Who uses External Hard drives? which one should i get?

nikko stokes

nikko stokes

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ok so my mac is getting filled quick with all these videos.. so im gonna invest in an exteranl hdd which brand is the best.... ?
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Seagate, Toshiba or WD Passport
 
I personally love Western Digital external drives, but it's also the brand that I've had the most problems with. Over the last 7 or so years I've had 4 or 5 WD hdds die on me... Yet I keep coming back to them somehow. My most recent external harddrive is a Hitachi though. Haven't had any problems with that one yet ;)

As for the other brands you mention, I haven't ever had a Toshiba drive, but I do have one Seagate external hdd and it has been holding up for 5 years now ;)
 
WD is a quality brand. Most of my external drives are WD - but that's mostly because I aestheticly like them. I feel like all my drives operate the same for what I use them for. Media storage.[DOUBLEPOST=1378744792,1378744665][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, if you can wait - right now is one of the worst times to find sales for drives because everyone is back to school and electronics go for a premium. If you can hold out until October/November you'll find some great pre-Christmas sales.

Also, I suggest using the site Newegg. They've got the best prices and no tax!
 
I have multiple hard drives, video work basically requires it lol.

I have a G-Drive 2TB HD that I store my iPhoto Library and completed video projects for YouTube on, and a 500GB Seagate Slim that I put completed work projects on.

I must say that you get what you pay for when buying a HD, Western Digital and Toshiba are not the best brands to go with, I only use the Seagate because it's projects that I will likely never touch again, but want to keep around just in case.

I have also used a 1TB LaCie HD that was very good, fast and quiet.

A really good HD will have you looking at around $150+ generally, a $50-$90 HD will probably break within 1-3 years.

EDIT: Buying a more expensive HD will also get you faster transfer rates, which means less time sitting around doing nothing while your computer copies files to and from the HD.

The difference is day and night between my G-Drive and my Seagate. especially when you are moving 10+ GB's around often - more than once every few months.
 
I would recommend a 1TB + External Hard Drive. HD movies are large files and therefore will take up for space faster.
 
WDs are good, however the last one I had broke fairly easy on me considering it was in my system untouched.
 
I have a stack of like 10 external HDD's that I use for my videos lol.
My favorite brands are typically WD and Seagate. As for Toshiba I haven't had much time to work with those so I can't say much.
My top go to is WD though.
 
I love using my external hard drive! It makes me feel much safer that I'm not going to lose everything because I've dealt with my laptop pooping out on me on several occasions and at one point I lost everything I had saved to it! Luckily I always back everything up on my external hard drive and even cd's to be safe!
 
Hmmm WD is like 50/50 ... I dont need a brick hahahahah im on a budget too so ima go look in besbuy today... ill let you know what i buy Thanks for all you guys help!! Lol
 
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