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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: MakersMarc on September 13, 2018, 07:59:02 PM
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Reliable and hopefully cheap. My Passport is doing weird stuff but it's three years old. I do have Backblaze but don't want to have to screw with recovery. Thanks!
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I shop by price / size and I'm noticing that the best deals on that metric are the 4 TB and 8 TB external drives.
The bargain basement price is $20/TB.
4 TB for $80 external drive is a great deal.
8 TB for $160 external drive is a great deal.
I recently got an email from Newegg, I think, offering a Toshiba 1 TB external for $40. The case always costs something to manufacture, so they want to recoup that.
I prefer WD or HGST, since I had some trouble with some Seagates around 2009-2010.
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I would go with WD again. Great products from my experience
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Only drive of mine that ever died (so far!) was a Seagate, so I tend to stay away from them. Though sometimes it's hard when you see them at Costco.
WD/HGST or Toshiba. HGST is part of WD.
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WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN
$59.99 at Amazon.
I love mine.
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Thanks all and thanks Billy Dee that looks like the best deal.
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That's interesting about the Seagates. My brother and I came to the same conclusion independently, and now I'm reading the same thing from people here.
I tend to stick with WD. Although the hard drive in my daughter's laptop died, and it was a WD.
I used to have a Toshiba USB 3.0 external. The case died on me (wouldn't power up). I cracked the case open, and the drive was fine. After that, I switched to a WD Passport and it is performing well (knock on wood).