Hey guys, I'm looking for an external HDD. I not sure if its best to buy: a) A complete external HDD, like the WD MyBook 500GB b) An internal drive and an external cover, like the Samsung SpinpointT 500GB + IcyBox It would be desirable if the drive had power saving features, so it won't die very quickly. Gimme a shout if you've owned an external HDD, or can recommend me any. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
internal seagate in a external case is always a good option good cheap 5 year warranty on the hardrive from seagate
These are a very nice looking enclosure http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=47956&doy=17m8 but a little pricey if you wait soon there will be a rather large drop in hdd prices
When I sold my desktop and switched to a lappy, I kept the 400GB WD and stuck it in an enclosure. Works well enough, but the caddy is just a cheap chinese job - the fan in it started whining after a few months... TBH, I'd just go with a prebuilt solution. The main computer stores seem to always have some kind of offer on external drives.
I would always go with a seagate hard disk because of the 5 year warranty they provide, iv got 2 seagate hard disks, one internal and one externa, they are super quiet and have never caused me a problem. Seagate disk : http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=575227 Or if you want to save some money : http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=463635
Will you be running it 24/7 or just turn it on when you need it? (The free agent pro's are definitely the way to go, or the WD versions of) I was just curious.
Well, I was hoping for an external HDD which acted like an internal one. So it would spin up when needed (when reading/writing), and spin down when it isn't. This is cos the external drive is for data, but since I'm off to uni next month, I'm get to bring a lappy with the external HDD and keep my data with me
