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Graham B.

Graham B.

Joined on 02/17/06

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Most Favorable Review
SAMSUNG Spinpoint M7 HM500JI 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint M7 HM500JI 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: *Massive capacity - 1/2 Terabyte, need I say any more? *Quiet operation - near silent, I have to look at the drive indicator to see if it is spinning *Fast - No percivable lag when opening huge drive thrashing applications like Windows Media or games

Cons: None

Overall Review: A very good investment for someone wanting to have a large amont of data at thier disposal.

Easy NAS/ FTP server

BUFFALO HS-DH500GL 500GB LinkStation Live Multimedia Storage Server
BUFFALO HS-DH500GL 500GB LinkStation Live Multimedia Storage Server

Pros: Easy to setup, Good web interface. I was able to have this usnit setup as an FTP server in under 15 minutes. Once I added to the DMZ I was able to get to it anywhere and create users that I gave to my friends. The system is easy to use inside the network as well, I stream data to my PS3, Notebook and Desktop (with the PC's I setup static mapped drives) and had the whoel thing going in less than 30 minutes.

Cons: Slow upload and down load unless you are using USB or a CAT5 cable. When using wireless I cap out at 1.3 MB/sec.

Overall Review: Other than the slow speed over wireless and my cable companies furgalness with upstream bandwidth this is a great cheap, easy to user NAS setup. Highly recommended.

11/14/2007

Great Buy

Vantec NexStar 3 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 & eSATA External Hard Drive/SSD Enclosure (Onyx Black) - Model NST-260SU-BK
Vantec NexStar 3 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 & eSATA External Hard Drive/SSD Enclosure (Onyx Black) - Model NST-260SU-BK

Pros: Once unboxed it took 10 minuts to have the drive installed, repartioned and start to copy data. The USB 2.0 is blazing fast, i copied 86 GB of data in 49 minutes. The included eSATA port and cable is very nice and ingenius solution for those who are not blessed with eSATA on the MB.

Cons: The included USB cable is very funky. Since I had spare USB 2.0 cables from all of my phones and Harmony remotes I swapped them out instead.

Overall Review: Including a more standard USB cable would make all differance when using the included case. Other wise this is the best drive enclosure I have seen.