External Hard Drive

Ok, I'm looking to get an external harddrive, either USB or FireWire, probably something 200GB or over. Anyone have any suggestions?

http//forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=70492&t=168544&highlight=external

depends what hard drive u gots.... if u got 16mb cache u should get firewire cuz u can get up to 1600mbps if u got 8mb cache of less then i would get usb....cuz it wont go faster then 480mbps and usb is more compatible on other peoples computers if u bring ur HDD somewheer

http//slickdeals.net/?pno=6832&lno=1&afsrc=1 + $90 Rebate

anyone have any thoughts on a Laptop Harddrive??

I would recommend just buying a 200GB drive on sale for around $50 these days and getting a $30 enclosure with USB or Firewire - cheaper and easier to upgrade.

I would love to, however my current harddrive has failed and i need to replace it with something I can put my operating system back onto

Apple is phasing Firewire out, so if you plan on getting a new computer EVER, get it with USB.

get an internal hard drive and buy an external enclosure...

[quotec8f2ed772e="ilanbg"]Apple is phasing Firewire out, so if you plan on getting a new computer EVER, get it with USB.[/quotec8f2ed772e]
Why? I really like FireWire, plus I have recording equipment that's FireWire-based.

I'd think they'd phase our usb, its slow and incompatable with video. keep firewire!

[quote900071787a="doylnea"]I would recommend just buying a 200GB drive on sale for around $50 these days and getting a $30 enclosure with USB or Firewire - cheaper and easier to upgrade.[/quote900071787a]

what he said

[quote900071787a="tracemhunter"]get an internal hard drive and buy an external enclosure...[/quote900071787a]

him too

Where do you get a $50 internal hard drive?

anywhere. you can find a 250gb for around there if you check fry's ad in the paper every day. it will probably be a maxtor or samsung though.

[quote424458fdec="Armstrong"]http//slickdeals.net/?pno=6832&lno=1&afsrc=1 + $90 Rebate

anyone have any thoughts on a Laptop Harddrive??[/quote424458fdec]
Wester digital is a prett good product.

http//forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=167775

If i were you would get an internal hard drive, because you canf ind large ones for very cheap sometimes. And then pay like 20 bucks for a hard drive enclosure and there you go, you have an external hard drive.

[quote82bdfbd9b5="dug1200"][quote82bdfbd9b5="doylnea"]I would recommend just buying a 200GB drive on sale for around $50 these days and getting a $30 enclosure with USB or Firewire - cheaper and easier to upgrade.[/quote82bdfbd9b5]

what he said

[quote82bdfbd9b5="tracemhunter"]get an internal hard drive and buy an external enclosure...[/quote82bdfbd9b5]

him too[/quote82bdfbd9b5]

same i got a 200 external for under 50 when it was all done,,,

[quoteaa63900195="Nimh"][quoteaa63900195="ilanbg"]Apple is phasing Firewire out, so if you plan on getting a new computer EVER, get it with USB.[/quoteaa63900195]
Why? I really like FireWire, plus I have recording equipment that's FireWire-based.[/quoteaa63900195]

Apparently to appease Intel and other companies they are soon to work on a large scale with.

[quoteaa63900195="Armstrong"]I'd think they'd phase our usb, its slow and incompatable with video. keep firewire![/quoteaa63900195]

Yep, I was pissed about the new firewireless ipod. It takes me over an hour to add music now...

[quote6a1d85e56c="ilanbg"][quote6a1d85e56c="Nimh"][quote6a1d85e56c="ilanbg"]Apple is phasing Firewire out, so if you plan on getting a new computer EVER, get it with USB.[/quote6a1d85e56c]
Why? I really like FireWire, plus I have recording equipment that's FireWire-based.[/quote6a1d85e56c]

Apparently to appease Intel and other companies they are soon to work on a large scale with.

[quote6a1d85e56c="Armstrong"]I'd think they'd phase our usb, its slow and incompatable with video. keep firewire![/quote6a1d85e56c]

Yep, I was pissed about the new firewireless ipod. It takes me over an hour to add music now...[/quote6a1d85e56c]
Why doesn't Intel like FireWire? And is there any way to buy a card or something and install it to get FireWire? Or is it going completely out of production?

IEEE1394 is not going away...

http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145656

This enclosure is tits.

There are cheaper options, but you can probably throw this mutha down a flight of stairs and still be able to hook it up and have it work like it just got done taking a restful little nap. I recommends-it.

The great thing about an enclosure is you can have one or two of them and several hard drives and then just swap them out. Say your mother board takes a crap, just load your old HD into an enclosure and you can easily move all your files to the new computer.

With an enclosure, you'll soon find yourself buying cheap internal hard drives for no other reason than they're cheap. "Oooh, I can use this one for like, my, uhh, collection of WWE photos...err something." Trust me, when you see that first drive on sale for $20 bucks, you won't be able to help yourself.

Hell, even $40 isn't bad...

http//www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=5524373&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat33200050001&id=1051826249503