1TB Spinpoint F1, $99, free shipping - newegg.ca

[antonbrk]

warm deal for those who missed the bestdirect.ca $99 F1 deal a couple of weeks ago: newegg.ca daily deal today, with free shipping:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152102&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-22-152-102-_-Product

[entity]

warm deal for those who missed the bestdirect.ca $99 F1 deal a couple of weeks ago: newegg.ca daily deal today, with free shipping:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152102&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-22-152-102-_-Product

DANGIT!!
now im not sure if I should cancel my WD10EADS and purchase this instead!
:(

Anyone wanna weigh in on the pros and cons of these drives?

[rseiler]

There are quite a few comments on the Spinpoint in the American thread (where it's $80, btw) that might help your decision-making:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=83027&t=1305953

Tom's Hardware puts the WD10EADS in context:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/green-terabyte-1tb,2078.html

[Dbargains]

DANGIT!!
now im not sure if I should cancel my WD10EADS and purchase this instead!
:(

Anyone wanna weigh in on the pros and cons of these drives?

i've had 1 for about a yr now, it is fast & quiet. $99 (incl. shipping) is a good price.

[Riflem@n]

Good price, crazy how cheap 1TB is nowadays.

[mwong168]

I remember not too long ago when $149.99 shipped for these drives were a hot price! I've had two now for the past 6-7 months running 24/7 and no problems so far (knock on wood).

[rename]

good find OP. Thanks

ordered one, i read a bit about it, and mostly (like 98%) people are happy with the drive.

[moko]

14% out 565 ppl at newegg rated it as one star, and pretty much all of them had a hd failures. Isn't that failure rate quite high?

[fudge_u]

I believe some of those posts are also Newegg.com posts. When that one guy said he paid $80, I think that was in USD. I remember paying $180 for one last year when they first came out, and $130 a few months later. I've had two of these drives working in a RAID1 for almost a year, and so far no problems.

WG

[fudge_u]

14% out 565 ppl at newegg rated it as one star, and pretty much all of them had a hd failures. Isn't that failure rate quite high?

The initial batch of these drives did have a high failure rate, but I believe drives manufactured after January 2008 had the problem(s) fixed.

WG

[CanadianTSi]

14% out 565 ppl at newegg rated it as one star, and pretty much all of them had a hd failures. Isn't that failure rate quite high?

Most people usually only bother to "rate" them when they fail ;)

[RLP06]

Free shipping, but $13 handling fee, f*** them.

[Value Hunter]

Free shipping, but $13 handling fee, f*** them.

Handling fee is actually just GST PST.

[noxe2]

any idea how long it takes for Newegg to deliver to Toronto? (never purchased from em before and would like to get the drives before end of next week since I am going on vacation)

[rseiler]

14% out 565 ppl at newegg rated it as one star, and pretty much all of them had a hd failures. Isn't that failure rate quite high?
Someone brought up that point in the Slickdeals thread I mentioned, but then someone put it in context by showing the 1%'s for the other brands too. Check it out. With the exception of Seagate, all are in line with each other more or less. WD is looking good.

1 Egg Rating %

Samsung - 14%
Hitachi - 17%
Seagate - 37%
WD - 7%
WD Black - 5%

[furballz]

Thanks op, was just waiting for something like this.

Free shipping, but $13 handling fee, f*** them.

I said the same thing before digging further... For newegg, Handling fee = Canadian taxes, 1.34$ = duties.

[Value Hunter]

Anybody on here use one of these drives more than 2 years? Thoughts?

[RLP06]

Handling fee is actually just GST PST.
Don't I look like a fool now? ; )

Thanks! I thoguht GST PST would be added on top!

[HaRdKoR 74]

Just ordered one...great deal!

[Ren]

I own 5 of these drives since they were around $99$ or 110 last boxing day at NCIX. Great drives and nominal failure rates *cough seagate*. Much faster than a WD green with similar power constraints.

[noxe2]

how are these drives compared to the WD Caviar Blacks?

