The Sports Photo Guy

Now’s the time to upgrade your storage, whether primary or backup.  We’ve got several deals, including an unbeatable 500GB hard drive for just $75.

Updated 5/24: New deals!

FREE SHIPPING: Site sponsor newegg.com has some great deals on hard drives with free shipping, including the Samsung Spinpoint 1TB SATA II drive for just $179.99, and a Seagate 500GB SATA II for $79.99.  I rely on the Seagate drives below for my RAID 5 backup server – great performance and reliability at a great price!

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 1TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard DriveSAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

NOTEBOOK UPGRADE: Newegg also has an amazing deal on the Hitachi 7K200 Travelstar 200GB notebook hard drive.  I upgraded my laptop with one of these drives for a significant performance boost.  Just $139.99 shipped after a $25 MIR from Hitachi. Also on sale is the Fujitsu MHW2120BJ 120GB notebook hard drive for just $92.99. These two drives have a spindle speed of 7200 RPM, the same as most desktop drives; the typical notebook drive has just a 5400 RPM spindle speed.

HITACHI Travelstar 7K200 200GB 2.5″ SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive HITACHI Travelstar 7K200 HTS722020K9SA00 (0A50940) 200GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive (Mail In Rebate $25.00 Expires 05/31/2008)

Fujitsu 120GB 2.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive Fujitsu MHW2120BJ 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive

EXCLUSIVE: Site sponsor TigerDirect is offering the Maxtor DiamondMax21 500GB Hard Drive for just $74.99.  This parallel ATA (PATA) IDE hard drive has a 16MB buffer and 7200 RPM spindle speed.

EXTERNAL STORAGE: The excellent Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB Hard Drive is just $99.99 after a $10 instant discount. This reliable external drive features both USB 2.0 and a speedy eSATA connection. 5 year warranty!

STEAL: OK, it’s only a CD burner (no DVD support), but it’s free! The Plextor PlexWriter CD-RW Burner is on sale for $29.99, but includes a $30 MIR (rebate expires 05/26/08).