External Storage

[raydeon]

I am looking for advice or recommendation on external storage devices.
I need a minimum of 200 GB. capacity.

 

[LancsLad]

Think this weeks Best Buy or Future shop had external HD 200G for abot $140.

 

[Edifice]

Yeah, but which is the best brand? or is it mainly preference?

 

[drrogers]

Lotsa info on the web to answer your question - Start here

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/hard2.htm

 

[WoodPeckr]

If your a little handy buy a internal HD then an encloseure kit and build your own and save a few bucks. It's not that hard.

Seagate is a best HD right now, it has a 5 yr warr but if you buy any external HD you only get a 1 yr warr.

I recently built an external 7200 RPM, 120GB Seagate HD, with 8MB Cache, (You want at least 8 MB Cache, most ext HDs only give you 2 MB Cache, while some of the big HDs, 200-750GB, have a 16 MB Cache now) and with the enclosure kit it cost $85USD.

Got the internal HD at Best Buy with 5 yr warranty and the kit at www.newegg.com.
Needed USB 2.0 ports and picked a PCI USB 2 card, with 5 ports, for $6 at Newegg to.
Total cost with shipping came to $92USD, a little cheaper than going with Tiger Direct.
It was all 'plug & play, turned it on, XP recognized & installed, it with no problems and its been running a couple months now.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Waht does a computer have to do with hot blow jobs? You guys spend too much time taking about hard drives when you should be telling us who blew your hard shaft.

 

[theedge]

I just picked up a 400GB SATA II drive for $99.99 and an external eSATA enclosure (has USB and SATA) for $29.99 from Frys.com and newegg.com respectively (prices in US).

If you want to know good deals you can always go to www.fatwallet.com and go to the hotdeals forum, you will find some smokin deals there...

Also, you can buy some things at Crutchfield.com, and get $20 off your order, just use code: pezs1-0dwux-pzv87