[mkerr64]

Do you guys have any recommendations of which terabyte to go with?

Here are some that I am considering

Western Digital MyBook Pro II 1TB 7200 USB2.0 FireWire800 FireWire400 External Hard Drive WDG2TP10000N in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

Beyond Micro DriveZilla 1TB Terabyte USB 2.0 External Storage Center (Drives included) BMDZ1TU2 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca

LaCie - Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface - USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800

[mduell]

I recommend against a 1TB drive. Unless you have a very specific need for exactly 1 TB, you're much better off with a 0.75TB drive. The 1TB externals are all 2 drives joined together to form one large volume, giving you twice the chance of a drive failure. The controller used to join them may also become faulty, corrupting your data.

I'd go with a 750GB Seagate drive and a USB2/FW400 external enclosure.

[mkerr64]

if so what companies have the 750gb enclosed in an external?


also if i go with 750 gb drive costing $457.97
and a case roughly $50 im paying $500

for that price if i pay $40 extra i can get 1000gb....

[mduell]

Actually, it's the same price per GB as the cheapest of the 1TB drives ($0.53/GB).

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM - $350
Add $50 for an enclosure and you're at $400, not $500.

[mkerr64]

it all depends where you are getting it from
cause i have a tiger direct store close to me and i wouldnt mind picking it up