Anyone Tried Cheap Portable Hard Drives from Amazon?

bin555 on 02/10/2024 - 08:37
Last edited 02/10/2024 - 11:20 by 1 other user

Noticed you can get 2TB drive for $55

2TB External Hard Drive-USB 3.0 Portable HDD Ultra Slim External Hard Drive 5Gbps High Speed Hard Drive-SSD External Hard Drive for PC, Laptop (Not for The Game Drive)

Just curious if anyone has experience with these?

I've had branded ones fail all the time.

Computing Computer Peripheral Portable Hard Drive

Comments

  • duk242 on 02/10/2024 - 08:41
    +4

    Don't do it man.

    Samsung T7 drives are my preferred externals, they're fast and haven't had one fail on me yet.

  • o53djz7qTPY4der on 02/10/2024 - 08:44
    +2

    You will 100% not get 100% of 2TB.

  • cuteseal on 02/10/2024 - 09:31
    +1

    There are many things to go cheap on to save money but data storage is not one of them…

  • bin555 on 02/10/2024 - 09:35
    +1

    Thanks all for suggestions. Ended up buying this: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/868586

    • ihfree on 02/10/2024 - 13:32

      I've had branded ones fail all the time.

      Bit of a risky one based on those downvotes. Hope you've done your research into that specific model.

      • bin555 on 02/10/2024 - 14:01

        Yeah. It's ok. It's temporary data. I'll take the risk. I expect it should have solid warranty

  • whitepuma on 02/10/2024 - 10:12
    +3

    Hard drives and SSD's, if it's not one of the big name brands, don't do it. I've thrown money away too often on this.

    If it looks like it's a big name brand but the price is too good to be true, that's because it is.

  • CyberMurning on 02/10/2024 - 13:12

    hdd and cheap are not meant to be on the same sentence unless you are storing linux distros only

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