External harddrive pricing question

[MANBEARPIG.]

Im looking into buying an external harddrive so i can free up some space on my comp right now.  I know the rule with a notebook harddrive is roughly pay no more than a dollar per gig, I'm wondering if the rule for an external may be the same or different at all.  I've found one thats about 2G per dollar at 160Gb/$80 is this a good deal or should i continue shopping around?

[Al Bundy]

I went and bought a 200 gig hard drive for 80 dollars then bought a external hard drive enclosure off of ebay for 10 dollars. It\'s alot cheaper doing it this way and you get more space.

[MANBEARPIG.]

I went and bought a 200 gig hard drive for 80 dollars then bought a external hard drive enclosure off of ebay for 10 dollars. It\'s alot cheaper doing it this way and you get more space.

shit good thinking, I just paid for the 80 dollar one since 2 of my friends gave me the thumbs up, I may do that in the future tho, have a prop.

[Al Bundy]

let me know if you need some help because I had to learn a grip of shit when I bought the hard drive like setting it to master, formatting it, etc.

[[Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat]]

definitely build your own next time, it's so much cheaper (unless you find a really good sale). I have 2 500gb external HDDs, 1 I built for around $199CAD and 1 I got at futureshop for $199CAD on a really good sale.

[The Watcher]

i have 2 external hard disks;

one is a 300gb (3.5", normal PC) IDE hard disk, inside a $20 external closure, all up it should cost you about $100

the other is a 100gb (2.5", notebook) hard disk, inside a $20 external closure, should cost you about $120

i use the notebook for taking shit back & forth from work -> home, the other disk for keeping random files that i need

put it all together, plug it into your computer and it should all be detected and work fine after you format the drive


i've gone through a few bottles of wine, excuse me if im rambling

[Low Key]

I just bought a 500GB external hard drive for $200 at Costco.