Looking for a cheap hard drive

Cullumpster

As the question says really need a hard drive and looking for the best possible price about 300gb upwards and around 30 - 40 pounds. any good deals on anywhere?

TakeThis

IDE? SATA? Internal? External? Think about it.

Cullumpster

Ahh thats a bit technical lol an external one to just plug in, sorry

MoneySavingUser

few options here in your price range http://www.dabs.com/category/components-and-storage,hard-drives,external-hard-drives/11157

AirCooledHeaven

Cullumpster wrote: »

Ahh thats a bit technical lol an external one to just plug in, sorry

In the succint style of TakeThis:

eSATA? Firewire? USB?


Anyway, assuming USB, here's 500Mb for 40 quid

http://www.ebuyer.com/255186-buffalo-500gb-ministation-portable-hard-drive-usb-2-0-black-hd-pc500u2-bk-eu

victor2

As TakeThis says, decide what you really need. 1TB internal disks are available from Amazon and other places within your budget.

Edit:
External 1TB may go a bit over budget though, although are simpler if you're not too technically minded.

TakeThis

250GB £30

500GB £42

500GB £43

Loads of stuff in the middle

Cullumpster

Thanks i'll have a look, yes I forgot about all of the other ones, just a portable one to plug in via usb

TakeThis

USB 3.0? 500GB USB 3.0/USB 2.0 £39.99

Cullumpster

Hmm I am showing now that I know nothing! What is a 3.0? I'm assuming the 2.0 is to.just plug into the laptop, just wantit for.movies pictures and games for.ds's wii that I have got him for xmas

TakeThis

Cullumpster wrote: »

Hmm I am showing now that I know nothing! What is a 3.0? I'm assuming the 2.0 is to.just plug into the laptop, just wantit for.movies pictures and games for.ds's wii that I have got him for xmas

USB 3.0 is the new standard. Theoretically up to ten times quiicker.

So if you ever purchase a machine with USB 3.0 ports, you can avail yourself of the much faster transfers.
Until then, it will still be compatible with USB 2.0.