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All About Harddisk Thread V3, Discussion for Good Harddisk
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jchue73
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 Jan 27 2011, 01:20 PM
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QUOTE(Traveler @ Jan 24 2011, 03:37 PM) It comes with USB3 and eSATA. But to use eSATA, I would need an eSATA port multiplier PCIe card as my motherboard's eSATA ports are not port multiplier. It's cheaper to buy a USB3 card, which is what I did. I've not tested it myself but I seem to read (in a few posts here and there online), than USB3 is marginally faster than eSATA in real life use. Most of my transferring is done in hefty hundreds of GB chunks. Just curious... Your Probox is configured in RAID 5 or JBOD? Is the USB 3 connection able to see the RAID 5 / JBOD array? |
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ra2zy
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Jan 27 2011, 01:51 PM
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hi, I'm looking to buy external HDD... but i'm not sure whether to buy 1Tb or 2Tb...  what brand is good? Do you know what price does it cost for 1tb and 2tb? |
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-kytz-
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Jan 27 2011, 08:10 PM
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QUOTE(ra2zy @ Jan 27 2011, 01:51 PM) hi, I'm looking to buy external HDD... but i'm not sure whether to buy 1Tb or 2Tb... what brand is good? Do you know what price does it cost for 1tb and 2tb? RM250 can pretty much give you quite some choices for 1TB  1TB or 2TB?That's only you can answer  |
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ra2zy
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Jan 27 2011, 08:34 PM
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QUOTE(-kytz- @ Jan 27 2011, 08:10 PM) RM250 can pretty much give you quite some choices for 1TB 1TB or 2TB?That's only you can answer oic... what brand is good? |
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ramboo
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Jan 28 2011, 07:02 AM
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QUOTE(ra2zy @ Jan 27 2011, 08:34 PM) oic... what brand is good? now day i go for WD, if 10-15 year ago yes SG if my choice, now WD never fail me (torrent 24/7 ! since 3year with same WD Hdisk). Not remember detail but i read before if bigger capacity then 500GB better go for WD coz bigger 500GB SG got firmware problem, now i dont know abt it maybe they solve firmware issue. Samsung and Hitachi just my friend got bad experience  |
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atrass
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Jan 28 2011, 10:38 AM
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Getting Started
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WD is also my choice, i use it since year 2000.
Untill now i have 5 WD hdd 20gb, 80gb, 250gb, 640gb and 1tb black, they never fail me.
Seagate give me bad experience, so i'll avoid it.
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8tvt
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Jan 28 2011, 10:58 AM
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just bought F4 yesterday.. quick format and using..
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hfi
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Jan 28 2011, 12:03 PM
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Thinking of getting an external myself. Currently looking at Samsung's Story Station. Any idea if its decent ?
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Jutawan
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 Jan 29 2011, 09:12 AM
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Any good brand of external hard disk with anti-shock proof? Is the anti-shock proof 'real' or just a marketing gimmick?
Heard that have this features is transcend, any other choices?
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zaFrOoNaLdO
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Jan 29 2011, 09:35 AM
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QUOTE(Jutawan @ Jan 29 2011, 09:12 AM) Any good brand of external hard disk with anti-shock proof? Is the anti-shock proof 'real' or just a marketing gimmick? Heard that have this features is transcend, any other choices? just went for a survey at Digital Mall yesterday, if im not mistaken, buffalo also has it. 500gb Rm 185-193. *somewhere around that price |
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mcat84
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Jan 29 2011, 04:23 PM
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go for the cheapest...........Samsung 2TB ....store all the movies.......
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Fantasia
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Jan 29 2011, 05:33 PM
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does external 2.5" hard disk utilise the e-sata port that come with my laptop? plan to get WD passport usb3
This post has been edited by Fantasia: Jan 29 2011, 05:33 PM
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zaFrOoNaLdO
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Jan 29 2011, 05:42 PM
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QUOTE(hfi @ Jan 28 2011, 12:03 PM) Thinking of getting an external myself. Currently looking at Samsung's Story Station. Any idea if its decent ? i think its decent, although the design is bad. :S |
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Mr.Lonely
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Jan 29 2011, 09:09 PM
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hey guys just a quick question, if my western digital Caviar black i bought 1 years + ago got "giak giak giak giak" sound (the usual HDD start to fail sound) can i send it to RMA? they will fix it or replace a new 1 for me ??
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Oxburg
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Jan 29 2011, 09:17 PM
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Mind to ask.Is that samsung spinpoint is the best valued performance HDD now?
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ddr3
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Jan 30 2011, 10:38 AM
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mind if any1 can answer me, what are the differences between WD MYBOOK ESSENTIAL 2TB 3.5INCH and WD ELEMENTS 2TB 3.5INCH? thanks in advanced
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Jutawan
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Jan 30 2011, 05:05 PM
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QUOTE(Fantasia @ Jan 29 2011, 05:33 PM) does external 2.5" hard disk utilise the e-sata port that come with my laptop? plan to get WD passport usb3 Must check whether your laptop or desktop are with 3.0 motherboard or not(3.0 usually for new computers). 2.0 usb is for old computer, but not very sure what year of production. Anyone knows? |
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Avex
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Jan 30 2011, 05:10 PM
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anyone knows where to get HDD Cage? too many hard disks around, don't want another casing something like this HDD CageThis post has been edited by Avex: Jan 30 2011, 05:12 PM |
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jchue73
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Jan 30 2011, 05:23 PM
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QUOTE(Avex @ Jan 30 2011, 05:10 PM) anyone knows where to get HDD Cage? too many hard disks around, don't want another casing something like this HDD CageCoolermaster makes one. |
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Avex
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Jan 30 2011, 05:37 PM
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i need to know where to get it
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