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verve
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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 Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject: Buying an external harddrive - recommendations? |
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Will go to Yongsan to buy it because it seems to be the cheapest place.
My laptop has USB and Firewire/mini IEEE 1394, no SATA.
Want 500gb~1tb.
Recommend a brand, place to buy from and what price to expect?
Also, is there an economically priced capacity right now?
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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I got two 1.5 TB from Amazon.com, USB and it was $120 (at the time)
At the moment, they are selling 2.0 TB at the same price.
If you can't wait, Costco sells 500 GB from Western Digital for $120. I went to Yongsan but the quality on their drives isn't so great, I got one and it keeps overheating 
edit: the brand from Amazon was Iomega, they're pretty good for the warranty (replacement only).
Double edit: the bad Yongsan drive was $150. get it online or from a reputable store! |
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Giant
Joined: 14 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Do you need more convenient portability? If so get a 2.5" hard drive case and drive. (Notebook disk size)
If you dont need portability then go for a 3.5" size case and drive (regular PC size)
pros and cons both ways.
PC drives are faster and have more capacity, but not so portable since you always need a extra power source.
Laptop external drives dont need a seperate power source and are easy to carry around. But are not available in large sizes like PC.
You decide |
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verve
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:20 am Post subject: |
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PC drive seems appropriate. I'm not looking for portability.
Amazon prices seem really good! Would I get a 2TB drive for similar prices at Yongsan? And would I get it reliable brand like WD? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| verve wrote: |
PC drive seems appropriate. I'm not looking for portability.
Amazon prices seem really good! Would I get a 2TB drive for similar prices at Yongsan? And would I get it reliable brand like WD? |
If you want a WD hard drive just ask for one.
What happens is you walk into the computer shop of your choice:
buy the HDD of your choice (brand and size) [price will vary with brand and size]
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buy an external case (about 20k won).
They will either:
a) put them into a bag for you to take home to assemble yourself
or
b) you can ask them to assemble it for you. (the price is the same but takes 5 minutes longer as they put the two pieces together.)
When you get home you plug it into your computer and format the drive.
With a multi-terabyte HDD it will take a few hours to format.
You might want to start the format when you go to bed; it will be finished when you get up.
Personally, I have always gotten better prices and service over at the Seon-in plaza (the building with the gigabyte sign on it - to the right of the blue building as you look across the tracks from Yongsan station).
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verve
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:10 am Post subject: |
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ttompatz, what I was going for was that I am out of the loop and wondering if there is any difference whatsoever in choosing WD over Seagate or any other major brand.
My understanding of your post was that you recommend buying a regular hard drive as well as an external casing. I'm sure this is cheaper than an external drive, although I'm hoping to take advantage of my comptuer's firewire port.
The building you're talking about - I imagine I'd go under the tunnel, and cross the road to the outdoor market that sells all kinds of hardware? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| verve wrote: |
ttompatz, what I was going for was that I am out of the loop and wondering if there is any difference whatsoever in choosing WD over Seagate or any other major brand.
My understanding of your post was that you recommend buying a regular hard drive as well as an external casing. I'm sure this is cheaper than an external drive, although I'm hoping to take advantage of my comptuer's firewire port.
The building you're talking about - I imagine I'd go under the tunnel, and cross the road to the outdoor market that sells all kinds of hardware? |
sort of... but it is in the building and not outside. They are closed on Sunday.
You can also access it via the pedway over the tracks from Yongsan station (and you may find what you want in the terminal building - the blue one). You enter it on the 3rd floor and the computer stuff is mostly on the 2nd floor.
There is no appreciable difference when it comes to hdds and choosing WD, Seagate or Samsung.
You'll be hard pressed to find an external drive with firewire ( I haven't seen any for a long time). They are almost all universally USB2.
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Giant
Joined: 14 May 2003
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| you can get cases with firewire.... they just cost a litle more. |
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verve
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:35 am Post subject: |
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Got a 2TB WD encased drive for 150,00.
I got it from the guy ttompatz recommended. Speaks English well and not pushy. His prices were as good as any. |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| verve wrote: |
Got a 2TB WD encased drive for 150,00.
I got it from the guy ttompatz recommended. Speaks English well and not pushy. His prices were as good as any. |
Good info. I'm still amazed about the prices. I remember buying a 3.5", 250gb harddrive and enclosure at Seong-In Plaza for 100,000won back in 2006. It was a good deal at the time.
How many TB can a 3.5" disk hold? |
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verve
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Mr. Peabody wrote: |
| verve wrote: |
Got a 2TB WD encased drive for 150,00.
I got it from the guy ttompatz recommended. Speaks English well and not pushy. His prices were as good as any. |
Good info. I'm still amazed about the prices. I remember buying a 3.5", 250gb harddrive and enclosure at Seong-In Plaza for 100,000won back in 2006. It was a good deal at the time.
How many TB can a 3.5" disk hold? |
I think I saw them up to 1TB. Obviously those were more expensive than what I bought. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Mr. Peabody wrote: |
| verve wrote: |
Got a 2TB WD encased drive for 150,00.
I got it from the guy ttompatz recommended. Speaks English well and not pushy. His prices were as good as any. |
Good info. I'm still amazed about the prices. I remember buying a 3.5", 250gb harddrive and enclosure at Seong-In Plaza for 100,000won back in 2006. It was a good deal at the time.
How many TB can a 3.5" disk hold? |
Currently, about 2TB. 3.5" is the largest common size for tower HDDs.
2.5" drive capacities are about 1/2 that (or a little less).
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djloekee27
Joined: 08 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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you can buy a seagate goflex 1.5tb usb3.0 hard drive that is usb powered.
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Ultra-Portable-Paramount-STAA1500100/dp/B00455MCRA
i've bought mine on amazon, but i've seen the on ads here in the subway.
if you have any internal sata laptop hard drives laying around, you can the usb 3.0 adapter and cable to turn it into an external (i bought 2 seagates and put the same stuff on both of them in case one of them dies on me.) |
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akcrono
Joined: 11 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| djloekee: the tech thread necromancer. |
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Chokse
Joined: 22 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:47 am Post subject: |
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The biggest desktop drive (3.5 inch) currently available is 3TB. Here's a link to a 7200 RPM version. You can also get some 5400 RPM 3TB drives for a bit less.
http://blog.danawa.com/prod/?prod_c=1288915&cate_c1=861&cate_c2=877&cate_c3=977&cate_c4=0
If you can find a case that supports Firewire, especially Firewire 800, get it. It will be much faster than USB 2. Most of the Firewire cases are made by Sarotech. They do cost more, but the increased speed over USB 2 is worth the extra cost |
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