Newegg | TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -- $114.99 + Free Shipping (Starts 3/9)

Newegg.com has 3TB Toshiba 3.5" SATA 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (DT01ACA300) for $149.99 - $35 with promo code EMCYTZT3084 = $114.99. Shipping is free. Thanks RagingWookiee

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Quote from RagingWookiee : Link [newegg.com] Your Price: $114.99 With Promo Code EMCYTZT3084

Nice. I'll buy. Where did you find out about this?

are these good drives? might grab 2

Quote from landon87 : are these good drives? might grab 2

I bought one when they were on sale for $125~

Pretty decent drive, no complains so far. They are essentially re-branded Hitachi 7200RPM drives.

What time do Newegg sales start? 12AM PST?

Is the V.me 10% still alive and good for this deal?

anyone know what time the deals hit? if its not too late, ill stay up.

This is a great price but I don't trust Newegg with shipping bare drives. They have a really bad track record because of their poor packaging practices.

Quote from thegardentool : This is a great price but I don't trust Newegg with shipping bare drives. They have a really bad track record because of their poor packaging practices.

what? ive ordered at least 10 bare drives from them. never had a problem at all with packaging.

Quote from thegardentool : This is a great price but I don't trust Newegg with shipping bare drives. They have a really bad track record because of their poor packaging practices.

I don't fully buy this line of thinking. Overall I think Newegg has improved their packaging.

Over the years I've bought many drives from Newegg and many of those were packed poorly as in bubble wrapped, with some packing peanuts in a brown box. Not once did I receive a DOA drive or have one die prematurely (about two dozen or so). Some of that is luck of course.

Just recently I purchased a 3TB WD Red from Newegg and it arrived DOA.

My point is that some blame here likely is with hard drive manufacturers today. Like many things, it seems they just don't make them like they use to and they don't guarantee them for as long as they use to either. For the consumer things have gotten worse in the post-floods, post-consolidation hard drive world.

Quote from cequalspid : I don't fully buy this line of thinking. Overall I think Newegg has improved their packaging. Over the years I've bought many drives from Newegg and many of those were packed poorly as in bubble wrapped, with some packing peanuts in a brown box. Not once did I receive a DOA drive or have one die prematurely (about two dozen or so). Some of that is luck of course. Just recently I purchased a 3TB WD Red from Newegg and it arrived DOA. My point is that some blame here likely is with hard drive manufacturers today. Like many things, it seems they just don't make them like they use to and they don't guarantee them for as long as they use to either. For the consumer things have gotten worse in the post-floods, post-consolidation hard drive world.

Like I said I won't trust Newegg with a bare drive. I haven't bought one from them since 2010 though. They all had problems though, and they were all packed poorly. I do still see people complaining all over about the packaging and having DOA drives or bad sectors out of the box. I haven't had that trouble from Amazon OEMs or retail drives, at least yet.

Quote from thegardentool : ....I do still see people complaining all over about the packaging and having DOA drives or bad sectors out of the box....

I don't see people complaining all over about the packaging AND DOA drives. I do see people complaining about DOA drives.

For example, look at the first 100 Newegg reviews for the 3TB Western Digital Red [newegg.com]. Lots of complaints about DOA drives...but not the packaging. In fact many reviews were pleased with the packaging.

Again, consider that the problem may be the hard drive manufacturers of today.