Reccomend Me An External HDD

[Boomboy 10+ year member]

A 1TB USB hdd for around 165 shipped...what are some of the better ones in production...

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[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822204079

I prefer Seagate and Western Digital but they are outta your price range for USB/eSATA.

 

[David19 10+ year member]

just curious, what do most people store on these external drives anyways..

 

[Boomboy 10+ year member]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822204079
I prefer Seagate and Western Digital but they are outta your price range for USB/eSATA.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220286751021

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230295301522

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=180293518952

are those the ones you are talking about...i can afford either one if those are any good.

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

just curious, what do most people store on these external drives anyways..

Movies, well at least me

 

[David19 10+ year member]

hmmm, looking into buying a external HDD, but new to the eSATA.. whats the speeds between it and USB?

 

[Boomboy 10+ year member]

hmmm, looking into buying a external HDD, but new to the eSATA.. whats the speeds between it and USB?

usually around 450 or so but they differ from unit to unit

 

[john denver 10+ year member]

just curious, what do most people store on these external drives anyways..

MOvies, Music, Pictures Anad anything else you switch from your computer to someone else

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

there are only a handful of hard drive manufacturers, even if you buy a no name external it is gonna have a hard drive in it from one of the main maufacturers

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

I have a 500gb WD I payed $130 about 4 months ago?

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

I have a 500gb WD I payed $130 about 4 months ago?

It is a little less than $200 for a 1.5tb hard drive these days.

I paid $130 for a 40gb in my first pc build back in 2001

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Ya, nowadays just wait a few months and get it at half the price //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[lvjeffro 10+ year member]

I have a 500gb WD and it has **** on it... got it for 130.00 around a year ago..

 

[NightDrifter05 10+ year member]

Dell has a USB 2.0 Western Digital 1TB for $170 plus shipping. Don't know alot about computer's but it's the one I bought and it works fine for me.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

there are only a handful of hard drive manufacturers, even if you buy a no name external it is gonna have a hard drive in it from one of the main maufacturers

While this is true, some of the off-brands use shitty enclosures with poor cooling properties and shoddy USB controllers, circuitry, etc.
I personally have a pair of Verbatim 1TB drives that work quite well; I ran out of internal space in my HTPC ...