Hardware Bargains

[Gnome]

Yep it's 2x500GB hard-drives.

http://www.iomega.com/direct/produc...SORTMENT<>ast_id=26890319&bmUID=1209672480188

 

[The_Techie]

That explains it

 

[AirWolf]

Still a good price though .

 

[Tun@]

There is a chance the drives inside are Seagate brand...my Iomega 500GB that died after 4 days was.
No way of knowing without opening and then you breach warranty.

Note on Iomega....
They WON"T accept just a case return/repair ,they want you to send away the whole thing.So if the thing fails and you need to use warranty your data is gone.
OH unless you want to pay them to copy it for you.
IOMEGA suck

 

[AirWolf]

There is a chance the drives inside are Seagate brand...my Iomega 500GB that died after 4 days was.
No way of knowing without opening and then you breach warranty.

Note on Iomega....
They WON"T accept just a case return/repair ,they want you to send away the whole thing.So if the thing fails and you need to use warranty your data is gone.
OH unless you want to pay them to copy it for you.
IOMEGA suck

Thanks for the heads up as I was still considering buying it.

 

[wizdumb]

i also wanted one now rather not

 

[The_Techie]

I'd rather buy the drives independently...

 

[hj2k_x]

Still a good price for 2 x 500GB drives though....

 

[ABU]

What is the difference, you still get one 1Tb and your computer recognises both the drives as one?

 

[hj2k_x]

And the 500GB Seagates are going for R1100 each at IC right now so it seems a good deal...

 

[The_Techie]

And the 500GB Seagates are going for R1100 each at IC right now so it seems a good deal...

R997.50 (VAT included) at PCInternational...

 

[hj2k_x]

R997.50 (VAT included) at PCInternational...

Well two of those still cost more than this drive

 

[The_Techie]

If paying a few bucks more means I don't support Incredible Connection...

 

[WiseCrack]

And included in the price is the actuall hardrive enclosure.

Not a bad deal at all.

 

[AirWolf]

A more important question is how reliable are there drives?

With that much storage you would partly use it for your normal stuff and partly for back up of your pc data, but if it is more likely to crash then it defeats the whole purpose of buying it in the first place .

 

[hj2k_x]

What makes you think they won't be reliable? Any word on the make?

 

[ld13]

I would've been very tempted to buy this If I had not just spent +-R1500 on a 750GB HDD about a week back...

 

[hj2k_x]

I would've been very tempted to buy this If I had not just spent +-R1500 on a 750GB HDD about a week back...

Indeed, I would be seriously tempted as well. So many things out there to be bought, so many bargains, and no cash

 

[The_Techie]

Sounds like you got a buyer for your monitor?

 

[AirWolf]

What makes you think they won't be reliable? Any word on the make?

Only this so far:

There is a chance the drives inside are Seagate brand...my Iomega 500GB that died after 4 days was.
No way of knowing without opening and then you breach warranty.

Note on Iomega....
They WON"T accept just a case return/repair ,they want you to send away the whole thing.So if the thing fails and you need to use warranty your data is gone.
OH unless you want to pay them to copy it for you.
IOMEGA suck

But I'll search for more info.