Good and reliable External HD?

[amir786_z]

Hi there guys can u suggest good and reliable external HD? Which company's Ext HDs are good and reliable?

 

[Charlie98]

I've had both a 3.5" Seagate external drive, and I have 3 2.5" USB3 powered portable HDDs... I greatly prefer the portable drives. The 1TB external drive ran very hot (50C) and required separate wall power. The USB portables, on the other hand, have all served very well, in my experience.

As a test, I pulled the drive out of the hot external enclosure and installed it in my PC (it's just a standard Barracuda drive, after all...) and it still remains today, running as cool as the other drives. I installed a 500GB Hitachi drive in the Seagate enclosure, and that drive started to idle at 45-49C, too... so I believe the 'hot' drive was a result of a poorly designed enclosure, not the drive(s) itself. YMMV.

 

[corkyg]

I find that the most reliable externals are those where I choose the case and add a HDD of my choosing. My current choice is Vantec NexStar case with WD black HDD.

 

[tweakboy]

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[amir786_z]

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[Carson Dyle]

How much capacity do you need?

Are you looking for a USB-powered external HDD, which would mean a 2.5" drive, or is a 3.5" drive that requires a power adapter acceptable?

Do you care whether the drive is 7200RPM or 5400RPM?

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If you're looking for a 2.5" drive and 5400RPM and 2TB are fine, then this one, which contains a Seagate/Samsung Spinpoint M9T drive:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTTIU

You can also buy the bare drive and put it in your own enclosure, but it will be more expensive:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I8O6OQ4

 

[Berryracer]

Western Digital, I've had Seagate drives fail before so badly. Currently using a 6TB WD My Book

 

[amir786_z]

I am looking for USB powered external HD. 7200rpm 1 to 2 TB

 

[Berryracer]

I am looking for USB powered external HD. 7200rpm 1 to 2 TB

Then get what I got, 2TB WD 10th Anniversary Edition

 

[amir786_z]

What about this one. Looks durable but don't know if it's reliable.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00K087BM2/r...&dpID=31gqRjfulZL&ref=plSrch&pi=AC_SX200_QL40

 

[Carson Dyle]

What about this one. Looks durable but don't know if it's reliable.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00K087BM2/r...&dpID=31gqRjfulZL&ref=plSrch&pi=AC_SX200_QL40

As far as reliability goes, the important thing is the brand of hard drive in the case. With 3rd party drives, there's no way to tell what brand drive they use, short of contacting the manufacturer. And the manufacturer is free to change the brand of drive supplied.

I would contact Transcend and ask them.

 

[IronWing]

What about this one. Looks durable but don't know if it's reliable.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00K087BM2/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1430164924&sr=8-2&keywords=transcend+hdd&dpPl=1&dpID=31gqRjfulZL&ref=plSrch&pi=AC_SX200_QL40

I have the 1T version of that drive that has been bumping around in my briefcase for about a year now. I take it four wheeling (literally) in my work truck. So far, no problems.

 

[dg27]

My current choice is Vantec NexStar case with WD black HDD.

Can you share which one you prefer?

 

[amir786_z]

I purchased transcend 2TB. Working good so far

 

[corkyg]

Can you share which one you prefer?

The ones I use are no longer available - they are over 3 tears old. This is the closest and has most of the same specs. My main spec for connection is eSATA. (I don't have USB 3 )

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...blARvm2uuw9gYBrp5fvdoaAv-t8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[larryccf]

what corkyg said about the vantec nexstar X2 - i've got 3 i've been using for 5-6 years with no issues whatsoever

as to which make drive, i've had too many seagate drives go out, some that only saw use (or power) when they were turned on for a backup copy - i clone my OS drive ever week or so - two of the seagates went tits up after 3-4 years, after what could not have amounted to 1/4 year "on" time.

I've since moved to WD Green - for two reasons, i'm a cheap bastard, and the WD Green 4 TB comes up for sale for $99, and $25 / TB is hard to ignore. 2nd reason, i can leave them turned on, as the "Green" is geared to going to sleep if not used for 1 hour. The 10 second wait for them to "wake up" is a little irritating, but again, it's only once every week or so

But from various user reports, WD seems to have the popular vote in terms of reliability

fwiw