Discussion in 'Buying Tips and Advice' started by kodorsean, Dec 19, 2005.
Hello, I am new to these forums and have a question..
Does anyone have one? what are the pros and cons? Is this a good external drive?
hmm, it *looks* okay, but can't say anything from personal experience. FWIW, lots of people including myself would recommend LaCie for external drives, or even getting your own enclosure/drive to get exactly what you want. LaCie do a triple interface drive that is also FW800-capable - and I wanted a bit of future-proofing.
Those Bytecc enclosures work fine. The WD2500BB is an old model, discontinued. That's not necessarily a problem in itself, but if you're paying for factory new, you'll want to do a bit of extra asking to make sure you are getting new stuff.
Thanks for the information.. The drives i am looking at are used. I might be getting two for $300..
Is that a decent deal?
You're going to be getting minimal warranty, if any. I would pass on this deal.
So you could make your own for $185 each and have far better warranty protection and a better drive mechanism.
Where can i find a 250mb external drive with a case that has both firewire and usb hookups for $185?
I've mentioned this in another thread. TigerDirect is selling a Seagate 250 GB 7200 RPM 8 MB cache HDD for $69 after rebate. It's on their homepage. Also, a decent enclosure shouldn't cost more than $70 (it'll be a lot less if you only need USB 2.0).
Geeks.com had FW400/USB2 enclosures for $27 ... they sold out (ugly cases anyway).
Is it safe to say $250 for a 250gb external drive with both firewire/USB and a case is an avg price?
No problem ... i've been in the market for one too.
Check www.passwird.com for deals they have quite a few popping up now and then on drives and external drives.
little icon that looks just like the drive.
if you are eligable for a discount even less online.
I strictly recomend getting an internal Seagate with GShock and then a small multi-interface external housing. The Seagates are the most realiage and they have a 5 YEAR WARRANTY on the internal drives. The already-made external models come with probably a 1 year warranty.
You could probably get a drive with a smaller capacity and a different internal interface if you want to spend less.