Pixmania sale External hard drives

ga

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/it-product/storage/101/9/categorie.html

Thinking of purchasing one of these 250-320 gig models. Any ideas which are the best manufacturer? Also is it possible to put mp3's on them and play them in a jukebox playlist without any lagtime?
Thanks in advance.

Anti

on lag time, that will depend on the ammount of ram what cpu and how good the disk is.

CraggyIslander

external HD's connect thru either USB (1.1 or 2.0) or firewire and as such will always have a 'lag', only noticable if the drive hasnt been accessed for a while and gone into standby. Transfer speeds afcourse will always be slower than internal drives.

They offer competitive pricing and their shipping prices are superb (i've had a pc case, flatbed scanner, a3 size printer and 19inch flatscreen monitor all shipped for under 20euro, long as placed as 1 order).

Their after sales customer service leaves a lot to be desired tho, no direct email, just forms on their website and a uk national phonenumber (useless in Ireland), the replies are very minimal, and my complaint never got resolved. (a laptop advertised with 1Gb ram, deliver with half that in a battered box and no solution offered :mad: , ended up spending 60 euro elsewhere to upgrade)

So yes, go for the cheap priced deals, and hope it arrives in one piece, personally I'd recommend komplett.ie, fairly competitive and with the few items i did need to return it was solved instantly.;)

As for your original question, I'd recommend either seagate or western digital

CraggyIslander

external HD's connect thru either USB (1.1 or 2.0) or firewire and as such will always have a 'lag', only noticable if the drive hasnt been accessed for a while and gone into standby. Transfer speeds afcourse will always be slower than internal drives.

They offer competitive pricing and their shipping prices are superb (i've had a pc case, flatbed scanner, a3 size printer and 19inch flatscreen monitor all shipped for under 20euro, long as placed as 1 order).

Their after sales customer service leaves a lot to be desired tho, no direct email, just forms on their website and a uk national phonenumber (useless in Ireland), the replies are very minimal, and my complaint never got resolved. (a laptop advertised with 1Gb ram, deliver with half that in a battered box and no solution offered :mad: , ended up spending 60 euro elsewhere to upgrade)

So yes, go for the cheap priced deals, and hope it arrives in one piece, personally I'd recommend komplett.ie, fairly competitive and with the few items i did need to return it was solved instantly.;)

As for your original question, I'd recommend either seagate or western digital

CraggyIslander

lol, board said wasnt logged in and thread didnt exist.... sorry for double post:D

zuma

WARNING!

Be prepared to email them proof of your address as it appears to dislike Irish credit cards!

ga

anti wrote:

on lag time, that will depend on the ammount of ram what cpu and how good the disk is.

1 gig ram, 1.6Gig processor and liked the look of the lacie brick to be honest.

shnaek

ga wrote:

1 meg ram

That's some machine you got there

mr_disc

shnaek wrote:

That's some machine you got there

lol

Anti

hehe

ga

yeah, hilarious.