[rescue] WANTED: Older IDE/ATA/PATA 500gb drives

[Lionel Peterson]

Here are three IDE drive examples, all 7,200 RPM, 8 Meg cache and
ATA/100 interface:

Brand-new 500 Gig WD IDE Drives for $64.99:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0258510

Brand-new Seagate 400 Gig IDE Drives for $52.99:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0307722

Brand-new (generic) 160 Gig IDE Drives for $39.99:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0307102

Personally, I have a hard time buying any SATA drives smaller than 1TB
for home use, since prices are now in the sub-$75 range for "green"
drives:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0306106

and for a WD "Black" drive it is a penny under $100:

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0311639

Of course, needs vary.

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Lionel Peterson
lionel4287 at gmail.com