[jnut]

any idea how long it takes for Newegg to deliver to Toronto? (never purchased from em before and would like to get the drives before end of next week since I am going on vacation)

It took exactly a week shipping from California to Edmonton so my guess is less than 10 days for Toronto.

[entity]

any idea how long it takes for Newegg to deliver to Toronto? (never purchased from em before and would like to get the drives before end of next week since I am going on vacation)

same boat as you.. hope it doesnt take long..
just cancelled my NCIX WD10EADS order for this drive

i think purchasing at NCIX is also an option (price match) and they have express shipping for $10, but if you live outside of ontario, you arent paying PST.. so $4 for express shipping.. orders above 100$ if you can find a filler item = $5.99 shipping

[sannin]

anyone ordered HD's before from newegg and can comment on how they package them?

[Riflem@n]

It took exactly a week shipping from California to Edmonton so my guess is less than 10 days for Toronto.

About 5-6 Business days, Monday to Monday for example.

[AndrewRFD]

Solid price. Thanks, Antonbrk!

I've posted it to the front page (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=728540) as well.

[wedgin]

Anyone else having issues trying to pay with PayPal? I just tried to checkout and it keeps giving me an error when I choose PayPal.

[rseiler]

Anybody on here use one of these drives more than 2 years? Thoughts?
No. They started shipping late in 2007.

[someguy91]

anyone ordered HD's before from newegg and can comment on how they package them?

I ordered 10 1TB externals from them a couple weeks ago.. came in a box with the styrofoam peanuts... packaged tightly and packaged well.

[babu928]

Anyone know if this deal is one day only??
because if not I am going to try pricematching NCIX

[noxe2]

Anyone else having issues trying to pay with PayPal? I just tried to checkout and it keeps giving me an error when I choose PayPal.

Try again, I just paid with Paypal for 2 x 1TB drives, thanks OP, was looking for a deal like this :)

[subliminal]

I said the same thing before digging further... For newegg, Handling fee = Canadian taxes, 1.34$ = duties.

How far do you need to dig? Just click on on this http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResource/Themes/2005/Nest/policyQuote.gif icon right next to Handling and it tells you what it is. Same thing with the Shipping.

Note: I'm not attacking you, I just surprised that every time there is a deal with free shipping from Newegg.ca, someone always comes into the thread bitching about the "handling fee" when they could have just clicked the icon first.

[Soulsaber]

Handling fee is actually just GST PST.

They have probably lost a few sales when people see this "handling" fee....

[maxleung]

Anyone have issues with UPS demanding extortionist brokerage fees?

[Kainroh]

Anyone have issues with UPS demanding extortionist brokerage fees?

Never had a problem. I think the token $1 brokerage they charge ensures that UPS doesn't tack on another.

[CSAgent]

Their PayPal payment system is FUBAR'd. Been trying the last hour or so to no avail.

I never bought from NewEgg before, does this happen often and does it get fixed in a day??

[wedgin]

Their PayPal payment system is FUBAR'd. Been trying the last hour or so to no avail.

I never bought from NewEgg before, does this happen often and does it get fixed in a day??

I was having issues earlier, but it seemed to have sorted itself out.

[CSAgent]

I was having issues earlier, but it seemed to have sorted itself out.

I'm still having issues with payments. :mad:

[entity]

hmm it says that the order has been shipped already.. that was quick

[noxe2]

hmm it says that the order has been shipped already.. that was quick

When did you order? I am still sitting in the 'Charged' status :(

[ph00p]

I've seen some random reports of low humming from this one and also some of these dying 8 months into their life cycle, anyone have any personal experience?

[fudge_u]

I've seen some random reports of low humming from this one and also some of these dying 8 months into their life cycle, anyone have any personal experience?

I've had two running in RAID1 since last May or June I think.

WG

[entity]

When did you order? I am still sitting in the 'Charged' status :(

just past 12pm - don't have a tracking # yet tho..

[babu928]

Ordered one... i am slowly accumulating the parts needed for a good computer....

first the dell 22' E-IPS.. now this... need the phenom II 940 BE now!

