REQ Best hard drives deals

j4vier

hey im looking to get an internal and an external hd.
both rather large in size around 300 gb .
any1 is aware of any good offers lying around?

thanks

makker2712

Harvey Normans have a 500Gb ext hard disk €199. I think there is al ready a thread re this

Ruu_Old

PC World might have some good deals, also I would personally recommend the Western Digital MyBook range. Komplett.ie have them in stock.

j4vier

thx for the info
ye i saw the mybook range im very interested in it since there are only good opinions about it,
but is that 500gb a good quality hd ?what make is it?
cos if it is , it might be better value for money

Oracle

There was an external HD for sale in PC World for €99, I think the price is €110 now. It's a Maxtor 320Gb, shows as 300Gb in use. It's fast USB2 (7200 rpm) with 16 Mb cache, comes ready formatted as NTFS. This seems to be a new product line for Maxtor- Maxtor Basics. True to the name there's no software or cd's with this.
I have one of these it runs very quietly, goes to standby with the PC and it's about €32 cheaper (including delivery) than the cheapest equivalent from Komplett: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318906 (and the Komplett one only has an 8Mb cache)

Sully

I got a Packard Bell 500 GB external HD for under 200euro in the PC World Sale.

There are also cheaper options for 400, 300 or even 200GB from the "Freecom" range. I compared these prices to Komplett before purchasing and it came out PC world was for once - cheaper.

j4vier

many thanks for the info
looks like that pcworld might be the way to go in the end
are there any good offers for internal ones or just external?

Oracle

It sounds like a contradiction but I think Komplett do usually work out the cheapest for internal hard drives. I'd usually check out PC World's component section and Maplin's sale offers first though, especially in January.

Sully

j4vier wrote:

many thanks for the info
looks like that pcworld might be the way to go in the end
are there any good offers for internal ones or just external?

Was only on the look out for external, and they were the ones which they were promoting the most in that section.

Balfey1972

j4vier wrote:

hey im looking to get an internal and an external hd.
both rather large in size around 300 gb .
any1 is aware of any good offers lying around?

thanks

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/406729/art/pixmania/estor-400-gb-2-0-usb-ext.html

400GB for €139 - good value.

pauly3

The 500GB USB 2 external drive in Harvey Norman's is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, which is an IDE interface with 8MB cache. This is one of the newer Seagates, with perpendicular recording. The case is a cool silver aluminium and I think it was very good value at 199 euro!

Our man in Havana

I purchased the 320gb version of this drive in PC World for €139

mickoneill30

Dabs.ie have this external Iomege 500GB for €178. Shipping is on top of that obviously.
http://www.dabs.ie/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4C06&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=500gb&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0

j4vier

thanks for the help
i think i made up my mind with the 500 ext maxtor and i ll get an internal off that website too
seems that the postage is still fixed if i buy a few things so its a good deal in the end
cheers