BeNNy Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Evening allllll..Thinking about getting an external hard drive but confused about what type to get.Portable, Desktop?? What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting a portable one?? Is it slower?I've been told Western Digital is pretty good, but yeah.. I'm looking for about 120gb. Are there any bargains out there?Many thanks Adios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Portables are slower but you don't need a power supply, useful if you've got a laptop.If you've got a desktop i'd recommend thesehttp://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...e=1&DOY=7m2750GB for £110http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...e=1&DOY=7m2500GB for £75I know you said you only want 120GB but I'm of the opinion that the more storage you get, the better. Plus it's pretty much the more you buy the cheaper it gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 if you only want 120gb buy a new internal, you can get huge internal drives for pennies.if you're going external, seagate, WD and Lacie are all good. portable drives will run off usb, desktop ones will have a power supply.you can get 500gb for less than £80 everywhere, and probably for about 60 online, but you're best off not looking at anything under 320gig because it wont be economically viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 if you're going for one with a power cable, might i suggest buying the drive and caddy/box separately? It works out cheaper, especially if you choose OEM hard drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 mack you ninja slut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 To be honest they're all the same, there aren't really any bad ones. Just get the one that's the cheapest/looks best.The small laptop drives are a bit slower but it's unlikely you'll be really testing an external drive anyway, but they're loads more expensive for a given size and the biggest you can get is either 250 or 320Gb I think. So unless you need the portability, get a normal one.Disasterboy are you sure about them being cheaper. I haven't looked but in the past I've seen external drives cheaper than internal ones (economy of scale?) and the enclosures are usually at least another £20-30 on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 To be honest they're all the same, there aren't really any bad ones. Just get the one that's the cheapest/looks best.The small laptop drives are a bit slower but it's unlikely you'll be really testing an external drive anyway, but they're loads more expensive for a given size and the biggest you can get is either 250 or 320Gb I think. So unless you need the portability, get a normal one.Disasterboy are you sure about them being cheaper. I haven't looked but in the past I've seen external drives cheaper than internal ones (economy of scale?) and the enclosures are usually at least another £20-30 on top.yeah, i was surprised to find that there was an external drive for ~£65 and an internal for ~£65 also, not including caddythey do terabyte ones! WELL EXPENSIVE though... www.dabs.com have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've got the freeagent(500gb)they're well aceNicP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 My bros got a Seagate one, think its only 200gb But its okay. I need to get a bigger one, just so I can keep movies, pics and music on there and keep m desktop tidy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 they do terabyte ones! WELL EXPENSIVE though... www.dabs.com have themhttp://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-172-WD£200 for 1TBNot what I'd call WELL EXPENSIVE, considering 3 years ago I bought a LaCie 200GB for £200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've got a 1Tb NAS, it's well good. It downloads torrents straight onto itself, no computer required. Oh, and it cost me £120 (second hand of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNNy Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Lol Loadsa replies already, well good Cheers!Think I'll just get a 500gb one then.. seems like a deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gray Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) Aright mate i just got a Freecom 250gb one really nice for some sweet deals cheack out www.play.comsome nice ones on there. Edited February 7, 2008 by Daniel Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 ebuyer is pretty good price wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I got a Seagate 120gb one for about £40. Does me, and has a mint orange light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) I might be selling my Lacie 250gb one soon.Looks like a large lego brick, lol.Has lasted me about a year and a half so far with no problems at all. (think it may have been turned off for a total of 24hrs in that time period, lol)oh and you can get 1TB ones for well under £200 now. I'm after one as I've filled both my 250 and 300gb ones. Edited February 7, 2008 by James Quigley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 My LaCie has been fine for the last 3 years (touch wood) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNNy Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've found this..HarddriveGood deallllllll?? or not? It's via USB.. but what's eSATA?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I'd gethttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Es...0298&sr=8-2orhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Es...0298&sr=8-6eSATA is a very fast connection for hard drives. If you don't know what it is, don't worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-172-WD£200 for 1TBNot what I'd call WELL EXPENSIVE, considering 3 years ago I bought a LaCie 200GB for £200....but some of us don't have that much money to spend... if i had a 300gb one i still wouldn't fill it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I've found this..HarddriveGood deallllllll?? or not? It's via USB.. but what's eSATA??Not an amazing deal as people have found plenty of bigger drives for less money. I've got one of those (same as that but 250gb and no eSATA) and I find it fine, does exactly what it should do and looks pretty to boot. Like I said before, whether that's worth it is up to you to decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I've got the one Jonmack posted. But 250GB.Its ace, never had any problems.Never even see it, just sits next to my tower. Isn't even big.Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Personally I use the LaCie ones a lot, in the 250Gb, 320Gb and 1Tb varieties at work and home. So far, no problems whatsoever. I use one as an 'off site' backup - I've copied my music and photos to it, and it now stays at my parents house. Not a bad idea, leaving a second copy of your stuff at another location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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