PCWorld 320gb Toshiba external hard drive (merged)

MrUnderhill_2

Scan have them for £108.09 inc vat plus delivery
www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=322302

cigar_2

Haven't seen any further posts on this one...

Now down to under £99.99 at PC World if you order online (still £139.99 if you just walk into the store): http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/023695

And get another 3% (if you collect at store) or 5% (if delivered - but you'll have to add postage costs) cashback if you use Quidco - bringing it down to £97ish if you collect it. BARGAIN!

ben500

would this be ok for use with a laptop ? excuse my ignorance

bargaindoctor

This will be fine with laptop, but you need a power supply.

i've done ALOT of research before purchasing my new external hdd. I've looked at it ALL.... ended up buying the Seagate External 250 gb 7200 rpm HDD from Maplin for £89. Seagate has the best overall ranking over western digital, maxtor etc. So far so good, very quiet, very fast.

I would avoid maxtor and IBM deskstars at all costs. They are known to die on the day before tomorrow!

The toshiba is very similar to the western digital design, and I think the HDD is a WD, not sure if Toshiba makes their own HDD. Anyway the only reason I avoided this is because a few people have found the HDD to die. But for the price, it looks like a pretty good deal.

borgman

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/023695

seems a good buy.
Anyone know if this is any good??

mrvolleyball

No experience with toshiba external hard drives but looks reasonable enough.

(You go through https://www.quidco.com for 5% off )

scope

I've been looking for an external drive, and finally bought this one.. A friend of mine's got one, and he is happy with it.. Good price.

bdorkings

now down to £99.99!!!

blue_max_3

bargaindoctor wrote:

Seagate has the best overall ranking over western digital, maxtor etc. So far so good, very quiet, very fast.

I would avoid maxtor and IBM deskstars at all costs. They are known to die on the day before tomorrow!

The current Hitachi Deskstars are fantastic drives and very reliable. They are amongst the fastest and quietest. There was an old IBM deskstar but was a very old model that had a bad reputation. I have some previous generation drives and they too were highly rated. (Storagereview.com).
I broke the mold and plumped for a seagate 250gb internal sata drive myself, but since found out it is a mediocre performer at best.
I guess you can find reviews that say just what you want to hear and forget the rest.

Graham

atlanticflyer

cigar wrote:

Now down to under £99.99 at PC World if you order online (still £139.99 if you just walk into the store): http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/023695

And get another 3% (if you collect at store) or 5% (if delivered - but you'll have to add postage costs) cashback if you use Quidco - bringing it down to £97ish if you collect it. BARGAIN!

And if you work for the NHS you get 5% discount which makes it £90 (after NHS discount and Quidco cashback)