Team-BHP - Which Portable HDD ?

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Originally Posted by Mugen_Power (Post 460347)

isnt 3.5 inch hdd are cheaper than 2.5 inch hdd ??

ya 3.5 inch is cheaper than the 2.5 inch but the capacity of 3.5 is quite large when compared to the 2.5 inch one....and the 3.5 inch is also heavier than the 2.5 inch one.

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Originally Posted by revtech (Post 460388)

its not tht slow.... i have a hitachi 160 GB HD in a transcend casing and ii love it....

as far as i know Seagate's data transfer is 61mb per second when compared to hitachi's 56mb per second but hitachi runs cooler than seagate.

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Originally Posted by revtech (Post 460388)

its not tht slow.... i have a hitachi 160 GB HD in a transcend casing and ii love it....

rev how much did u grabbed the 160gb Hitachi for?

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss (Post 460451)

rev how much did u grabbed the 160gb Hitachi for?

Rs 2400 approx....but the best bet is the 250 gb which is in 3200 range.....

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Originally Posted by low_bass_makker (Post 460463)

Rs 2400 approx....but the best bet is the 250 gb which is in 3200 range.....

thanks lbm....will have a look at that...

are there any specifics that i need to see before buying the HDD and Transcend casing? maybe your tips

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss (Post 460468)

are there any specifics that i need to see before buying the HDD and Transcend casing? maybe your tips

Just make sure that you buy Sata2 hdd and Sata2 Usb casing.

Get a Transcend Usb2 Storejet 3.5. It supports upto 750gb hdd and will cost you approx 1700.

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Originally Posted by Mugen_Power (Post 460486)

Just make sure that you buy Sata2 hdd and Sata2 Usb casing.

Get a Transcend Usb2 Storejet 3.5. It supports upto 750gb hdd and will cost you approx 1700.

as i understand from above discussion, the 3.5 will need extra power supply, isnt it? i need one without power adaptor

will the 2.5" ones (both HDD and Transcend casing) will have sata2 ? i have Dell Inspiron 5100

l_b_m, could you post pics of your HDD & casing, please? Is it like a slot-in & plug-in job, setting up the HDD in the casing? I mean, I'd like to set this up, but without too much of uh... trouble

u can see few pics here (the last one shows how to put the HDD into the casing

Transcend 2.5" Portable Hard Drive Casing

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss (Post 460496)

As far as i know you will have to buy 80gb 2.5 inch hdd if you want run the hdd with single cable.

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss (Post 460524)

u can see few pics here (the last one shows how to put the HDD into the casing

Transcend 2.5" Portable Hard Drive Casing

Thanks, buddy! That's easy as pie :)

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Originally Posted by hydrashok (Post 460514)

l_b_m, could you post pics of your HDD & casing, please? Is it like a slot-in & plug-in job, setting up the HDD in the casing? I mean, I'd like to set this up, but without too much of uh... trouble

hmm right now in mumbai....so cannot post pics...

Guys guy you all are mixing the 2.5 with the 3.5 one...

normal 2.5 ide interface one...

Welcome to Transcend Website - StoreJet 2.5 S/B/R/T

2.5 inch sata casing

Welcome to Transcend Website - StoreJet 2.5 SATA S/B/R/T

3.5 inch sata casing

Welcome to Transcend Website - StoreJet 3.5

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss (Post 460451)

rev how much did u grabbed the 160gb Hitachi for?

i got the hard disk for 6500 and the transcend casing for 700 so the total was 7200.by the way this is the 2.5 inch HD which DOES NOT need the external power supply.

Rev