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SirUltimos
Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint.Registered User regular
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I searched and didn't find a thread on this, so hopefully this isn't a duplicate.
I'm looking into getting an external HDD for my laptop. Space is running out very quickly and since my laptop is my main computer it would be nice to have some more room for media and whatnot. I'd also love to be able to backup important data from both my laptop and desktop onto my external HDD, and in addition have some extra space for my quickly diminishing desktop.
So do you have any advice for what to look for? My budget is fairly small, only $100-$150 CDN. I'm not looking for a huge amount of space, even 500GB would be more than enough. Are there any particular brands that I should avoid? Any that I should pay extra attention to? Anything else in general I need to know about external drives?
Thanks for the help.
I'm looking into getting an external HDD for my laptop. Space is running out very quickly and since my laptop is my main computer it would be nice to have some more room for media and whatnot. I'd also love to be able to backup important data from both my laptop and desktop onto my external HDD, and in addition have some extra space for my quickly diminishing desktop.
So do you have any advice for what to look for? My budget is fairly small, only $100-$150 CDN. I'm not looking for a huge amount of space, even 500GB would be more than enough. Are there any particular brands that I should avoid? Any that I should pay extra attention to? Anything else in general I need to know about external drives?
Thanks for the help.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136175&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Hard+Drives+-+External-_-Western+Digital-_-22136175
People will recommend that you get an internal drive and an external enclosure, but the thing I love about this pure external over the internal/external combo I have is that it spins down after about ten minutes of not using it, to conserve drive life. I barely ever even turn on my other one because I know that if I forget to turn it off it can be spinning and getting hot for hours on end.
I'm personally going with the hard drive + enclosure route. This thing seems badass: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153071
The docking station style open ones are pretty cool too, but I don't really see the need for them, even if they are about the same price. I think I'd feel better having an aluminum enclosure.
I wanted a drive that got it's power through USB so I didn't have to deal with a separate adapter.
(I have no self control.)
Hey, I have a 500GB Mybook and not only that, I just had to get a 1TB one which should get here in a couple of days. I've gone with both WD and Seagate HDD's for the past 8 years and I'm extremely happy with both brands. What's kinda funny is right now, my desktop has 3 Seagate internal drives while I have 2 Passports(One for media playback and the other as my laptop's storage drive) and 2 Mybooks.
You'll be happy with your Mybook. I use mine as a backup drive and media storage. Especially if you're in an area where your ISP is metering your d/l's and you have some digital copies of games like a Steam account, it's useful just in case you need to reinstall.
I have a NexStar CX. The power light was broken when I got it, so I always forget to turn it off because I don't remember it's on. And it gets pretty warm because there's no fan built in, but I can't comment on that specific model.
I just want to throw this out there. The Western Digital Green drives seem to do an amazing job in these things. Since they do spin down when not in use among other things they produce way less heat and use a lot less energy.
Looking at the reviews on newegg, I wouldn't purchase that enclosure.
That's the reason I haven't actually purchased it. It looks cool but the issues just can't be overlooked. It's also cheaper at tigerdirect and has a bit longer discussion on the problems.
I'm looking for cases for a couple of old HDs I'm pulling out of a PC that I'm giving to my mother. The first is 250gig SATA 133 that's only going to be used for back up. The other is a 300gig SATA 150 that I'm actually going to use for porting data around. I've found a couple of decent $20 cases that I'm liking that also have good reviews.