Problem is, 2tb drives can be had for $71 at Microcenter. So, 2tb at 1/2 cost of 3 tb. Which means you could get 4 for the price of 3 and so on. I guess it may work for some, but not enough for me to stab at. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:59:28 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Recs on External Hard Drives 3T USB 2.0/3.0? the bare WD 3TB Green is $140 on Amazon with a 3 year warranty. External version of 3GB Green is $137 (now) on Amazon with a 2 year warranty. On 7/19/2011 1:35 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: > if you read my message I was quoting the bear drive price of $150. > > it baffles me how they can offer these for $137 if the sata300 bare drive is > $150 dollars. The 2TB price makes more sense at $99 dollars where the bare > drive is $79 dollars. > > most certainly a mere $40 dollars spread between the 2 drives does make the > 3TB version attractive vs. being nearly double the price. > > personally I would still spend the $150 (drive+case) to make my own 3TB > external vs. the $137 premade model. since currently the bare drive is $150 > that does not seem possible. hell given that crazy price scheme one would be > better off buying the external to rip apart an use as an internal. > On Jul 19, 2011 9:47 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin"<[email protected]> wrote: >
