External HDD - suggestions?

2009-01-09 15:19:35

#1

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

I am thinking about getting an external HDD when I come by some money again since my secondary drive seems to have given up on life and it's future is uncertain, my budget is ~500 DKK (£50), I would prefer a capacity as high as possible but my lowest point is 250Gb and my "overkill" limit starts getting close @ 600Gb, looks are not that important as long as it doesn't look like a grey plastic brick, the same applies for speed, as long as it is not super-slow old tech it should suffice.
And I would prefer higher-end brands if possible...

I will be using it mainly for backup and physical transportation of various data.

These are the two I have found so far:

WD MyBook 2.0 500Gb @ 598 DKK
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Products/Listpr … ?ID=404245

https://xpriserpic.edbindex.dk/ProductPictures/404245.jpg

WD Elements Desktop 650 Gb @ 585 DKK
http://www.edbpriser.dk/Products/Listpr … ?ID=479725

https://xpriserpic.edbindex.dk/ProductPictures/479725.jpg

ATM I am leaning against the 650Gb one simply because of the higher capacity @ a slightly lower price.

Note: Keep in mind that Danish prices are somewhat higher than the American ones, so don't suggest something that tops or gets close to the budget limit in USD.

Last edited by FloppY_ (2009-01-09 15:20:42)

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2009-01-09 15:21:18

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6718|The Twilight Zone

go with 650GB. you wont be sorry. I have WD My Book 500GB and im happy with it.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2009-01-09 15:28:02

#3

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

.Sup wrote:
go with 650GB. you wont be sorry. I have WD My Book 500GB and im happy with it.

Yeah I probably will, it will probably also look nicer after beeing taken in and out of a bag a couple of hundred times
I figure those MyBooks are easy to scratch? sexy as that piano black finish is it probably ads a little to the price

Ty for your input matey,, Now I just need to rob someone since my new PC took all of my "money-for-fun" savings

oh well, I get paid every fourthnight

Last edited by FloppY_ (2009-01-09 15:28:28)

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2009-01-09 15:28:51

#4

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

Don't buy an external HDD. Buy an enclosure. I did that and I find it really useful, I can have HDD's inside the machine (if i want to install an OS on it, or if i run out of USB ports ) and it's also slightly cheaper for high capacity drives to have internal + USB/eSata enclosure rather than just an external HDD.

2009-01-09 15:35:08

#5

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

JoshP wrote:
Don't buy an external HDD. Buy an enclosure. I did that and I find it really useful, I can have HDD's inside the machine (if i want to install an OS on it, or if i run out of USB ports ) and it's also slightly cheaper for high capacity drives to have internal + USB/eSata enclosure rather than just an external HDD.

Yeah I searched for that too, but tbh when I made it through the maze of compabilities, sata speeds etc. I came to the conclusion that I went for a pre-made external HDD instead of using an eSATA plug which is useless if I need to down-/upload something from a laptop/failPC
USB 2.0 is fine tbh

And tbh I think I have enough room for different OSs if I re-partition my 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1

tbh the ones I looked at were 2.5" HDDs and enclosures since I like the handyness of the size... more expensive though

Last edited by FloppY_ (2009-01-09 15:39:02)

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2009-01-09 15:35:59

#6

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6718|The Twilight Zone

JoshP wrote:
Don't buy an external HDD. Buy an enclosure. I did that and I find it really useful, I can have HDD's inside the machine (if i want to install an OS on it, or if i run out of USB ports ) and it's also slightly cheaper for high capacity drives to have internal + USB/eSata enclosure rather than just an external HDD.

I have a enclosure as well and its fucking loud. WD is silent, mine is matt and doesn't get scratched or dirty fast. Its biggest enemy is dust.

2009-01-09 15:37:42

#7

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

FloppY_ wrote:
JoshP wrote:
Don't buy an external HDD. Buy an enclosure. I did that and I find it really useful, I can have HDD's inside the machine (if i want to install an OS on it, or if i run out of USB ports ) and it's also slightly cheaper for high capacity drives to have internal + USB/eSata enclosure rather than just an external HDD.
Yeah I searched for that too, but tbh when I made it through the maze of compabilities, sata speeds etc. I came to the conclusion that I went for a pre-made external HDD instead of using an eSATA plug

And tbh I think I have enough room for different OSs if I re-partition my 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1

True, true

Mine's pretty easy to use and works well.... and i'm not that bothered about noise

i'm jealous of your 1TB drive though (imma buy get my dad to buy me one of them before the end of the month )

2009-01-09 15:41:29

#8

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

JoshP wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
JoshP wrote:
Don't buy an external HDD. Buy an enclosure. I did that and I find it really useful, I can have HDD's inside the machine (if i want to install an OS on it, or if i run out of USB ports ) and it's also slightly cheaper for high capacity drives to have internal + USB/eSata enclosure rather than just an external HDD.
Yeah I searched for that too, but tbh when I made it through the maze of compabilities, sata speeds etc. I came to the conclusion that I went for a pre-made external HDD instead of using an eSATA plug

And tbh I think I have enough room for different OSs if I re-partition my 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F1
True, true

Mine's pretty easy to use and works well.... and i'm not that bothered about noise

i'm jealous of your 1TB drive though (imma buy get my dad to buy me one of them before the end of the month )

Do it, I freaking love it

I actually got it at ½ price since the place where I work spare time acidentally sold the Western Digital Raptor 36Gb 10.000 RPM I used to have when I got a new one on warranty (they sold the new one ), they then offered me a 1Tb F1 for allmost nothing
btw the F1 is faster than a 10.000rpm Raptor

Right now I think it is bored...

https://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t178/DjurS/loldisk.jpg

I only have COD4 and windows on it atm since my other HDD broke last week and I had to reformat...
cba to install everything and move it all in when I am doing a new reformat next week on my new pc

Last edited by FloppY_ (2009-01-09 15:46:15)

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2009-01-09 15:49:12

#9

Lieutenant_Jensen: Your cops are corrupt.; +200|6656|fåking denmark

1. Go to Berlin.
2. Go to Media Markt or other huge electronics store.
3. Buy 1TB external HDD at €100
4. ????
5. Profit!

