG1NC10000N 1TB (1000GB) External Hard Drive with 10/100/1000 Ethernet is on sale for $210 with free shipping.
Other stores sell it for around $275.
It provides 1TB of file storage to all computers on your wired home or office network.
Also another USB-based hard drive can be attached to this unit to provide additional storage.
Additional product information is available on Western Digital's website.
It's an incredible deal at $0.21 per GB for an external NAS drive.