The Best External Hard Drive Deals Online Today
There are all sorts of ways you can store your files now, whether you want to back up your data, keep your photos and videos separate from the rest of your data or generally clear some space on your computer.
One of the easiest, simplest and cheapest ways of doing this is to get a USB desktop hard disk – a large
capacity disk that will soak up your files and offers a good level of performance. For the purposes of this review we chose 1TB disks – 1,000GB of storage. Larger disks are available, but we thought the 1TB average price point of around £100 hit a sweet-spot between capacity and price.
IOMEGA EGO DESKTOP
From the outside, this disk from Iomega looks nothing out of the ordinary. Its jet-black case is
surrounded by a silver ribbon, while the USB connection will be familiar to anyone who has plugged in a
printer. It also has a power switch on the back, so that once you’ve shut down your computer, you can be sure that your hard disk isn’t still whirring away, wasting electricity. However, this
unassuming case hides a power-house inside. PassMark’s Advanced Disk test measured the average speed of this disk to be 2.96MB/s, which makes it far and away the fastest product in our test. If it’s
performance you’re looking for, you can stop searching now.
With a powerful disk tucked away behind its unassuming exterior, the Iomega eGo is worth considering for its speed alone.
WD MY BOOK ELITE
There aren’t many hard disks that can tell you how full they are at a glance, but My Book Elite from
Western Digital does just that. It has a digital display that shows you both graphically and numerically how much space is left on it, which should help eliminate those ‘disk full’ surprises that always seem to
occur when you least want them to. The disk comes with a highly integrated software suite that
installs to your computer so it’s even aware whether or not you’ve got the hard disk plugged in. You can also use it to manage a number of Western Digital disks at the same time. However, the main thrust of the software is to deal with back-up on the device. The software does this very well and offers plenty of configuration options, so you can choose what to back up, where to put it and when to schedule it to run automatically. It’s also possible to use the software to encrypt and lock the drive, so that only those who know the password can gain access and see the data that’s on it.
My Book Elite’s performance was decidedly average in our tests, lounging around the lower end of the speed table with most of the other disks. This doesn’t make it uncommonly slow but it doesn’t challenge the speedier disks. There are much faster disks than this product, which barely nudged 2MB/s.
Average performance let the Western Digital disk down, keeping it at the lower end of our performance scale. However, considering the software package you get with the device and the handy external display that’ll keep you informed of the disk’s capacity, it’s well featured for the price and offers fair value for money.
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Western Digital WD Elements SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive $99.98 Western Digital Elements WDBABV0010ABK-NESN Hard Drive WDBABV0010ABK-NESN Hard Drives – External… |
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Iomega eGo Mac Edition 500 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800 Portable External Hard Drive 34629 (Ruby Red) $139.77 Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive 34629 Hard Drives – External… |
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Iomega eGo 500 GB FireWire 800 Portable External Hard Drive Mac Edition 35527 – Black $149.99 The Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive Mac Edition has two FireWire 800 ports and one USB 2.0 port for fast performance and versatile connections…. |
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LX Desk Mount LCD Arm $106.54 Sleek and streamlined, the LX 45-241-026 frees up space and allows positioning of your display for greater productivity. Reposition your LCD with just a touch. Up. Down. Forward. Back. The LX provides unparalleled range of motion…. |
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LapWorks Ergonomic Ergo Swivel Riser-Small Black Swiveling Laptop Stand With Multiple Adjustable Inclines For Improved Ergonomic Typing Angles $8.95 Looking for all of the same features as our Ergo Swivel Riser laptop desk but need it in a smaller, more compact version? Then this desktop stand is a perfect fit. Able to raise your laptop closer to eye level and able to swivel while adjusting into one of eight comfortable typing positions. Its a comfortable way to work on your laptop. Did we mention it also helps to cool your laptop as you work?… |
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LEGO 2GB MP3 Player $39.99 Now all the fun of LEGO bricks is engineered into a real LEGO MP3 Player. This LEGO MP3 Player looks like it is built completely from LEGO bricks, but it can not be taken apart. LEGO bricks can be added to the top and the bottom so kids can integrate it into their building creations. But this is not a toy! Its a full functioning MP3 Player with 2GB of internal memory. It holds up to 500 songs. Ful… |
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FUSION 4 Round 2-Way Marine Speaker – 120W $99.99 4″ Marine 2-Way Speakers MS-FR402FUSION’s Marine Speakers are designed and engineered from the ground up to incorporate state of the art audio innovation never seen before in marine speakers.Comply with ASTM Standards for UV Stability and Salt/Fog ResistanceComply with IP65 Waterproof and Dust StandardsTrue Marine ProtectionDesigned to withstand the harsh marine environment and comply with Interna… |
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A Book of Kells: Growing Up In an Ego Void $11.99 A Book of Kells recalls the lives of John Kell and Kathleen Ward who meet in 1917 when he is a Canadian sailor stationed in Portsmouth, England. Her father, a Methodist Sunday School teacher, brings him home for tea. Kathleens sister writes to Jack until she gets married in 1924 and Kathleen takes up the correspondence. Meanwhile, Jack has been getting an education and has spent a year as a stud… |