Advice Needed On External Harddrive

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:58 am

I'm looking to get an external harddrive for my computer, mainly to hold video files.

My question is, I want one that doesn't have too much lag whenever I want to watch videos off of it. I had a Zip drive ages ago which had really bad lag, which made me keep things on DVD-RWs.

I'd like some recommendations, if you guys don't mind. Thanks.

s/m

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:04 am

External SATA. Hotswap with a controller native to non-server mobos.

doodude · Post by **doodude** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:02 am

I just purchased this one a few weeks ago:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=8245857

I dont claim its the most up to date, fantabulous HDD youll ever own but I thought it was a good price for 500 gb that would do what I wanted.
Which is store music, games & movies.
Ive been watching movies off of it all weekend & it works flawlessly.
Have it shipped to your local store for free shipping.
My 2 ¢ worth...

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:45 am

Zips were mad slow. I Think anything new you buy nowadays will run your movies and music without lag. Hell, the external I have now is only 5400 rpm and nothing lags when I watch stuff on it.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:47 am

I bought a USB hard drive dock, and a 500 GB SATA hard drive two or three weeks ago.

I guess I should have gotten a dock with eSATA, but my neither my dinosaur desktop nor my notebook could support it in any way and I would still be stuck using USB 2.0.

It's been super reliable so far, much more so than my 250 GB external drive I have been using for the last two years, which has issues with the power supply.