looking at external harddrives

dark_angel · 03-26-2007, 06:09 AM

hi all,
I'm looking at getting an external hard drive to use with my laptop. Mainly for saving a couple of games on, music and files as the hard drive in the laptop is only 20gb.
is this one any good
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822154407
Any suggestions or ideas on some to look at.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
P.S i have an lenovo 3000 c100 laptop

**The_Other_One** · 03-26-2007, 06:20 AM

I used that exact drive at work a good few times. Seagate are apparently some of the top rated external 2.5" drives.

I asked for such a drive for Christmas and got this one...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136059
(though with a protective case) So far I would strongly recommend it as well. The Seagate definetly has better cooling, but the WD is rating fairly high as well, and is quite fast.

One thing you might want to look into, though...some computers require that Y USB connector. The Seagate has it, the WD doesn't.

PC eye · 03-26-2007, 06:21 AM

How about one slightly larger for a lower price that you can carry in your pocket? Western Digital's Passport 120gb usb powered drive seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136059 is one to consider. You will need to look over a few vendors in your region to see what they actually carry however.

03-26-2007, 06:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
dark_angel Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: australia Age: 21 Posts: 318	looking at external harddrives hi all, I'm looking at getting an external hard drive to use with my laptop. Mainly for saving a couple of games on, music and files as the hard drive in the laptop is only 20gb. is this one any good http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822154407 Any suggestions or ideas on some to look at. Any help is appreciated Thanks P.S i have an lenovo 3000 c100 laptop __________________ Case/Processor: Themaltake Soprano DX/Dual Core Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-D3SL Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz Hard Drive/Memory:Seagate 120GB SATA,WD 640GBx2/Corsair DDR2 2GB RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT (512MB) Monitor: 17" CMV CT-712A LCD Speakers/Headphones: Logitech G51 Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Logitech MX518 Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP3

03-26-2007, 06:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,430	I used that exact drive at work a good few times. Seagate are apparently some of the top rated external 2.5" drives. I asked for such a drive for Christmas and got this one... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136059 (though with a protective case) So far I would strongly recommend it as well. The Seagate definetly has better cooling, but the WD is rating fairly high as well, and is quite fast. One thing you might want to look into, though...some computers require that Y USB connector. The Seagate has it, the WD doesn't. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

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03-26-2007, 06:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	How about one slightly larger for a lower price that you can carry in your pocket? Western Digital's Passport 120gb usb powered drive seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136059 is one to consider. You will need to look over a few vendors in your region to see what they actually carry however.