Harddrive in CPT

[SteveV]

Anyone know where I can get a good deal on a HDD in Cape Town? Looking for 160G+ available anywhere in southern suburbs.
Any advice on Seagate vs WD vs etc also welcome, pref from your personal experience.

 

[Obelix]

pcshopping.co.za - ctn based

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Seagate® Barracuda™ 160GB IDE Drive ATA

* ATA 100
* 7200RPM
* 2MB cache

R 690.00
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Seagate® Barracuda™ 300GB IDE Drive ATA

* ATA 100
* 7200RPM
* 8MB cache
* 3-year warranty

R 1491.00

 

[Person]

Seagate® Barracuda™ ATA IV 160GB IDE Drives - ATA 100 - 7200RPM R680 .00 incl VAT Im in the Kenilworth Cape Town.

 

[Andre]

Me in southern suburbs too.

How much for around 500Gig (if that's available), Person?

 

[freeek]

its not available.... max is 400gig

 

[Person]

Seagate® Barracuda™ ATA IV 250GB IDE Drives - ATA 100 - 7200RPM - ATA PLUS R 1129 .00

Seagate® Barracuda™ ATA IV 300GB IDE Drives - ATA 100 - 7200RPM - ATA PLUS R1499 .00

Seagate® Barracuda™ ATA IV 400GB IDE Drives - ATA 100 - 7200RPM - ATA PLUS R2299.00

 

[Andre]

its not available.... max is 400gig

Seems like it is. From http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/1,1081,705,00.html

Model Number:ST3500641AS
Capacity:500 GB
Speed:7200 rpm
Seek time:11 ms avg
Interface:SATA 3Gb/s

 

[Andre]

Seagate® Barracuda™ ATA IV 400GB IDE Drives - ATA 100 - 7200RPM - ATA PLUS R2299.00

Ok, thanks - price seems good. How about the 500Gig model I mentioned above?

 

[Person]

no stock here in South Africa yet sometime in 2006 Q1

 

[Andre]

Ok thanks. I shall wait.

 

[Thorin]

wtf do you do with 500GB of storage? Video editing?

 

[Andre]

wtf do you do with 500GB of storage? Video editing?

Lots of games and I've recently gotten into photography. Eight meg RAW files converted to 45Meg TIFF's tend to add up.