Best External Hard-Drive?

1mm3 · 7 Apr 2007 at 00:14

Hi, im looking for the best value-for-money external hard-drive, I would like plenty of storage space eg. 200-400gb

Seagate 400GB Pushbutton Backup USB2.0 7200RPM 16MB Cache External Hard Drive £79.99

or

LaCie Design by F.A Porsche 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive £88.11

or

Western Digital WDG1U4000 MyBook Essential 400GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive £89.29

Feel free to spec me another one

Thanks in advance
1mm3

Undesirable · 7 Apr 2007 at 00:44

I would go Seagate first, Western Digital, then Lacie.

kingo15 · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:45

i got my step bro one of the western digital ones the 320 looks very nice and works well i couldnt believe how quiet it was tbh.

i mite even get one of those

M0t0r0la · 8 Apr 2007 at 15:22

The best and cheapest way to get an external HD is to build it yourself!
Pre-built external HD's come with crippled warranty’s, max 2-3years most are 1year.

If you buy a 7200.10 and a external case (cheap of ebay) then your external HD will have a 5year warranty

It also works out cheaper and you can put the best/fastest HD into the case.

jimblowscash · 10 Apr 2007 at 10:40

my vote for the lacie drive, its a seagate inside and ive got loads of them here, no problem's.... although i paid more than that for my 500GB grrrr

Greenlizard0 · 10 Apr 2007 at 13:34

I would personally go for Western Digital - though saying that it's always down to personal experience with harddrives (internal or external).