[geeks] Cheap refurb SCSI drives?

[Mike F]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Mike Hebel wrote:
>   
>> On Oct 11, 2006, at 6:30 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> David Muran-de Assereto wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Well, I just ordered a bunch of 146GB drives from computer giant;
>>>> they were $1.25 each, 1" U320 SCA drives. We'll see if they honor the
>>>> price.
>>>>         
>>> *WOW*.
>>>       
>> Hmm:
>>
>> https://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp?part=119362
>>
>> That's almost worth ordering a few myself just to see if they honor the 
>> deal.
>>     
>
> Wow indeed.  I didn't find that.  Fill minbar's internal bays and array
> with those and I'd have two terabytes online for under twenty bucks.
> That's a no-brainer ........ assuming they honor the price.
>
>
> Uh, hold on though .... the listing says these are 68-pin U320, not
> 80-pin SCA.  So does every Google reference I can find for that Hitachi
> part number.
>
>   
https://www.computergiants.com/items/one_item.asp?part=119365&cat=5&subsubcat=2482

This one is a 300GB 80-pin SCA drive :-)

If you look through

https://www.computergiants.com/items/list_all.asp?cat=5

(warning - long list) there are quite a few drives listed for $1.25

- Mike