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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Default Need an external hard drive

Any decent one you can recommend for cheap??
Or am I better off buying a separate harddrive and an external case?

I've been seeing lots of bigger capacity HD on fatwallet, but they're all SATA, do external harddrives support SATA??

My only requirement is usb2 connection, 100gig+, and somewhat of a good warranty, that's it. (I don't care fo noises or extremely fast data transfer)
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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youre better off buying an internal ata drive and sticking it in a case.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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yeh, but I can't find any decent deals on the bigger capacity drives that are ATA. Let me know if you can find one.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 03:51 PM
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SATA works with external cases, its just a little harder to find external cases for SATA
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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I have this case with a seagate sata drive.

Very quiet! Does have a blue LED power button that stays on, but I have it wedged behind a speaker usually, so it doesn't bother me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817106097

It was about the only good SATA external case with decent reviews on newegg when I bought it.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5080555
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817106098
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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I like reading reviews on NewEgg. Some people are so stupid.
One guy complained because his more expensive case was thicker and quieter than this one. Someone else complained that you have to unscrew the case, and unscrew the hard drive to replace the hard drive.

Idiots..
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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i've seen people post cons that say "this isnt really a con but..." and put some stupid shit :rofl:
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Brar
I just got a 250gb ext hd from Fry's for $99 before a $30 MIB.
men in black?
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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You said MIB. Did you mean MIR?
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