Optic Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hey guys. Always good to have an External HDD especially when dealing with photos, videos or general backups. These devices come under two categories which are the HDD sizes inside: 2.5" (laptop size) and 3.5" (desktop size). The 2.5" ones are the most popular as they're smaller, portable and USB powered, so they don't need an AC power cord. The 3.5" ones typically stay on your desk because they're much bigger and need AC power as they usually have a cooling fan in-built and often have more interfaces such as E-SATA and FireWire. My Recommendation I recently got a new 2.5" External HDD: the Western Digital My Passport 2 TB which has USB 3. It's GREAT, I can't believe this tiny thing has more capacity than my previous 2 External HDDs combined... And it's decently priced, I got this one a few months back at $200 USD from Amazon but I see it has dropped to $165. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagnaRulZ Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Sterling recommendation there, Optic. Western Digital is also my first choice when it comes to external HDDs. They haven't skipped a beat since I first used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefyamaki Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 2 Terrabytes is humongous. I have one 300MB external hdd which I have bought like 5 years ago and it is still working fine, although sometimes I have to delete stuff from it. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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