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Choosing External Hard Drive (3 options)


Fragsman

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1) WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 $949

http://www.wdc.com/sp/products/products.aspx?id=470#Tab3

 

2) Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB USB 3.0 $919

http://latin.toshiba.com/computadoras/almacenamiento/portatiles/canvio-basics/

 

3) Samsung M3 1TB USB 3.0 $918

http://samsunghdd.seagate.com/la/es/

 

a) Price is irrelevant because all look abou the same price so I just included for extra info.

b) I'd go for 1) don't ask me why, I trust WD since they specialize in HDD. 2) is also a good option since I have a Toshiba Laptop and is just good, also is Japanese so I also trust. I just got touched because my friend had bad experiences with internal HDD of Samsung. 2 of them died so I really don't consider it.

c) I've seen Verbatim, Touro and WD My Passport but the 3 previously mentioned are the most common.

 

I'll definiely buy one of them in about 16hs from the topic creation, when I wake up tomorrow and go to the store.

Funny Story: I had GTA V in office PC's and I couldn't copy because my Pen is 16gb and other is 8gb so I'm frustrated and get an external HDD ASAP.

 

Edit. Thank you!

Edited by Fragsman

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Some alternate choices because I never get external HDD's:

1. Get a good reliable internal HDD, and get an external HDD enclosure with a USB adapter. Icy Dock makes some good stuff for that. That way you have a cheaper, but more reliable HDD.

2. Start moving towards SSD's. While more expensive, they are lighter, and a lot faster. I get 256GB mSATA SSD's (which you can find at $90 USD during sales), and get a mSATA to USB 3.0 adapter like this:

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CJE7BRA/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

or this:

 

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYIDDMA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

While it's a little bigger than just getting a USB 3.0 Flash drive, it's also much faster and more versatile.

 

As far as your choices, Samsung's basically Seagate rebrands now. I would probably go with the WD.

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I never saw that.. I barely imagine how that works.

I want basically a BIG BIG Pen drive. I could use as backup Either if my HD or this External Drive die I got a backup from the other.

And I also want it for cases where my 16gb can't help me move information. For example my curent objective Move GTA V (60gb) from the computer at office to the computer at my home. I think my option is more "portable" than messing with 1 SSD and 1 Adapter Chip (that I really dunno how it works :P)

So for now I'll stick to simple choices, I don't really need something very advanced or super speed.

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Hahah yes I probably don't even know what's the correct techincal translation for "HDD Enclosure" I doub't I can find that thing easily :P and prices are more expensive due to import taxes which are high and also dollar conversion which by today is killing us since it is very expensive.

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I bought the WD and is really fast. I like it. :)

 

Today was a crazy day. When I went to store 40km away from home I hooked a girl up in the bus.. I gave her my "presentation card" (dunno what's the correct translation) but then she asked for my Whatsapp number and I gave it to her with one number wrong (yeah.. I am THAT stupid) she was cute and nice we had a lot in common.. too bad her FB is closed so I cannot look for her. She is the only one who can search me on FB because I gave her my card but I doubt because I passed my Whatsapp number wrong. Shit happens .. but only to me..

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I found the girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Using a bit of Social Engineering on facebook I managed to find her FB Profile and then her phone!

We're talking now.

Is a simple thing that just made my day =)

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I found the girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Using a bit of Social Engineering on facebook I managed to find her FB Profile and then her phone!

 

We're talking now.

Is a simple thing that just made my day =)

And now you're officially a stalker, too. ;)

 

Good work!

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