Best Hard Drive ?

golfstar

Hi Guys,I am currently looking for a bigger hard drive as i am running out of room on my PC and was wondering if anybody knows of a good quality external hard drive . I am looking to spend no more really than £50.Has anyone got advice.

Cheers

timbim_2

SATA or IDE?

isofa

timbim wrote: »

SATA or IDE?

External is quoted in OP, so either USB or Firewire (or less likely SATA)...

Have look at WD MyBooks from Amazon and other brands of External drive.

trcooke

timbim wrote: »

SATA or IDE?

Not really relevant when choosing an external HDD.

Specifications to consider for external disks is the connection type. Normally you'll choose, in order of speed, from USB2 or FireWire400 or FireWire800. Check out what connection options you have on your computer you're connecting it to to decide which would be suitable.

I would recommend (in order of preference) Lacie or Western Digital. From there just choose your storage size based on how much you want to spend.

golfstar

Thanks guys , My PC is a few years old now ( advent 3111 ) so it would have to be a USB connection...... i think?

Poppycat

You can get firewire cards for pc's. But you are probably best get a usb2 one. I got two for backups

timbim_2

isofa wrote: »

External is quoted in OP, so either USB or Firewire (or less likely SATA)...

Oops. Totally missed that! Internal probably cheaper though...