Recommend a decent external harddrive please :)

schizomike2008 · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:50

I own a WD harddrive that i got for a decent price! but i am finding really difficault at the mo to find one as good for a decent price so does anyone have any recomendations?

Essexraptor · 9 Apr 2012 at 09:00

Like all mechanical hard drives, the prices are still high at the moment after the flooding in Thailand last year.

Hard to reccommend any particular external unit... it's just a hunt and see

schizomike2008 · 9 Apr 2012 at 10:28

Thats what i sadly thought you would say! I just thought there might be a glimmer of hope. The WDs are so expensive now i can only find some cheap seagates but after owning one in the past and a friend recently buying one and falling apart i dont want to go back there!

welshdragon · 9 Apr 2012 at 22:32

Whats your budget and how much space do you need?

Justintime · 10 Apr 2012 at 06:27

The only advice i'll give you is if you're looking at USB 3.0 drives, make sure the enclosure does not use a Jmicron bridge chip. Absolutely horrible and dosen't really work with any USB 3 chipset properly atm. Asmedia bridge chipsets are probably the best atm.

Surveyor · 10 Apr 2012 at 10:17

Justintime said:
The only advice i'll give you is if you're looking at USB 3.0 drives, make sure the enclosure does not use a Jmicron bridge chip. Absolutely horrible and dosen't really work with any USB 3 chipset properly atm. Asmedia bridge chipsets are probably the best atm.

As this sort of information isn't stated in the product description perhaps you could advise the OP of specific makes or models you recommend or don't recommend.