Hitachi 500GB SATA 3Gbps Laptop Hard Drive for $50 + free shipping
Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 5:49 p.m.
newegg.com offers the Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive, model no. HTS545050B9A300, for $49.99 with free shipping ($0.10/GB). That's $20 below our March mention and the best total price we've seen for a Hitachi 500GB notebook drive. (It's also a current low by $6.) This drive runs at 5400 rpm and features an 8MB cache.