any suggestions for a place to get the cheapest reliable one.


My suggestion is... don't worry about it. The difference between a really cheap price and an easily available price is probably $20 -- $30. It just isn't worth your time to spend hours searching the internet, then waiting for days in great hope that "ElectricInternetBargainsGalore.Net" really has it in stock and isn't going to send you two 40 GB drives instead of one 80 GB drive.

Go to a reputable supplier, pay their price, and be done with it. A year from now you'll never miss that extra $30 you spent to get top quality service.

tanstaafl.