Looking to buy an external Hard drive

[burlingo]

hi,

i'm looking into buying an external hard drive for my pc, but i am unsure of where to start.....

i'm going to use it to back up all my media and some programs, just in case my pc decides to die or something.

i think that anything over 100gb would be pretty nice.

what are the main specs to look at regarding hard drives? i don't want to buy a piece of crap which will die on me a few months down the line.

thoughts?

 

[bongedman929]

buy a 500gb one its like 150 but its good and it wont die unless you drop it or something

 

[crazywhtboy333]

Yea man, go on ebay and you can find good cheap ones...though read the descriptions to make sure the shit works and everything.

 

[GreenLeaf420]

They're all pretty similar spec's.
I bought a media player/external hard drive a while back. And I love that thing, it's got software built in to play all movie formats on my LCD-TV without needing to be hooked up to a computer, it even came with a remote lol.

 

[burlingo]

buy a 500gb one its like 150 but its good and it wont die unless you drop it or something

yea, i was looking at a 500gb one. it would take me years to fill that! haha

Yea man, go on ebay and you can find good cheap ones...though read the descriptions to make sure the shit works and everything.

haha, eBay is always my first port of call. been browsing a while... some good deals... i think. the prices are so low compared to a few years back. it's crazy!

They're all pretty similar spec's.
I bought a media player/external hard drive a while back. And I love that thing, it's got software built in to play all movie formats on my LCD-TV without needing to be hooked up to a computer, it even came with a remote lol.

oh right, that's cool.

thought about getting one of those. there's a few knocking about on eBay. i just haven't done much research on them.