Buy this week has lowered the cost of the Fantom GreenDrive II 1TB USB 2.0 eSATA External Hard Drive (model no. GDII1000EU) by $49.96, which makes its previous $139.95 list price turn into only 89.99 after the $20 mail-in rebate. This is the best price we have seen for this particular external hard drive by $20, and includes FREE shipping. Sales tax applies for residents of New York and California.

Also available from Buy.com is the slightly less popular Iomega 500GB Prestige Desktop USB 2.0 External Hard Drive complete with EMC Retrospect software. It’s dropped 30% in price and is now available for only $69.99 with FREE shipping included. Priced slightly higher is the refurbished Buffalo 500GB LinkStation Live NAS Storage Server, which is currently located at Ecost.com for only $82.99 and has shipping rates starting at $13.71. Last but not least BHphotovideo.com is offering the Western Digital 2TB My Book Mirror Edition External Hard Drive for the discounted price of $179, resulting in savings of $40 and includes FREE ground delivery.

The Fantom GreenDrive features the latest advances in power saving technology, utilizing up to 40% less power than standard drives, and no lead is used in any component of the GreenDrive II making it compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. This external hard drive has 1TB of storage space for files, music, movies, games and more with transfer rates of up to 60MB/S via the USB 2.0 interface. Also included is an eSATA cable and NTI Shadow 4 with Ninja backup software for Mac and PC.  It is powered by an included 110/220 V universal power supply and is compatible with Mac (OS 10.2 +) and Windows (2000 +). Included is a two year warranty. Dimensions: 7.75" x 4.5" x 1.37"; weight 2.4lbs.