Steve X16XE
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There are so many of them about now I have no idea which one to choose.
The ones at £80 look the same as the ones at £300!
What do you recommend and what should I look out for?
I am wanting an External one.
[Edited on 26-08-2009 by Steve X16XE]
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Matt L
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Overclockers have a sergate or whatever its called for £80ish atm its what im goin for soon
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LeeM
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can you get one in 2.5"? i want one for my ps3 and have only seen 500gb
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dannymccann
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/466677/hitachi-deskstar-1tb-hard-drive-sat/
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James_DT
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I have a WD MyBook Essential Edition (USB), and a MyBook World Edition (Network) and both of them are 1TB.
The USB drive is for storage for one of the desktops, and the Network one is for storage/backups of the other desktop and laptops.
Would recommend either, depending on what you're going to use it for.
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Steve X16XE
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/466677/hitachi-deskstar-1tb-hard-drive-sat/
External son 
Where did you get them from James?
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noshua
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Do you need NAS? (i.e. can pick the drive up from anything connected to your network) or just simple USB?
1TB for £64.99 here, not the best looking product but does the job;
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142563
Unless you're planning on using the backup features/software that come with some of the drives, there's no reason to choose them over a cheaper alternative. Besides, there's also free software that can do exactly the same job, plus more.
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=pricelow&q=1tb%2Bexternal&limit=10&page=1
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Steve X16XE
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My PC is the only one in the house.
That one looks good enough for me. Simple USB plug and play FTW!
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noshua
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Pretty much the same drive with different branding is also available here for a few quid cheaper;
http://www.dabs.com/products/western-digital-1tb-elements-black-7200rpm-usb-16mb-5K93.html?q=Western%20Digital%20Elements%201TB
£61.97 delivered.
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Steve X16XE
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one is 32MB Cache and the other is 16MB.
What is that and why is it better?
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PaulW
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If you're transfering via USB and not eSata, then regardless if it has 16MB or 32MB cache, it will make *no* difference to the speed of the drive...
I got myself a Western Digital 1TB MyBook... very good drive  Filled it inside a week...
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Steve X16XE
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Cheers Paul. I have no idea what that other one is!
My mate has a Makro card so I might go there with him and see what's there.
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ajscorsa
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I got one from comet, was a verbitasim or something like that it was £75, had it for a wee while now, works great
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noshua
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They're all essentially the same, all have a usb/sata chip inside and all have a hard drive, all of which have failure rates.
As PaulW said, cache won't make a difference over USB.
Unless you find something at Makro, the link I provided should be the cheapest 
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dannymccann
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Sorry didnt see the external bit, doh!
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dannymccann
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Here you go
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/468229/seagate-expansions-1-5tb-external-d/
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noshua
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Bargain
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