Author Topic: external hard drives (Read 1127 times)

Mupepe · « **on:** May 11, 2007, 10:49:54 PM »

i'm looking for maybe like a 250 gb external hdd. where are the best prices usually found? online? B&M stores? what brands are reliable? i've never owned one, so is there anything i should know regarding them?

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2007, 10:51:13 PM »

you looking for pocket drives or a fullsize external hdd? Size preference?

Mupepe · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2007, 10:52:08 PM »

Quote from: G The Liar on May 11, 2007, 10:51:13 PM

you looking for pocket drives or a fullsize external hdd? Size preference?

umm whichever is cheaper. and i want a 250gb one. or something close to that capacity

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2007, 10:55:47 PM »

Well i'd look at the My Books by Western Digital. They seem to be popular and you can get a 250gb for $105

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136022

or spend another 30 bucks and double the space
with this seagate hdd

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148235

TVC15 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2007, 10:56:04 PM »

I've been rockin these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136025

Mupepe · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:09:58 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on May 11, 2007, 10:56:04 PM

I've been rockin these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136025

nice. purchased.

I started pirating stuff and I need more space

btw, I bought Supreme Commander today. and i havent' had a chance to install it. but i'll play it tomorrow

thanks for the advice too, G.

TVC15 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:10:57 PM »

If you have Circuit Cities around you, they were selling the 500 giggers in store for like 160 bucks, at least as of a few weeks ago.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:11:35 PM »

I bought a 260GB with Firewire for $150 at frys last week,

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #8 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:13:01 PM »

Good drives. Too bad the ones I have are Maxtor and WD but through a enclosure. Pirating stuff takes up shit tons of space.

TVC15 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:14:10 PM »

The Mybook is a WD on the inside. It's very cool for an external drive. It hhas better ventilation than most I have ever seen. And it still looks pretty nice.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:17:05 PM »

Any of them E-sata yet? Thats faster than USB 2.0 correct?

TVC15 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:19:26 PM »

I know they announced eSata ones back in january or february. No idea if they are on the market yet.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:21:19 PM »

Havent seen them on the net. But that'd be what I'd get for an external personally.

TVC15 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:26:17 PM »

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136082

Right there. They aren't even that much more expensive.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:29:18 PM »

Fucking awesome, now if only i had the rest of a computer put together for use. You still need to help me get a copy of Vista =P

Mupepe · « **Reply #15 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:42:08 PM »

Hm. I'm just going to use this as a preliminary one. I just want something reliable. I'm going to be putting quite a bit of stuff on there including ripping all of my cd's, so I'll probably fill it up quite easily.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #16 on:** May 11, 2007, 11:46:57 PM »

Yeah they are pretty reliable and like TVC said they run cooler than most drives cause of the matterials the enclosure is made of.

xnikki118x · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2007, 04:09:01 AM »

I was going to suggest newegg.com but everyone else beat me to it.

Why not just use DVD-R's though? They hold like 4+ gigs or something don't they?

Mupepe · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2007, 04:09:56 AM »

Quote from: xnikki118x on May 12, 2007, 04:09:01 AM

I was going to suggest newegg.com but everyone else beat me to it.

Why not just use DVD-R's though? They hold like 4+ gigs or something don't they?

oh, because i'm downloading a bunch of stuff like games and music and I want it easily accessible and archived. I don't want to have to pull it off of a disk.

xnikki118x · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2007, 05:08:39 AM »

Quote from: Rob Thomas on May 12, 2007, 04:09:56 AM

Quote from: xnikki118x on May 12, 2007, 04:09:01 AM
I was going to suggest newegg.com but everyone else beat me to it.

Why not just use DVD-R's though? They hold like 4+ gigs or something don't they?
oh, because i'm downloading a bunch of stuff like games and music and I want it easily accessible and archived. I don't want to have to pull it off of a disk.

Makes sense. Don't worry, I still love you.

Mupepe · « **Reply #20 on:** May 12, 2007, 05:15:11 AM »

Quote from: xnikki118x on May 12, 2007, 05:08:39 AM

Quote from: Rob Thomas on May 12, 2007, 04:09:56 AM
Quote from: xnikki118x on May 12, 2007, 04:09:01 AM
I was going to suggest newegg.com but everyone else beat me to it.

Why not just use DVD-R's though? They hold like 4+ gigs or something don't they?
oh, because i'm downloading a bunch of stuff like games and music and I want it easily accessible and archived. I don't want to have to pull it off of a disk.

Makes sense. Don't worry, I still love you.

Powerslave · « **Reply #21 on:** May 12, 2007, 10:00:36 AM »

I need an ext hard drive too. My laptop has gotten too full wth porn $:-\$

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