PassedOutGuy Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Hey all, with all this talk about digitizing music collections I am curious if anyone has any first hand knowledge of affordable and solid models of external TB drives?Its time to condense these thousands of CD's and run a line from the surround sound to the computer.Any advice is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianphan Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I've been thinking about the Vortex Box. TB Drive, Rips and Encodes tunes to MP3 and FLAC at the same time, works as a music server via Logitech's free SqueezeCentre. Built on Linux and Open Source software, will even work as a BitTorrent server. $360 US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Wow, thats some piece of equipment... I should highlight the point that I made for affordable. Maybe I should change the word to cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlphaNerd Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Ok guys You need to go to Canada computers... or order online from Tigerdirect.ca You find the standard sata 7200 rpm Like http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4426054&Sku=TSD-1000EADS $109.99 That's OEM... no box, comes in static wrap. Then buy a sata enclosure... you can decide to go usb, firewire, or esata... My box of choice would be http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1951866&CatId=2778 $33.99 That's less than $150 for an external sata hardrive.. which is probably better than most 200 - 300 dollar externals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I bought a Lacie tB eternal and it rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 NCIX is usually the cheapest - it's in BC so for small stuff the fact you don't pay GST usually offsets the shipping - I got a D-Link 323 dual SATA HD box - they go on sale for $100-$130...then put 1 or two drives in it since 1TB seems to go on sale around the $120 mark every now and then...dual drives you can make RAID for protection/backup. And the DNS323 has a built in bittorrent client... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 yalostme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 im with you Thorgnor. Gonna need a few days to decipher the jargon but thanks for the info folks. Keep it coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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