1 Tb External Hard Disk

[webfact]

Hello,

I am looking for an external 1 TB HDD. Which brand do you recommend?

Another important question; should I partition it or leave it as it is?

Thanks

[thaiflyer1]

Dont know which is best , but i saw a 1tb western digital in Tuk.com Pattaya think they were asking 9k baht for it.........also had a 1.5tb version.

Would you not be better with 2x 500gb drives?...........just thinking if it breaks down you/ll only lose half your data...........also price wise a 500gb western digital elements was 3900 baht

so 2 would work out cheaper than the 1tb.

I have 3 x 500gb western digital and 3 x 500gb Freecom drives all work fine..........the advantage the freecom has is an on/off switch on the back so need for plugging ang unplugging the drive.

Freecom were bought in the UK though so dont know if they have them here............cost 60 pound

Sorry cant be more help.

[alexth]

You can find a good one here

[cali]

Anything but Western Digital should be ok. The current generation WD drives typically operate at 5400 RPM and not 7200 like other manufacturers. The WD also comes equipped with an undersized cache, half the size or less of the others. Needless to say, WD performance is terrible. These drives were never intended for the consumer market. If you do buy WD, just make be careful not to get a so called "5400 to 7200" drive. Samsung seems to be the technological leader at present as they only need 3 platters where the others use 4-5.

[thaiflyer1]

Anything but Western Digital should be ok. The current generation WD drives typically operate at 5400 RPM and not 7200 like other manufacturers. The WD also comes equipped with an undersized cache, half the size or less of the others. Needless to say, WD performance is terrible. These drives were never intended for the consumer market. If you do buy WD, just make be careful not to get a so called "5400 to 7200" drive. Samsung seems to be the technological leader at present as they only need 3 platters where the others use 4-5.

Not according to the WD specs................

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/ta...3;pid;5269;pt;1

(ok you were correct about the cache size )

Edited June 30, 2008 by thaiflyer1

[webfact]

Thanks so far.

Actually I have the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 1TB in mind.

Any reviews are appreciated

I'd like to repeat my other question: should I partition 1TB or leave it as it is?

Cheers

[fisherd3]

I am also looking for a large external hard drive, right now reading about it I am leaning towards Buffalo, check www.jib.co.th for pricing they seem to make some innovative products and it is a Japanese company.

[cali]

Not according to the WD specs................

That is a PC World review, not WD specs. But it is worth noting though that WD has announced a "real" 1TB drive that operates at a full and constant 7200RPM and has a 32MB cache. It's known as the black edition drive and is on par with 1TB drives from the other manufacturers. So given the choice, I'd stay way from the current WD stuff as it is not necessarily the cheapest and is certainly going to be the slowest. Samsung seems to be the cheapest right now if you can find it.

[regedit]

This one seems to be having decent reviews if you want to go large. Available in Panthip.

Ø Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II 2TB 7200 RPM 3.5" USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / IEEE 1394b / eSATA Quad Interface Storage System with RAID Model WDH2Q20000N

[sibeymai]

I use a Seagate 750gb drive. Cost about 6,000bt at Pantip. The 1tb version was not released when I bought it. No problems in the last year and it has a 5 year warranty. Speed seems ok but faster would be better.

[roog]

If you're looking for a NAS, then consider a Synology. I was unable to find the latest models in Thailand, so had one shipped from a US ebay seller. Very pleased with price, delivery and performance.

[slackula]

I have had very bad results from Western Digital external drives. I won't buy that brand again.

[nikster]

Make sure to use eSata connection on the external drive (or FW800 if you have a Mac, but nothing else uses that).

You can get > 50MB/s on a normal drive these days, and about 10MB/s over the USB bus. Some USB devices seem to be better than others but I have never seen it go over 20MB/s, well below what a 1TB drive can deliver. So the drive may be fast, but the bus would be a huge bottleneck. Avoid USB.

[sniffdog]

Here are some prices:

http://busitek.com/forms/pricelist.html

[webfact]

Make sure to use eSata connection on the external drive (or FW800 if you have a Mac, but nothing else uses that).

You can get > 50MB/s on a normal drive these days, and about 10MB/s over the USB bus. Some USB devices seem to be better than others but I have never seen it go over 20MB/s, well below what a 1TB drive can deliver. So the drive may be fast, but the bus would be a huge bottleneck. Avoid USB.

on my motherboard (ASUS P5NSLI) I only have SATA connections. Possible to connect internal SATA to external eSATA with an adapter?