Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 hi,to all you computer people on this forums.i want to get a external drive so i can put my music on it..Wants : 1 tb or higherFAST as possible transfer rateHighly reliable. if there are any other advantages to them please state them =D thankyou! linkage me please or just give me the model/brand etc. peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 You will want to build one yourself. Most externals use cheap hard drives.I would suggest if reliability is key, ensure that you buy 'Enterprise' grade drives..If speed is key, there are drives like the WD Velociraptor or even better, a high end Solid State Drive. (SSD's do loose capacity overn time and I can explain why if your interested). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 yeah getting a ssd of 1tb.. will be way expensive LOl. could you give me a few links to building one my self..? or an "enterprise" grade drive? just to add again want it as an external =) thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Sure.. give me a min to find the current models... one sec... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBG Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Why an SSD? bit of an overkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 yeah ssd is out of the question unless you can get me a cheap as fuck one. =D with a lot of space. that would be sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 For Seagate... this is what I suggest...CONSTELLATION ES 3.5" 7200.1 1TB SATA, 7200 RPM, 32 CACHESeagate product code: ST31000524NS Wholesale price: approx $230External USB housing approx $30Western Digital Enterprise drives Model:WD1003FBYXModel: WD1002FBYSId suggest the first western digital one i listed personally or the seagate one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 SSD recommendation was in response to "FAST as possible transfer rate" from Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 cool ill look into them.say i get the housing... and i put it in my bag and my bag gets thrown around.. effects..? i know SSD's wouldnt get effected but what are the chances of it dying on me if it was in that situation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 note : http://diskcompare.com/item/4179/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Not a high chance of failure, because when its ejected correctly etc... the drive "Parks" the write head" so it wont float around inside the unit and 'scratch' things etc..Try not to do that though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 yeah. cool. im guessing you work in it.. can you get better prices on these things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 for the ones you suggested according to a quick glance at the specs wouldnt the WD be better. because it has 64mb cache. ? and sure the disk fast. but how about the housing.. wouldnt it be capped to usb speed or esata plug.. if so what are the speeds on a usb2 or esata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 with the 3.5'' hdd enclosure..what is this IDE to usb2.0 whats IDE? or OTB IDE to usbOr ide +sata to Lan+usb2.0lan as in a cat5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 IDE is an old type of connector and has slower bandwidth speed. SATA is the way to go.Esata is a fast connector on the housing, but not many computers/laptops accept that. USB will be the best bet. USB 3 is a new High speed connector which has been released and will be the hot thing in the near future, but for now USB 2.0 is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 how about the lan+usb? if its talking about the cat6 cable.. isnt that @ 1Gbps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 heres one option.. Skymaster Astone SATA to USB $32The above is just a basic housing.. nothing flash.. but its moreso the hard drive inside you have to worry about and i def agree the WD drive would be a great investment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Dont bother with the LAN option.. unless its a proper NAS drive, it will be crap and you will need to install software on the pcs just to see the drive.. avoid...Nas drives YES... 'lan' on a cheap external..no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 omg.. i just remembered i have this http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/se ... 207/225087how would that work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjDennis Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I have 4x of these 1x in each tower system that I can take out as sata hotswap...buy them for about 170.00http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SNT-3051-SAS-SAT ... tDomain_15I use the 4x port sata card (seen here)the 4x ports are about 10.00 + postagehttp://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-ADAPTEC-AAR- ... rfaceCardsthis one here is a 6x port one - bloody brillantbut these are about 70.00 eachbought the card (5x actually)love technology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 nice just remember if you get a hot swap raid controller card, you will need hot swap capable hard drives (they will be called Hot Plug by manufacturers) or you can do damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 lol i think you missed it dennis but i wanted an external card =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjDennis Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Raptor its changed a lot since thenSATA hotswap is what it says not SCSIso you have a sata drive then its able to be used for hotswap ONLY if you have the sata hotswap card NOT the ones on a motherboard...you can use these as external as well like esata no case what so ever - I have done this for years when sata came outhere is the newest item I added that I can use as a insert card at the back of a system attached to the sata hotswap cardthis is the esata cardhttp://cgi.ebay.com.au/4-Port-ESATA-SAT ... Componentswhat it looks like http://image.pushauction.com/ViewPictur ... =383&W=500just click the link to seethe bracket for the backhttp://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-Ports-eSATA-4- ... Componentsa pic of what that looks likeI put a sata hdd on a table next to the connection and it can be used as an external.. faster than usb toobut if you want usb then go for itall this is some of what can be donehave a nice day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 hmm that may be handy too just the adaptor so i can transfer from comptuer to external HDD. which most probably be a Internal disk with a housing. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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