External Drive Phread

>Phread

>>59650141
just wanted to be funny because in the country I live 'phread' and 'thread' kind of sound the same...

>>59650190
pajeet pls
>baps and poosi gibegibegibe

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>>59650112
>rock
What are you, a degenerate?

Western digital 8tb usb 3 drives

The newer editions are usb powered but mine has power cord too. ~200 bucks

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what about hdd dockstations?
i have $100~$150 to spend on either some 3TB external, or get a 1TB + dock to use a myriad of old 160~500GB hdd at my disposal, which i would like to use as second backup cold storage

are dockstations reliable?
i bought a ide+sata+fdd to USB adapter, but its so inconsistent, even though everytime it works its stable and same speed (about 15Mbytes/s),
sometimes it doesnt show the partitions, and sometimes shows one, and a couple minutes later shows the second partition, the behavior isnt in any specific hdd.

>>59651368
yeah, 3.5inch externals disappeared but are making a return with the latest bigest capacity ones

i like it better, you can always hook them up inside your desktop via sata

are 3.5 more reliable than 2.5?

>>59651664
3.5 are *generally* more reliable than 2.5 because the platters are physically larger and therefore are less susceptible to corruption.

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seagate backup plus.. never had any issues. neat looking enclosure with gloss and sharp edges. excellent rw speeds. I have the 2tb model, they offer a 5tb model. Seriously, no complaints except for the use of the weird usb3 micro combo connector on the controller. not a big deal though, just don't care much for that standard.

>>59651856
owner for 4 years by the way. speeds have kept up. no corruption so far.

>>59650112
I use a WD USB3 1TB, very cheap and reliable afaik. I hope to upgrade to LaCie soon though, their rugged drives are legendary and the USB-C/thunderbolt combo will be hopefully be a great pair when I get myself one of those new MacBooks.