External harddrive - Reccomendations anyone

2007-06-04 23:35:10

#1

SlyFox: Member; +4|7132|Australia, Adelaide

Hey hey,

I want an external hard drive prob 500 Gigs, but flexible...

What are the shitty LEMON brands too look out for?

What's a good brand / model???

cheers,

Last edited by SlyFox (2007-06-04 23:35:28)

2007-06-04 23:38:16

#2

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6910|King Of The Islands

Uh is there actually anything other than WD/Seagate/Maxtor?

Oh and don't listen to anyone about WD/Seagate/Maxtor reliability, its all the same. They're just sore they got the 1 in 100 that failed and swore death upon the company.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-06-04 23:41:00

#3

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6706|United Kingdom

i have this sly : http://www.dealtime.com/xPR-Western-Dig … 8441397892 ... it's great! Paid around £50 for it off amazon and in hindsight wish i'd bought a larger one as they're now coming down in price but hey

2007-06-04 23:43:07

#4

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6910|King Of The Islands

Oh, EXTERNAL.

Yeah they're all the same.

Edit: Muhahahaha! Fear my 1 second of mightiness!

Last edited by Cheez (2007-06-04 23:44:21)

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-06-04 23:43:08

#5

tthf: Member 5307; +210|7229|06-01

yeah cant go wrong with WD, Maxxtor, SeaGate..

2007-06-05 00:45:57

#6

Profitteroles: Member; +11|6709|Dartford

What i do it buy a normal sata or ide hard drive either cheap ones on ebay or new and then one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-5-HDD-EXTERNAL- … dZViewItem works out cheaper

2007-06-05 00:55:45

#7

claor: Member; +39|6886|Australia

seagate, maxtor, lacie

2007-06-05 05:33:42

#8

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7038|NYC / Hamburg

I bought a "Maxtor Personal Storage 3200" which is 500GB a few weeks ago for roughly €100 (160 AUD if I did the conversion right)

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2007-06-05 13:00:19

#9

SlyFox: Member; +4|7132|Australia, Adelaide

Thanks all - I love the BF2 forum tech community - so helpful and well manered!

Profitteroles wrote:
What i do it buy a normal sata or ide hard drive either cheap ones on ebay or new and then one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-5-HDD-EXTERNAL- … dZViewItem works out cheaper

that link is a HD case, nothing more? any hoo thanks.

2007-06-05 20:24:05

#10

HeimdalX: Member; +37|7122

I have a Western Digital MyBook 400gb, was filled within a month. I only paid $90 for it though(black friday sale at Staples).

It's a bit loud when the drives spun up but whisper quiet when not in use. It looks nice too. If I had it all to do again I'd probably get one of those 1 TB ones with the network jack for like $300.

2007-06-05 20:51:25

#11

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6910|King Of The Islands

SlyFox wrote:
Thanks all - I love the BF2 forum tech community - so helpful and well manered!

Profitteroles wrote:
What i do it buy a normal sata or ide hard drive either cheap ones on ebay or new and then one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-5-HDD-EXTERNAL- … dZViewItem works out cheaper
that link is a HD case, nothing more? any hoo thanks.

That's the idea. You buy one of them, buy a regular internal and put it inside it. Same thing.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-06-06 01:53:02

#12

Profitteroles: Member; +11|6709|Dartford

Cheez wrote:
SlyFox wrote:
Thanks all - I love the BF2 forum tech community - so helpful and well manered!

Profitteroles wrote:
What i do it buy a normal sata or ide hard drive either cheap ones on ebay or new and then one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-5-HDD-EXTERNAL- … dZViewItem works out cheaper
that link is a HD case, nothing more? any hoo thanks.
That's the idea. You buy one of them, buy a regular internal and put it inside it. Same thing.

As Cheez noticed yes that is just a harddrive case and what you do it either use old drives you have lying around or buy cheap sata or IDE drives to put in them, I now have 4 of these with 250gb drives in them

2007-06-06 07:48:16

#13

kingofkolt: Member; +17|6694|Boston, MA, USA

Cheez wrote:
Oh and don't listen to anyone about WD/Seagate/Maxtor reliability, its all the same. They're just sore they got the 1 in 100 that failed and swore death upon the company.

My dad has had three Maxtor hard drives in a row completely crash within a year each. That's great if his experience is the exception but I personally would never use a Maxtor drive as a result. (His weren't external though.)

2007-06-06 10:31:44

#14

HeimdalX: Member; +37|7122

kingofkolt wrote:
Cheez wrote:
Oh and don't listen to anyone about WD/Seagate/Maxtor reliability, its all the same. They're just sore they got the 1 in 100 that failed and swore death upon the company.
My dad has had three Maxtor hard drives in a row completely crash within a year each. That's great if his experience is the exception but I personally would never use a Maxtor drive as a result. (His weren't external though.)

I had the same problem, my maxtor crashed. Got another one, it crashed... its replacement crashed. Last ones been good for a year or so, only had to go through 3 drives to get a working one. Their warranty replacement drives are drives that have been refurbished I guess. I think the last one they gave me was a new one because I bitched so much, their RMA takes 2 weeks minimum, hell even the time I paid a deposit so they'd send a replacement out faster took 7-10 days.

I wouldn't ever buy a maxtor again to say the least.

2007-06-06 10:37:55