external hard drive or built up?

[tyerone]

Hi guys

is it cheaper to buy a external chassis 3.5" and buy a hd and put it in or buy a complete external ready made??? want a 500gb?? what do people think?

Thanks

 

[shadow_man]

Hi guys

is it cheaper to buy a external chassis 3.5" and buy a hd and put it in or buy a complete external ready made??? want a 500gb?? what do people think?

Thanks

Usually cheaper to do it seperately - or if you can find the 500gb R999 from game special then go for that - has a Toshiba drive in it.

J

 

[tyerone]

ya got the 500gb game special but its already full and need another one??

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Where do one find external chassis these days?

 

[shadow_man]

Where do one find external chassis these days?

Most dealerships, cafe viva in claremont etc etc.

Does game still have the 500gb toshiba special - cant beat that value even at dealership level.

J

 

[tyerone]

most pc shop sell them, the external ones, 3.5 and 2.5"

 

[tyerone]

the game special went quich so did the incredible 500gb for R999. i got that special to...

 

[shadow_man]

the game special went quich so did the incredible 500gb for R999. i got that special to...

Yeah I missed both no cash and now im screwed for space

J

 

[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.

 

[Gadget Man]

Just bought an external 500 GB MyBook Essential for R 999. Looked at the option of building one up. Worked out a bit more, R 200 - R 300 more ... just as VanZan says. The MyBook Essential doesn't have firewire of esata though. Could have gone for the one up on the MyBook, but only needed it as a back up drive.