External Hard drive

[dragogt]

I'm thinking about a stackable ULTRA 500 GB hard drive enclosure, that my neighbor has for sell he was asking 150 for it but I don't want to pay that much for it, unless it's worth it. B/C I've seen 1TB ones for <100 bucks.

What'll yall think???

 

[fastpakr]

That's a ridiculously high price. You can pick one up for far less just by going to BestBuy/Staples, etc... If you order online, you should be able to pick up a 1TB for $80ish. A few months ago I was able to get a 400GB WD Elements Portable 2.5" external for $60.

 

[dragogt]

That's a ridiculously high price. You can pick one up for far less just by going to BestBuy/Staples, etc... If you order online, you should be able to pick up a 1TB for $80ish. A few months ago I was able to get a 400GB WD Elements Portable 2.5" external for $60.

Good luck w/ it, i havent heard much good about them, thats one of the ones that my bro had that died.


Ok he just bought it by for me to look at, he just got it in April I sw the invoice this what it looks like...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4348752&csid=_22

and about what he paid also, when he quoted the 1st price he didn't remember what he had paid.

what do yall think is a far price?

 

[fastpakr]

The Elements Portable has a 5 star rating at NewEgg. If you've only heard bad things, you were dealing with a very small sample size.

As to price... I wouldn't offer more than $50 for a used 500GB drive. Too many larger, brand new ones available for $90 or less.

 

[Jay FX4]

Western Digital is the BEST!

 

[Psychopete]

Western Digital is the BEST!

LOL, maybe they've gotten better; back a long time ago, they produced some very poor drives as was a reliability. I want to say they had a 4 or 4.5GB drive that I had RMAed 3 times - or until it was out of warranty - same with a 45GB I had a couple years later. It's amazing to think I paid $250 for that drive brand new back then. What a waste of money.

Pete

 

[fastpakr]

Yeah, they've all had their strings of bad drives. I remember WD having a drive around 2000 or 2001 that was horrific. Maxtor developed a general reputation for failure that they've had trouble erasing. Seagate has had a nightmare of a time with one of their units lately (early 1.5tb's maybe, dno't remember for sure). By and large though, brand loyalty just gets you in trouble. Check to see if there have been any issues with the model you're looking at, then buy it if the price is right. All of the major brands produce decent drives most of the time.