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Anyone know where to get reasonably priced hard drives?

Terry · 2011-11-22 22:56:37

I've tried all the usual Irish sites (and adverts for a second hand one), but found nothing. I know that prices have risen since the floods in (insert Asian country here). The cheapest I found was a 120GB for €68. Looking for a 2.5" SATA. At least 120GB. I'll pay €40 for a new one (ex. delivery).

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22-11-2011 11:56pm

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Terry

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I've tried all the usual Irish sites (and adverts for a second hand one), but found nothing.

I know that prices have risen since the floods in (insert Asian country here). The cheapest I found was a 120GB for €68.

Looking for a 2.5" SATA. At least 120GB.
I'll pay €40 for a new one (ex. delivery).

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#2 23-11-2011 12:20am
Voodu Child

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-HM251HI-2-5inch-250GB-SATA/dp/B004NVQAZQ/ref=sr_1_8?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1322003823&sr=1-8

No idea how long you'll be waiting for it unfortunately.

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#3 23-11-2011 12:27am
Spacedog

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Floods in Thailand knocked out all main HD manufacturing operations for at least 8 months. There are still supplies in retail stores, but computer manufacturers are already running out.

The price of disks and SSDs will rise sharply in 2012 after the christmas rush cleans out stocks.

I have a feeling we'll see a lot more of these threads.

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#4 23-11-2011 3:21am
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if you want it fast use http://www.shop4memory.com/ they will not have the cheapest going (not far off mind ya) but I've bought 3 different things off them and two arrived in 2 days one was 3 days.. otherwise use amazon.co.uk

read your psot wrong

try this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-HM251HI-2-5inch-250GB-SATA/dp/B004NVQAZQ/ref=sr_1_22?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1322015152&sr=1-22

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000BQ5C4W/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1322015232&sr=1-28&condition=used

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#5 23-11-2011 10:22am
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I've seen some 2TB HDDs in Maplins for about a hundred and twenty euros and I think a 1TB for about eighty euro. They're external but if you want, get a screw driver, pry the case open and you have a hand-dandy SATA HDD.

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#6 23-11-2011 11:47am
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I'm selling one on E-bay at the moment 250GB, 2.5". Current bid is €32. Auction ends Sunday. Let me know and I'll PM you the link

I was tempted to wait till the New Year to sell it after hearing about the floods in Thailand, but I've no patience for that craic.

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#7 23-11-2011 11:54am
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try dutec.ie, they sell through ebay as well. Cheap verbatim hard drives. Based in Limerick

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#8 23-11-2011 1:54pm
uch

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Terry I know a guy who can get second hand 500Gigers, he's not a member here but i'll get in touch with him and see what he has if you like

21/25

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#9 23-11-2011 2:23pm
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There's a similar drive to the WD passport being sold in Dunnes Stores at the minute. The drive is German made and it's called Platimum MyDrive. Not sure what it's like but prices are-
320GB €50
500GB €60

Someone here might know more about it?

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#10 23-11-2011 2:31pm
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Cheapest i can find,

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/12_HDD/71_INTHD25/productdetails/10017605/Samsung_160GB_2_5_IDE_5400rpm_8MB/HM160HC/default.aspx

http://www.maplin.co.uk/oem-2.5-inch-sata-hard-drive-99686

youll be hard pressed to find cheap drives with the whole thailand issue.

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#11 24-11-2011 11:04am
uch

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Checked with Mate Terry he only has 3.5" sorry I can't help

21/25

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#12 25-11-2011 1:12am
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Not here that's for definite

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#13 25-11-2011 1:19am
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Surely this is one product....

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#14 30-11-2011 8:13pm
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Cheers for all the help, folks.
Turns out I had an old one lying around. Not sure how long it'll last, but it should do for the next few months.

Firblog wrote: »

Not here that's for definite

Holy fúcking crap! That's not right.

Also, found this on bargain alerts: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75739381 might be worth a look.

Also, also, have PM'd the mods asking that they put up a sticky where people can post links for cheap HDDs until the prices go back to normal.

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#15 30-11-2011 9:38pm
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Terry wrote: »

Also, also, have PM'd the mods asking that they put up a sticky where people can post links for cheap HDDs until the prices go back to normal.

We have too many stickies as is. I need to clean them up. People can just bump this thread as necessary and / or I'll merge in any new ones.

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