Lacie d2 320GB external - way, way cheap??

[shecky]

before i buy this i want to make sure that i am not missing something here...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822154161

this is a lacie d2 triple interface 320GB 7200RPM drive for only $139? does this seem almost freakishly cheap? it does not look like a refurb, etc.

i need a FW800 drive and while i know some hate the Lacie drives i have 2 now and i have not had any issues with them. i am wondering why this one is so cheap. i was going to go for the Mercury Elite Pro from OWC but the comparable drive is $219 (granted it does have 16MB vs. 8MB cache) but that is not enough to justify such a big price difference.

 

[timnosenzo]

I bought one of these, came just as described. I didn't see anywhere on the box or anything that indicated it as refurbished. It came just as my last d2 drives have come. I'm tempted to order another considering the price.

 

[techster85]

the original price is just 10 bucks more...perhaps lacie is phasing out that drive to release a new version? seems unlikely, but jeez that is such a great price...

 

[FleurDuMal]

Lordy. I paid about £159 for 250GB Lacie D2 not that long ago. Looks like I was ripped

 

[shecky]

my girlfriend just bought the 250GB for $165 on amazon.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........ i am failing to see a catch here. i guess i can just get it and return it to newegg if need be.

 

[Passante]

is the drive noisy

I had a D2 that was very loud. (Louder than my G4 MDD ) How does this drive sound to you.

 

[shecky]

i have a 120GB d2 that is not loud at all, its fine.

 

[Mass Hysteria]

might be nothing, but, of the three lacie drives i have purchased, only three of them have failed withing a year! GREEEAAAAT products . . . well impressed I tell ya!

 

[shecky]

of the 4 i have now/have had over the past few years none of them have had any problems at all.

 

[Mass Hysteria]

good for you, I however have learned my lesson . . . eventually!

 

[Joony]

Do these drives sleep after some amount of idle activity? are they IDE or SATA on the inside?

 

[shecky]

they spin down after a couple of minutes, and they are IDE.

 

[thebeephaha]

I don't touch Lacie, their sexy but use (most often) Maxtor hard drives, the plague drives of the computing world. I work at a computer store and nearly every dead drive we see is a Maxtor...

I've personally had two die on me, and my last one is going out.

I much prefer Seagate, Western Digital is next in line.

Just my personal experience, so don't feel like I'm saying all you Lacie lovers are wrong.