External hard drive

Nevakonaza · 09-17-2008, 06:39 PM

Hey guys,

looking to buy an External hard drive.

i dont need anything too big,and nothing too expensive think this is any good?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147052

Its just to store all my music on and movies etc.

thanks

PC eye · 09-17-2008, 11:25 PM

That's a rather new brand name in drives and basically unknown for most. The two leading for external still seem to be the same as you would expect for internal drives as well being WD and Seagate. An unknown or unfamiliar brand like that would be trial and error on the obvious hit or miss at your own risk there.

cohen · 09-17-2008, 11:40 PM

That will be fine.

I built mine

, i bought an enclosure and then put the hard drive in

DirtyD86 · 09-19-2008, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cohen

That will be fine.

I built mine

, i bought an enclosure and then put the hard drive in

how did you manage to use USB connections?

cohen · 09-19-2008, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyD86

how did you manage to use USB connections?

Yeah, it comes with cables, and you slot the hard drive into the case, and then there is like an adaptor that takes it from IDE / SATA to USB

For me, on some computers i need to use 2 USB ports, and on some just 1, depends on how much is getting to the ports.

DirtyD86 · 09-19-2008, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cohen

Yeah, it comes with cables, and you slot the hard drive into the case, and then there is like an adaptor that takes it from IDE / SATA to USB

For me, on some computers i need to use 2 USB ports, and on some just 1, depends on how much is getting to the ports.

really!? thats awesome, i did not know internal hard drives could use USB. ill have to look into building something myself

cohen · 09-19-2008, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyD86

really!? thats awesome, i did not know internal hard drives could use USB. ill have to look into building something myself

yeah, they are not to had.

PC eye · 09-18-2008, 01:01 AM

Did you use a name brand drive or some unknown when bying the enclosure? There's a good number of new brand names appearing since the external drives started to be stocked on store shelves.

The one thing to note about external drives however is they tend to run much warmer then your average drive installed inside case. While the enclosures see vent slots that doesn't guarantee real good air flow while a case usually sees intake as well as the rear exhaust fan.

cohen · 09-18-2008, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

Did you use a name brand drive or some unknown when bying the enclosure? There's a good number of new brand names appearing since the external drives started to be stocked on store shelve.

I got a Ritmo IDE 2.5" case and the bought a 160GB 2.5" IDE WD drive and just put that in, it sometimes gets hot but it is very good

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PC eye · 09-18-2008, 10:52 PM

WD drives have been found for the most part reliable even in case that sadly lacks any real air flow. But I've also seen where neglect to clean dust out of a case saw one rather old reliable 120gb ide model "cooked"!

I was a little hot under the collar at the lazyness someone displayed on that!

The main complaint heard since the first external drives were out is they do run a but warmer being sealed up into a sad plastic enclosure for the most part with simple vent slots on the top or one side. The WD MyBook Essential 500gb usb model here has been performing well however with the casing at room temperature and nothing more.

One thing to note about any external enclosure for sliding in a drive or one presealed for external use only is the key phrase: "Handle with care as the contents are fragile!". If you should drop...

!!! say "good bye" to that fast! If the drive isn't damaged while the housing is you may likely see it installed internally since these are more or less your typical ide but mostly sata drive sealed into a separate housing.

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09-17-2008, 11:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	That's a rather new brand name in drives and basically unknown for most. The two leading for external still seem to be the same as you would expect for internal drives as well being WD and Seagate. An unknown or unfamiliar brand like that would be trial and error on the obvious hit or miss at your own risk there.

09-18-2008, 01:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	Did you use a name brand drive or some unknown when bying the enclosure? There's a good number of new brand names appearing since the external drives started to be stocked on store shelves. The one thing to note about external drives however is they tend to run much warmer then your average drive installed inside case. While the enclosures see vent slots that doesn't guarantee real good air flow while a case usually sees intake as well as the rear exhaust fan.

09-18-2008, 10:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	WD drives have been found for the most part reliable even in case that sadly lacks any real air flow. But I've also seen where neglect to clean dust out of a case saw one rather old reliable 120gb ide model "cooked"! I was a little hot under the collar at the lazyness someone displayed on that! The main complaint heard since the first external drives were out is they do run a but warmer being sealed up into a sad plastic enclosure for the most part with simple vent slots on the top or one side. The WD MyBook Essential 500gb usb model here has been performing well however with the casing at room temperature and nothing more. One thing to note about any external enclosure for sliding in a drive or one presealed for external use only is the key phrase: "Handle with care as the contents are fragile!". If you should drop... !!! say "good bye" to that fast! If the drive isn't damaged while the housing is you may likely see it installed internally since these are more or less your typical ide but mostly sata drive sealed into a separate housing.