Ron2010 Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hey guys, I am going to be purchasing an external harddrive. Since one of the main uses will be with utorrent, I just want to ask for recommendations. I am thinking about "Western Digitals 500GB My Book". I am looking for value, as well as something around 500 GB. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 moved topic to chat, since it's not specifically µT related. WD makes good stuff; I used to work in the HDD industry producing parts for their HDDs. I'm not a big fan of USB speed tho, which will probably be an issue for you. I have several HDDs in a storage linux computer, where I move all my downloaded files, but I do actual downloading to a fast internal SATA HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron2010 Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Thanks for the response Determination. Is there anyway to get fast speeds on an external HDD? Speed which could match my internal HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 there's external SATA, but your computer needs to support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hm. I used to like WD too, but for some reason, I've acquired some kind of bad impression of it. Nowadays, I prefer Seagate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determination Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 we made parts for them too Also quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron2010 Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Thanks for all the suggestions. I think it may be best if I add an internal harddrive and dedicate that to my files. My computer uses ID so it will not support external SATA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjobo Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 I use a WD My Book™ 250GB edition. It works fine with utorrent, maxing a speed of 1,1 MB/s with usb 2.0 (which is the fastest my line goes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymymimi Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I just bought a SEAGATE external HD. How do I download to and seed from it instead of the C drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinemarten Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 I bought a 'thing' off Ebay. It has an IDE connector, power supply, and USB data cable. It cost $3.00 + $8.00 shipping from Hong Kong, and took about 10 days. I just use it with my old HDs.http://cgi.ebay.ca/IDE-to-USB-2-0-CABLE-SET-DVD-HDD-2-5-3-5-ADAPTER-ai_W0QQitemZ290116623450QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41994QQcmdZViewItemXP has trouble recognizing it every once in a while, but it works OK and it was cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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