taulpaul- USB 2.0 is useless, there's not enough voltage. Firewire 400 is my mainstay. I personally use the Macally PHR-100AF Firewire 400 enclosure. I don't think Maxtor is the best brand out there, I use a couple of Maxtors and Western Digital hard drives. The word on the street as far as lowest failure rate is Seagate. Just go Firewire 400, and if you have to make your own- the enclosure size has to match the hard drive size. For example: 3.5" enclosure holds 3.5" hard drives. Most of the enclosures I've seen are for ATA IDE drives which is fine. I've yet to see a SATA external enclosure. Go Newegg.
Francisco franciscodaum.blogspot.com --- In [email protected], "francisco_daum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > taulpaul, > > If you want to check out Newegg.com, they carry the Macally PHR-100AF > External Firewire 400 hard drive enclosure for $34 (The USB > 2/Firewire400 is an extra $5). They also carry the Seagate Barracuda > 7200.10 "Perpendicular Recording" ST3250820A 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache > IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive for $75. So that's $115. Kick in $8 for 3 > day UPS, it's a good deal. > > Francisco > franciscodaum.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected], "David Howell" <taoofdavid@> > wrote: > > > > You will pay less if you buy an internal hard drive and a external > > firewire drive case. Just pop open the case and install the HD into it. > > > > Your basic 7200 RPM drive will do the job. > > > > Actually, since you are in Minneapolis, try going to Microcenter. This > > drive, > > > http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=213194 > > should do you fine. Here is a firewire drive enclosure, > > > http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=241812 > > > > Hope those links work. > > > > David > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > --- In [email protected], "taulpaulmpls" > > <taulpaulmpls@> wrote: > > > > > > I've got around $150 to spend on a new external harddrive. I would > > > prefer Firewire 400, and something that has transfer speed to edit > > > video from on my PC laptop. I've been looking at Lacie, what stat do > > > I need to look at? Buffer? rpm's? > > > > > > Any advice is appreciated. > > > > > >
