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Post subject: External HDD  Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:27 pm |
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| "Eric ya Fecker!" |
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Want to buy an external HDD. Looking for something at about 500gb for arount the £100 mark.
Was looking at this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital ... lectronics
Solid make, looks pretty good.
Is there any better/cheaper options that I should consider? _________________  
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:59 pm |
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Looks a good buy to me.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:25 am |
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i dont think you will find it cheaper anywhere else dude.you can get a tb for around 270 give or take a few quid tho. 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:24 am |
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that's the one i'd buy aswell
and for 99 pounds it's quite cheap, some £30 less than what i saw in shops
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:35 am |
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I've had the 320Gb model for 4 months - so far so good.
If you plan to transport a hard disk around alot I'd go for a smaller 2.5" shock resistant one.
I'm happy enough with my mybook.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:13 am |
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I was thinking about getting one of them too seric..
but i leave my pc on all the time so i'd prolly never turn it off and that cant be good for it can it?
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:23 am |
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You can turn most of those sort of external hard drives off, or just disconnect it. But tbh I wouldnt have thought having it connected for long times would be that much of a problem usually they're just normal hardrives in an external caddy.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:40 am |
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Yeah but they are normally cool with fans.. plus it would be for music and that
so it would nearly always be in use.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:55 am |
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imo buy a caddy, then you can put any drive in it.
i dont liek these fixed drive externals, as im sure it wont be long before 500Gb becomes constricting it is the way of things... "i wont need all that sapce" 2 months later "im out of space on my external"
i dont know if you motherboard will support it, but i have a look at some of the e-SATA drives out there (some even come with an e-SATA expansion card), they are as fast as a internal drive, but external (and usually have usb as a backup interface)
just my 2c
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:02 pm |
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Johns wrote: Yeah but they are normally cool with fans.. plus it would be for music and that
so it would nearly always be in use.
I've had a seagate...(I think, thrown away knocked it off the desk whilst still running  ), and it used to stay connected for a good 4/5 hrs and I didnt notice any appreciable heat build up, only guess is it was outside of the pc so not picking up heat from the other componenet........however I'd definetly check before taking my word on the safety of it. 
I like Shreks idea though a caddy sounds a good move.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:27 pm |
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Aye, I was thinking about the caddy, but I'm just gonna go for ex-hd option for the moment. Bought the one in the original post. Cheers all.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:06 am |
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didnt really mean a caddy (typing hungover) i meant an external inclosure, that you place your own drive in.
but gl with your new kit
shrek _________________ Designer of the hardware used in BF:2020
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