Big HDDs

[Harrison]

Lacie external HDD's are very good. You sometimes pay a bit more for them, but the case designs are always clean and simple and fit into most environments, and the cases are well build. They normally use Seagate or Samsung drives too which is good.

As for internal drives. Try to go for Samsung or Seagate. Both good makes.

On Ebuyer.com they currently have a 1TB F1 Ecogreen SATAII HDD for £53.80 which is quite a bargain.

Or for more you can get a 1.5TB Seagate SATA drive, which is a faster 7200rpm one for £85.48.

1.5TB drives have just dropped to below £90 due to the new 2TB HDD's now available. However 2TB drives are not worth buying as they are currently overpriced at £160+. You could by 2x 1.5TB drives for the same and then have 3TB, or 3x 1TB for even less.

[Demon Cleaner]

Aren't the Ecogreen ones called F2? But they only run at 5.400rpm, but of course they're a bit cheaper.

[Harrison]

There is a new F2 range which is meant to be 7200rpm but still manage to be more energy efficient that other drives, so is still in the ecogreen range. In the reviews I've read they are not quite as fast as other 7200rpm drives, but there isn't much in it, so more people wouldn't notice the difference. And they still have the 5 year warranty!

[Sharingan]

The Western Digital Caviar Green internal drives have been tested to be really silent, fast and efficient. Just a suggestion. They come in 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB flavours.

[xpect]

Lacie external HDD's are very good.

I second that. I have a 5 year old external 50Gb 2.5" and still works as new. Main drive in the office for 3 years and now as a transfer disc, has rock solid performance.


I've got all my SATA disks Samsung brand for about 4-5 years and never had a problem with them. I'm currently in my 5th unit.