500 GB External Hard Drive Cheapest?

[jlr]

Anybody know where I can get a 500gb external for cheap?

 

[LazyLion]

http://www.nivo.co.za/product/7139

 

[Enchanter]

http://www.kalahari.net/electronics/Seagate-Free-Agent-Desktop-500GB/4585/32722808.aspx

 

[LazyLion]

http://www.kalahari.net/electronics/Seagate-Free-Agent-Desktop-500GB/4585/32722808.aspx

Wow!!!

Bargain!!! I thought mine was good... but that is even better. I have seen those drives go for over two grand.

 

[sdd]

Damn that is cheap. I paid that price for my 250 GB

 

[jlr]

And there you have it folks.....

Thanks for everybodies input, I don't think we will get it for cheaper.

 

[sdd]

Slightlightly off topic,

would the cheapest 500GB external HDD be a 500GB internal drive combined with a enclosure. I don't know the combined prices - so I might be wrong.

If you go the eSATA route it would also be faster and more flexible for future upgrades.

Gary, what would be the price of such a setup? What would you recommend? Feel free to start a new thread about this.

 

[wizdumb]

damn and i got that external hdd for 1,399 a couple of months back.

maybe worth investing in another one

 

[charlie_82]

R899 at PCZone - Verbatim drive
I think the Seagate FreeAgent is the same price tho

 

[LazyLion]

Slightlightly off topic,

would the cheapest 500GB external HDD be a 500GB internal drive combined with a enclosure. I don't know the combined prices - so I might be wrong.

If you go the eSATA route it would also be faster and more flexible for future upgrades.

Gary, what would be the price of such a setup? What would you recommend? Feel free to start a new thread about this.

No, not any cheaper... unless you can source direct from a dealer. A 500 Gb SATA drive and an enclosure will hit you around the same price, maybe even R50 more. You can't beat a grand for a proprietary external drive, esp one like this!

 

[tyerone]

i bought my iomega 500gb for R999 on the ic special. im looking to get a 2nd 500gb but internal and the cheapest i can find is at pcint.co.za R655 excl.

 

[spiderz]

R655 (ex Vat) PCint.co.za
500gb Sata2 32mb Seagate

 

[SanchoP]

Or for R200 extra you could get this (http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=61_65&products_id=11583) which is well worth it if you have an eSATA port on your computer.

 

[VanZan]

Had a look at various options. Finally decided on the Nexstar 3 eSATA enclosure and got a 500GB SATA drive (Seagate). Price for Nexstar was about R350 and the HDD was about R900. Got a eSATA card for the desktop at about R250 and a PCMCIA adapter for the laptop at about R200. The Nexstar also do the USB thing so is still compatible with all other systems. In eSATA mode the data transfer speed is phenomenal. Almost 10x faster than USB. And this was 2 months ago - hdd prices have dropped a bit.

 

[cyberarmy]

Had a look at various options. Finally decided on the Nexstar 3 eSATA enclosure and got a 500GB SATA drive (Seagate). Price for Nexstar was about R350 and the HDD was about R900. Got a eSATA card for the desktop at about R250 and a PCMCIA adapter for the laptop at about R200. The Nexstar also do the USB thing so is still compatible with all other systems. In eSATA mode the data transfer speed is phenomenal. Almost 10x faster than USB. And this was 2 months ago - hdd prices have dropped a bit.

I would get this enclosure: COOLERMASTER X-CRAFT 350 LITE 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA BLACK R320