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| Thread ID: 77943 | 2007-03-28 20:53:00 | A cheap external hard drive | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 536521 | 2007-03-28 20:53:00 | Today at the right side of the screen is an advert for a Maxtor 160 Gb external hd for $349. Going to pricespy a Seagate (better than Maxtor imho) 160 Gb hd costs only about $90. I cannot locate an external hd case on Pricespy but my guess is it would be around $40. Am I missing something here or can you just put a hd in a case and have a cheap external hd? OK, the Maxtor advertised probably comes with software but to me that is no big deal. And apologies - this has probably been discussed here before but seeing the advert today and the low prices on Pricespy, I'd like an update. Thanks. | Strommer (42) | ||
| 536522 | 2007-03-28 21:09:00 | Just got a 250G external in case for under $200, so keep looking Steve.My other 160G externals, the case cost around $70, and the drives about $150 from memory. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 536523 | 2007-03-28 21:34:00 | Just watch out for the cheaper cases, my mate brought a Seagate and cheap case, the case crapped out after 4 months (can't kill the Seagate however).:badpc: . | Ferg (2559) | ||
| 536524 | 2007-03-28 21:35:00 | If you want a brand name external hdd then I would recommend the Western Digital or Seagate ones. You can, as you say, buy a IDE or SATA hdd and an external housing and put them together yourself BUT I have seen many of these cheap housings fail a lot and they have been different brands. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 536525 | 2007-03-28 21:42:00 | I have seen many of these cheap housings fail a lot and they have been different brands. What do you and ferg mean about cases failing? Do they crack when dropped onto a concrete floor, or just somehow come apart when sitting quietly on a desk with the hd spinning? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 536526 | 2007-03-28 21:53:00 | Power packs fail PCs stop recognising that the unit is plugged in Actual housing dies but power pack still good The hdd in all the above cases were still OK but I did see one that killed the hdd as well! |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 536527 | 2007-03-28 21:56:00 | What do you and ferg mean about cases failing? Do they crack when dropped onto a concrete floor, or just somehow come apart when sitting quietly on a desk with the hd spinning? Now i am also curious to know how a external HHD case can fail. I bought a cheap case 3 years ago and its still working fine today. Ok .... i posted a few seconds late but see your point.. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 536528 | 2007-03-28 22:07:00 | I enclose a 2.5' notebook hdd a case works fine for me but for the case..I wouldn't recommend the cheapest because I had one previously that seems to disconnect when I’m copying a lot of little files across but then again that problem doesn't show up on my friend's comp..so not exactly sure what happened there..just unreliable guess and I think the proper ext hdd you buy is probably better mounted.. the ones I have, the whole hdd only gets secured by two screws which locks one end of the hdd to the circuit board and also the case so in a way it's not really mounted properly so if I tilt my hdd upside down I can hear and feel that the hdd is hitting the other side of the case so..yea when I use it I make sure it stays nearly perfectly still on the table but for the 3.5" cases they seem to mount pretty securely |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 536529 | 2007-03-28 22:14:00 | Power packs fail PCs stop recognising that the unit is plugged in Actual housing dies but power pack still good The hdd in all the above cases were still OK but I did see one that killed the hdd as well! I must be missing something here. Power packs? I was hoping that a hd could just be put into a case and then plugged in via a USB cable. What else is needed other than a case and hd? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 536530 | 2007-03-28 22:18:00 | Today at the right side of the screen is an advert for a Maxtor 160 Gb external hd for $349. Going to pricespy a Seagate (better than Maxtor imho) 160 Gb hd costs only about $90. I cannot locate an external hd case on Pricespy but my guess is it would be around $40. Am I missing something here or can you just put a hd in a case and have a cheap external hd? OK, the Maxtor advertised probably comes with software but to me that is no big deal. And apologies - this has probably been discussed here before but seeing the advert today and the low prices on Pricespy, I'd like an update. Thanks. OK, there are a few things that I noticed about the ad: 1. Mini edition... 3.5 inch HDDs are not mini. 2. A 3.5 inch HDD with enclosure doen NOT fit in the palm of your hand 3. The prices are higher than normal 3.5 inch drives... why? The answer to all the above is because they are using 2.5 inch IDE drives... which if you look on pricespy are $215.81 for a Seagate 160GB 5400rpm drive leaving a still rather high ~$135 for the enclosure EDIT: I must be missing something here. Power packs? I was hoping that a hd could just be put into a case and then plugged in via a USB cable. What else is needed other than a case and hd? You can with the 2.5 inch drives, needs 2 USB plugs though. but NOT the 3.5 inch drive, they need +12v, +5V and ground to work, USB is only +5v and ground. and also the 2.5 inch drives draw a lot of current out of the USB bus, too much for some ports... and the 3.5 inch drives pull a lot more than the 2.5 inch drives... |
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