What is the cheapest 500GB - 1TB external HDD of quality? just

just get a SATA to USB adapter and buy normal hard drives

>>62157553
This. The housing are stupid cheap. Any pre-packaged 2.5" laptop size is just a way for the manufacturer of the original HDD to add some placebo plastic and inflate the overall price. The reviews are also 99% normie and should not be trusted. 3.5" have different power consumption and I've never priced them.

>>62157553
Would do this, but my professor is requiring an actual external drive. I only have USB 2.0 also.

If I buy a USB 3.0 External HDD, can I just buy a 2.0 cable separately?

sorry for dunce cap questions

>>62157652
A 3.0 drive with a 3.0 cable will work if plugged into a 2.0 port. Just at 2.0 speeds.

>>62157613
>https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD5VX9219&cm_re=500gb_hdd_2.5-_-22-149-686-_-Product
<=39USD for 500gb

>https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182291&cm_re=external_hard_drive_case_rosewill-_-17-182-291-_-Product
<=11USD for housing

inb4 5400

>>62157652
3.0 is backwards-compatible with 2.0

>>62157711
$50 for 500gb why wouldnt I just buy a Seagate external HDD at 1tb for $10 more?

>>62157688
Thank you, I appreciate it

>>62157553
Too intimadating for tech illiterates. Please be conscious of posters on /g/ who might need a more streamlined solution. You wouldn't suggest to your boss that the payroll program should be rewritten in Haskell, would you?

>>62157794
my boss uses C# for everything and complains when I submit latex'd documents instead of MS Word 2003

but I'm also overpaid and un-firable so it's alright

>>62157741
I see. You should probably get the 500gb SSD and housing then. It will more than compensate for the USB 2.0 speed issue. SSD on 2.0 should be considerable faster than HDD at 3.0. This is why /g/ loves them so much.

fuck off
>>51971506