I'm planing to buy this. Of course not from amazon but from a local shop here in Budapest for half the prize.

My question is is it worth it? How good A-Data is? Or should I buy a WD?

Thanks for the help.

 

I'd sooner trust a hard drive from Seagate, WD, Samsung, etc. A nice case is nice - but the hard drive inside has to lasts years, not fail after a few months or a year or two. I've never heard of A-data.

 

Even at half the price, 640GB for $70 is rather expensive. I've grabbed 1.5TB drives for $80.

I'd advise you to just buy a HDD and an enclosure. You get the added benefit of eSATA speeds.

 

Sadly here 1.5TB HDD is a little more expensive and rare than that, and I really don't need that much space.

 

You could go for this - 1TB, costs about 80 bucks and has a 2-year warranty.

 

The only problem is it's kinda big I'm looking for that slim kind of HDD.

 

Really a matter of price vs convenience. External hard disks that don't use an external adapter are a little costly, but they are great at portability.

Seagate

I'm planning on buying the Seagate GoFlex Ultra-Portable myself. Slim.

 

That looks promising and the prise is reasonable too. But how does it react to Linux?

 

I've had terrible, terrible experience with Seagate drives. I've got two Samsung 2.5" 1TB externals that I've never had any problems with though.

 

What was the problem?

 

The USB connection ports always seemed very flimsy and fragile and they were far more prone to overheating and just randomly dying.

HDs are always temperamental and one user's experience doesn't necessarily indicate much, but I'd still be wary.

 

Yeah I can understand how that could be annoying with an USB powered HDD.:awesome

 

Allo Hero,

WD My Passport is the only External Hard Drive, out of using various WD, Seagate and Samsung drives, that has never failed. Considering I use it for video/film editing also, and if you get one of the iLink/Firewire ones, it says a lot. They can with a bit of care be used in DIT work too - more than one promo I've recorded straight onto a My Passport. Despite being limited to USB, they're pretty fast and for the most part sans fuss.

Couldn't recommend anything else. As for warranty - of the External HDD's I've had fail on me, including a WD My Book, Story Station and GoFlex Desk, basic hard-drive recovery software hasn't yet (touch wood) failed to retrieve most of the files on them.

So I'd lean towards a Western Digital 'My Passport'. Though theyr'e limited to, or used to be limited to, 320/500GB capacities.

G.L.

Not as fast as a Firewire link would allow, for example, but fast enough to work alright, depending on the stats of the console you're hooking it up to. Not as suitable for live capture as it is for drag'n'drop, but with some tinkering it can do either - they're all basically the same things, but drives like Red's drives are 'specifically designed' for a 4k Workflow, aka they have slightly faster connections, and other flash drives work - or rather, are marketed - in the same way. Actual storage space is as advertised.

I forgot to ask - what's the use for it?

 

How fast works that?

 

I have a 250gb WD Passport that I picked up for £50 2/3 years ago.
I also have a 1tb WD Elements, its a bit bigger but I've been running it regularly for ages and had no problems at all. It's not a portable version like the Passports but Amazon UK has them going for less than £50 now.

1tb Passport for £85 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B002KQ1Z3I

 

I have two of the first gen Freeagent drives from Seagate, and so far in the three or so years I've had them, no problems** at all. One is a 250GB (and full, of course >.>), bought three years ago pretty much when they came out, and the other is a 1TB (and nearing capacity. ), bought two years ago. I am anticipating failure as soon as I get past the warranty...Not looking forward to it, even if I could replace most of the data.

*They run a little bit hot (but I'd assume the newer ones would be cooler), but I've had no problems accessing data in Windows or Linux. As long as you're running a newer kernel, Linux has no problems with NTFS. On the other hand, I've had numerous problems with Western Digital drives in Linux. I don't know why, but sometimes even after reformatting Linux would not recognize them. These were internal drives, and the Seagate replacements worked just fine first go 'round.

*The only other problem I have with the drives, is one of the little rubber feet (probably about the same size around as a 3.5mm jack) broke off somewhere along the way. Then again, I use to take these fuckers EVERYWHERE with me. My laptop was dying at the time, and I had an aversion to storing any data on its hard drive. The TB drive wobbles now, but they also just sit on my desk and collect dust...So, not really a problem.

TL;DR: Seagate FUCK YEAH. Freeagent drives are awesome.

 

There are only a handful of hdd manufacturers in the world, and A-Data isn't one of them. They'll be using someone elses hdd and just slapping their own case, connectors, and interface board on it. Every spinning hdd in the world is made by Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung or Toshiba now. Hitachi was acquired by WD a week ago, so there'll still be some stock from them for a while.

It sounds like A-Data use whatever drives they can get as supply, demand, and manufacturer pricing dictates. There's no guarantee of what brand hdd you'll actually end up with. Even if you buy two A-Data drives of the same model, they may not have the same hdd inside. That isn't necessarily something to be worried about, just be aware of it.

I don't buy from NewEgg [I don't live in North America], but it is an excellent place to find reviews from tech geeks.

 

'Nuff said.

 

That I didn't know,thanks. Then WD it will be.

Thanks for the help.:awesome