hi guys...few weeks ago I had wanted to grab an ext 3.5" 1.5 TB hdd (7200rpm)...but been bz awhile..didnt research much...

just hoping u all here can recommend something reliable and fast...I'll be using it as backup drive for 2 of my home PCs...

if majority of u been using a certain brand and not much issue..i'll just grab that model from LY next weekend...thx in advance

I think most people are using WD Mybook elements?


For me personally I like to build my own drive.
I have a few Samsung F3 1TB in Hornettek Hover SSC external enclosures.

But if you don't want to do anything like that, I guess the WD Mybooks are rather good.

We normally don't compare between companies, but between their products. Samsung's F3 is good, Seagate's Momentus XT is better if you have the money, and WD also has some good stuff. It depends more on your budget and what type of hard disk you want.

hmmm...so are these WD elements 5400rpm or 7200rpm? Any known bugs/complains so far from LYN owners ?

5400RPM drives.
You're only using for storage, so it doesn't matter. More over you're transfering over USB, doesn't matter even more.

What's the difference between the HD103SJ and HD103UJ(on the MY official website)?

HD103UJ is Spinpoint F1
The F3 is faster

This post has been edited by shinjite: Jun 28 2010, 04:31 PM

Thanks!

what is the standard pricing for 2TB external hd?

Cheapest, WD Mybook Element 2TB at around RM540.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Jun 28 2010, 07:29 PM

Last time when 1st release hw much wan har?
price drop so fus wan....

oh forgot to tell..
i bought 1tb f3 for my friend and 2tb f3eg for myself..
last saturday.. where got no stock one..

how much is 1TB and 2TB now? I saw Viewnet listing RM194 for 1TB.

RM194 for 1TB? seriously??? what brand?

if transfering through USB it will bottleneck by how much? i got 1.5TB Ecogreen F2 but i see the max read/write transfer is only around 25Mb/sec

Don't remember... >RM700?


I went on Friday... all shops told me no stock!
Only those small corner shops has 1 or 2 left, but they mark the price up really high.


Samsung F3 1TB.


USB 2.0 itself is already a bottleneck lol.
The max you can get out of USB2 is 30-35 mbps.

On average, most "green" HDDs runs up to 90mbps.
So yes... regardless of what you do, theres going to the be limitation of the USB there.

Otherwise, get an external enclosure with USB 3.0 (which you will then need a USB 3.0 expansion card unless you already have one), or use eSATA.

my external samsung hdd are damaged..

dunno what it cause..

slow data transfer and now can`t even format??

Here is one noob hdd ques. i have a internal Desktop HDD. If I want to convert it into external hardisk, is it compulsory to have a power supply connected to it. Can I just use a case connecting it and using USB output. Please advice

I might need to go and source for 1 more as well for future stuffs

around that price..
2tb average rm380.. i got rm370..