external hard drives

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

anyone have any suggestions?

[supa tuna]

western digital



i have a 500 gig WD external hard drive and its always worked fine for me. it wasnt too much money either.



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[Redd]

My WD external took a shit on me after a year or two. I have a newer one of theirs, maybe the one I had was just shitty quality.

[supa tuna]

[quote name="Redd"]My WD external took a shit on me after a year or two. I have a newer one of theirs, maybe the one I had was just shitty quality.[/quote]



ive had mine for a few years and my fellating lover got one before i did and ours work fine, i use mine every day.



awesome perchase imho

[ANGEL OF DESEASE]

I never experimented the said

[jawn galliano]

always had great luck with WD. my current 500GB has been in very nearly constant use since i bought it (~2 years ago), only exceptions being when i've had to lug it up/down the east coast. still runs like a goddamn champ



price-wise they're pretty hard to beat, especially if you only need a USB connection. newegg has the base model 1TB drive for $110, 2TB for $200.

[zim]

I have a WD in my pc atm. After a couple months of getting this new pc it wouldn't boot up cause the HD wasn't being detected. I had to send it to the company and wait 2-3 weeks. Luckily they fixed it and none of my stuff was erased

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]always had great luck with WD. my current 500GB has been in very nearly constant use since i bought it (~2 years ago), only exceptions being when i've had to lug it up/down the east coast. still runs like a goddamn champ



price-wise they're pretty hard to beat, especially if you only need a USB connection. newegg has the base model 1TB drive for $110, 2TB for $200.[/quote]



just bought the 1tb at best buy for the same price

[supa tuna]

[quote name="Nick"]
[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]always had great luck with WD. my current 500GB has been in very nearly constant use since i bought it (~2 years ago), only exceptions being when i've had to lug it up/down the east coast. still runs like a goddamn champ



price-wise they're pretty hard to beat, especially if you only need a USB connection. newegg has the base model 1TB drive for $110, 2TB for $200.[/quote]



just bought the 1tb at best buy for the same price [/quote]



good choice duder. let me know how it treats you sir.

[Noyka]

I have a 250 gig Seagate the first one I got was faulty and the new one I have works awesome. This is the first external I've bought so other than my experience I don't know what to tell you.

[Abzu]

Honestly, just buy an enclosure and an internal drive separately. It's cheaper, plus you can swap the bitches out if you want.

[Abzu]

Eagle Consus M-Series $28.49

Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB $84.99



If you ever want to kick up to 2TB or whatever as time goes on, just by the internal drive instead of a whole new unit.

[zim]

I'd really like to get another harddrive for my pc. I only have 500gb right now. don't really use a lot of space I just want a lot more. Could you recommend something abzu? I'm running Vista 64bit Ultimate, ect

[Abzu]

[quote name="zim"]I'd really like to get another harddrive for my pc. I only have 500gb right now. don't really use a lot of space I just want a lot more. Could you recommend something abzu? I'm running Vista 64bit Ultimate, ect[/quote]

I'm liking the stuff Western Digital is putting out these days. The Caviar line is great. "Green" skimps on performance a little in exchange for lower power usage (hence the name) but they are quieter and more reliable. "Black" is a mighty performance beast.



Give this section a read too http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/revie ... ard_drives

These guys know their shit.

[Abzu]

Oh and I always recommend buying through NewEgg

[supa tuna]

theres also <!-- w -->www.tigerdirect.com<!-- w -->



i know a lot of people that buy from there and are really happy with it. just about everyone i went to school with bought shit off there.



im not saying its better or anything, just giving you another option.

[jawn galliano]

i've dealt with tigerdirect before, they're fine so long as there's no problems with your order. my experience with having to deal with returns thru them has been nothing but overwhelmingly bad, however.



newegg on the other hand, was ridiculously accomodating the one time i had to return something to them. i fucked up the order, i was setting up a wireless network and accidentally ordered one NIC and 2 AP's instead of the other way around, they gave me the return authorization right away and even picked up the shipping, had the correct part arrive in a few days.



fuck yeah newegg

[supa tuna]

[quote name="dickzilla"]im not saying its better or anything, just giving you another option.[/quote]

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]i've dealt with tigerdirect before, they're fine so long as there's no problems with your order. my experience with having to deal with returns thru them has been nothing but overwhelmingly bad, however.



newegg on the other hand, was ridiculously accomodating the one time i had to return something to them. i fucked up the order, i was setting up a wireless network and accidentally ordered one NIC and 2 AP's instead of the other way around, they gave me the return authorization right away and even picked up the shipping, had the correct part arrive in a few days.



fuck yeah newegg[/quote]



thats pretty much what ive heard about both sites. fellating lover of mine bought a laptop from newegg couple months back. only to have it crap out on her a few weeks later and was able to return it without any issues.

[vO)))id]

Western Digital (WD) indeed, they have the best stuff out there I think.

[FUKKET]

as above.

WD.

mine is 750gig

[Abzu]

[quote name="Void"]Western Digital (WD) indeed, they have the best stuff out there I think. [/quote]

[zim]

[quote name="abzu"]Oh and I always recommend buying through NewEgg[/quote]



this is where i ordered every piece for my pc

[Mesarthim]

[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="abzu"]Oh and I always recommend buying through NewEgg[/quote]



this is where i ordered every piece for my pc [/quote]



this and my laptop. newegg rules.

[zim]

The only problem i have with NewEgg is there return policy on monitors. According to them a monitor has to have a minimum of 8 dead pixels to be declared defective. So you could have 1-7 dead pixels and wouldn't be able to exchange/return your monitor.. I think.

[Abzu]

[quote name="zim"]The only problem i have with NewEgg is there return policy on monitors. According to them a monitor has to have a minimum of 8 dead pixels to be declared defective. So you could have 1-7 dead pixels and wouldn't be able to exchange/return your monitor.. I think. [/quote]

That's pretty standard practice, not only through them, but also through manufacturers. Most dead pixels are actually just stuck pixels and can be fixed by gently, with a clean finger, massaging the spot (no lie). I had one stuck pixel on green on my LCD and that method worked like a charm.

[zim]

I've heard of methods to fix pixels but never knew if any of them worked. And I read that damage pixels can be caused during shipping so I thought it would just be safer to go buy a screen from a store.

[jawn galliano]

if you buy it from a store, it's still getting shipped around just as much as it would if you bought it from newegg. it has to go from manufacturing to probably multiple distrubutors before it gets into the store

[zim]

...don't know how i didn't think about that :duh:

[Abzu]

[quote name="zim"]I've heard of methods to fix pixels but never knew if any of them worked. And I read that damage pixels can be caused during shipping so I thought it would just be safer to go buy a screen from a store.[/quote]

I'm not aware of that, but it's a possibility. It's always been my understanding that it happens in manufacturing.