Sale of 320GB External HD

[pluggers]

A bit of a heads up if anyone is on the lookout for more storage space.I have just bought one of these today and well pleased with it.Comes complete with USB 2 cable and power supply.Just plug and play.Sale ends 4th Sept http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=217654&TabID=1&source=1&doy=28m8

 

[Brian WH]

This made me smile.

"More stoke due this week."

 

[pluggers]

This made me smile.

"More stoke due this week."

Funny you should say that,I bought it from the "Stoke" branch

 

[dougal74]

Me too, Holborn Circus branch!

 

[masqueraid]

Just picked up mine using the online voucher.
Quality drive - although for GB/£ there are 500GB drives on Amazon at the moment.

 

[Thmsshaun]

Nice one Pluggers. One now on its way to me

 

[Thmsshaun]

Great stuff got mine delivered today.

 

[TonyVianoAmbiente]

When I followed the Maplin link provided by Pluggers, in an inset ad there was a 320 GB Maxtor external hard drive, also with USB 2.0 and 7200 rpm, for £40 less.

£99.99 might be good value but £59.99 sounds exceptional for a 320 GB external drive:

LINK TO MAXTOR 320 GB DRIVE

 

[masqueraid]

When I followed the Maplin link provided by Pluggers, in an inset ad there was a 320 GB Maxtor external hard drive, also with USB 2.0 and 7200 rpm, for £40 less.

£99.99 might be good value but £59.99 sounds exceptional for a 320 GB external drive.

Looks like they are alternating them, the Seagate was on sale when the thread started (& for my money contains the better drive).

 

[robert.saunders]

I ordered this last week, arrived yesterday, works a treat:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/129404/rb/0

Not a bad price for 400gb; it's FAT32 but that can be altered if not on the LAN, as I understand, but it seems ok so far with my requirements.

 

[pluggers]

I did see the maxtor 320GB and the 400GB when I was looking.Then I compared them to the seagate.And If I remember correctly the thing that swung it for me was the 5 year warranty on the seagate as opposed to the 1 year on the Maxtor.

 

[pluggers]

Great stuff got mine delivered today.

Good init I like the way the front glows yellow in the dark as well,Its the simple things that amuse the most

 

[Spinal]

ebuyer have 500gb externals for £70...am I missing something?

 

[robert.saunders]

Are they NAS?

 

[Thmsshaun]

ebuyer have 500gb externals for £70...am I missing something?

They didn't when I looked.

Edit I think with the voucher it worked out about £56 delivered. Cant even remember what I paid 2 days ago.....

 

[KillerHERTZ]

What are the read/write speeds and how big are the caches?

 

[whizzkid11]

What are the read/write speeds and how big are the caches?

Here's a link ...you LAZY person...

 

[Spinal]

FREECOM: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123400
LaCie: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115027
SeaGate: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/131630

All in the range of #70 (plus or minus 3 pounds)

I have the Lacie and am quite pleased with it, I also have the seaGate Freeagent and the iomega "designed by porsche" ones... all 500gb. I quite like the lacie, but mostly because of the looks...

Next I'm buying the seaGate with FireWire connection; might work well with the macs...

Michele

 

[gurpz]

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=116143

I bought this but the 500gb version of it 2 weeks back for £68.95 on a special offer with free P&P. Must say a great drive and for the price what a bargain me thinks. Quality drive with good looks and fast performance !

 

[Rory]

I ordered this last week, arrived yesterday, works a treat:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/129404/rb/0

Not a bad price for 400gb; it's FAT32 but that can be altered if not on the LAN, as I understand, but it seems ok so far with my requirements.

I think the home NAS units are brilliant - just plug it into your router and everyone in the house can access it, wirelessly if the router is wireless. Main downside vs USB is they're much slower though - a full backup (onto a password protected volume) of the 40ishGb on my laptop takes about 3hrs, vs under an hour to a USB 2.0 drive. The daily incremental backup only takes a few mins though and happens automatically. And accessing the odd file (we use it a lot for pictures etc) takes only moments anyway.

Mine's a Western Digital NetCenter which I don't think they make any more, but it was £200 for 500Gb about a year ago. The Freecom one looks *very* cheap, but I have seen quite a few comments about Freecom stuff generally not being very reliable.