[StoneColdWhat]

Hmm I bought a Hitachi 1TB Deskstar 7K1000.B SATA II w/ 16MB Cache HDT 1010SLA360 ) Yesterday which comes to $110 after tax and a $10 MIR, haven't opened it yet.. wonder which is better.

[babu928]

Hmm I bought a Hitachi 1TB Deskstar 7K1000.B SATA II w/ 16MB Cache HDT 1010SLA360 ) Yesterday which comes to $110 after tax and a $10 MIR, haven't opened it yet.. wonder which is better.

I mean what you bought is decent and will serve you well regardless,
but this Samsung harddrive is touted as one of the fastest HDD out there, plus it is extremely quiet (from reviews). I have a Hitachi HDD rigth now and I have no complaints

[ppl4golf]

You guys are killing my wallet...just ordered 2 of these:D

I am officially running out of SATA cables and I have quite a few of them from 5 or 6 mobos I bought in the past couple of years.

[zickvon]

You guys are killing my wallet...just ordered 2 of these:D

That's why I say RFD is evil:twisted:

[RogerSingh]

Anybody on here use one of these drives more than 2 years? Thoughts?

I've been running 24 of them for over a year straight in a Raid config. Zero Issues. They haven't been out for 2 years yet.

[naveed3434]

Ordered one with this from dealextreme.com
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20383
building a NAS!

Need a cheap 3.5 hard drive enclosure.

[clem24]

Dang it.. Ordered. :lol:

Listen/watch for news in the coming weeks: wife murders husband for buying 2 HDDs.

[way2quik]

good deal.
too bad i just BOUGHT my WD Green 1TB 8mb cache for $100.
NCIX has this Samsung for $100 during their specials.

[Bskll]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE:

http://www.mjewing.co.uk/mewsings/pix/farnsworth.jpg

it seems from my recipt that newegg isn't charging the $0.32 ontario EEE recyling fee.

[mightylobo]

Should I be regretting buying my WD Black for 129.99? hmmmm:mad::confused::|

[HKPolice]

If you're going to use this drive for an OS install then it's terrible. This drive is optimized for high speed sequential reads/writes but NOT random read/writes. As a storage drive though, this is pretty good.

Best bang for the buck OS drive right now: WD Black, then partition off the first 40-100GB for OS use only, this will reduce the access times in that partition to under 5ms.

[ph00p]

Anyone know if this will work for me? I've got a 500watt Earthwatts(? came with the Antec Sonata(newest one))

in my machine:
Core Duo 3.0
Evga 8800gt superclocked
4gb ram
1 260 gb sata hd
1 160 gb sata hd
SB Audigy 2zx
1 DVDRW drive

I'm just wondering if I have enough juice, do hard drives take alot?

[rseiler]

Terrible? I doubt most people would notice the difference. It fared well here against drives in its class:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/green-terabyte-1tb,2078.html

It's certainly not your father's 5400rpm drive.

[ASharp]

Should I be regretting buying my WD Black for 129.99? hmmmm:mad::confused::|

Not at all. WD Blacks are great drives. I have one of these F1's myself and it's a good drive but for my next drive, I'm definitely going to be taking a look into the WD Blacks.

[sparrow_69]

Samsung makes good performance drives with great acoustics. May not be the fastest of drives, but its very quiet.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article843-page3.html

[zoolander]

I almost bought one of these as an OS drive but after reading HKPolice's post (thx) and doing some googling on the HD103UJ, it appears random access speed is a poor 13.7ms, being beating beat out by Seagate 7200.11 and Hitachi 7K1000, and obliterated by the premium WD drives. Oh well, saved $100+ tonight...
However, as a storage drive I wonder who is more reliable, Samsung or the WD Greens?

[lonegunguy]

Thx for posting this deal.
I have been looking for HDDs.

I bought 2.

Thx.

[IceQue]

thanks op. I bought 6 for my unraid setup.

[fudge_u]

I almost bought one of these as an OS drive but after reading HKPolice's post (thx) and doing some googling on the HD103UJ, it appears random access speed is a poor 13.7ms, being beating beat out by Seagate 7200.11 and Hitachi 7K1000, and obliterated by the premium WD drives. Oh well, saved $100+ tonight...
However, as a storage drive I wonder who is more reliable, Samsung or the WD Greens?

