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Features
Type: External Hard Disk
Power Supply: 110/220 V (Universal Power Supply)
Form Factor: External Unit
Host Interface: eSATAUSB 2.0
Capacity: 1TB
Data Buffer Cache: 16MB
Access Time: 8.5ms
Drive RPM: 7200
Bus Transfer Rate (Maximum): 60 MB/S (USB), 300MB/S (eSATA)
OS Support: Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 10.2 or higher
Package Contents: eSATAUSB 2.0 Hard Drive, USB 2.0 Cable, Power Cord, User Manual
Warranty Information: Warranty Terms: One-year limited
Product Dimensions: 7.75" x 4.5" x 1.375"
Product Weight: 2.4 lbs
Box Dimensions: 10.5" x 9" x 3 1/4"
Box Weight: 5 lbs
UPC: 749656135307

I'm looking for an external drive. Is this a hot deal? Will something be better in BF?

1Tb is too big, unless you download porn 24/7. 500gb is a better size.

They can also be useful for expanding the storage on DVRs.

Appears to be a Western Digital Green 1TB drive inside (WD10EACS), therefore the drive is only a 5400 NOT 7200 regardless of the MFG claims, and only 16MB cache, however for external (non operating system) use that won't matter much. Yes, only 5400 -- the 1TB WD green is only 5400 RPM regardless of what you see copied and pasted on numerous sites. (The green series is 'designed to go between 5400 and 7200', but no drive shipped yet uses 7200, as 5400 uses significantly less power, and they do not vary RPM as some assume)

Newegg has it for the same price, but no frree shipping. Same rebate offer, different form for Newegg.

Remember Buy.com 5% coupon: http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=84773074 (Not stackable with CashBack)

Link to previous discussion.
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/860980/

Warning in that thread is that they might be using refurbed drives, which explains the price level to get both USB+eSata in the case for this price with a TB drive that costs that much new alone as an internal. And a couple complaints of loss of rebate as well but no direct details, so proceed with caution! (Plus it's Buy.com which itself is questionable sometimes)

Another thread: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/865917?highlight_key=y&keyword1=fantom

As much as I wanted to jump on this, I think it's too risky, but YMMV.

MrLateNite said:(Plus it's Buy.com which itself is questionable sometimes)
As much as I wanted to jump on this, I think it's too risky, but YMMV.
Quite useful info . . . was still on the fence.
Until you reminded/helped via these 2 comments.
Thanks!!!

i don't know how they are now, but i've had a Fantom external drive couple years ago and it was pretty bad. Whenever i would store a video file there, it would skip when playing. even after moving it back to my internal drives did the same. I think it did something when i downloaded the video directly to that drive. I tested by downloading the same video to my internal drive and it was fine. (tested 3 files- and all turned out the same)

But this is a great price... i, myself wouldn't buy it though.

Thanks, OP. $114 total (well $117 because I took advantage of the $3 2-day shipping they offered at checkout) - $20 rebate. Even if the rebate doesn't come through, it's a pretty good case for $14 vs the cheapest I've seen the 1TB WD GP bare drive. If the rebate does come through, it's actually $6 less than the cheapest 1TB WD GP bare drive (assuming that is in fact what's in this case).

$84.99 after $15 off $75 from Paypal