external hard drives, looking for recommendations |
 Jan 6 2006, 04:23 PM
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 I love Havasupai  Group: Member Posts: 1,040 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 163,878  |
I'm hoping to find a few recommendations for external hard drives. I run XP and have a free USB 2.0 port.
I've narrowed my search to Western Digital, Seagate and Maxtor. From what I've read, it seems like a good idea to go with 7200rpm. I'll probably get 160gb. As far as cache size, are there major performance differences between 2 or 8mb? I don't think I need 16mb. Does anyone have any other specs they think are important? Does anyone have manufacturer preferences or ones to avoid? |
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Jan 6 2006, 06:24 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
i've heard avoid maxtor, although that was from before they were bought by seagate...
although, i suggest you just look through the sunday ads every week. sometimes you can get external drives for under 50 cents a gig. usually every few weeks. i have a 160 gig western digital. works fine. |
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illumineering external hard drives Jan 6 2006, 04:23 PM
kryogenix Seagate = King. Try to avoid Western Digital unles... Jan 6 2006, 10:44 PM
illumineering QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jan 6 2006, 11:44 PM)Seagat... Jan 6 2006, 11:52 PM yo pusha i use seagate got a good deal on one now if the fe... Jan 6 2006, 10:45 PM |
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