recommendations sought for terrabyte external drives

[peelie]

looking to get a terrabyte (1 or 2TB) external drive, anyone got recommendations?


cheers

 

[DaMummy]

yeah, dont buy from brick n mortar

 

[kojack]

yeah, dont buy from brick n mortar

Good advice. A restaurant in El Paso is not the best place to buy external hard drives. http://www.brick-n-mortar.com

 

[Wally]

WD elements drives.

 

[TrashyMG]

If you don't mind size, buy a standard 3.5" Internal SATA drive and put it in a USB or SATA drive enclosure. The drive enclosures generally run for 10 to 20 dollars US which seems to be the most cost effective. I Also priced out some smaller 2.5" Terabyte drives and external drive enclosures, but found they were similarly priced as just buying a pre-built 2.5" external drive.. I did all my price checks on Newegg.com

 

[peelie]

got a 2TB WD My Book Essential drive for 115 Euros, I think it is a good deal!

 

[Wally]

got a 2TB WD My Book Essential drive for 115 Euros, I think it is a good deal!

Stay away from My Book Essentials.. They're horrid!

 

[DaMummy]

my 3tb external cost $115. im too lazy to look at the package to see what brand it is

 

[elwing]

just invested in a netgear readyNAS ultra... I'll see how good it is soon...