Hard Drives & Disc Drives
Looking for a new hard drive for your computer? How about a new DVD reader or burner? Wether you're upgrading or building new, you'll find a great selection of hard drives and DVD ROM/RW right here.
What is a Hard Drive?
A hard disk drive (HDD), commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk, or fixed disk drive,Other terms used to describe hard disk drives include disk drive, disk file, DASD (Direct Access Storage Device), fixed disk, CKD disk and Winchester Disk Drive (after the IBM 3340). is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. Strictly speaking, "drive" refers to a device distinct from its medium, such as a tape drive and its tape, or a floppy disk drive and its floppy disk. Early HDDs had removable media; however, an HDD today is typically a sealed unit (except for a filtered vent hole to equalize air pressure) with fixed media.How Hard Disks Work, howstuffworks.com
HDDs (introduced in 1956 as data storage for an IBM accounting computer[http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_350.html] IBM 350 disk storage unit) were originally developed for use with general purpose computers. In the 21st cent...
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Internal Hard Drives
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, ATA-100, EIDE, Retail $189.99
Interface: Ultra ATA-100
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
Buffer Memory: 16MB
Average Latency (msec): 4.15
Maxtor DiamondMax 20 40GB Hard Drive - 7200, 2MB, ATA-100, EIDE, OEM $49.99Capacity (GB): 40, Interface: Ultra ATA-100, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 2MB, Average Latency (msec): 4.16 ...
Western Digital Caviar 80GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, ATA-100, EIDE, OEM $49.99
Capacity (GB): 80, Interface: Ultra ATA-100, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 8MB, Average Seek (msec): 9.5, Average Latency (msec): 4.2 ...
Maxtor Basics 100GB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 8MB, ATA-100, EIDE, Retail $49.99
Capacity (GB): 100, Interface: Ultra ATA-100, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 8MB, Average Seek (msec): 9.0 ...
Hitachi / 7K160 / 160GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-133 / EIDE / OEM / Hard Drive $59.99
Capacity (GB): 160, Interface: Ultra ATA-133, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 8MB, Average Seek (msec): 8.5 ...
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, ATA-100, EIDE, OEM $69.99
Capacity (GB): 250, Interface: Ultra ATA-100, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 8MB, Average Seek (msec): 8.9, Average Latency (msec): 4.2 ...
Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, ATA-100, EIDE, OEM $79.99
Capacity (GB): 320, Interface: Ultra ATA-100, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 8MB, Average Latency (msec): 4.2, Access Time: 8.9 ms ...
Maxtor DiamondMax 21 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, ATA-100, EIDE, OEM $109.99
Capacity (GB): 500, Interface: Ultra ATA-100, Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Memory: 16MB, Average Latency (msec): 4.16 ...
Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes $24.99Features passive thermal heat dissipation using fan-less operation, high-performance sintered powder heatpipes and top heatsink fins.
Vantec Iceberq Black Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler $9.99The Iceberq Hard Drive Cooler keeps your hard drive cool near ambient temperatures, protecting it from a hard drive's major enemy, heat
Vantec 3.5" Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler $9.99Vantec HDD coolers help keep your hard drive well within their specified temperature range, often resulting in more than 100% heat dissipation.
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External Hard Drives
Usb External Hard Drives
Beyond Micro / Mobile / 80GB / 7200 / 2MB / USB 2.0 /3.5"/ External Hard Drive $59.97You'll soon discover that's nothing's beyond the ability of Beyond Micro to create high performance data storage solutions at an affordable price.
Seagate Pushbutton Backup 160GB External Hard Drive - USB 2.0, FireWire, 8MB (Refurbished) $64.99The Seagate external drive connects with USB or FireWire, for your PC or Mac.
Maxtor / OneTouch III / 200GB / 8MB / USB 2.0 / External Hard Drive $69.99The Maxtor OneTouch III solution gives you a simple, reliable, and automated backup system that can be managed with a touch of a button.
