External Hdd needed

LauraJ23 · 10 Mar 2013

Just wondering if anyone has come across any good prices for a 1tb or a 2tb external drive to back up my pics.

andrewc · 10 Mar 2013

Ebuyer were advertising a Samsung USB 3 2TB ext. HD for under £ 60.

PC World had it for £ 65.

robbino · 10 Mar 2013

michael23 said:
Just wondering if anyone has come across any good prices for a 1tb or a 2tb external drive to back up my pics.

good place to search is over at HUKD.

Here is a link to 1tb drives

LauraJ23 · 10 Mar 2013

Thanks very much

nomad_traveller · 10 Mar 2013

I have the WD 2TB Passport - best thing is that it is USB bus powered so you can bring it anywhere without worrying about a plug.

PC World has it for £115

Buck · 10 Mar 2013

nomad_traveller said:
I have the WD 2TB Passport - best thing is that it is USB bus powered so you can bring it anywhere without worrying about a plug.

PC World has it for £115

I have two 1TB versions for my backups to be kept off site and they are cracking little units - compact form too.

LauraJ23 · 10 Mar 2013

Just had a look and Pc World do have them at £115, a bit to much for me, but the 1tb version is £79.99. Will have a look round and try and fish out the best value.

I have just found this 1tb sony for 59.99

Buck · 10 Mar 2013

£63.95 posted for the WD 1TB at Amazon

nomad_traveller · 10 Mar 2013

michael23 said:
Just had a look and Pc World do have them at £115, a bit to much for me, but the 1tb version is £79.99. Will have a look round and try and fish out the best value.

I have just found this 1tb sony for 59.99

PC World has the WD 1TB for £69.99

But the Sony one does look nice and it's USB powered. It looks like £59.99 is the cheapest i can find as well.

Boynielaad · 11 Mar 2013

I've just bought a 1tb WD external drive from Ebuyer at a tad under £50.

LauraJ23 · 11 Mar 2013

I have never used ebuyer, how good are they/is the site?

Boynielaad · 11 Mar 2013

I've had a couple of things from there.

Ordered this drive on 4th March, dispatched 6th March. Arrived 7th March.

Order process pretty straightforward.

LauraJ23 · 11 Mar 2013

That seems quite good, thank you.

andrewc · 11 Mar 2013

Ebuyer - pretty straightforward box shifter.

I've never had to send anything back, so can't comment on the other side of dealing with that supplier.

riddell · 11 Mar 2013

Remember not just to go by price.

Speeds can vary a lot, which will make a big difference when transferring gigs of data.

Reliability is even more important, some of the cheaper boxes can overheat.

digital · 12 Mar 2013

michael23 said:
I have never used ebuyer, how good are they/is the site?

They are good and they are safe.

I've bought lots from them with no issues and I've had to send a couple of things like motherboards back under guarantee after several months and, again, have had no problems.

LauraJ23 · 12 Mar 2013

Thanks for all the help. I think I will get this one, but from Pc world at 59.99