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Brandon Hill (Blog) - July 23, 2007 12:00 PM

17 comment(s) - last by JohnnyCNote.. on Jul 24 at 8:41 PM

Raptor X 150GB (WD1500AHFDRTL) $159.99 @ Best Buy

DailyTech's roundup of hot deals from around the web for Monday

Processors
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 $279 @ MWAVE

Memory
Smart Buy 1GB PC2-5300 Desktop Memory $23.24 after $40 MIR shipped free @ PC SuperStore

Storage
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB (WD1500AHFDRTL) $159.99 shipped (plus free in-store pickup) @ Best Buy

Multimedia Devices
Logitech Harmony 676 Universal Remote Control $49.99 shipped free @ Amazon

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yowza

By Lazlo Panaflex on 7/23/2007 12:10:31 PM , Rating: 3

Awesome deals on the Q6600 & Raptor! Nekkid HD's are "dead sexy" ;-)

RE: yowza

By AstroCreep on 7/23/2007 12:45:18 PM , Rating: 2

Yeah, that Raptor is mighty tempting. Hell, a 'normal' 150GB Raptor costs nearly $200 at The Egg right now. There is an M-I-R that drops it down to $165 though.

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RE: yowza

By Schadenfroh on 7/23/2007 2:22:57 PM , Rating: 2

Maybe a new raptor with perpendicular recording is coming and WD wants to clear out the old models?

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RE: yowza

By Alexvrb on 7/23/2007 9:06:38 PM , Rating: 2

I hope so. Some of the newest 7200RPM drives are catching up to Raptors, especially compared to the older 36GB models. Actually I don't really care if its perp or not, as long as they get the data density safely higher and as a result boost transfer rates and put Raptor drives back into the lead.

If they don't, maybe a competitor will. That would get WD's butt into gear.

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RE: yowza

By JohnnyCNote on 7/24/2007 8:41:47 PM , Rating: 2

quote:
Yeah, that Raptor is mighty tempting.

Yeah, so tempting I broke my nearly decade long boycott of Best Buy and ordered one. It was backordered, but I got a UPS tracking number today, so I guess they found some more. Ironically, I just ordered a new case with no window on the side, so I guess the see through drive will work unseen. I guess at least I'll know it's there . . .

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Free Shipping Raptor

By PrimarchLion on 7/23/2007 1:55:59 PM , Rating: 2

The page for the raptor says free shipping. I'm going to do in store pickup anyway seeing as the Best Buy is right across the street.

RE: Free Shipping Raptor

By GaryJohnson on 7/23/2007 2:47:22 PM , Rating: 2

Maybe it should be listed in the article as $159.99 shipped (plus tax)?

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RE: Free Shipping Raptor

By PrimarchLion on 7/23/2007 3:13:51 PM , Rating: 2

It looks better now. The retail box comes with a secureconnect cable:

http://computers.pricegrabber.com/cables-adapters/...

It actually has a review =)
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/309/1/

Does anyone that owns a raptor know if the connectors work fine with normal cables (are the connectors as good as on other hard disks). I'm one of those strange people that like all their cables to match.

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RE: Free Shipping Raptor

By Alexvrb on 7/23/2007 9:31:38 PM , Rating: 2

I've had no problems using standard SATA cables on my Raptor for the past couple of years. I didn't even think about it until you mentioned it. The secureconnect cables looked interesting, but not needed as long as you don't yank on cables or otherwise brute force things. I mean shoot, I always thought ATA cables were worse in the hands of an amateur. I've had people bend pins on them, which I've had to gently pry back. Once someone even managed to completely pull out several pins. It wasn't worth the effort to repair that old POS - HD went in the trash, new HD for $60.

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RE: Free Shipping Raptor

By bryanW1995 on 7/24/2007 1:00:55 AM , Rating: 2

what he said. my 36gb raptor was my first sata drive and now it's the only drive I have that doesn't need sata power connectors!

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Laptop deal...

By Nick5324 on 7/23/2007 12:12:44 PM , Rating: 2

There was a good laptop deal posted, I followed the link, the price was a lot higher, came back to DT, and it has magically disappeared.

RE: Laptop deal...

By Brandon Hill

(blog) on 7/23/2007 12:27:34 PM , Rating: 2

The price was much lower this morning. Then the discount "mysteriously" disappeared from the CC website.

So I removed the entry to avoid the inevitable flogging :-)

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RE: Laptop deal...

By therealnickdanger on 7/23/2007 12:59:39 PM , Rating: 2

Too late!

*cracks whip*

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I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

By Faust0 on 7/23/2007 12:47:12 PM , Rating: 2

Sigh, but when it actually stops raining here, i'm going to pick up a couple raptors.

best raptor deal

By jedisoulfly on 7/23/2007 12:49:53 PM , Rating: 2

bestbuy always has a good deal on the raptor it seems. I picked 1 up from them about 8 months ago at only $199.99 (instore pickup = no tax or shipping)at the time I thought was an awesome deal for a retail store. I had checked frys and microcenter and both places were no less then $240 plus tax. I have never even seen newegg go lower then say $190...anyway awesome deal