2tb 2.5" price

I.am.Sam

I.am.Sam

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I saw a 2.5" 2tb for 1300 ...

is that a good price and how reliable are the small ones

obviously looking after it and not dropping it

thanks
 
I personally think you should have a big hdd inside your pc cause it lasts there.With a portable drive at some point you will drop it .However the price is good considering it is a 2.5"
 
I picked up my 2tb for R999 on special at game. It is a 3.5" though.
 
I.am.Sam said:
yeah i have a 1tb for last 4 years ....but its 3.5" and im struggling with space and its crazy moving it around all the time lol
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what purpose do you need it for? my 2tb has all my downloaded series that I watched. Sort of archived, I only power it up to copy stuff onto it...

Stuff that I still need to watch is on my laptop...
 
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It is a good price, the brand is also important - reliability. Seagate is good, Western Digital better.
 
I paid R1600 for a 2.5", 2TB Western Digital Passport about a month ago, so R1300 is a good price, yeah.
I have found 2.5" externals to be equally reliable to 3.5" drives. Don't drop it, don't throw it and don't shower with it and you should be fine.
 
Mister 44 said:
I paid R1600 for a 2.5", 2TB Western Digital Passport about a month ago, so R1300 is a good price, yeah.
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I bought the same one from Takealot: http://www.takealot.com/computers/e...rt-essential-2tb-2-5-inch-extern-etc,29920643

2.5" USB Powered, USB 3.0, 2TB. Works like a boss.

To the OP - that price of R1300 seems very good. Just make sure you have a reputable brand, and you're buying from a reputable store that will honour any warranty issues. Also, make sure your drive is USB 3 compatible. USB 2 drives in the same capacity will generally be quite a bit cheaper.
 
I.am.Sam said:
toshiba ?
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I have one of these, also from Incredible, They work fine, I like the fact that if you pop it open the usb 3 connector is on a bridge not on the Drive mainboard like the WD drives. So if the Micro USB3 connector is damaged, which often happens you can just buy a cheap enclosure and swop the drives if your data is more important than the warranty. It opens very easily too, just one swipe with a boxcutter.:whistle:
 
Toshiba seems to work nice I've had no trouble with mine had it 3+ years , my friends toshiba died but his sister did throw it at him. So you can't blame the drive for that. :D

My 2TB Samsung died in 9 months at least i had the warranty

My Seagates havn't worried me at all. plus they usb 3 so they nice and quick.
 
I.am.Sam said:
IC has the toshiba for 1299

and i never saw a usb 2 2.5" 2tb
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it has a 12 month warranty
i have had nightmares with WD - wont go anywhere near them again

seagate is my 1st choice.

if you want, I can probably arrange the same toshiba unit on monday for R1000 ( brand new, sealed in box - also via IncCon)
pm me if you are interested
 
grantza said:
it has a 12 month warranty
i have had nightmares with WD - wont go anywhere near them again

seagate is my 1st choice.

if you want, I can probably arrange the same toshiba unit on monday for R1000 ( brand new, sealed in box - also via IncCon)
pm me if you are interested
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I can say the same for Seagate, every single Seagate drive I've ever owned had to be replaced under warranty at least once within a couple of months of purchase.

WD on the other hand has never given me a single issue, still have 2x320GB WD RE drives that's been running for around 8 years now having been transferred from PC to PC as I upgraded still going strong. Got an old 40GB and 80GB running in another box as well, they are both probably older than 10 years now.
 
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