External hard drive

**Soltakr** · 10-23-2008, 03:25 PM

which one?

Western Digital WDH1c50000n 500GB
RPM -7200, 16MB, USD 2.0
89.99

Western Digital black passort essentail 250GB 2.5
RPM 5400, 2MB, USB 2.0
89.99

Seagate Go Black 250 GB 2.0
RPM 5400, USB2.0
$109.99

Mainly for music and photos. Never purchased and thought I might ask what you guys are using?

**thearborbarber** · 10-23-2008, 03:33 PM

I've had decent luck with both manufactures. Currently I use a Seagate and It's been very solid.

**Spaz** · 10-23-2008, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by Soltakr

which one?

Western Digital WDH1c50000n 500GB
RPM -7200, 16MB, USD 2.0
89.99

Western Digital black passort essentail 250GB 2.5
RPM 5400, 2MB, USB 2.0
89.99

Seagate Go Black 250 GB 2.0
RPM 5400, USB2.0
$109.99

Mainly for music and photos. Never purchased and thought I might ask what you guys are using?

if you are going to do it get a 1 TB external... back up EVERY THING... it is worth it...

**Soltakr** · 10-23-2008, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by Spaz

if you are going to do it get a 1 TB external... back up EVERY THING... it is worth it...

Yea thats a good point. I dont really have that much stuff so I figured 500 might be enough.

**redls1** · 10-23-2008, 04:03 PM

I would go for the top one because of the 7200rpm and 16mb cache.

**Spaz** · 10-24-2008, 08:07 AM

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...px?EDC=1458065

Hard drive – 1 TB – external – 3.5” – USB 2.0 interface – 7200 rpm – buffer: 16 MB – 5 year warranty

$193.99...

**Soltakr** · 10-24-2008, 08:43 AM

Wow, that is pretty sweet. what is physical size on that?

**Spaz** · 10-24-2008, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Soltakr

Wow, that is pretty sweet. what is physical size on that?

not sure... but it is like a set of tits....

**adam3566** · 10-24-2008, 09:21 PM

Check best buy, usually on weekends they have them for around $100 for 500gb and you can get a 1 TB for $175. I have two 1TB and love them!

**ls1camino** · 10-25-2008, 10:00 AM

I have two of these set up on RAID (everything is saved to both so if one fails I don't loose anything)

**shady milkman** · 11-22-2008, 07:16 PM

the passport is for portability ...get the top one..the 7200 speed is well worth it..and the 16mb cache is nice also.

**jujofields** · 11-22-2008, 08:55 PM

Like others already mentioned, out of these three choices I'd recommend the first one b/c of the 7200 RPM & 16 MB...

If you are going to be using this external hard drive primarily for a laptop, though, I'd say go with the WD Passport...

**Z28Thunder** · 11-22-2008, 10:04 PM

I have worked in the IT/IS industry for almost 15 years. Seagate's have always had issues. Even back to when a 20 meg harddrive was consider a big drive. Worked at Compusa (yeah,yeah) as the Tech manager. We were always having to return Seagates. Where I currently work we buy Dell only for now. In the last year we have repalced 400 + hard drives all Seagte's. They first sent us a differnt model Seagate but started getting failed drives from that model also. We then asked Dell to send us Western Digitail's and have not had a failed drive since once replaced. We lease about 3000 PC's and replace about 1400 PC's a year to end of lease. I have never replaced that many hard drives until we switched to Dell about 2 years ago. We had always been Compaq before (business models). I have always been a Maxtor fan but Western Digital bought them. All the Maxtor drives I have bought over the years all the way back to a 100 meg one still work. I have yet to have one fail. But do and have seen hard drives fail right and left. Sorry about teh epic novel. Just personal experince with what I do for a living. If you asked me about Plasma TV's I could not tell you anything lololol.

**Soltakr** · 11-24-2008, 07:14 AM

Wow, well Seagate is out then

**Mean Green Z28** · 11-24-2008, 08:15 AM

I need to get one too ... my porn collection's growing and my 150GB WD isn't cutting it anymore ... lol ... gonna get a >500GB this weekend, maybe an internal though 'cos after I transfer everything to it, I'll clean out the external and use it for stuff I'll need to take along like pics/music/etc.

**shady milkman** · 11-24-2008, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by That Guy 2-1

I need to get one too ... my porn collection's growing and my 150GB WD isn't cutting it anymore ... lol ... gonna get a >500GB this weekend, maybe an internal though 'cos after I transfer everything to it, I'll clean out the external and use it for stuff I'll need to take along like pics/music/etc.

your a sad sad man

**Mean Green Z28** · 11-24-2008, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

your a sad sad man

Needed a hobby that didn't cost $'s and wont break (well, that's a whole other subject) ... lol ... well, by the looks of it, I need to spend money to invest in more storage ...