External Hard disk ???

king_kenny · 5 Jul 2006 at 18:52

Afternoon, Ive been looking around for some time now, for a external hard drive just to back my current system up ! But there are that many i don’t really know what to go for :confused:

or what i should look for ??

Am looking for at least 160GB drive !
USB connection !
It need's to be really reliable as my system will be backed up on it !!!!!!!!!
Price range would be up to £70 ish
It doesn’t have to look nice lol

So has anyone got any ideas, which one would be a good idea to look at ??

Cheers

SiriusB · 6 Jul 2006 at 01:09

Best option is to buy the HDD and enclosure separately. This way you can fine tune the make size and model of HDD you prefer and also which enclosure you prefer.

My personal choice would be:

Icy Box External Enclosure IB-351U-BL USB2.0 - Silver (CA-005-BT)

As for HDD I would probably go for an Hitachi Deskstar or Seagate Barracuda.

The whole lot should come to under £70 and you can feel safe in the knowledge that you have the HDD you want, and can put in a different HDD at a later date.

SiriusB

king_kenny · 6 Jul 2006 at 09:49

So buy a normal hard drive, then put it in a External Enclosure ? Sounds like a idea

hp7909 · 6 Jul 2006 at 10:00

king_kenny said:
Afternoon, Ive been looking around for some time now, for a external hard drive just to back my current system up ! But there are that many i don’t really know what to go for or what i should look for ??

Am looking for at least 160GB drive !
USB connection !
It need's to be really reliable as my system will be backed up on it !!!!!!!!!
Price range would be up to £70 ish
It doesn’t have to look nice lol

So has anyone got any ideas, which one would be a good idea to look at ??

Cheers

Recommend Freecom range, e.g...

Freecom Classic SL 160GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (HD-005-FC) £73.73 incl. VAT

m8's got a 80GB old one that's serving him well (over 2 years). Infact just ordered a SL Mobile 2.5" 40GB USB 2.0 for my Dad to move from a bulky, external-powered, enclosure type

Nismo · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:35

WD MyBook Essential 160GB

Or get your own as others have said and its easier to upgrade it then.

Silver_&_Gold · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:36

SiriusB said:
Best option is to buy the HDD and enclosure separately. This way you can fine tune the make size and model of HDD you prefer and also which enclosure you prefer.

My personal choice would be:

Icy Box External Enclosure IB-351U-BL USB2.0 - Silver (CA-005-BT)

As for HDD I would probably go for an Hitachi Deskstar or Seagate Barracuda.

The whole lot should come to under £70 and you can feel safe in the knowledge that you have the HDD you want, and can put in a different HDD at a later date.

SiriusB

Agree 100%

Pre-built external HD's come with crippled warrantys and building your own is cheaper.

jimblowscash · 19 Aug 2006 at 00:12

yeh but they work out of the box, and you dont have to worry about getting it right, plus for 70 quid you can had a nice 250GB lacie porsche designed drive..

Hades · 19 Aug 2006 at 00:49

jimblowscash said:
yeh but they work out of the box, and you dont have to worry about getting it right, plus for 70 quid you can had a nice 250GB lacie porsche designed drive..

It's not a big deal pluging a drive into a connector and then screwing the lid back on. I've got a Lacie Porsche designed external DVD writer and tbh it's ok (looks nothing like a porsche! and quite honestly if that's meant to be special design then I'm missing the point) but given a choice of looks or performance I'd get the performance. A box and drive means you can choose the actual drive itself. So you may want to choose the fastest thing out there, or you may want to choose the best warranty, or maybe the quietest drive, etc.