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    Recommend a good External ESata HD (1-1.5 TB) for under 150?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by amik777, Apr 7, 2009.

  1. amik777

    amik777 Notebook Geek

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    As the title says, could anyone recommend a reliable/fast external ESata hard drive. I don't expect to use it too much, mostly to store the movie/music/picture libraries that I am not using too often. I am looking for anything above 1TB in size (found this for 99 + free shipping: Cavalry CAXA Series CAXA3701T0 1TB USB 2.0) or 1.5TB (this one would have to be under 150 and really worth the extra 50 bucks). Would prefer to spend around 100-120 :)

    Thank you!

    PS: I understand that most hard drives don't include an esata cord? Is there anything that I need to know about them?
     
    amik777, Apr 7, 2009
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Have you looked at getting an internal SATA drive + external enclosure separately in terms of pricing?
    I've gotten e-sata cords in all the enclosures (Vantec 2.5" and 3.5") that i've purchased. Also got a bracket for the PC to give me an e-sata port.
     
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  3. stevezachtech

    stevezachtech Notebook Evangelist

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    Since you are looking forward in using your external HD for media files, I guess you should worry more about the capacity as well as the compatibility, movie files are huge after all..
     
    stevezachtech, Apr 16, 2009
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