Hard Disk Shopping Guide

See also Price Watch or to get it via Search.COM. These helpful guys pointed me to Computer Discount Warehouse, Internet Shopping Network, Micro Direct, Comp-U-Plus, and ESC Technologies. Thanks!

Also Computer ESP pointed me to Computer Quick.

Generally I'm looking for either a Seagate or a Western Digital drive of at least 2.1Gb capacity.

Here are some of the specific Western Digital drives that are available:

• AC22100 (2.1 GB)
• AC32100 (2.1 GB)
• AC32500 (2.5 GB)
• AC33100 (3.1 GB)
• AC34000 (4.0 GB)

Prices

Supplier	Manufacturer	Model	Capacity	price	$0.01/Mb
TC Computers	Seagate	ST32132A	2.1G	269	12.5
	Seagate	ST52520A	2.5G	299	11.7
	Western Digital	WD22100A	2113M	269	12.7
	WD	WD32500A	2559M	295	11.5
	WD	WD33100A	3166M	355	11.2
MidWest Micro	Western Digital	Caviar	2.1G	279	13.0
	WD	Caviar	3.1G	345 2	10.9
NECX Direct 1	Seagate	Medalist ST32140A ATA-2 INT	2.1G	273.95	12.7
		Medalist ST52520A FAST EIDE	2.5G	278.95	10.9
	Western Digital	Caviar AC32100	2.1G	273.95	12.7
		Caviar AC32500	2.5G	294.95	11.5
		Caviar AC33100	3.1G	344.95 2	10.9
		Caviar AC34000	4.0G	409.95	10.0
Insight	Seagate	Medalist ST32140AB Fast ATA-2	2113M	279.99	13.3
	Western Digital	Caviar WD22100AB	2100M	239.99	11.4
		Caviar WD22100AB	2113M	239.99	11.4
		Caviar WD32500AB	2559M	289.99	11.3
		Caviar WD33100AB	3166M	319.99	10.1
Dirt Cheap Drives	Seagate	ST32140A	2167	257	11.9
	Western Digital	WDAC32100	2100	269	12.8
		WDAC32500	2559	289	11.3
		WDAC33100	3166	359	11.3
MicroXperts	Seagate	ST32140A	2.1G	249	10.9
		ST52520	2.5G	279	11.6
		ST34250A	4.3G	499	11.3
	Western Digital	32100A	2.1G	259	12.0
		32500A	2.5G	289	11.3
		33200A	3.2G	339	10.3
Computer Discount Warehouse	Seagate	FAST ATA2	2.1G	289.47	13.4
		IDE	2.5G	308.75	12.0
	Western Digital	Caviar	2.G	296.68	14.5
		Caviar	2.5G	316.80	12.4
		Caviar	3.1G	348.03	11.0
Internet Shopping Network	Seagate	Medalist	2.1G	274.99	12.8
	Western Digital	AC32100	2.1G	279.99	13.0
		AC32500	2.5G	304.99	11.9
Micro Direct	Seagate		2.1G	244	11.3
	Western Digital		2.1G	245	11.4
			2.5G	275	10.7
			3.1G	305	9.6
Comp-U-Plus	Seagate	52520A	2560M	255	9.9
	Western Digital	CA32100	2112M	238	11.2
		CA32500	2560M	269	10.5
		CA33100	3166M	314	9.9
ESC Technologies	Western Digital	WDAC32500 RTL	2560M	299.55 3	11.6 (10.5 3)
		WDCA33100 RTL	3166M	347.87 3	10.9 (10.0 3)
		WDCA34000 RTL	4G	428.07	10.4
Computer Quick	Western Digital	CA33100	3.1G	316	10.0
		CA34000 F/COMP CITY IBM-AT	4.0G	401	9.8
		CAVIAR AC34000 INTERNAL PC	4.0G	411	10.0

note1 -- Membership prices?

note2 -- May include a manufacturer rebate of $30 until 17Jan97.

note3 -- From now until Janaury 12, 1997 there is a $30 Mail-In Rebate on Western Digital retail-packaged hard drives (1.2, 1.6, 2.1, 2.5, and 3.1 GB capacities). For more information see Western Digital's rebate form.