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Good cheap external hard drive.

belgolas

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I am looking for a good cheap external hard drive that can run off of e-sata. So what are some of the cheapest/best. i.e. the best bang for your buck under $200.
 
Yeah, for the price you can't really go wrong with the Vantec's. I've never had one long term but during the time I've used them I didn't really experience any problems.
 
Seagate has some really cheap harddrives and then you can also buy a cheap harddrive enclosure and bam you have a really cheap removable harddrive.
 
If you plan to carry this around a lot I would suggest going for one of the laptop drive models that runs solely off USB power. I had to carry one of these around for work and it was more of a nuisance than I thought it would be and the cables were the worst part. Think about buying 2 and sacrificing one of the enclosures for portability. Leave one set of cables permanently connected to your main PC/power and put the other set in your carry bag. This way you only need to unplug and go.

I doubt you can really go wrong with these things. My colleagues and I used several dirt cheap ones and never had a problem with stability or compatibility.
 
Belgolas take a look in the storage area i did a review on that exact enclosure to see what your getting into if you can live with the negatives go for it!
 
If your only going to be usiing it for short durations its finee and its all aboot the hard drive u use do not and i mean do not use the 7200.10 model segates they just run wayy too hot in that case after an hour. The new 7200.11 should work better but if your going to be using it for long durations i suggest looking into the Antec one that comes with a fan its a little more pricer at around 55 bucks but itll keep the hard drive cool my 2 cents.
 
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