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09/06/2006 12:20:07 PM · #1 |
I'm looking for a 500GB external harddrive with USB 2.0 and 1394. I saw the LaCie drives but then at NewEgg.com there were a lot of comments on the drives crashing. Then I saw the Iomega Black 500GB and the reviews looked good. What are people using and have had success with?
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09/06/2006 12:23:50 PM · #2 |
| I've only bought one and it's an 80Gb Iomega. I haven't had any problems or complaints with it in 2yrs. I would buy Iomega again if the price was right. |
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09/06/2006 12:26:46 PM · #3 |
I have had a Lacie 250 GB Firewire hard drive for a few years now with no problems at all.
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09/06/2006 12:35:57 PM · #4 |
i have spio, 80 gb, a very small one, yet performs best.
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09/06/2006 10:32:27 PM · #5 |
| I have an Acer (I believe) 250GB drive that I have been very happy with for the last year, except for a couple weeks ago when it toasted 69,000 photos I had on it. Other than that little problem, it's been great! :P |
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09/06/2006 10:41:04 PM · #6 |
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09/06/2006 11:41:00 PM · #7 |
We use LaCie drives at work, and I also have a Seagate and a Maxstor at home. The LaCie drives are quiet -- they use the heavy case as a heat-sink and omit the fan, and come up to 1TB.
I'm still a little hesitant to use drives over the 250-300MB range -- I'd rather buy more smaller drives and not try to cram it all in one box, since the cost/GB is roughly the same, and there's a greater chance for (and consequences to) a crash on one giant drive. |
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09/06/2006 11:45:16 PM · #8 |
| I like THESE drives- they're compact, quiet, fast, and feature built-in hubs. |
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09/07/2006 04:44:48 AM · #9 |
ok you have a choice of 3 PATA Drives that go to 500GB
Hitachi 8ms
Maxtor 8.5ms
Seagate 11ms
and 7 SATA300 drives
Hitachi 8.5ms
Maxtor 9ms
Maxtor 8.5ms
Western Digital 9ms
Western Digital 8.9ms
Seagate 8.5ms
Seagate SATA2
then u just need to get a box to put it in :)
i use an ICY Box (black) (USB + Firewire 400) and it uses passive cooling so the only noise is the noise of the drive i have in it (Maxtor 250GB with 16MB Cache)
Message edited by author 2006-09-07 04:47:26. |
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09/07/2006 07:26:05 AM · #10 |
I recently purchased a 500GB Western Digital My Book at Best Buy for $199.00. I also had a 10% off coupon, so the total (before tax) was $179. I was originaly looking for a Network storage device, but I just connected this one to my server and shared it. The server is always on anyway. It's working perfectly. It is fast and hasn't given me any sort of problems.
I am unsure if the sale (really it was $299) is still going on.
It only has USB 2.0. It also has a good appearance.
TonyT
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09/07/2006 07:38:14 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by TonyT:
I recently purchased a 500GB Western Digital My Book at Best Buy for $199.00.
TonyT |
Yesterday, before this thread was started, I saw the same external harddrive at Costco for $249.00 and decided to research this one.
Does anybody else have any comments regarding this harddrive? |
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09/07/2006 09:04:20 AM · #12 |
I have 2 Maxtor 300 Gig externals. perhaps not the greatest drives in the world. But they are built like tanks compared to some of the other brands. They travel alot so I needed something that could take some beatin and bangin I have found that they are more stable using USB vs Firewire.
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12/08/2006 05:38:50 PM · #13 |
edit: moved question to separate thread
Message edited by author 2006-12-08 18:01:16. |
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12/08/2006 05:44:14 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
I have 2 Maxtor 300 Gig externals. perhaps not the greatest drives in the world. But they are built like tanks compared to some of the other brands. They travel alot so I needed something that could take some beatin and bangin I have found that they are more stable using USB vs Firewire. |
You are aware that Maxctor absorbed Quantum... which made the shitty fireball and they still make it lol so yeah Maxtor was my favorite brand but anythgint hey cartry that quantum based... watch out for |
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12/08/2006 05:58:02 PM · #15 |
| I currently have six LaCie 250GB porsche FW, one 500GB porsche USB (with one more in the mail), and one 600GB Big Disk triple. No problems with them yet, and I plan to keep buying them. They work great, however I would not stack the fanless models as heat does build up. YMMV. |
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12/08/2006 06:01:36 PM · #16 |
| I just got a 320G external WD from buy.com for $108 (when using google checkout). Arrived 2 days after ordering. Since I'm just now plugging it in, I can't tell you how good it is. But my other WD (150G) works great. |
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