Seagate 750 SATA3GB/s for $299 again!

[soarprod]

For those who missed the original deal...
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4882780

 

[nsoltz]

I think that is the parallel ATA version, not SATA.

Ned Soltz

 

[soarprod]

sorry - here is the sata link...
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4924331?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

[nsoltz]

That's a GREAT deal.

 

[unfiltered]

That's a GREAT deal.

Yes. Yes, it is.

I'm kind of surprised that Outpost didn't putting a maximum purchase limit.

 

[proximity]

To think, in my Mac Pro, 4 of these gives me 3 TB of internal storage.... Awsome

 

[Ralph Oshiro]

To think, in my Mac Pro, 4 of these gives me 3 TB of internal storage.... Awsome

Yup. I agree. A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Makes me really wanna switch (to Mac) right f'n now!

 

[gunleik]

When you add the two last SATA plugs on the mainboard for an external storage, you get 4,5 TB...

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2006-09-25/#5955

Or you could connect an external bay for even more.

Gunleik

 

[Cynic821]

All the more reason why frys PWNS!

 

[snarton]

To think, in my Mac Pro, 4 of these gives me 3 TB of internal storage.... Awsome

The Mac Pro was designed for drives up to 500 GB each. People tried to put 750 GB drives in and found strange behavior. OWC wrote a new driver, but it hasn't solved all the problems.
http://www.barefeats.com/quad07.html

 

[MrPolarBare]

Yup. I agree. A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Makes me really wanna switch (to Mac) right f'n now!

Um, why? Can't you do this on a PC? I have 4 SATA ports on my motherboard. What's the difference?

 

[soarprod]

I'm running the 4 I purchased from Outpost last week in a Sonnet Enclosure connected to an E4P card.

 

[Steve Shovlar]

The Mac Pro was designed for drives up to 500 GB each. People tried to put 750 GB drives in and found strange behavior. OWC wrote a new driver, but it hasn't solved all the problems.
http://www.barefeats.com/quad07.html

Glad I just read this. I was about to order 4 750 Seagates for my brand new 3.00 GHz Quad Xeon. I nearly purchased a nearly new Xraid last week, which had 2.8TB of disk space. Thought abou it and sticking 4 of those Seagates in a new MacPro is better value, so that is what I was going to do. Might just have to buy 4 500Gig Hard drives now instead.

So what are the best 500 Gig HD's to buy? Raptors?

 

[soarprod]

if you dont raid 0 all the 750's in the mac pro. they will work fine.