External hard disk query

[aiva114]

hey guys i want to buy extern harddisk. at wath do i have to look ??? like type conection usb or firewire, ritening speed and stuf like that ???

 

[FarFarAway]

An external USB drive?

Are you in the UK?

 

[aiva114]

no i'm not in uk

 

[FarFarAway]

You aren't being very helpful

What is the drive for? Where are you so we can find a shop to get it from?

 

[aiva114]

i need hardrive to save my school work,pctures,and some other files. i had one big hardrive but than one is broken and now i have one 40gb . i'm planing to buy extern to put my files and in my 40gb instal programs and i want to know at wath/pionts do i have to look and waths good and wats not

 

[Ham]

Not in any order

• Speed
  
• Capacity
  
• Interface
  
• Price
  

 

[aiva114]

and wat for speed is good for extern hddr?? witch interface is beter usb or firewire??

 

[Ham]

Speed wise 7200rpm.

Interface wise, USB would probably be best due to compatibility. Firewire is faster but will often need a PCI card.

If your computer is on the newer side, look into eSATA.

 

[aiva114]

look this is my mother bord http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...442&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=431830&lang=en some things are upgraded like:grafics(sapphire X1600 pro agp interface) , memory(1x1gb+256mb) wath gos best with this bord

 

[Ham]

A USB drive would be best IMO, as while you do have a firewire port. Many computers dont. And as its external im geussing you want to use it on more than one PC.

What country are you in? Ill see if i can find a decent lookign one for you from a retailer in your nation.

 

[aiva114]

i live in holland. i thot that i had to firewire ports but wath is then IEE1394?? i have founded 2 that looks good but im not sure witch one is beter hier is link one http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?artno=A9UW14&showTechData=true hier's second link http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?artno=A9UP08&showTechData=true i'm lokin to these ext hddr's

 

[aiva114]

ps is you look at this link http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...442&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=431830&lang=en and then scrole douwn you see pic of back of my com look at number 3 it says it is firewire

 

[Ham]

Go for the Western Digital if i were you.

If your only using this harddrive for your PC Firewire is fine, but the whole point is its mobile. Alot of computers dont have them.

 

[aiva114]

ok thanks

 

[macgamesrule]

I got an I/O Magic 250GB USB 2.0 HD a few months ago and so far it's worked great. USB/1394 shouldn't make much difference performance wise, but as Ham said I'd go for USB for compatibility. If given a choice I'd take one of the better HD brands like Seagate, WD, Maxtor, etc (my drive is actually Seagate, I/O Magic just makes the enclosure). I've also seen some Fantoms around for fairly cheap

 

[aiva114]

ok thank vor help

 

[aiva114]

hey guys you have said to me witch one is beter but caan you look at this link http://www.alternate.nl/html/produc...SB&Level3=3,5+inch&column=price&direction=asc and tel me witcfh one is good it have to be not to expensive and at lease 160GB