External Drive Advice

NotAGolf · 6 Sep 2007 at 18:07

Hi guys, just after a bit of advice, i'm gonna buy an external usb hard drive for storage and backups.

Atm I think my fave is the WD Elements Desktop WDE1U3200 320 GB. Would that be ok or do think i'd be better off with another brand for around the £55 mark? I've seen the Seagate's but they look a bit ugly imo.

Thanks for any advice.

kilvano · 6 Sep 2007 at 18:10

I can vouch for the Freecom ones. Black and they look nice

longshanks · 6 Sep 2007 at 22:05

WD are very good indeed. They have my vote

nydryl · 7 Sep 2007 at 12:24

Freecom have proved to be excellent for me, however had my budget stretched to a Western Digital i would have purhcased one.

Scream · 8 Sep 2007 at 14:03

WD have always been good imo and one of the reason's I've ordered a Western Digital MyBook Premium ES 500GB eSATA 3Gbps / USB 2.0 drive.

Freecom have a good rep but I'm not sure what make of hd they use in their enclosures these days. Could be a seagate drive or WD.

longshanks · 8 Sep 2007 at 15:24

Scream said:
WD have always been good imo and one of the reason's I've ordered a Western Digital MyBook Premium ES 500GB eSATA 3Gbps / USB 2.0 drive.

Freecom have a good rep but I'm not sure what make of hd they use in their enclosures these days. Could be a seagate drive or WD.

I had one and it had a SATA Samsung HD in it.