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Best 1TB External Hard Drive?

Guys,

Im after a 1TB EHD, what ones would you recommend? Ive been hearing poor reviews with regards to the WD My Book etc

Cheers

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205761335

or

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=208116817

If you want speed when transferring data, and your computer is capable, get something with eSATA capability.

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Originally posted by _Nut_ If you want speed when transferring data, and your computer is capable, get something with eSATA capability.

You have to have an eSATA connector before you can use an eSATA drive. Most do not though.

nothing wrong w/ wd.

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Originally posted by Ek0nomik nothing wrong w/ wd.

QFT. Buy western digital, or a product from a sister of WD, i've never been disappointed with their products

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Originally posted by ziptnf QFT. Buy western digital, or a product from a sister of WD, i've never been disappointed with their products

I prefer Seagate based products.

I prefer what most major companies use for their servers, Seagate.

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Originally posted by Psiweaver I prefer what most major companies use for their servers, Seagate.

Exactly why I prefer them. They also have been in the business the longest.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Exactly why I prefer them. They also have been in the business the longest.

I still pick WD over Seagate, though Seagate is good. I run windows with 2 WD 10k rpm Raptor drives in raid.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY I still pick WD over Seagate, though Seagate is good. I run windows with 2 WD 10k rpm Raptor drives in raid.

I wish I had another raptor, i'm running one with a quad core, and it's blazing fast. I could only imagine what it's like in raid.

yeh i like WD more too, tho i have a smattering of IBM, Hitachi(same thing), Seagate and WD...technically the Hitachi 60GB gets the best realtime stats|

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Originally posted by ziptnf I wish I had another raptor, i'm running one with a quad core, and it's blazing fast. I could only imagine what it's like in raid.

The raptor can't even be compared. It is in a league of its own with respect to the ATA world.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel The raptor can't even be compared. It is in a league of its own with respect to the ATA world.

The only downside to the raptor is that it's a little noisy. You can hear it seeking a whole lot. It is incredible, as bad as Vista is, it flies on my machine.

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Originally posted by ziptnf The only downside to the raptor is that it's a little noisy. You can hear it seeking a whole lot. It is incredible, as bad as Vista is, it flies on my machine.

Vista really isn't bad. People just want the backwards compatibility with shit that should have been retired long ago. Seriously. I am not saying that there isn't hardware that is new that is unsupported, but that is where MOST of the complaints are. Turn off the graphical eye candy bullshit and it runs even better!

Oh and yeah 15k rpm drives are ALWAYS noisy.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Vista really isn't bad. People just want the backwards compatibility with shit that should have been retired long ago. Seriously. I am not saying that there isn't hardware that is new that is unsupported, but that is where MOST of the complaints are. Turn off the graphical eye candy bullshit and it runs even better! Oh and yeah 15k rpm drives are ALWAYS noisy.

Mine is a 10k, not a 15k. Not that rich

And Vista doesn't bug me because of lack of driver support, that's not a problem. The problem is their superuser functionality. It's gone about all wrong. I shouldn't have to wait for two different screens to pop up to move a file or run an app

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Originally posted by ziptnf Mine is a 10k, not a 15k. Not that rich And Vista doesn't bug me because of lack of driver support, that's not a problem. The problem is their superuser functionality. It's gone about all wrong. I shouldn't have to wait for two different screens to pop up to move a file or run an app

ROFL that UAC shit is able to be EASILY disabled...........

I have the 1TB WD MyBook.

It is fucking awesome, flawless. I love it.

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Originally posted by r5a I have the 1TB WD MyBook. It is fucking awesome, flawless. I love it. I give it hand often.

Damn dude, we know you are weird, but fuck! Your computer electronics!? Geez!

Is there anyway you would be looking to get a Raid Array or Stripe with multiple drives? With HDD the larger you go the more unreliable they get. I just don't want to see you with a 1TB paperweight full of important data.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I wish I had another raptor, i'm running one with a quad core, and it's blazing fast. I could only imagine what it's like in raid.

I'm running them in raid 0 and its blazing fast. Love em! Gaming and music production is phenomenal.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY I'm running them in raid 0 and its blazing fast. Love em! Gaming and music production is phenomenal.

Yikes, please tell me you back up frequently...

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Originally posted by david.michael Yikes, please tell me you back up frequently...

yea I have 2 other storage drives for music, samples, etc. The raptor drives only run windows, and the applications...all stuff thats easily replaceable in case of failure. Thats the only drawback with raid 0 if one drives goes its all over, lol. I'm after the speed.

Seagate > *

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