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| General Hardware Forum Discuss, downside to this at Computer Hardware forum; I am in the market for an external hard drive. My two options are: 1. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...ab=11&NoMapp=0 This enclosure and an $80 hard drive. Total cost $100. 2. The Western Digital WD $150 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...4135&CatId=136 The western digital will be $50 more, but it will have features like a sleep mode that |
| I am in the market for an external hard drive. My two options are: 1.http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...ab=11&NoMapp=0 This enclosure and an $80 hard drive. Total cost $100. 2. The Western Digital WD $150 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...4135&CatId=136 The western digital will be $50 more, but it will have features like a sleep mode that I believe the enclosure system will not have. I guess this will save wear and tear on the drive. The WD will also come with software, but I don't think that is real important to me. Are their any other issues I am not thinking about? |
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| defintly go with #1 , its a better value as nearly all one-piece external hard drives have only 1yr warranty,some have 2 but thats kinda rare , if youll buy the hard drive in seperate then youll have at least 3yrs warranty (or better yet 5,if youll get a seagate one) , also its usally cheaper to get em in seperate , i dont like the external enclosure cuz its made of plastic and the hard drive will get quite hot i noticed it have a fan but still.. also couldnt find much info about that i somewhat doubt its an 80mm one , better pick another external enclosure thats aluminium made , also you might wanna consider getting a 2.5inch hard drive & enclosure these are more expensive and youll probably get a smaller capacity hard drive but it does have its obvious advantage. (theres no need for a power cord in a 2.5 ext enclosure.. its bus powered+its much smaller..) |
| Grab the WD solution, unless you really need Firewire (is slightly faster) I'd go for this one which is cheaper and has 70Gb more storage. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136023 //Danne |
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Why do you think the all in one external hard drive is better? |
| I disagree. Watch for sales. After rebates, I got a Mad Dog enclosure, and a Western Digital 320GB HD for a total of $100.00. Plus I can remove one HD, and add another anytime I want. In fact I have done that. I have three systems, each with two HD's. I was able to back all 3 up with acronis in one day.
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| one-peice external hard drives are not better at all than seperate enclosure+hard drive , first of in both cases its the same concept a hard drive in an enclosure (the one-peice externals are not truly one-peice..) , now for the main diffrences 1) price , the one-peice externals are nearly always more expensive then seperate hard drive+enclosure 2) warranty , one-peice externals have only 1yr or 2 in rare cases , when you buy the hard drive in seperate you get at least 3yrs (even 5 if you get a seagate) 3) cooling , ive yet to see a one-peice external with a fan , these may actually extend the hard drive's life so all in all , buying in seperate is best |
| so if I buy an aluminum enclosure, will I be ok the get one with out a fan? |
| yeah but as alredy said cooling may extend the hard drives life |
| Personally I would get one with a fan. The all in one externals are just an enclose and a normal drive. At least that was what my Maxtor One Touch was. You can open them up and change drives if you want. My One Touch had no fan. I used it for a couple of hours once, and it overheated. The entire file system was corrupted. I cut a hole in the top of the case and installed a 40cm fan, and I'm still using it. After re-formatting of course. Needless to say, I don't buy the all-in-one things any more. And I don't buy enclosures without fans either. |
| http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=&srchInDesc= here are all of the newegg enclosures with IEEE and a fan. mot much to pick from. The $70 one are more then I wanted to spend and the other ones gets bad reviews. How about a suggestion? |
| i like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145657 and its about the only that have an 80mm fan |
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One last question and I am ready to pull the trigger. The firewire input on my computer is 6 pin. The input on the listed Enclosure has a 6pin and a 4 pin input. Can I use either input on the enclosure or is one for the daisy chain thing What kind of cable do I need 6 to 4 pin or 6 to 6 pin? |
| you can use either , so basicly youll need a 6-pin to 6-pin or 6-pin to 4-pin cable , eitherway it should work just fine , looking the product images i see that it alredy comes with a firewire cable but its kinda hard to determine which type it is |
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