The Seagate drives can also fry an egg in about 5 secs. I don't think you can go wrong with buying WD, Samsung, or Hitachi.

WG

[lead]

i have 2 in a dns 323. Bought it over the wd green since I wanted a drive that i could still use in a desktop and the green is just too slow.

At the the time the f1 1tb were around the quietest,fastest,coolest, best power consumption drive in its class. If you wanted faster you went wd black but more power consumption. If you wanted power savings you went green but their wicked slow. But if you wanted all of the above its the best bang for buck shot your gonna find. My 320 sata wd is a hell of lot louder than these f1's their virtually silent except at spin up. Even spinning you can barely hear it

[entity]

Ship date 04/20/2009 16:04:30
Estimated delivery 04/22/2009

wow, thats quick
wondering if its worth purchasing another or if the prices of drives will drop by the time I fill this one up..

[RLP06]

The Seagate drives can also fry an egg in about 5 secs. I don't think you can go wrong with buying WD, Samsung, or Hitachi.

WG

Didn't seagate use to be the best brand, maybe 5 years ago? What happened to them?

[iLLNESS]

can anyone confirm neweggs $1 extra charge will prevent UPS from their were going to rape you and theres nothing you can do about it cuz u want your **** charge?

i ****ing hate ordering ups and strongly avoid any company who ships only ups.. but would love to pickup a couple of these drives to expand my raid :)

[elitist]

can anyone confirm neweggs $1 extra charge will prevent UPS from their were going to rape you and theres nothing you can do about it cuz u want your **** charge?You shouldn't get charged extra. At least it hasn't happened to me, and I've not seen any complaining about it here on RFD in any newegg threads.

[RastaManMax]

Didn't seagate use to be the best brand, maybe 5 years ago? What happened to them?

Seagate used to be the best brand just before the 7200.11 series. I think most people are soured by the way they treated the failures of the 7200.11's.

[Icelight]

Didn't seagate use to be the best brand, maybe 5 years ago? What happened to them?
They're still fine. People are just less than enthused about them these days because of the whole 7200.11 failure fiasco. (and rightly so)

[ph00p]

God damn paypal errors! Almost makes me not want to buy it, should I really wait for one of those WD Blacks to go down in price or go for this?

[nobb]

What's the warranty process like for Samsung? Ive always been buying WD mostly because of their great warranty service (eg. free advanced RMA).

[noxe2]

God damn paypal errors! Almost makes me not want to buy it, should I really wait for one of those WD Blacks to go down in price or go for this?

according to PriceCanada the lowest the WD Black 1TB has been is 125, I have been waiting for that to come down in price for sometime now and it didn't happen, so I pulled the trigger on this one

Also, check out tomshardware for comparison review, the F1 beats out the WD Black in several benchmarks if I am reading my graphs properly

[fudge_u]

They're still fine. People are just less than enthused about them these days because of the whole 7200.11 failure fiasco. (and rightly so)

I've had the following Seagate drives malfunctioned on me:
2 x 300GB Seagate Baracuda 7200.8 (SATA)
1 x 80GB Seagate Baracuda (ATA)
1 x 18GB Seagate Cheetah 15000RPM U160 (SCSI)
1 x 40GB Maxtor DiamondMax (ATA)(before Seagate bought Maxtor)

The two 300GB drives started to experience problems within 2 years. Seagate replaced them with 7200.10 drives, which I sold right away.

The 80GB drive lasted about 3 years, and then experienced problems. I couldn't get it RMA'd because I purchased the drive a few months before their warranty policy changed to 5 years.

The SCSI drive started giving me problems within 2 years. Seagate replaced it with a U320 drive.

The 40GB Maxtor drive didn't display any symptoms before crapping out, it just flat out crashed after about a year. Keep in mind this was before Seagate bought them out. In any case, I RMA'd the drive and sold it right away.

