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Lacie 2Tb drive for €109

  • 02-12-2011 5:41pm
    #1
    Griffinx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭


    This seems like a great deal...wonder if they mispriced it. Just bought one in Liffey Valley store. They are twice the price on Pixmania.

    It's actually USB 3.0/2.0 and not just 2.0 as stated on the PC World website.

    Gx


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  • #2
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Maybe because it's USB 2.0? Dabs have a USB 3.0 version for €147.01 -

    http://www.dabs.ie/products/lacie-2tb-porsche-design-p-9230-usb-3-0-3-5--desktop-drive-7M6J.html?src=1

    Still looks like a good deal to me.


  • #3
    Griffinx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Griffinx


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    Maybe because it's USB 2.0? Dabs have a USB 3.0 version for €147.01 -

    http://www.dabs.ie/products/lacie-2tb-porsche-design-p-9230-usb-3-0-3-5--desktop-drive-7M6J.html?src=1

    Still looks like a good deal to me.

    Thats a mistake on the PC World site...it is actually USB 3.0...I have it in my hand.


  • #4
    peckerhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,382 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Good spot.

    There was a guy on Adverts.ie a while back selling Verbatim 2TB drives with eSATA as well as USB2 connections, for about €90 or €95 IIRC. Does anyone remember the seller? I did a search for "verbatim" and "2TB", but no luck...


  • #5
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Griffinx wrote: »
    Thats a mistake on the PC World site...it is actually USB 3.0...I have it in my hand.

    Bargain so. :D


  • #6
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    peckerhead wrote: »
    Good spot.

    There was a guy on Adverts.ie a while back selling Verbatim 2TB drives with eSATA as well as USB2 connections, for about €90 or €95 IIRC. Does anyone remember the seller? I did a search for "verbatim" and "2TB", but no luck...
    Yes about 10 months ago under a few guises but no sign of him recently. Had site electricbay, and ebay under same name, also cropping up here in some dispute / discussion but seems resolved. Not great at replying to queries iirc.


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  • #7
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    Griffinx wrote: »
    This seems like a great deal...wonder if they mispriced it. Just bought one in Liffey Valley store. They are twice the price on Pixmania.
    Those floods really having effect
    I got 2Tb WD in July from pixmania for under 50


  • #8
    -simon-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭-simon-


    Yesterday I got a Seagate 2TB HDD for €89.99 in the Eason shop on O'Connell street. It is
    €149 on Komplett so I thought it was decent value. They also had 1TB 2.5" drives for around €79 I think


  • #9
    Griffinx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Griffinx


    -simon- wrote: »
    Yesterday I got a Seagate 2TB HDD for €89.99 in the Eason shop on O'Connell street. It is
    €149 on Komplett so I thought it was decent value. They also had 1TB 2.5" drives for around €79 I think

    €90 for 2Tb is excellent, haven't seen that value before


  • #10
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    If that 2TB for 90 is true imma run straight in after work today. 7 Drives in(well, 2 out) this rig and still running into the red.


  • #11
    feelgoodinc27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭feelgoodinc27


    Tempted to get the one in easons, just wondering about usb 3.0, I'm not too bothered about it just for the advantage of the speed boost for transferring files but could it be of benefit for accessing data on the external like for playing HD movies off of it?


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  • #12
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭long_b


    What brand disk is in the La Cie folks ?
    Ive read too many bad reports on Seagate drives here to buy one I think

    http://m.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd-reliability-storelab,2681.html


  • #13
    Callipo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭Callipo


    feelgoodinc27 wrote: »
    Tempted to get the one in easons, just wondering about usb 3.0, I'm not too bothered about it just for the advantage of the speed boost for transferring files but could it be of benefit for accessing data on the external like for playing HD movies off of it?

    USB 2 seems to be more than enough for media players and the like. I personally play files from 2.2g to 15g with no issues and that directly in my Samsung 7 series TV.

    Issues with media players that I have come across tend not to be USB/Hard drive related but down to the age or "chip" inside the player itself.

    That a good price for a 2TB by the way. I bough something simalr recently but to take the drive out of it as a 2TB drive is 150+ these days!


  • #14
    Sapele
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭Sapele


    Yeah there are lots of cheap 2 TB's knocking around these days

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003NE5GY0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=AIFVML064BTG5


  • #15
    Lord Derpington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Lord Derpington


    Sapele wrote: »
    Yeah there are lots of cheap 2 TB's knocking around these days

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003NE5GY0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=AIFVML064BTG5

    That was £67 in October :(


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