Need hard drive recommendations

Crazy_Jamie

I am on the hunt for an external hard drive for my girlfriend's iMac, and come seeking recommendations from you fine people. Unfortunately I am simply not really in the know in this area and can't tell a reliable brand from a dodgy brand, and all that internet searching seems to bring up is bad reviews for virtually all the brands (whether or not this is an industry trend I don't know).

It needs to be at least 500GB and AC powered would be fine considering it will be sitting on a desk. Reliability is the main requirement, so whilst I have seen a couple of good deals online (a 1TB Iomega from Comet for £55 caught my eye because I have a 500GB Iomega that has been going forever) I am more than willing to spend a bit more to guarantee reliability.

So your recommendations please, people.

tronator

Crazy_Jamie wrote: »

I am on the hunt for an external hard drive for my girlfriend's iMac, and come seeking recommendations from you fine people. Unfortunately I am simply not really in the know in this area and can't tell a reliable brand from a dodgy brand, and all that internet searching seems to bring up is bad reviews for virtually all the brands (whether or not this is an industry trend I don't know).

It needs to be at least 500GB and AC powered would be fine considering it will be sitting on a desk. Reliability is the main requirement, so whilst I have seen a couple of good deals online (a 1TB Iomega from Comet for £55 caught my eye because I have a 500GB Iomega that has been going forever) I am more than willing to spend a bit more to guarantee reliability.

So your recommendations please, people.

The only recommendation I can give you is, buy one with a Firewire plug if the price difference is not too big.

MX5huggy

All hard drives fail its just a matter of when! and as you say every manufacture has acres of bad reviews.

I just got one of these, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Story-Station-1-5TB-External/dp/B002C3S6V8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1272802430&sr=8-1

It's nicely made metal cover and the knob and light are nice little gimmics for not much money. Using it as a store for tv recorded on my freesat box.

Price wise doing my research the 1.5tb drives seemed best value re price per GB.