As you can see, I've had first hand experience with Seagate drives and they've always failed me. I've only had one Seagate drive work for more than 3 years, and I still use it from time to time in an enclosure.

WG

[CSAgent]

Got one its way. I will soon have two of these babies! Good find OP!

[k288]

You shouldn't get charged extra. At least it hasn't happened to me, and I've not seen any complaining about it here on RFD in any newegg threads.

Isn't newegg from Canada? :confused: Why is there anything extra??

[Mongo]

Thanks op,ordered another 1 for my Windows Home Server
box.The first one I purchased runs 4-5C less than the Seagate 7200.10 I have as my boot disk,hopefully the reliability of these is better than when they were first released.

[ASharp]

Isn't newegg from Canada? :confused: Why is there anything extra??

Nope. Newegg ships everything out from their warehouses in the US.

[k288]

Nope. Newegg ships everything out from their warehouses in the US.

Oh man, that sucks... was confused by the .ca site..... I certainly don't want to have to pay any possible custom fee or anything, I am sure they won't bother marking it as Gift and all?...

[octogon]

Just picked up today 2 X 1.5 Tb Seagate at 148$ each + DNS 323 NAS for 464 $ for all three items locally from Winnipeg.

[evanx]

Nice deal

[ASharp]

Oh man, that sucks... was confused by the .ca site..... I certainly don't want to have to pay any possible custom fee or anything, I am sure they won't bother marking it as Gift and all?...

You don't get charged customs fees when you order from Newegg.ca. Yes, their warehouses are in the US and the goods have to come across the border but all customs/brokerage fees are handled by Newegg and all you have to pay is what is asked for at the Newegg checkout.

[chrishch]

Got two of these Samsung 1TB drives in my Drobo. They have been running non-stop since January, and I haven't had any problems.

On a side note, can the mods/RFD Staff put a sticky post regarding Newegg's policies? There are always multiple complaints in each Newegg thread about their Handling Fees, even the deals are advertised as having Free Shipping. Many people don't realize it's the PST/GST/HST, and it needs to be explained to them. Maybe anyone who posts a Newegg.ca deal can put a link to the sticky post so people will stop complaining?

[yj151]

Thanks for op.

I ordered one.

[NetAnt]

Maybe anyone who posts a Newegg.ca deal can put a link to the sticky post so people will stop complaining?

maybe we should keep complaining so Newegg will use the text 'GST/PST' on checkout page. :cheesygri

[mahjongmaniac]

Dang it.. Ordered. :lol:

Listen/watch for news in the coming weeks: wife murders husband for buying 2 HDDs.

:lol:

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good deal.
too bad i just BOUGHT my WD Green 1TB 8mb cache for $100.
NCIX has this Samsung for $100 during their specials.

yes, but diff. is, NE.ca has free s/h for everyone, whereas for NCIX, free s/h for specific items is a rare (usually some $7-10 express s/h charge)

[rogue]

Dang it.. Ordered. :lol:

Listen/watch for news in the coming weeks: wife murders husband for buying 2 HDDs.


Lol...experts blame the RFD effect:cheesygri

[h2o-]

I think it was $99 @ PCV (Toronto Area) last week as well as mid-Dec when I got mine.

Can someone confirm they were the same model?

[way2quik]

:lol:

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yes, but diff. is, NE.ca has free s/h for everyone, whereas for NCIX, free s/h for specific items is a rare (usually some $7-10 express s/h charge)

I keep thinking NCIX ships for free or that people do instore pick up. Forgot NCIX is only in Vancouver;)

[kleptodathief]

i have this HD as my main C: drive , very fast and runs very cool/quiet...no beefs here! i do need more HD space tho! but will wait for 1.5 TB for 99$

heres an OLD speed comparison of the samsung vs seagate 1TB:

http://i35.tinypic.com/2rm1b3p.jpg

[tadk666]

Nice price. Just ordered one. thanks op/
Have one from several months ago hooked up to my rogers PVR. So far no issues.

[zickvon]

I believe the low 'min' for Samsung is being used as C drive.
So the (reading) performance is neck to neck with a ST, but it's better in CPU usage.

