Heya folks, im looking for a new external hard drive, largest possible size available in Perth, (in-store please), i have around $150 AUD to spend and would like to know which is the best?

Not Western Digital.

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Originally posted by Eddie
Heya folks, im looking for a new external hard drive, largest possible size available in Perth, (in-store please), i have around $150 AUD to spend and would like to know which is the best?

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Originally posted by Th3rmal
Not Western Digital.

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i love my WD 1TB... though its about AU$175 atm... so that might be a little pricey for you... but you arent gonna get the quality if you opt for a lower brand and slightly higher space...

i love and only use WD...

I disagree,

I have
2 500GB Seagate
and 2 500GB WD

(and a 1.5TB Seagate)

And so far neither has had anything wrong with them, so from a statistical point of view, in my experience, whichever is cheaper, go get it

Seagate and WD are the ones to go with, i just prefer WD... mainly because i dont see Seagate as much and havent really used them before...

Well I have a WD, and the adapter broke within 3 months of having it, and it was a proprietary plug so I couldnt just buy a new adapter, ended up paying extra for a new housing.

Maybe mine was just bad luck, go with WD i guess.

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Originally posted by nimicitor
WESTERN DIGITAL ARE #1!

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What are you looking for? USB? eSata (Firewire?)

Also, are you looking for an all-in-one product which may make it harder if you want to replace the drive after a while, or do you want a generic external drive enclosure so you can buy any drive to put in it. Or are you looking for something portable (2.5 inch drives in a slim enclosure)?

Or do you want an ultra cool stand that allows you to insert bare drives on the fly so you can use any spare drive you have lying around?


As for the actual harddisk itself. If it's not connected via eSata it really doesn't matter much what drive you put in there as you will never use it so its full speed anyway.

I've got/had:

Western Digital 320GB oooold style...lasted ages until I plugged in the wrong power supply...and even then after a bit of fixing and fiddling it worked again (my brother now uses it)

Western Digital My Passport Elite 500GB...absolutely brilliant drive, quiet as anything, no external power supply, ULTRA portable

Seagate 750GB...again, absolutely brilliant, haven't had any problems in almost a year.

Basically go with WD or Seagate...unless it's going to be used solely on a desktop then I'd look to get one without a power supply, it's so much less hassle.

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Originally posted by Menthix
What are you looking for? USB? eSata (Firewire?)

Also, are you looking for an all-in-one product which may make it harder if you want to replace the drive after a while, or do you want a generic external drive enclosure so you can buy any drive to put in it.

Or do you want an ultra cool stand that allows you to insert bare drives on the fly so you can use any spare drive you have lying around?


As for the actual harddisk itself. If it's not connected via eSata it really doesn't matter much what drive you put in there as you will never use it so its full speed anyway.

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Originally posted by Th3rmal
now THAT, looks awesome!

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Originally posted by djdannyp
Western Digital My Passport Elite 500GB...absolutely brilliant drive, quiet as anything, no external power supply, ULTRA portable

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Originally posted by Menthix

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Originally posted by Th3rmal
now THAT, looks awesome!

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I have a harkoon one myself (eSata), takes any 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDD:

http://www.sharkoon.com/html/produkte/externe_geh..._pro/index_en.html

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Yeah i've been looking mainly for Externals that have USB and eSATA support, i would prefer anything higher or equal to 640gb, i wont mind maybe going upto $200 but yeah.

TBH, I don't like any of the full size 3.5" externals much and think they miss the point as a product category.  They are clunky and need an external power supply, so moving them between computers or carrying them with you will be more hassle than it's worth.  For stationary storage that always stays at home there are other things you should be considering -- NAS or just a plain internal drive if you use a desktop.

On the other hand, the portable external drives like the WD Passport are awesome because of the size and the fact they are powered from USB and don't have a separate power supply.  Since they are based on 2.5" laptop drives, you won't find any price/capacity leaders here, but they are very convenient -- and that's the point of having an external drive for me.