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Mad Mat
22-03-2009, 11:11 PM
ok just down to my last 1 gig of storage lol does anyone recomend an xturnal hd?????? size doesn't matter apart from bigger the better lol :p

Ice88
22-03-2009, 11:20 PM
Stay away from WD external drives. LaCie are awesome best warranty and havnt had one die yet. Otherwise Seagate :)

mussing
23-03-2009, 02:56 AM
Do you need an external hard drive, or is it just more convenient? They run slower than internal drives, which are dirt cheap atm.

bourbon
23-03-2009, 07:57 AM
all i did was get a standard HD and then get a harddrive external case ;) alot lot cheaper...for 640 gig it was $105 for the HD and then the case was like $29...cheap bro!

project.r.racing
23-03-2009, 07:59 AM
maybe mat has a laptop?

Mad Mat
23-03-2009, 08:51 AM
maybe mat has a laptop?

hit the nail on the head ryan. :) ya runnin out of room. hmmm where do u get those cases from nate????? i might go that way

bourbon
23-03-2009, 08:57 AM
msy...i use the one here in slacks creek...same street as my work :D

only issue you might have is it needs to be put into a computer to be formated ready to use... :( they should be able to do it for you though

project.r.racing
23-03-2009, 09:12 AM
another suggestion i have for you mat, is to delete the 40gig of porn you have, that'll free up alot of space. :p

bourbon
23-03-2009, 10:41 AM
but mats mentality is "who needs porn when you can look in a mirror" :p

DavoAust
23-03-2009, 11:00 AM
LOL ry, cheap shot

Mat, get a hard drive and enclosure like bourbs suggests. Only diff, go through umart (www.umart.com.au). They're normally the cheapest.

Would suggest 1TB samsung ($145) and whatever case you like the look of ($30-40). Or just buy a seagate 1TB FreeAgent ($195, ready to go).

Rupewrecht
23-03-2009, 11:11 AM
Stay away from WD external drives.

lol don't tell me that! I've got a 1TB one on my work desk that i use with TimeMachine.

bourbon
23-03-2009, 11:20 AM
LOL ry, cheap shot

Mat, get a hard drive and enclosure like bourbs suggests. Only diff, go through umart (www.umart.com.au). They're normally the cheapest.

Would suggest 1TB samsung ($145) and whatever case you like the look of ($30-40). Or just buy a seagate 1TB FreeAgent ($195, ready to go).

HAHA umart arnt the cheapest...MSY have been the cheapest everytime ive been looking for something...msy update their prices sometimes 4 times a day...can be a pain sometimes...but sometimes rewarding :D

http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf

Mad Mat
23-03-2009, 01:04 PM
another suggestion i have for you mat, is to delete the 40gig of porn you have, that'll free up alot of space. :p

if u call mazda pictures porn then yes maybe i should :P

thanks guys 4 ur help. u have been awesome as usual. :D

Batty
24-03-2009, 11:59 AM
I just bought a 1Tb WD Hdd too, but I put it inside my PC not an external box.

bourbon
24-03-2009, 12:11 PM
last night my hdd died and needed to get a new one...piked up a 160gb for $57... :D

Bear
24-03-2009, 10:53 PM
lol .. i love the HDD wars ...i've been around PCs and the industry for longer than i care to say, and i've heard horror stories about every brand of HDD you care to mention ... my preference is Seagate first, followed by Samsung, then WD ... mind you, I have a mate in support who has had NO luck with Seagates, and my supervisor has just had a brand new Samsung kick its feet in the air ...

just go with a decent store ... don't store anything irreplaceable in one location ... remember, DVDs are reliable as an archive ... and go for broke

mrpayner
26-03-2009, 12:02 PM
I just picked up a Buffalo 1TB external HDD (http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/28/buffalo_technologies_drivestation_hd_ceu2_external _hard_drive_review/) from MYER. They were selling for $179. It's in an attractive case and performance is good. I was originally going to get a WD external, however the Buffalo was cheaper! I read somewhere that the Buffalo people use Samsung HDD's, however I can't find that website again.