1TB SATA Hard Drive €79 (91.55 delivered)

snappieT

Hitachi Deskstar 1TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for €79, making it 20% off. Best price I've ever seen for a terabyte.

Valid Until Jan 25th

Linky: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=428518

irishgeo

snappieT wrote: »

Hitachi Deskstar 1TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for €79, making it 20% off. Best price I've ever seen for a terabyte.

Valid Until Jan 25th

Linky: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=428518

got 2 thanks

beolight

any feedback on hitachi drives guys?

consultech

Thinking the same thing, am leaning more towards a Western Digital Caviar Green in the same kind of bracket (bout €100 delivered from UK).

What are noise / power consumptions / heat like on these does anyone know?

Boom Boom

They are a 3.5" does anyone know of a similar deal on a 2.5"

forbairt

beolight wrote: »

any feedback on hitachi drives guys?

Years ago I had some bad experiences with them. In recent years I've had all sorts of drives fail. Normally though I'd go with a WD drive if given the choice.

(please note thats just my personal opinion and years ago = 6+ years)

TakeTheVeil

If someone is thinking of buying and has to get it shipped rather than collecting it themselves, its cheaper to buy from saverstore.co.uk. Works out about 10euros cheaper w/shipping

snappieT

Boom Boom wrote: »

They are a 3.5" does anyone know of a similar deal on a 2.5"

No such thing as terabyte 2.5" drives yet, I'm afraid.

snappieT

TakeTheVeil wrote: »

If someone is thinking of buying and has to get it shipped rather than collecting it themselves, its cheaper to buy from saverstore.co.uk. Works out about 10euros cheaper w/shipping

Don't think so mate:
Drive: £59.99
Shipping: £3.99
VAT: £9.90
Shipping surcharge to Ireland: £19.99
Total: £93.87
Converted to euro: €100.80

Bit pricerier that 91.55! - Do correct me if I'm wrong.

TakeTheVeil

Oh right, didnt check the delivery info about £19.99 surcharge. I just went as far as I could with the checkout and it didnt seem to ask me for the extra £19.99. So you're probably right

Zynks

beolight wrote: »

any feedback on hitachi drives guys?

My experience goes a good few years back when they were nicknamed deathstart. Maybe that is in the past, but my recent TB acquisition has been a Samsung SpinPoint F1 which is €13 more from Komplett than the Deskstar. My F1 has been running 24/7 for six months and no issues at all. Thinking of buying a second one...

h8red

I've had two 400GB Hitachis for the past 3-4 years. Never had any trouble. Only stopped using them when I got a Seagate 1.5TB last week.

mgadget

beolight wrote: »

any feedback on hitachi drives guys?

Happy enough with Hitachi that I'd already bought one of these before the Komplett price drop :mad:

I bought two 500GB Hitachi drives from Komplett in 2007 when they were this price. I've had no problems to report, only I had to set the Acoustic management setting to standard as it was set to default to performance, this helped reduce the hard drive noise a good bit.

JHMEG

These work out about €88, not on special offer, from scan.ie including delivery.
http://scan.ie/Products/1TB-Hitachi-Deskstar-7K1000-35-SATA-3Gb-s-7200-rpm-16MB-Cache-HDD

A 1TB USB Buffalo Drivestation is only £4 more.
http://scan.ie/Products/1TB-Buffalo-DriveStation-TurboUSB-with-Power-Saving-Mode-(HD-CE10TU2)

samhail

I love deals like this that once they are done they drop 10euro

Bill-e

which one dropped?

Spipov

seems to have gone up now

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=428518

85 euros before postage, 97.50 after postage.

worth it still?

snappieT

Spipov wrote: »

seems to have gone up now

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=428518

85 euros before postage, 97.50 after postage.

worth it still?

Hmm, I'd be inclined to head towards the Samsung at that price.

That said, it's still a nice price.