This just jumped to over three-times the cost it was a couple of weeks ago. What's going on with the price on these drives?!

It has been my experience with Older Technology (Yeah I know doesn't seem right 250gb is older tech) (Possibly because of it being IDE as well) there are less in stock and then the price goes up - Anything below 1TB and NOT SATA is considered old Tech - Ran into the same issues some time ago - So if you can get a larger drive it would be cheaper since they have more of those in stock . Hope that helps (don't shoot the Messenger)

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7200 RPM 8MB Cache
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WD Caviar Special Edition 7200 hard drives deliver data to users faster than any desktop hard drive has before. Perfect for games, DV editing and file server applications.

Model
Brand	Western Digital
Series	Caviar SE
Model	WD2500JB
Packaging	Bare Drive

Performance
Interface	EIDE
Capacity	250GB
RPM	7200 RPM
Cache	8MB
Average Latency	4.2ms

Features
Features	WD Caviar Special Edition hard drives are designed to maximize desktop computer performance for activities requiring high-performance storage such as computer gaming, digital video editing, and file server applications. Offering capacities as large as 250GB and equipped with an 8MB buffer - the largest buffer available today in a desktop EIDE hard drive - the WD Caviar Special Edition family delivers data to users faster than any hard drive in its class.

Dimensions
Form Factor	3.5"

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First Listed on Newegg	April 03, 2003

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