Buy.com this week has lowered the cost of the Fantom GreenDrive 2TB eSATA external hard drive (model no. GD2000EU) to $179.99, with a $10 mail-in rebate also available which brings it down to $159.99. That makes it $60 less than its list price $219.95 and the lowest cost we have seen for this external hard drive anywhere else by about $57. As with a lot of Buy.com products FREE shipping is included, and sales tax applies for residents of New York and California.

The Fantom GreenDrives always come highly recommended for their environmentally friendly power saving technology, and are available with several different storage capacities. One more affordable solution is the Fantom Drive GreenDrive 500GB model which is still on sale at Macmall.com for the low price of $39.95 after mail-in rebate and has shipping rates starting at $12.08. If you’re not overly concerned about saving power Buydig.com has something right in the middle, the Iomega Prestige 1TB USB 2.0 Desktop External hard drive that’s on sale for $96.50 and includes FREE shipping. While you’re picking up storage devices why not grab the Seagate Free Agent 320GB USB portable external hard drive for those times when you need to bring your information with you. Located at Officemax.com it’s on for $79.99 and has FREE shipping included.

The FantomGreenDrive 2TB external hard drive offers both ROHS and power saving technology, it’s capable of minimizing the carbon footprint without having to sacrifice performance, and is an optimum storage system for keeping important data, videos, music or photos. It supports both eSATA and USB 2.0 interfaces with transfer rates up to 60MBps or 150MBps. It comes complete with a two year limited manufacturer’s warranty. Dimensions: 10.5” x 9” x 3.25”; weight 5lbs.