Or just buy the 650GB one.

2009-01-09 15:52:37

#10

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
1. Go to Berlin.
2. Go to Media Markt or other huge electronics store.
3. Buy 1TB external HDD at €100
4. ????
5. Profit!

Or just buy the 650GB one.

1. Learn 2 math plz, €100 = ~ 780DKK which is > than ~ 600DKK
2. Do you know what petrol to Berlin costs?
3. Oops it happens that the drive is faulty, brb Berlin
4. ???
5. Facepalm

Last edited by FloppY_ (2009-01-09 15:53:55)

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2009-01-09 15:54:31

#11

Lieutenant_Jensen: Your cops are corrupt.; +200|6656|fåking denmark

FloppY_ wrote:
Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
1. Go to Berlin.
2. Go to Media Markt or other huge electronics store.
3. Buy 1TB external HDD at €100
4. ????
5. Profit!

Or just buy the 650GB one.
1. Learn 2 math plz, €100 = ~ 780DKK which is > than ~ 600DKK
2. Do you know what petrol to Berlin costs?
3. Oops it happens that the drive is faulty, brb Berlin
4. ???
5. Facepalm

You can get to Berlin for almost nothing.

Gogogogogo.

2009-01-09 15:57:53

#12

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
1. Go to Berlin.
2. Go to Media Markt or other huge electronics store.
3. Buy 1TB external HDD at €100
4. ????
5. Profit!

Or just buy the 650GB one.
1. Learn 2 math plz, €100 = ~ 780DKK which is > than ~ 600DKK
2. Do you know what petrol to Berlin costs?
3. Oops it happens that the drive is faulty, brb Berlin
4. ???
5. Facepalm
You can get to Berlin for almost nothing.

Gogogogogo.

Nonononono.

I'd rather pay my tax instead of spending an entire day just to fetch a HDD,,,

Last edited by FloppY_ (2009-01-09 15:58:27)

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2009-01-09 16:06:36

#13

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7004|Toronto | Canada

<3 my 1TB external

$120CAD and its made by LACIE too

2009-01-09 16:14:14

#14

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Winston_Churchill wrote:
<3 my 1TB external

$120CAD and its made by LACIE too

Lacie? never heard of it... think they were amongst the HDDs I looked at, scrolled right past them because they are so unknown

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2009-01-09 16:46:36

#15

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

My iMicro is fail, it has a 500GB Samsung inside it, but after a couple of months of usage, it only starts up 1/30 of the time you turn it on, so a lot of switch-flicking is needed to get it to run.

2009-01-09 16:51:07

#16

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:
1. Go to Berlin.
2. Go to Media Markt or other huge electronics store.
3. Buy 1TB external HDD at €100
4. ????
5. Profit!

Or just buy the 650GB one.

who would want to go to that shithole? At least when I was born they still had a wall around the bad places, now the residents roam free

Hamburg tbh

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-01-09 17:02:46

#17

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7004|Toronto | Canada

FloppY_ wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
<3 my 1TB external

$120CAD and its made by LACIE too
Lacie? never heard of it... think they were amongst the HDDs I looked at, scrolled right past them because they are so unknown

They're not unknown at all... They make equipment mostly for big companies and servers, stuff like that where they need to be more reliable than the average consumer product. I didn't know them before either but they're actually really reputable.

2009-01-09 17:11:42

#18

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

Winston_Churchill wrote:
<3 my 1TB external

$120CAD and its made by LACIE too

La Cie.

It's goddamn French. You should know that.

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

2009-01-09 17:15:20

#19

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7004|Toronto | Canada

Cheez wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
<3 my 1TB external

$120CAD and its made by LACIE too
La Cie.

It's goddamn French. You should know that.

Its one word on my drive and manual.

Plus if you knew anything about Canada you would know that Quebec, AND ONLY QUEBEC, is French at all. The rest of Canada hates Quebec and the French.

2009-01-09 18:07:40

#20

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Sydney wrote:
My iMicro is fail, it has a 500GB Samsung inside it, but after a couple of months of usage, it only starts up 1/30 of the time you turn it on, so a lot of switch-flicking is needed to get it to run.

Who mentioned iMicro?

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2009-01-09 18:31:33

#21

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

FloppY_ wrote:
Sydney wrote:
My iMicro is fail, it has a 500GB Samsung inside it, but after a couple of months of usage, it only starts up 1/30 of the time you turn it on, so a lot of switch-flicking is needed to get it to run.
Who mentioned iMicro?

Me.

We were talking about enclosures so I decided to give some info on what not to buy.

2009-01-10 04:51:09

#22

FloppY_: +1,010|6551|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Sydney wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
Sydney wrote:
My iMicro is fail, it has a 500GB Samsung inside it, but after a couple of months of usage, it only starts up 1/30 of the time you turn it on, so a lot of switch-flicking is needed to get it to run.
Who mentioned iMicro?
Me.

We were talking about enclosures so I decided to give some info on what not to buy.

Oh sorry mate Guess I was tired

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