External Harddrive Recommendations

smogsy · 31 Aug 2008 at 10:15

looking for a good External Drive 750GB/1TB Give me some Recommendations

Needs
USB 2.0

Would Like
Firewire
To Look Nice Next to MacPro
to be quiet

Thanks

Budget: £100 but will go to £140 if needed

Slackworth · 31 Aug 2008 at 14:13

Hang fire for a week if you can as Seagate are about to launch their new bits that are especially designed for using with Macs, feature USB 2.0, Firewire 400 & 800 and look good as well IMO (see below).

clocka · 31 Aug 2008 at 14:18

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-054-SA
+
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-030-BT

no firewire but has usb2 and has esata for if you upgrade your laptop to 1 with an esata port.

total cost £78.

Slackworth · 31 Aug 2008 at 14:31

clocka said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-054-SA
+
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-030-BT

no firewire but has usb2 and has esata for if you upgrade your laptop to 1 with an esata port.

total cost £78.

I'd persume it's a Mac Pro desktop rather than MacBook Pro as he didn't say it was a laptop so won't have eSATA as standard I believe?

clocka · 31 Aug 2008 at 14:36

he can still use the usb2 connection. I'm presuming he meant laptop as they musnt sell many desktops. either way the esata will future proof him for when he upgrades his computer in the future as most motherboards only have firewire400 as the licence for firewire800 is too expensive so people have to have the slower firewire400 usually.

smogsy · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:36

Getting a Mac Pro Soon.

Just to let you know
it has
Firewire 400 & 800
E-sata (need cable to connect from mobo to backplate)
USB

i really like that First recc could you give us more information on it? Esitmated price? & is ocuk stocking them maybe a link to details

clocka · 31 Aug 2008 at 17:35

use the esata on your backplate of mac pro, you get full sata2 speeds with esata, firewire is much slower. you will get around 85mb/s with the 750gb hdd i spec'd you and the caddy i spec'd you. Here's my review of the caddy including photos: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17913023

Slackworth · 31 Aug 2008 at 23:23

smogsy said:
Getting a Mac Pro Soon.

Just to let you know
it has
Firewire 400 & 800
E-sata (need cable to connect from mobo to backplate)
USB

i really like that First recc could you give us more information on it? Esitmated price? & is ocuk stocking them maybe a link to details

I'll post something up tomorrow when I get to OcUK HQ.

smogsy · 1 Sep 2008 at 08:47

thanks

Slackworth · 1 Sep 2008 at 10:21

Here we go: http://rapidshare.com/files/141748511/Seagate_FA_Desk_Mac_DS_1_.pdf.html

smogsy · 3 Sep 2008 at 19:34

thanks slack i know you said hang fire till next week? is that when there be in stock? or in the market place?

Thanks!

hoping to buy one this/next week if there in my target price range £100-140

Slackworth · 3 Sep 2008 at 21:38

I'm being told we'll be able to buy stock on Friday/Monday so should be with us Tuesday/Wednesday. Will put them up for pre-order tomorrow/Friday.