Reliable And Hi Speed External Tb Drive Ideas?

Beastie · 12th May 2008

RELIABLE AND HI SPEED EXTERNAL TB DRIVE IDEAS?

anyone?

i need to be portable with a 1TB drive

any recommendations...

PLEASE NO LACIE - will never use them ever again!

cheers

i currently have 2 glyph drives on fw 800 and 1 OWC drive...

but i dont wanna spend a fortune and need fw400 and fw800 with the possible option of esata...

cheers

larrygates · 13th May 2008

This is what you want to do, go on Newegg, buy either 2 500GB drives or 1 1TB drive, should be around 300 dollars either way. Internal drive I mean, SATAII.

Then either get an enclosure that holds 2 drives, holds drive bays that you can swap out, or just get an enclosure that does FW & eSATA. They should be around 40 or so bucks.

Altogether it should be something like 400 dollars altogether. I can't see you getting a drive that large for much cheaper, unless you get IDE. But that's up to you.

I actually went to micro center and brought 1 500GB drive for 100 dollars (Seagate) then bought an eSATA enclosure for about 30 bucks. It has no FW as I don't need it because it's only for my PC and to be ran on the eSATA port. You could go that route and just get 2 500GB for 200 bucks and 2 enclosures for about 60 bucks or so.

Anyway you go, try to stay away from buying the external drive that's all put together, it will cost more (way more) and is the same exact thing, unless you get a cheap enclosure that's not vented properly.

computa · 13th May 2008

1. Western Digital 1TB MyBook Studio Edition - USB 2.0, FireWire 800 & eSATA $239.00

i use it eSata- super stable

2. on sale at best buy for $249 - Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Pro External Drive - USB 2.0, FireWire400, eSATA

Rasmus Faber · 13th May 2008

I have an Iomega 1 tb. Had it for about a year. Fast, reliable, and have a lot of options for internal RAID setups.

Beastie · 13th May 2008

Thanks Guys...

don't fancy the build my own option even though is a money saver supreme...

the western digital appeals

i need 1tb not 2 500gig.....

thanks again...

peace

Beastie · 13th May 2008

How solid is the iomega?

peace

12th May 2008	#1
Beastie Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,499 Thread Starter	Reliable And Hi Speed External Tb Drive Ideas? RELIABLE AND HI SPEED EXTERNAL TB DRIVE IDEAS? anyone? i need to be portable with a 1TB drive any recommendations... PLEASE NO LACIE - will never use them ever again! cheers i currently have 2 glyph drives on fw 800 and 1 OWC drive... but i dont wanna spend a fortune and need fw400 and fw800 with the possible option of esata... cheers __________________ Beastie "No matter how fast you are on your computer - one can only listen in realtime..."

13th May 2008	#5
Beastie Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,499 Thread Starter	Cheers Guys! Thanks Guys... don't fancy the build my own option even though is a money saver supreme... the western digital appeals i need 1tb not 2 500gig..... thanks again... peace

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Beastie Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,499 Thread Starter	How solid is the iomega? How solid is the iomega? peace

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13th May 2008	#2
larrygates Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Middletown, Oh Posts: 263	This is what you want to do, go on Newegg, buy either 2 500GB drives or 1 1TB drive, should be around 300 dollars either way. Internal drive I mean, SATAII. Then either get an enclosure that holds 2 drives, holds drive bays that you can swap out, or just get an enclosure that does FW & eSATA. They should be around 40 or so bucks. Altogether it should be something like 400 dollars altogether. I can't see you getting a drive that large for much cheaper, unless you get IDE. But that's up to you. I actually went to micro center and brought 1 500GB drive for 100 dollars (Seagate) then bought an eSATA enclosure for about 30 bucks. It has no FW as I don't need it because it's only for my PC and to be ran on the eSATA port. You could go that route and just get 2 500GB for 200 bucks and 2 enclosures for about 60 bucks or so. Anyway you go, try to stay away from buying the external drive that's all put together, it will cost more (way more) and is the same exact thing, unless you get a cheap enclosure that's not vented properly.

13th May 2008	#3
computa Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,613	1. Western Digital 1TB MyBook Studio Edition - USB 2.0, FireWire 800 & eSATA $239.00 i use it eSata- super stable 2. on sale at best buy for $249 - Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Pro External Drive - USB 2.0, FireWire400, eSATA

13th May 2008	#4
Rasmus Faber Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 260	I have an Iomega 1 tb. Had it for about a year. Fast, reliable, and have a lot of options for internal RAID setups.