[vdgraaf]

$113.34 is the final for this drive delivered to vancouver: COLD deal as I can get this on sale from NCIX for the same price.

[CSAgent]

$113.34 is the final for this drive delivered to vancouver: COLD deal as I can get this on sale from NCIX for the same price.

Oh really, when, now?? Or several months ago... cuz I got one too from NCIX from the last sale.

[Chocolinx]

Hopefully I can price match this with NCIX.

[Babypimpin]

I just called NCIX to price match and they wouldnt do it because this is a special order item for them - takes 2-4 days to get in..

might as well order it from Newegg...paying the same...waiting roughly the same amount time...if NCIX doesnt want to match it, i'm not gonna bother putting much effort into it..

One on the way from Newegg here too! woot!

[Chocolinx]

I just called NCIX to price match and they wouldnt do it because this is a special order item for them - takes 2-4 days to get in..

might as well order it from Newegg...paying the same...waiting roughly the same amount time...if NCIX doesnt want to match it, i'm not gonna bother putting much effort into it..

One on the way from Newegg here too! woot!

According to their stock checker, it says they have several drives in stock though. At both BC and ON warehouses.

[polka]

Where can i get a cheap usb case for this drive ? thanks

[ASharp]

According to their stock checker, it says they have several drives in stock though. At both BC and ON warehouses.

Most likely their suppliers. NCIX doesn't actually have any in its possession at their warehouse in Richmond.

[brn80]

can anyone confirm neweggs $1 extra charge will prevent UPS from their were going to rape you and theres nothing you can do about it cuz u want your **** charge?

i ****ing hate ordering ups and strongly avoid any company who ships only ups.. but would love to pickup a couple of these drives to expand my raid :)

From Newegg's site: "Tax is applied to the items in your order as well as the $1.00 USD customs brokerage fee."

The so called 'customs brokerage' fee is what UPS gets you with. I had a rude awakening with that when me and my gf moved up here from the States after we shipped some stuff to us but marked it as token $50. But yeah, I've had 3 items shipped from Newegg.ca to me in Canada, and I've never had to pay stupidPS fees. I almost always use and encourage people to ship to me via USPS/Canadapost.

[Value Hunter]

I just called NCIX to price match and they wouldnt do it because this is a special order item for them - takes 2-4 days to get in..

might as well order it from Newegg...paying the same...waiting roughly the same amount time...if NCIX doesnt want to match it, i'm not gonna bother putting much effort into it..

One on the way from Newegg here too! woot!

It was in stock on NCIX the day of this thread, I checked. Few hours later after this thread, NCIX lists it as no longer in stock.

Was anyone able to get it price matched when NCIX had stock?

[babu928]

It was in stock on NCIX the day of this thread, I checked. Few hours later after this thread, NCIX lists it as no longer in stock.

Was anyone able to get it price matched when NCIX had stock?

for some reason NCIX is real difficult when it comes down to PMing this drive..
PCV had a sale for $99.95 a week ago and they waited 5 business days (until PCV no longer has this drive for sale) to tell me they are not doing it.

[CSAgent]

My order status shows as shipped, woot can't wait to add this to my collection of drives. 3TB here I come!

I should get this drive tomorrow then!

[tooley99]

I'm thinking of buying this drive with a Rosewill RX35 enclosure (also sold at Newegg) to go with my new HD Bell 6131 pvr reciever. Would it be a good fit for a pvr receiver? Would heat be a problem if it's always turned on? Thanks

[lead]

go with a wd green for media storage if possible

[audit13]

go with a wd green for media storage if possible

I was torn between the WD green and this Samsung but I went with the Samsung for my blu-ray based htpc and couldn't be happier. I ripped several of my expensive Blu-ray disks to the Samsung without any compression and play them directly off the Samsung.

[CSAgent]

Price is now $110.99

Deal is DEAD. 'Grats to those who got it while it lasted!

[entity]

just got the drive
its definitely a very quiet drive as far as i notice..
hope it doesnt die on me. i have bad luck w. HDs