Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s $89.99 AR + S/H

Good to see prices on these 7200rpm drives dropping.

These are some extremely high performance mechanical drives, here's them compared to the WD reds:
Tom's Hardware - Benchmark [tomshardware.com]

Seems like the drive has mixed reviews on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822148834

Most products on Newegg tend to have mixed reviews. Hard drives especially can be hit or miss, regardless of the brand. Some work great whereas others are either DOA or die shortly after being placed into service. It's really just the luck of the draw. Besides, most people only post reviews when they have something to gripe about. How many people that bought an item with no problems take the time to go back and post a review after they've had a chance to live with it for a while? All Newegg reviews should be taken with a huge grain of salt. The sampling is generally far too small to be of any real value.

While one cannot argue with the performance numbers, the WD Red's are not meant for performance. They are aimed at reliability, and for use in a 24/7 environment. These drives are not, and have 1 year less on their warranty.

These drives have a "power-on hours" of only 100 days worth. Pitiful for a NAS or home server which typically runs 24/7. The Red's have more than 3x the power on number.

http://www.tomshardware.com/revie...248-2.html

Same drive that was $70 on black friday. Good drive... fast, reliable.

I bought this drive for around the same price with a 3 yr warranty when it came on sale at Best Buy a few months ago. It's been running just fine so far. My only complaint is the 'chirping' sound that happens whenever the drive is accessed from being idle. There was a firmware release that reduced it a bit but other than that, it's been annoying as hell.

From what I researched you cant even disable the idling of the plates when not in use. Very annoying.

At this point, I am afraid to buy ANY hard drive based on new Egg reviews.

Quote from mr.unnatural : Most products on Newegg tend to have mixed reviews. Hard drives especially can be hit or miss, regardless of the brand. Some work great whereas others are either DOA or die shortly after being placed into service. It's really just the luck of the draw. Besides, most people only post reviews when they have something to gripe about. How many people that bought an item with no problems take the time to go back and post a review after they've had a chance to live with it for a while? All Newegg reviews should be taken with a huge grain of salt. The sampling is generally far too small to be of any real value.

I agree with your comment, but at the same time, newegg.com reviews section is probably the most useful single source of quality related feedback that we can refer to for PC components (2nd being Amazon reviews). In my opinion, of course. Although it isn't 100% reliable, it is fairly accurate. Yes, people tend to post reviews when they have a problem with it, but the % of feedback should be similar to pretty much all the categories within pc components. When products have 2.5 stars, there is usually a reason behind it. When products have 4.5 stars, there are reasons behind it. I work at PC component testing industry, and majority (not all) of the product reviews at newegg.com reflects the failure levels of the products that we normally see, except for may be some "exception" products or models with specific issues. Mostly, the review scores fairly accurately represent the quality of the product. Also, what people need to take into account is the content that makes up the review scores. (i.e. If a product maker has high level of customer support, they will most likely address a firmware issue right away)

Still, you are right about the hit or miss of certain products. The difference is that certain models within each brand have higher quality, which occurs at design & factory production state, and those are the products that usually shows 4.5 stars, and those are the ones we should purchase. The rest are pretty similar in the failure rate within each category.

only one rebate per person...I guess I could get one drive and the rest from other places..

I have this drive, it died within the first month but i'm sure it was just a faulty drive, but just like what faizoff said about the chirping noise, the drive has an automatic power saving feature so when it's not being used, the head will park and unpark very loudly when in use again, strongly recommend getting the firmware update asap if you get this drive.

$89.99 on newegg without any rebate. Coupon code EMCXWVS32

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL012413P&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL012413P-_-EMC-012413-Index-_-InternalHardDrives-_-22148834-L06A

I thought the mechanical HD's should be cheaper now since seems like everybody is jumping on the SSD's.

Quote from taurus2007 : I thought the mechanical HD's should be cheaper now since seems like everybody is jumping on the SSD's.

If anything, that'll make mechanical HD's more expensive. Lesser sales = higher price.