Douglas Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 External harddrives....Good? Bad? Anything to look for/look out for when shopping for one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 I have one, I like it.I bought the casing for $149 at Staples a few months ago, was in there last night and noticed they dropped the price to $77. It connects via USB, there are other casings that accept firewire as well.The biggest HD I could get in my laptop was 100 GB, so I took an old 80 GB drive, bought a case for it, and Voila, my laptop now has 180 GB of HD space.I'd recommend it.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 I had a 160GB Maxtor. It died (after 4 months). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 I'd reccomend buying a regular harddrive, then for like $20-$40 you can buy an external case for it, that's lets you hook up via USB. I think it's the best way to go, because you can get exactly the drive you want, and it's a little more flexible in that it doesn't always have to be external. Plus you can use the same case for other things like if you wanted an external dvd drive instead or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 I'd reccomend buying a regular harddrive, then for like $20-$40 you can buy an external case for it, that's lets you hook up via USB. I think it's the best way to go, because you can get exactly the drive you want, and it's a little more flexible in that it doesn't always have to be external. Plus you can use the same case for other things like if you wanted an external dvd drive instead or whatever.Yeah.... What I said.... Although I've never seen cases as cheap as $20-$40.... You want to get a good case with a fan so you don't overheat your data.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 I think any connection slower than USB 2.0 or firewire is just too slow, is it not?I'm looking at getting a Mac Mini and I was originally concerned over the builtin HD size. However, high-speed external firewire 300 Gig drives are easy to pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 yeah, when i said USB i meant USB 2, i didn't think anyone even used USB 1 anymore... I think someone is making a Firewire 2 protocol at the moment...AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Yeah, the cases are USB 2.0, there's no point otherwise...AD - I got mine from here: http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProdList&cmd=pl&id=516It was one of the Bytek ones. That was about a year ago and I paid $38 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 well i'll be damned. can you use the enclosure for anything other than a harddrive, like an external burner?ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 some of them are smaller and for hard drive only, but I got a bigger one that can be used for any drive type, cdRom, hard drive etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 CanadaComputers ALWAYS has awesome prices. I buy my computer gear there almost exclusively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 That place did some major scams in Kingston back in the early nineties. From Pentium's being sold as Pentium II's by screening a PII label on the chip to generic sound cards being sold as soundblaster's. That was a big deal at the time because many games needed a Soundblaster compatitable card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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