Beyond Micro / Mobile / 250GB / 7200 / 8MB / USB 2.0 / External Hard Drive $79.99You'll soon discover that's nothing's beyond the ability of Beyond Micro to create high performance data storage solutions at an affordable price.
Western Digital Elements 320GB 3.5" External Hard Drive - 7200, USB 2.0 $89.99The Elements External Hard Drive Powered By Western Digital provides fast, reliable storage in a durable metal case.
Beyond Micro / Mobile / 400GB / 7200 / 8MB / USB 2.0 / External Hard Drive $104.99You'll soon discover that's nothing's beyond the ability of Beyond Micro to create high performance data storage solutions at an affordable price.
Beyond Micro / Mobile / 500GB / 7200 / 8MB / Black / USB 2.0 / External Hard Drive $124.99This easy to use device also works with PC and MAC, and features a stackable, space-saving design at an affordable price.
Acomdata Hybrid 750GB 3.5" External Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, USB 2.0 $219.99Check your e-mail; work on documents or spreadsheets; backup files; sync your data; or talk to someone half way around the world for free.
Fantom Drives G-Force MegaDisk 1TB External Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, USB 2.0 $269.99This high capacity disk storage offers easy use with no software installation for Windows XP and Mac OS X users. Just plug it in and you're ready!
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In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disk drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves near the light spectrum as part of the process of reading and writing data. It is a computer's peripheral device, that stores data on optical discs. Some drives can only read from discs, but commonly drives are both readers and recorders. Recorders are sometimes called burners or writers.
Common media and technology families include CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. Standalone, non-computer, optical storage devices also exist, for example popular CD players, DVD players, and some DVD recorders, but those are not covered in this article. Optical disc drives are generally used for small-scale archival or data exchange, being slower and more materially expensive per unit than the moulding process used to mass-manufacture pressed discs. But they—along with flash memory—have displaced floppy disk drives and magnetic tape drives in most cases because of the low cost of optical media...
DVD Readers & Burners
Internal DVD
You no longer need a CD ROM/RW as DVD ROM/RW will read and write CD's as well.
16X Beige DVD-ROM IDE Drive (SHD-16P1S) by Liteon $32.99This is a high quality, high speed DVD-ROM drive from Lite On! Included in the retail box is a copy of PowerDVD, an excellent DVD decoding program for watching DVD movies!
16X DVD-ROM (Black), Bulk (DV516GA000) by TEAC $25.99Plays DVD Movies at 16x Speed, Provides 48x CD-ROM Performance, Delivers Smooth Video Playback 85ms Access Time for DVD and CD, Equipped with 512KB Data Buffer ...
20x DVD Burner LightScribe Black + Nero Software - Bulk (LH-20A1H) by Liteon $44.99New from LiteOn one of the most versatile high-performance half-height internal drives weve ever offered. Supports DVD+R / DVD-R / DVD+RW / DVD+R9(DL) / DVD-R9(DL) / DVD-RW / DVD-RAM / DVD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM formats.
18X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Internal Drive GSA-H42LB LightScribe(Beige), Bulk by LG $44.99
20X DVD-R/+R, 8X DVD-R/+R DL, 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 12X DVD-RAM, 48X CD-R, 32X CD-RW, PATA LightScribe Black Burner - Bulk by Sony NEC Optiarc $42.99Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. is proud to provide a product line exclusively for our corporate clients. AD-719 Series is a high-quality recordable DVD drive
18X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (Beige), Bulk Without Software (AWQ170A10) by Sony $37.99Internal DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer External Drive GSA-E10L LightScribe (Black) Retail by LG $77.99Super Multi DVD±RW External Drive w/ LightScribe. Format Support: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-9, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW; CD Text, CD-Extra, CD-I, CD-ROM Mode 1, CD-ROM XA, Photo-CD, Video-CD, CD Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-Bridge
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