Ebay Deal of the Day - Seagate 1TB External HD Hi Speed USB

dacouch

Strider590 wrote: »

That say's it all.........

For a decent 1TB internal drive your looking at between £65 and £95.....
An external drive is simply a normal internal drive inside a plastic or alloy case.


7200RPM is totally and completely pointless in an external drive because the tranfer speed is limited by the USB port, even 5400RPM is overkill but will remain that much quieter, cooler and reliable long term.

It's just my opinion but:

A Samsung Ecogreen F2 hard drive combined with a good quality USB enclosure (£20-£40) are the ultimate in fast, quiet, reliable storage.

I have one connected to my laptop, it's been running 24/7 for the past 6 months or so, that's more than 4380 hours non-stop (have a UPS incase of power cuts) and it's still as quiet as a mouse and cold to the touch.

In this world you get what you pay for, and I pay more for peace of mind, knowing that my data is safe.

That must be some !!!!!! collection you have

inmypocketnottheirs

dacouch wrote: »

That must be some !!!!!! collection you have

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Rich44_2

How is it hard to get a 1TB hard drive for a similar price???

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150256
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-Hitachi-Deskstar-7K1000-35-SATA-3Gb-s-7200-rpm-16MB-Cache-HDD

Or even better how about £39.99 ex VAT? Thats just under £46 inc VAT

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/1Tb+Hitachi+Deskstar+7K1000.B+SATA-2+Hard+Drive+16MB+Cache+?productId=34559

Strider590

dacouch wrote: »

That must be some !!!!!! collection you have

Did I miss something? lol

The drive I mentioned is connected to my laptop, which in turn runs my HTTP and FTP servers, along with utorrent and other apps (laptops are great for this, as they use very little power compared to desktops).

Rich44_2

Strider590 wrote: »

Did I miss something? lol

The drive I mentioned is connected to my laptop, which in turn runs my HTTP and FTP servers, along with utorrent and other apps (laptops are great for this, as they use very little power compared to desktops).

why is it whenever you mention needing loads of storage space someone always pipes up about !!!!!!, perhaps a sign of a guilty conscience of the other poster lol

Indeed they are and if you are sitting there babysitting them they're only drawing mains power whilst plugged in so you can cycle them plug in to charge unplug to discharge and youre only paying for the time when it's recharging too

dc

andy2004 wrote: »

Due to the fact seagate bought Maxtor has also put me off those drives aswell, which is why i have a samsung 1tb drive, my older maxtors drives where bought before maxtor was sold to seagate, samsung drive is definately quite.

I think that is the other way round in most peoples experience.

I have a bin full of duff Maxtor drives, so it would only be a matter of time before Maxtor dragged the previously excellent name of Seagate down.:rolleyes:


Suppose it depends which factory made this drive, Seagate or Maxtor