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Posted by Zombikiller on Apr-17-2008 15:16:

External Hard Drives

Sirs,

Im after a 1TB External hard drive.

Which ones should i consider?

Does it matter if its fan cooled or not?

Thank You Please

Posted by Ian on Apr-17-2008 15:23:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...rodid=HD-158-MD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...rodid=HD-197-WD

avoid freecom at all costs imo

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-17-2008 15:23:

Re: External Hard Drives

quote:
Originally posted by Zombikiller
Sirs,

Im after a 1TB External hard drive.

Which ones should i consider?

Does it matter if its fan cooled or not?

Thank You Please

www.newegg.com

Posted by Ian on Apr-17-2008 15:25:

Re: Re: External Hard Drives

quote:
Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
www.newegg.com

tbh i think that's us/ca ? He'd probably be cheaper using a uk based one in theory. I use www.novatech.co.uk for most things but they hadn't got the 2 lsited that ocuk had

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-17-2008 15:29:

Re: Re: Re: External Hard Drives

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
tbh i think that's us/ca ? He'd probably be cheaper using a uk based one in theory. I use www.novatech.co.uk for most things but they hadn't got the 2 lsited that ocuk had

agreed...I didn't look where he was from

Posted by Zombikiller on Apr-17-2008 15:57:

This one look good guys?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/....html?WD-MBH100

I heard before that Western Digital My Books were good quality...

Posted by nchs09 on Apr-17-2008 16:00:

My dad just got a crazy 300 dollar one.... it was kinda cool because it was designed by pininferina

even though i hate those ******s in f1.

Posted by nekholm on Apr-17-2008 16:04:

1TB :drool:

Posted by malek on Apr-17-2008 17:40:

I got the My Book� World Edition� II 1TB...

I use the mirroring feature so I can have a safe copy of all my pics and stuff, so it gives me 500GB in reality.

It cost me 280$.

Posted by iammesol on Apr-17-2008 17:52:

It's a wet dream of mine to have a terrabyte of space. I thought life was complete when I got 500GB

Posted by Ian on Apr-17-2008 19:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombikiller
This one look good guys?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/....html?WD-MBH100

I heard before that Western Digital My Books were good quality...

very much so. WD are quality manufacturers. Is it usb not ethernet though? A quick glance doesn't tell me it's ethernet

Posted by Ian on Apr-17-2008 19:09:

quote:
Originally posted by iammesol
It's a wet dream of mine to have a terrabyte of space. I thought life was complete when I got 500GB

lol i added a 2nd 320gb one just over a month ago to my machine for file storage etc, it is pretty cool having 2, just takes longer to find things

Posted by DRM on Apr-17-2008 19:17:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/306727

get that and afaik thats one of the cheapest prices around at the mo.

Posted by malek on Apr-17-2008 19:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
lol i added a 2nd 320gb one just over a month ago to my machine for file storage etc, it is pretty cool having 2, just takes longer to find things

i have that 1TB, plus 2 * 320 Gigs, 2* 120G and i just sold some older 80Gigs that were laying around...

the more space you have the messier they get, files are all over the place, its impossible to find anything

Posted by Ian on Apr-17-2008 19:52:

quote:
Originally posted by DRM
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/306727

get that and afaik thats one of the cheapest prices around at the mo.

still working there, mike?

Posted by biznology on Apr-17-2008 19:58:

western digital is the most solid manufacturer imho. but that doesnt mean you need to get a MyBook or something. many of the other brands use WD drives, you just have to poke around a bit to find out what they are running inside|

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-17-2008 20:04:

quote:
Originally posted by biznology
western digital is the most solid manufacturer imho. but that doesnt mean you need to get a MyBook or something. many of the other brands use WD drives, you just have to poke around a bit to find out what they are running inside|

ehh i disagree. i find seagate to be even more solid in my experience. plus they have a better customer satisfaction. an old friend of mine had a 4gb scsi drive that he got from someone that failed. it was still under warranty, but barely. he got the rma and had a replacement 2 weeks later.

edit//also i would HIGHLY recommend Lacie (pronounced La-see) drives. i have one and its solid. i dropped it, which of course is my fault, and the drive itself failed. i was able to get the case open and replace the drive. yay! fixed. it went from 250gb to 500gb. they are also cheap. and they offer a wide variety of options and a few styles. i want their lego brick styled ones! they stack too!

Posted by kadomony on Apr-17-2008 20:59:

i wouldnt go near western digital.

seagate ftw.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-17-2008 21:12:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
i wouldnt go near western digital.

seagate ftw.

yeah i prefer seagate over any manufacturer. they have a much better record and to top it off, they are a major server storage manufacturer. cant go wrong with someone whose been in the server storage business since pretty much the beginning.

Posted by jupiterone on Apr-17-2008 21:28:

faacckkkk seagate. my seagate external shit the deck after about month of moderate use while my WD mybook is standing strong!

Posted by l�cid on Apr-17-2008 21:43:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
i want their lego brick styled ones! they stack too!

those are totally rad. i'd love to have 3 or 4 of those stacked on my desk, but i have no use for that much HD space. i'm currently saving my pennies for a Toshiba 250GB portable HD, so i can just keep all my work/music on there and bring it with me between the office and home.

Posted by Sunsnail on Apr-17-2008 21:45:

I would recommend seagate. They are industry leaders and have the best warranty last I checked. (No, I don't own stock in them...............)

Posted by Allied Nations on Apr-17-2008 21:45:

my mybook pro 500 crapped out on me

luckily they sent a replacement in like 4 days

still lost a bunch of data

Posted by jdat on Apr-17-2008 23:06:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
ehh i disagree. i find seagate to be even more solid in my experience. plus they have a better customer satisfaction. an old friend of mine had a 4gb scsi drive that he got from someone that failed. it was still under warranty, but barely. he got the rma and had a replacement 2 weeks later.

edit//also i would HIGHLY recommend Lacie (pronounced La-see) drives. i have one and its solid. i dropped it, which of course is my fault, and the drive itself failed. i was able to get the case open and replace the drive. yay! fixed. it went from 250gb to 500gb. they are also cheap. and they offer a wide variety of options and a few styles. i want their lego brick styled ones! they stack too!

I have heard a lot of bad comments about Lacie.
Poor performance, low stability etc.

Now if it's for standard usage the person who started this thread shouldn't have too much of a hard time ... usb should be fine.

Me I need Firewire minimum. And my next purchase ( when I have the funds ) will be a ! TB sata external. Video editing is a biatch.

Posted by idoru on Apr-17-2008 23:08:

I bought my Maxtor 180GB external about two years ago. All of my friends had been having issues with their externals crashing on them, but after two years of solid use mine is still going strong.

*knocks on wood*

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