Seagate FreeAgent 500GB USB2.0 85.99

465

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=333054

Mimikyu

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coldfire1x

Now thats a great price

465

I was looking for a western digital model myself as data integraty is important, but yes, this is extremely tempting.

confuzed

me too. Quite happy customer of WD.. will buy again.

skywalker

Western digital model for €3 more.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=343423

Peter B

Western digital? Whats that?

Whats the difference?

damien

Piece of crap. Stay away from it. Big problem with power failures resulting in data being lost and drive just dieing. Mine died after 3 weeks.

kgiller

Go with the Western Digital "My Book" version rather than this one. I have 4 Western Digital externals now and i have never once had a problem with any of them. They look good, dont make too much noise, and so far ive had no problems. I would recommend them to anyone. See the linky below posted by skywalker.

skywalker

damien.m wrote: »

Piece of crap. Stay away from it. Big problem with power failures resulting in data being lost and drive just dieing. Mine died after 3 weeks.

Which one are you talking about?

unklerosco

I've two of these along with the 2.5" version and have never had a prob...

Biggest difference is WD only give a 2 year warranty, the Seagate gives a 5 year warranty.. That makes all the difference to me...


And someone on komplett makes a note about the lack of a power button... It shuts down automatically, mine sleeps when my mac sleeps.. Time machine wakes it for backups, great little unit..

jayteecork

Have this Freeagent drive. Bought it from dabs after incredible problems from pixmania.

No problems so far. Nice and quite, although the lack of an off switch is fairly odd.
If like me you're using it just for storage then you'll have to unplug it every time.

bk

unklerosco wrote: »

I've two of these along with the 2.5" version and have never had a prob...

Biggest difference is WD only give a 2 year warranty, the Seagate gives a 5 year warranty.. That makes all the difference to me...

The big difference is that the Seagate is completely sealed and has no exhaust and is therefore prone to overheating.

The WD has lots of nice vents at the top and a fan to keep it cool.

Warranty length doesn't mean much, after all MS gives you 3 years on the Xbox 360 and we all know how likely that is to break.

BTW the warrranty is just on the drive, not on your lost data.

unklerosco

I know its just on the drive... Anything thats on the drive is a back up of whats on the mac which in turn is on the laptop... Chance of loosing all 3 at the same time is slim, also have most important things on my .mac account...

Main thing is that if the drive fails in 4 years time I get a new one, with WD u gotta buy a new one...

skywalker

bk wrote: »

The big difference is that the Seagate is completely sealed and has no exhaust and is therefore prone to overheating.

The WD has lots of nice vents at the top and a fan to keep it cool.

Warranty length doesn't mean much, after all MS gives you 3 years on the Xbox 360 and we all know how likely that is to break.

BTW the warrranty is just on the drive, not on your lost data.

Is the fan on the WD noticable?

bk

skywalker wrote: »

Is the fan on the WD noticable?

No, not noticeable, certainly not over the noise of my PC.

jayteecork

unklerosco wrote: »

I know its just on the drive... Anything thats on the drive is a back up of whats on the mac which in turn is on the laptop... Chance of loosing all 3 at the same time is slim, also have most important things on my .mac account...

Main thing is that if the drive fails in 4 years time I get a new one, with WD u gotta buy a new one...

How might you go about getting a replacement in 4 years time?

Do you still need the receipt or whatever?

I'm just wondering as I have one and Don't have a receipt anymore.
I still have the box of that's any use.

Yakuza

These drives are rubbish. I had to RMA the first one I bought (from Komplett) within a month, and the second one looks like it's heading the same way. Basically, it's touch and go as to whether the drive gets recognised when I boot my work PC up (I originally bought it to work as a backup for code and data). I have problems with both Vista and XP. Steer clear of the Seagate if I were you.

paddyp

Certainly do a search on google for heat related problems before buying one of these, my friend had three fail in as many months

tman

jayteecork wrote: »

How might you go about getting a replacement in 4 years time?

Do you still need the receipt or whatever?

I'm just wondering as I have one and Don't have a receipt anymore.
I still have the box of that's any use.

Seagate are absolutely fantastic if you ever have to return a faulty drive. I bought one on ebay years ago that was damaged during shipping, I got in touch with Seagate instead of the person I bought it off and had a replacement within 3 days of applying for an RMA.
All you'll need is the serial number of the unit, a receipt isn't necessary.

I have a freeagent and have had absolutely no problems with it myself (lack of a power button is annoying, but not much of a problem as I only use it for backups) It's quiet, reasonably fast and is (imo) perfectly reliable.
Also have 2 internal Seagate drives and can't fault them at all...

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Tman ,my drive has a power button on it. It's designed just like the playstation power button ,you need to press it for about 6 seconds for it to work.