Guest oakridge235 August 9, 2011 Share August 9, 2011 I download all my torrents to an external hard drive so my libraries are mobile and my computer isn't bogged down with little storage room. I am looking to upgrade to a one or two terabyte drive soon. I was wondering which brand is your favorite, or if you have a 1 or 2 tb drive how it preforms. I am looking for speed, reliability and portability. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest suburban August 9, 2011 Share August 9, 2011 WD FTW! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Speeriow August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Western Digital is probably the best one for the money, they are relatively cheaper than alot of brands. I have had my 1TB for years but they do have a 2TB as well. It has not failed me yet and I might even upgrade to the 2TB. Really like their stuff and its high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WebWizard August 12, 2011 Share August 12, 2011 I have a WD 500gb I use for Wii Games. I also have a WD 2tb drive I use to connect mostly to PS3 to load my digital back up movies. I have the 2tb partitioned in half, one side for the movies mentioned, the other side for file or image storage. Never had a problem with the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StyXoN August 12, 2011 Share August 12, 2011 I have a Lacie 1TB, can't complain... ;) I don't know it it is one of the good brands, but it's working great for me ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FA8EA9 August 14, 2011 Share August 14, 2011 Western Digital is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bsktsebacampos August 20, 2011 Share August 20, 2011 I have an old Lacie of 500 gb. I think when i really get used of the tracking world i will need more data storage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northerngordon August 26, 2011 Share August 26, 2011 I have three WD 2TB external drives - no problems at all and getting a fourth soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thedho August 31, 2011 Share August 31, 2011 I have had good experience with Seagate and western digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePosterizer September 1, 2011 Share September 1, 2011 I have a Seagate 2TB one and a IMATION 1TB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SimpleSam September 9, 2011 Share September 9, 2011 I have had 1tb & 2tb Seagates, 1.5tb hitachi - to be honest they all have performed well - if you want outright speed you need to look into the new hybrid drives or to speed up your system get an SSD for your OS & apps and use the 1/2 tb HD for downloads. I can't stress enough the importance of backups when using LARGE capacity drives. If a 1 or 2tb drive fails on you, recovering it will cost you a bit and take AGEEEEEEEEEEEEES to resort all your stuff depending on the recovery method. so when planning to buy large drives 500gb + always budget for buying 2 drives of the same capacity - one for LIVE use, the other for backup AND you also need to adhere to a backup regime... I'm now looking at 3tb drives.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chuckbednarick1 September 10, 2011 Share September 10, 2011 I have a Seagate 1TB Freeagent Goflex that has been great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ehpoc September 11, 2011 Share September 11, 2011 I've ran through a couple of them, but my current 1.5 tb is western digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wrymslayer September 13, 2011 Share September 13, 2011 I'm using a Hitachi 2TB model 5k3000. Its quiet and has been good to me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anthonyt15 September 14, 2011 Share September 14, 2011 I have a wd passport 1TB and love it. Fast, portable and simple to use. Looking to get a 3TB soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coolbird22 December 9, 2011 Share December 9, 2011 my WD Elements 2TB is pretty awesome for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest igoylytes December 10, 2011 Share December 10, 2011 Got WDC Mybook 500G and Seagate Desktop 1TB, unfortunately wdc didn't perform to good cause it would randomly unplug by itself, defect hardware I guess ... for the seagate been using it until now and satisfied with it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ConfusedJoe December 10, 2011 Share December 10, 2011 i am using western digital 3TB... i noticed that if NOD32 v5 antivirus is installed...... it will stalled the PC when the external HD is plug in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asdf1234 December 12, 2011 Share December 12, 2011 seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsoccer3 December 13, 2011 Share December 13, 2011 Whats your price range, if you dont have one and your pc suports usb 3.0 i would go with that.. as far as brand i have gone with western digital all my life and i just cant seem to get one to die on me..they are indestructible :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flynn January 4, 2012 Share January 4, 2012 im using a Liteon its cheap but it does the job ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heroofalltimes January 5, 2012 Share January 5, 2012 i have western digital 1 tp and it is working good u should buy one with usp3 you ill love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest superz January 7, 2012 Share January 7, 2012 WD for music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iakovos December 6, 2015 Share December 6, 2015 Western digital passport ultra,500gb.cheap and nice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsatter March 5, 2016 Share March 5, 2016 I have 2 wd 2 terra, one is connected via usb and the other is shared via ethernet. The  increase in speed on the ethernet connected one is well worth the additional 20 $ it costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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