gah.

the 1 tb seagate is going to cost me $80 + border fees from amazon. the 500 gb was $74 + border fees, or $79 in the store. i figured that was interchangeable.

i missed this before because i was looking at the wd; best buy will ship it directly to me in canada for $88. but, then, best buy is claiming a 5 year warranty on the drive, and amazon is claiming a 2 year-warranty. is that worth the $8? why is it even different?

they're actually different products.

amazon is selling a "barracuda", which is a regular hdd. best buy is selling the "firecuda", which is the sshd.

so, do i want an hdd or an sshd?

an 8 gb cache is certainly big enough for ether application...

for $20? i'm trying to be fiscally resonsible. but, i have cash to waste. i'm going to try this.

and, i found the comparable product on amazon, which will cost $94 + border fees. that $6 difference is the usps holding fee.

yeah.

ok.

best buy it is.

so, my current total is:

phone (amazon): $98
ide hds (found, not confirmed) (kijiji): $2x10
laptop sshds: $2x89
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$296

next up is actually the ram. finally.