I don't know if you've already done comparison shopping, but here's the 
price grabber page for HDs 160GB and over:

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=11&sortby=popular-&vendors%5B%5D=0&popup1%5B%5D=90%3A393&popup1_attr_id%5B%5D=393&popup2%5B%5D=1%3A394&popup2_attr_id%5B%5D=394&popup3%5B%5D=10%3A144&popup3_attr_id%5B%5D=144&popup4%5B%5D=0&popup4_attr_id%5B%5D=392&popup5%5B%5D=0&popup5_attr_id%5B%5D=380&popup6%5B%5D=0&popup6_attr_id%5B%5D=109&popup7%5B%5D=0&qlty=n&lo_p=0&hi_p=0&form_keyword=&sortby=&ut=cfb1eb4e00314d47


My personal opinion is that hard drives should be new in the retail or 
white box, never opened.


Bear Powell wrote:

> Hey all, my HDD is starting to act up very badly so
> I'm gonna use some of my xmas money to purchase
> a new one. I'm trying to keep it under $100 and
> get most bang for my buck. The one I saw that I liked
> so far is a 160gb (8mb Cache) Samsung HDD which
> is Ultra ATA133 and 7200rpm. It's only $93.69 total
> from newegg.com and the OEM version. Thing is that
> I've never used a Samsung drive before. I've almost
> always used Maxtor or Seagate since I've had such
> crap luck with WD and Hitachi drives. Anyone had
> experience with Samsung ones or know of a better
> deal?
> 
> Here is a link for all specs:
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-152-014&depa=1
> 
> I have friends who say some of the new WD and
> Hitachi drives are very well done, but WD still has
> some compatability issues.
> 
> --------------------------
> Bear "replicant" Powell
> 
> "Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every 
>  difficulty to win victory." - Chairman Mao Tse Tung
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> 

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