Hitachi Touro Desk DX3 2TB External Hard Drive - £63.99 Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk[within2 to 4 weeks]

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  renderman11 months, 2 weeks ago5 LikesShow comment toolsReply

  
  
  

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  movva11 months, 2 weeks ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  New Link:
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B006DZKBW8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: movva on Jul 05, 2012 16:47: new link added
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  spannerzone11 months, 2 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  seems like a good price to me
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  wetbandit11 months, 2 weeks ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  I've got one, pretty big in comparison to other drives but found it reliable and fast. Not sure if it is full speed USB3.0 but definitely faster than a 2.0.
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  dwl9911 months, 2 weeks ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  Hot - ordered
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  Unassiduous11 months, 2 weeks ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Thats a very good price for a 2TB disk with USB 3.0.
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  renderman11 months, 2 weeks ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  As with every other thread on here, the description is wrong it's a 7200rpm SATA6 drive that gets 153mb/s read and write
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  renderman11 months, 2 weeks ago5 Likes #7Show comment toolsReply

  
  
  
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  ought11 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #8Show comment toolsReply

  Might be a good one to dismantle and stick in an HP Proliant?
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  pivotalgubbins11 months, 2 weeks ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks - a bargain price I believe. Grabbed one as the next best 2TB external drive on the market seems to be around £90. Shame it is a bit bulky but it'll be hidden away in any case.
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  pivotalgubbins11 months, 2 weeks ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  Sorry - just had a thought. This will still be compatible with USB 2.0 systems won't it (albeit at slower rates)?
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  airdsuk11 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #11Show comment toolsReply

  Why on earth don't they put a power switch on these?
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  WalterSmith11 months, 2 weeks ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  Ordered this as it matched the price of the Buffallo one I got just before the floods (albeit not USB3 !)
  
  Been waiting on the prices to drop!
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  spannerzone11 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #13Show comment toolsReply

  pivotalgubbins

  Sorry - just had a thought. This will still be compatible with USB 2.0 systems won't it (albeit at slower rates)?

  
  
  Yes it's backwards comptible
  
  http://www.everythingusb.com/superspeed-usb.html
  

  
  Edited By: spannerzone on Jul 05, 2012 16:16
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  WalterSmith11 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #14Show comment toolsReply

  USB 3.0 connectors have USB2.0 pins too which engage in a USB 2.0 slot. If the slot is USB3.0, which is deeper then the USB3.0 pins engage and the USB2.0 pins disengage as you move the connector in deeper.
  
  Quite cleverly thought out!
  
  Thats at the PC end of course!!
  
  
  What I don't get here is that the picture looks like a mini-usb on the HDD, and any USB3.0 device I've seen has had many more pins than that!!
  

  
  Edited By: WalterSmith on Jul 05, 2012 16:18
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  Hootwo11 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #15Show comment toolsReply

  ebuyer reviews talk of incompatibility with Windows backup, and a B&H photo review didn't like it. There's a slow review on Amazon too. Seems some apps don't like 4k sector drives. That said, it's a 2TB 7200 rpm drive at a great price.
  
  Hitachi 7200rpm drives are usually quick if used internally on SATA but they run a bit hotter (7-ish watts) - presumably the enclosure is 50% bigger than others so the drive stays cool enough.
  
  Worth a punt I think. And worth a try in the HP Microserver which has good HDD cooling.
  Newegg reviews suggest you can get into the case without wrecking it so it's reusable, so that's a bonus.
  
  Bought one. Thanks and have some heat :)
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  pivotalgubbins11 months, 2 weeks ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  spannerzone

  pivotalgubbins

  Sorry - just had a thought. This will still be compatible with USB 2.0 systems won't it (albeit at slower rates)?

  
  
  Yes it's backwards comptible
  
  http://www.everythingusb.com/superspeed-usb.html
  

  
  
  Thank-you - phew!
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  K1LLER HORNET11 months, 2 weeks ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  Cheers OP, ordered :D
  
  Not desperate for it so don't mind the wait.
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  JunkMail11 months, 2 weeks ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  pivotalgubbins

  Sorry - just had a thought. This will still be compatible with USB 2.0 systems won't it (albeit at slower rates)?

  
  Yes.
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  Hootwo11 months, 2 weeks ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  This was on HUKD in March at £79.99 and hit 500 degrees. Search for the thread - some useful posts there.8)
  

  
  Edited By: Hootwo on Jul 05, 2012 16:28
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  Bazzy11 months, 2 weeks ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  Hi,
  
  It shows up as £94.40 now!

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