External Hard Drive advice

[crcballer55]

Originally Posted by iYen

Originally Posted by asianplayer

This a pretty good deal I saw recently.

Seagate 2TB USB External Hard Drive for $57 Shipped
http://www.spoofee.com/de...or_57_Shipped-730486.htm

How good is the seagate 2tb compared to a western digital elements 2tb drive?

They are both the top 2 HD manufacturers in the world  The quality of both is about as good as you can get.  However, there is still that slight chance of hard drive failure.  There was a study done by Google 4 years ago with over 100K hard drives.  An article of the study is HERE.  Your chance of failure within 2 years is fairly slim especially if you're only using it as an external and not constantly writing to it.

 

[iYen]

^^^Thanks bro, you link doesn't work but I searched for it and downloaded the study.

 

[iYen]

^^^Thanks bro, you link doesn't work but I searched for it and downloaded the study.

 

[crcballer55]

Originally Posted by iYen

^^^Thanks bro, you link doesn't work but I searched for it and downloaded the study.

Here's the link again for the enclosure.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182221

 

[crcballer55]

Originally Posted by iYen

^^^Thanks bro, you link doesn't work but I searched for it and downloaded the study.

Here's the link again for the enclosure.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182221