Hacking Canadian looking for a good external

[thenewrich]

i found this from future shop:
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...&langid=EN#

any other canadians find any good deals please let me know!!

or if u have any comments about the drive i posted feel free to post because i will be buying it within the next few hours

 

[MrFlooD]

Thats a good deal. I would jump on it.

 

[porchemasi]

That seems decent but for $20 if not same price

you can buy a legit desktop HDD 500gb for $80 and buy an external enclosure for $30

it basically allows u to make an INTERNAL HDD into an EXTERNAL HDD

 

[thenewrich]

thanks for the reply's they also have a portable solution http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...gid=EN#MoreInfo

but its the same price for half the storage


i'm stuck on the fence between them

 

[riddle43]

try this this is the one im getting there are a few cheper but this is all i need

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136285

 

[thenewrich]

i would but that price doesnt pull over to us canadians it will cost us 99$ for that drive here

 

[porchemasi]

Buy this:http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=021145&cid=HD.443

$65

and this:
http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=Sh...amp;cid=516.700

$25

cheaper than the $99 hdd AND it has more CACHE and very reliable :-)

 

[tonybologna]

try this this is the one im getting there are a few cheper but this is all i need

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136285

Newegg has some great prices on HDD's. There is no reviews about the red USB HDD though for this drive. The amount of confirmed compatible drives right now are few & far between. It makes our choices limited. I see this drive is also not in the confirmed working list yet. I have seen a couple in the list on eBay for a decent price so I may get one there or I may wait til more are added the lists. We are taking big chances in buying if the compatibility isn't confirmed! Thanks!

 

[thenewrich]

does that canadacomputers setup work will iso loader?.... also they are sold out of the enclosure

 

[dslabuser]

i found this from future shop:
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...&langid=EN#

any other canadians find any good deals please let me know!!

or if u have any comments about the drive i posted feel free to post because i will be buying it within the next few hours

Do not get that one. I bought it today at walmart. It does work however if you turn the wii off while on the usb loader it will not reinitialize the harddrive on reboot requiring you to take the plug out and put it in to get it to reboot. It also seems to go to sleep after awile requiring togling the cord again.

 

[MrFlooD]

Yes that setup will work. I am using the same drive, except with this case from them. (its $24 in store)

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=Sh...amp;cid=516.700

Works flawless.

 

[thenewrich]

i found this from future shop:
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...&langid=EN#

any other canadians find any good deals please let me know!!

or if u have any comments about the drive i posted feel free to post because i will be buying it within the next few hours

Do not get that one. I bought it today at walmart. It does work however if you turn the wii off while on the usb loader it will not reinitialize the harddrive on reboot requiring you to take the plug out and put it in to get it to reboot. It also seems to go to sleep after awile requiring togling the cord again.

Thanks for the warning yeah i read about its energy saver mode that made me a little bit worried.... i'm going to either get that canadacomputer solution as they have a store not to far away or i might grab the portable seagate for 99$ as i might be taking the wii around with me from time to time

 

[F0ur2o]

Going for this tomorrow

Hitachi H3640U 640Gb


Will update if it works with the loader + $24 enclosure I already own

or this

http://www.sonaggi.com/productDetail.php?c...9&isid=9431

or this

http://www.sonaggi.com/productDetail.php?c...&isid=10017

or this

http://www.sonaggi.com/productDetail.php?c...4&isid=9435

 

[tonybologna]

I'm telling you! Newegg has some real deals on HDD's but like I said before why buy when there's no confirmation on compatibility? None of those good deals are on the compatible list yet so I'm gonna pass for now even though these prices are tempting. Thanks guys!