Fantom Drives G-Force3 3TB USB 3.0 Black External Hard Drive GF3B3000U

Pros: Hard drive comes completely empty, no bloatware, completely silent, metal case, epic drive, long warranty. I LOVE IT!

Cons: None so far

Pros: Surprisingly fast, USB 3.0, quiet, cool to the touch, quality construction - like a solid piece of metal, sleek design, 3 year warranty, good backup solution

Cons: Bright blue power LED - who decided bright blue LEDs were a great idea? It matches my tower but I don't like that either...

Other Thoughts: Other reviewers have said and it's true, this drive won't work with Windows backup (including Win7) as it has 4K sectors. That's not a problem with the drive in any way, but rather Microsoft not supporting native 4K sector drives in their backup program. They knew about this and chose not to support it. Supposedly Win8 adds support, in fact, I don't plan to upgrade just to use this drive with Windows backup... Everything else I've tried works, including other backup software (Macrium Reflect - no prob), and of course you can easily do normal file transfers.

This drive is a great investment for a backup drive, which is how I use it, in my experience externals are less reliable under heavy use which is why it's only a backup for me (I got a 2TB WD Black at the same time). Think about how much your data is worth to you, it should be worth paying for a quality backup solution, and this seems to be one.

Pros: Easy connect, quiet, fast and attractive appearance

Cons: Non to this point

Other Thoughts: Received by mail on second order as New Egg had to resend as I never received the first shipment. Newegg is a good company and stand by their name. Took almost three months but I got what I paid for. Thanks New Egg

Pros: When it worked, it was great! Easily connected to my network, quiet, no software to install. It was ready to work right out of the box.

Cons: I bought this in October, 2011... 13 months later, I'm having to figure out what I need to do to send it back for a new one. The drive is toast. The light comes on but it is no longer recognized by any computer. I can't believe something that cost as much as this did (for an external drive) is dead after only 13 months. I thought I was paying extra for quality, I obviously thought wrong.

Other Thoughts: If any of you at Newegg are able to help me to figure out what, exactly, I need to do in order to return this... I would be very grateful. I know this doesn't reflect on Newegg, I have bought other things from your site before and absolutely love it.

Pros: 135mbs reads usb 3.0 compared to my old WD usb 2.0 35mbs reads
looks good

Cons: higher reads/wrights would be better

Other Thoughts: great ext hard drive i would recommend buying

Pros: This unit is a lot smaller than I expected, and also a lot faster! HUGE upgrade from my Western Digital externals :-)
I have it encrypted with BitLocker and all my files are ready to go.
I filled it with my backups and am 100% for sure going to buy another one

Cons: The only con (which I knew before I bought it) is that it has an external power supply, but this is something I was prepared for

Other Thoughts: Would recommend for anyone who wants quick access and needs space. You won't be disappointed with this purchase

Pros: Very quiet, stays cool, extreamly fast.

Cons: None at this time.

Other Thoughts: I would recommend this drive to anyone looking for a fast quiet reliable external drive.

Pros: Great build quality. It's sturdy metal!
Simple and barebones. The only connection is USB 3.0 It's all you need! And it's already formatted with NTFS, and requires no software. My Windows 7 laptop recognized it right away.

Cons: Windows 7 wasn't able to perform it's "Windows Backup" to the drive. It seems to be more of an issue with Windows and 3TB hard drives, than this drive in particular. Just thought I'd mention though in case others plan to use this drive for Windows Backup, as I had planned. Haven't found a workaround yet, other than using a different software for doing the back-up.

Other Thoughts: Mine came with a Samsung power brick/charger. That's fine, but just figured I'd mention it in case others wonder.

Pros: Speed
Capacity
Low Noise
Design

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Great external HD for backups, storage, etc. Not much else to say really!!

Pros: quality
speed
quiet
price
storage capacity
stays cool

Cons: none