external hard drive questions

Chris_PC · Mar 12, 2006

Hi everyone, Im looking for an external hard drive and want some recommendations
Needs to be:
Around 150GB
Have Firewire and USB(I think i want firewire?, i believe its faster)
As cheap as possible, but decent quality

This is a perfect example of wht im looking for:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....5456_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1&item=8774595456&rd=1

Any opinions on that one, or recommendations on other would be appreciated.
Thanks!

PS: do you people back up everything on the hard drive(like a complete copy), or only files etc that are important or that you have the CD for(games etc)?

redrumy3 · Mar 12, 2006

Chris_PC said:
Hi everyone, Im looking for an external hard drive and want some recommendations
Needs to be:
Around 150GB
Have Firewire and USB(I think i want firewire?, i believe its faster)
As cheap as possible, but decent quality

This is a perfect example of wht im looking for:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....8774595456&rd=1

Any opinions on that one, or recommendations on other would be appreciated.
Thanks!

PS: do you people back up everything on the hard drive(like a complete copy), or only files etc that are important or that you have the CD for(games etc)?

thats nice hdd, i copy just file

but u can buy a harddrive from newegg, and then buy a external enclosure, converts it to external.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144129

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817146307

Chris_PC · Mar 12, 2006

I cant order from newegg because i live in the UK.
Ive looked into getting a seperate HDD and case but cant seem to find it cheaper than buying them together in the UK.
I presume you just back up the certain importantn things you have rather than a whole copy of the hard drive?

redrumy3 · Mar 12, 2006

Chris_PC said:
I cant order from newegg because i live in the UK.
Ive looked into getting a seperate HDD and case but cant seem to find it cheaper than buying them together in the UK.
I presume you just back up the certain importantn things you have rather than a whole copy of the hard drive?

yea, that hdd u looking to buy is nice so i would go with that, i have a 40gb portable hdd, and i just backup things that are important

Chris_PC · Mar 12, 2006

is firewire that much faster than usb, will i notice a large difference?

habbajabba · Mar 12, 2006

buy a case with a fan (30-60$ us). best deal on ide's is around 120$ for a 250gb drive (us). They also make enclosures that support sata's. Usb will have more compatibility than fw but either works fine for simple communication. As far as speed, fw800 (more$$) is faster than usb but regular fw400 is a little slower but also uses less resources

redrumy3 · Mar 12, 2006

Here's what mine looks like

i tried firewire and well i like usb better lol

Chris_PC · Mar 12, 2006

habbajabba said:
buy a case with a fan (30-60$ us). best deal on ide's is around 120$ for a 250gb drive (us). They also make enclosures that support sata's. Usb will have more compatibility than fw but either works fine for simple communication. As far as speed, fw800 (more$$) is faster than usb but regular fw400 is a little slower but also uses less resources

Im not that bothered about getting that much storage, im mainly looking for the cheapest possible drive that will not break as soon as i get it. The one i likend to has a 3 year warranty so i think that is my best(and cheapest) option. Im not sure what type of firewire it has(if you could take a look it would be appreciated). I need to know weather its worth it or not because i know my PC will definately have a FW connection.

Redrumy3: why did you like USB better?

redrumy3 · Mar 12, 2006

Chris_PC said:
Redrumy3: why did you like USB better?

seem faster to me, and much easier cause i have alot of usb ports.

Chris_PC · Mar 12, 2006

So my best bet would be to go with that drive but without the USB/firewire combined for an extra £7?

PS: thanks for the super-quick replies!

redrumy3 · Mar 12, 2006

Chris_PC said:
So my best bet would be to go with that drive but without the USB/firewire combined for an extra £7?

PS: thanks for the super-quick replies!

if u can get one with both that would be nice

Chris_PC · Mar 12, 2006

Ok, so if i get the £7 upgrade i will get
"Our standard drive is USB1 & USB2, but we also offer a combined Firewire (IEEE1394) & USB2 version of this drive for an extra £7.00 which also includes a 6-6 pin firewire cable. If you have a laptop which requires the smaller 4-pin or iLink/S400 cable, please see "Extras" below"

That should be exactly what i need then, and not too bad at £80 inc postage

redrumy3 · Mar 12, 2006

Chris_PC said:
Ok, so if i get the £7 upgrade i will get
"Our standard drive is USB1 & USB2, but we also offer a combined Firewire (IEEE1394) & USB2 version of this drive for an extra £7.00 which also includes a 6-6 pin firewire cable. If you have a laptop which requires the smaller 4-pin or iLink/S400 cable, please see "Extras" below"

That should be exactly what i need then, and not too bad at £80 inc postage

nope, looks good

JCLW · Mar 12, 2006

eSATA is fastest - the same speed as an internal drive. You can get eSATA/USB combo enclosures so you can use eSATA on your own computer, and then just plug in via USB if you take the drive anywhere.

Something like the Vantec NST-360SU-BK: http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/vantec/nst-360su-bk/g2.htm

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