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External Hard Drives

  • 29-01-2006 10:07pm
    #1
    wardie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I was looking to get an external hard drive and also a DVD RW for my laptop.

    Where is the best place, Komplett ?

    and does any have any suggestions or recommedations ?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    tom_ass19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭tom_ass19


    these are all german sites, there cheaper that the usual, komplett, dabs, overclockers, the main ones anyways. its not too hard to find your way around, some of the words look simular so you shouldnt have too much trouble searching around.

    Hardwareversand
    http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6VftprXbjtYRZ0/1/home.jsp?profil.vmode=2

    Mindfactory
    http://www.mindfactory.de/

    Alternate
    http://www.alternate.de/

    MIX-Computer
    http://www.mix-computer.de/

    eBug
    http://www.ebug-europe.com/

    Norsk-Computer (based in Norway) German Shop
    http://shop.norskit.de/


  • #3
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    It also depends on what exactly you need.

    What size? What speed? What type of connection (USB/Firewall) ?


  • #4
    wardie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭wardie


    Size isn't really an issue as it is mainly just for storage, at least 200G and the speed is dependant on the price.

    What soft of difference is their in there with the speeds ?


  • #5
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    USB 2.0 has a 480 Mbps interface and FireWire has a 400 Mbps interface but Firewire in the end is faster due to the way it works. In reality I don't see much difference between either of them and it's possible to get externals that operate on both systems.

    Your motherboard would need to be firewire-able also.


    I have a This model and it's always worked out ok for me.

    I could be wrong but is there really that much of a difference between the major players these days? Besides some drives having a buffer of 16Mb instead of 8Mb I don't know if there's a lot to choose between.


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