External Harddrives

[Krilikz]

What have you found to be a sturdy and reliable external harddrive?

Right now im useing some all WD one that has to be powered externaly.
Im thinking of getting either this...caues its cheap and seems good
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822101013

or i was thinking a WD passport that is just powered by usb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136247


Im not sure what to do because i run everything off my external drive when DJing. Just being able to plug in the western digital and not hastleing with another power cord might be nice.

[peterodactyl]

I have a 1TB western digital MyBook. i think they run a little under 200 now. works fine with me. one more cable to plug in isnt too much of a big deal

[tekki]

I have a 1TB western digital MyBook. i think they run a little under 200 now. works fine with me. one more cable to plug in isnt too much of a big deal

That's the white one right?
(Thinking about buying that one too. )

[Krilikz]

See thing is not like i need that big of a drive. As of right now my Music collection is 80 gigs, so thats why i was thinking the self powered ones might be good.

[djxsquizet]

i use a 320gb iomega hard drive.

do you guys take yours with yous to gigs.

[peterodactyl]

That's the white one right?
(Thinking about buying that one too. )

mines black, USB hook up only. i think the white one might be a step up from mine...

[tekki]

mines black, USB hook up only. i think the white one might be a step up from mine...

Ah, okay. The white one comes with ethernet connection and USB2.0.

But... USB2.0 is fine too.

[darrel855]

Just got one of these it has an oxford 924 chipset and seagate drives and is an incredible price as well being solid as a rock .

[Krilikz]

Just got one of these it has an oxford 924 chipset and seagate drives and is an incredible price as well being solid as a rock .

Lol a bit excessive, well not forback up...but form carrying around

[BentoSan]

Just got one of these it has an oxford 924 chipset and seagate drives and is an incredible price as well being solid as a rock .

That is a pretty nice raid array for the price, i dunno if i would want to carry it around though those USB bus powered drives are so handy. I personally have a laptop with 2 inbuilt hard drives so i do pretty good for space.

Anyone looking to get an external drive should really look to see if upgrading the hard drive in their computer will give enough space. Alternatively you could upgrade the drive in your laptop and put the existing drive from your laptop in an external bus powered case.