Gericom 250Gb External Hard Drive At Aldi [CLOSED]

dan_scott

looks nice, does it actaully need power from a plug? or does it grab it from the pc via the usb port?

Patr100

looks nice, does it actaully need power from a plug? or does it grab it from the pc via the usb port?

bleugh wrote:

all 3.5" drives will require an external adaptor, they pull waaaaaaay to much power for USB to supply.

In other words yes, it needs power from the mains.

Scooby_Saver_2

So,

Let me get this right its branded one name but its actualy a seagate drive??

biblejohn

Ummm... when i built my own pc 3 years back I stuck 2 IBM 180gb drives in it, at the time they were pretty much the biggest you could get. I had no problems with my motherboard or xp letting me format them to their full capacity.

250gb for 100quid seems to be the going rate at the moment though. I bought a 250gb western digital drive from dabs for a customer a few months back for about 90quid, so add a few quid for the external casing and its about the same price.

mike_the_bike_2

Where there is a similar priced firewire version on sale?...I get the impression that because I only have usb1 on my machine it will run tooooooo slow for me

woodyuk

I bought this drive from savastore and it's good value for the money.

http://www.savastore.com/products/product.asp?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10273561&pid=45&tid=2

Main Features
Product Description LaCie Hard Drive Design by F. A. Porsche Firewire - hard drive - 250 GB - Firewire

Type Hard drive - external

Form Factor 3.5"

Dimensions (WxDxH) 11.2 cm x 18.8 cm x 3.5 cm

Weight 0.9 kg

Localisation Europe

Capacity 250 GB

Interface Type IEEE 1394 (FireWire)

Connector 6 PIN FireWire

Data Transfer Rate 400 Mbps

Average Seek Time 10 ms

Spindle Speed 7200 rpm

Buffer Size 8 MB

OS Required Apple MacOS 9.1, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.2.1 or later

Manufacturer Warranty 2 years warranty

lipidicman

I have a Sony Laptop 3/12 years old..It has USB1 & one firewire connection..

Will this drive run really slow because of my usb1 connections or should I be going for a drive with a built in firewire connection ..and if so are they available??

You should go for firewire - they cost a little more though - but USB1 is not fast enough for this size of drive

USB1=1Mb/s

250,000Mb
=250,000 seconds = 70 Hours!

Cortes

Or here http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/harddiskdrives/externalharddiskdrives/productView.htm?quicklinx=2SDN
slightly cheaper at - £119.55 (ex delivery) without the savastore worries.

I'm tempted to go for the USB 2.0 myself cos I can - £105.16....but the firewire would be a fine option for not much more.

Aldi's Gericom v's Lacie's Porsche Design Agency designed??...I know which I'd go for

lipidicman

I just looked at that LaCie - its a box - Porsche designed....pffffft!

Cortes

C'mon lipidicman...that LaCie looks damn fine!

Those cool clean lines in a brushed aluminium finish...You might as well say that you'd rather have a Lada instead of a Ferrari, heh heh!

I guess the Gericom does have a 6 in 1 card reader and 2 USB ports but still........