^ that was the plan. Roughly the same cost as buying a separate drive and case online, but this way my parents can buy it for me for Christmas (they don't shop online) and it has a 5yr warranty vs 3yr on regular HDD's.
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Originally Posted by dragonone
u sure it's more cost effective? a 320 2.5" is only $5x @ ncix
that way you don't have to guess if the seagate one is sata, which it probably is
plus if the drive in the external craps out on you, I'm not sure if you want to go through putting it back together to claim warranty. they can be disassembled, but i wont' be too confident in doing it repeatedly to the same case
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Where is this $50 drive? I'm not sure why but I can never search for shit on the NCIX site. Newegg the 320's start at $75, 500's at $99. I can't remember is Seagate or WD is supposed to be better, and I have no clue where the Samsung, Toshiba and Hitachi fit in.
My other external is easy to take apart, 2 screws and you pull out the IDE to USB and power connecter attached to the back plate and slide out the drive. Are the 2.5" ones that much more complex? Because there's an extra 2yrs of warranty on the externals, which is kinda wack.