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Recommend Good External and Internal Hard Drives

  • 06-01-2009 2:34pm
    #1
    culabula88
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    I know that this thread has probably come up before, but could you recommend
    firstly a good external hard drive - one which doesnt need an external power source , and also a good reliable internal laptop hard drive for an inspirion 6000 please.

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    SickBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    External : WD Passport take your pick from http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.aspx?bn=10098

    I think the Inspiron 6000 is IDE so take your pick from http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.aspx?bn=10094

    Your budget will dictate the capacity but try and get a 7200rpm drive for the internal as you will see a real difference over a 4200 or 5400. It doesn't matter for external as you'll be limited to the speed of the USB interface.


  • #3
    culabula88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭culabula88


    what about this one.. for external?

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=354973

    For the internal drives there are no 7200 rpm's available on the komplett website. Also which brand would you think is best? Western digital , samsung or another one?


  • #4
    TinCool
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    I have 4 samsung spinpoints in my desktop (2 x 500gig, 2 x 1tb). Really good performers and very cheap for the space you get. I'm sure the same can be said if they also manufacture the laptop equivalent drives.


  • #5
    culabula88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭culabula88


    TinCool wrote: »
    I have 4 samsung spinpoints in my desktop (2 x 500gig, 2 x 1tb). Really good performers and very cheap for the space you get. I'm sure the same can be said if they also manufacture the laptop equivalent drives.


    Thanks , what would you recommend for the external hard drive?


  • #6
    TinCool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭TinCool


    culabula88 wrote: »
    Thanks , what would you recommend for the external hard drive?

    I got my Mrs a Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 3 320gig hard drive for christmas. It's really small and doesn't require it's own power supply as it powers off the USB. Seems to do the trick. If you want a bigger drive then you'll need to get one with an external power supply. The mybook ones are pretty good and come in crazy sizes > 1tb. Although my last one fell off my desk which has rendered it useless. The Freecom one is covered in a rubbery plastic so I would imagine is more resilient to accidents.

    Cheers,
    TC


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