Need HDD for X60s. Why is Toshiba 320GB so Inexpensive?

[ParatoOptimal]

I'm looking for a HDD for my X60s.
What's wrong with this HDD that it's only $38.99?

Toshiba 320GB (MK3263GSXN) 5400rpm SATA2 8MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)
Specifications

* Mfr Part Number: HDD2H55 9.5MM
* Capacity: 320 GB
* Rotational Speed: 5400 rpm
* Data Transfer Rate: 3 GB/s
* Cache: 8 MB
* Interface: SATA2
* Seek Time:
o Average: 12 ms
o Max: 22 ms
o Track to Track: 2 ms
* MTBF: 600,000 hours
* Dimensions (WxLxH): 70 x 100 x 9.5 mm

[craigmontHunter]

I can't see anything, if it is new, then it is just a cheap hdd (and the prices fall every year, 750gb drives are now availible, 320 are therefore cheaper) - I have found it to be about every 2 years, the price falls - in 2007 I bought a 40gb drive for 80$, in 2009, it was a 80gb drive for 80$ - the top end does not reallyseem to change, everything just shifts down from it.

[pianowizard]

How long is the warranty? Pricier drives may have 3 or even 5 years of warranty.

[ajkula66]

Most of today's SATA drives have 16MB cache, this one has 8MB...

And for some of us with *long* memory when it comes to laptop hard drives, anything is preferable to a Toshiba...

My $0.02 only...

[craigmontHunter]

I have 8mb cache on my t61 drive, performance is not that bad.

I don't have a long memory, all I have is a 12 year old toshiba laptop hdd - I would imagine that sicne they are still selling them, they have gotten better (of course everyone knows what assuming means )

[ParatoOptimal]

Geeks had a listing for it as a plain box item but it's OOS.
They listed it with a three year warranty.

All my Samsung 2.5" HDDs and I think all my WD 2.5" HDDs both PATA and SATA all have 8MB cache.

[ajkula66]

Two decent drives in a similar price range:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822145454

and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822152234

which would be my preferred choice...

[IvanAndreevich]

Z5K is a 7mm drive - why bother?

[ajkula66]

IvanAndreevich wrote:

Z5K is a 7mm drive - why bother?

Your point being???

[th1]

how about wd scorpio black? 5 years warranty, also seems to have good reviews.

[Brian10161]

I bought a Hitachi 7200 320gb drive for $50 CAD about a month ago. Just goes to show the prices are drastically falling. I remember a 1.2gb 3.5" desktop HDD at a whopping 4200 RPM costing about $300 or so.

[RealBlackStuff]

80MB for $1200.- anyone? That's right: 80 MegaBytes, not GB!
That's what I paid back in the early 1980s!