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Advice needed: External hard drives

quantumfly — Thu, 27 May 2004 14:56:10 GMT

Hello there!

I'm considering buying an external hard drive for my FX802. Planning on making use of my Firewire port.

Anyone got some advice on which one to go for?

Thanks in advance, Chris.

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

goodie — Thu, 27 May 2004 15:08:55 GMT

Hi,

Western Digital Dual-option External Hard Drive - Hard drive - 160 GB - external - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB

the above is quite a nice drive and it comes with a desktop stand that lets you stand it up like a sony ps2.

contact enquiries@icelimited.net for a quote

have a nice day

Hello there! 

I'm considering buying an external hard drive for my FX802. Planning on making use of my Firewire port.

Anyone got some advice on which one to go for?

Thanks in advance, Chris.

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

quantumfly — Thu, 27 May 2004 15:45:17 GMT

Cheers Goodie.

Hadn't seen that one on my travels. Had a look at the spec and looks pretty good. Any idea what the seek times are? Have you got one of these babies?
The only problem might be the price, LaCie's drives are going much cheaper per gig. But saying that I'd prefer to go for a quality product.

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

kee-lo_ — Thu, 27 May 2004 16:17:43 GMT

This is a good buy - and so is this.

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

quantumfly — Thu, 27 May 2004 20:57:13 GMT

Cheers Kee-Lo.

Time for some bargain hunting!

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

kee-lo_ — Thu, 27 May 2004 21:29:24 GMT

Try Savastore and Simply.co.uk

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

stevep-4 — Fri, 28 May 2004 09:51:42 GMT

Having got an external hard drive (only 20gb, but it was enough at the time)......I would think hard about what you need.

If you are happy using the hard drive on your desk and plugged into a mains supply, then there are plenty to choose from.

If you want a more portable solution, consider something like the new Sony Giga Vault, Up to 80GB, nad it runss just from your firewire or USB ports. No need for external power supply.

COst is a bit of a problem, but there are other similar things out there, including the Porsche ingot from Lacie

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

quantumfly — Fri, 28 May 2004 13:55:38 GMT

Thanks everyone for all your advice.

I decided to go for the WesternDigital 160GB which I purchased from www.ebuyer.com for the very reasonable price of £119.98+VAT with a 4-pin to 6-pin Sony i-Link cable for £5.79+VAT.

I mainly use my laptop at home so felt a mobile solution was unnecessary. (Although that GigaPocket looks sooo sexy!) Seems the WesternDigital drives have a slight performance advantage over the competition esp. on seek times and buffer size. Hence my choice.

Once again, thanks for the advice. This forum's pretty damn good!

Until the next time

Re: Advice needed: External hard drives

kee-lo_ — Fri, 28 May 2004 19:05:50 GMT

Thanks everyone for all your advice.

No problem

I decided to go for the WesternDigital 160GB which I purchased from www.ebuyer.com for the very reasonable price of £119.98+VAT with a 4-pin to 6-pin Sony   i-Link cable for £5.79+VAT.

Yeah eBuyer are a great retailer. I like getting gear there. Excellent choice with the hdd.

Once again, thanks for the advice. This forum's pretty damn good!

Excellent, glad we did help you. Come back soon.