Aldi External Hard Drive 500gb USB3.0 35euro

paddyp

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

+ international delivery
+ Duty...

+ big gay power supply
+ american to uk socket adapter
+ seagates typically woeful thermal design - vents on the bottom YET AGAIN

Who puts a 7200rpm 3.5" drive in plastic box with no top or side vents and no active cooling - an idiot.

Pique

paddyp wrote: »

Who puts a 7200rpm 3.5" drive in plastic box with no top or side vents and no active cooling - an idiot.

Aren't they made in Norn Iron ? Just saying

paddyp

Pique wrote: »

Aren't they made in Norn Iron ? Just saying

When they were making them in Clonmel they used to fall off the end of the line and get picked up dusted off and boxed. :eek:

antocann

only had 1 640gb 2.5 one in longford:(

viking

None in Mullingar

BionicRasher

None in Mahon - Cork

Vain

GreyAlien wrote: »

Five or six on display in Killarney earlier. Minus one now of course.

3 now left in Killarney, I took 2 and looks like the guy serving me will be taking one too when he saw the price:D

Thanks Op and GreyAlien as I checked Tralee yesterday but they had none.

BigDinny

None in Aldi Midleton either

ScouseMouse

None in Tallaght belgard AND the square, and none in Newlands Cross.

phasers

None in Aldi Fonthill either

paddyp

There were still two in Aldi Roscommon today at about 2.30pm

antocann

paddyp wrote: »

There were still two in Aldi Roscommon today at about 2.30pm

damn knew i should of went to that one

LFC Murphy

Good few left in Claremorris this evening.

Just one question, what's the blue interface called. Want to see if I can get it with a mini usb correction.

Thanks for the bargain op

Dozen Wicked Words

None in either Carlow Aldi, gutted, oh well nevermind.

Kristopherus

LFC Murphy wrote: »

Good few left in Claremorris this evening.

Just one question, what's the blue interface called. Want to see if I can get it with a mini usb correction.

Thanks for the bargain op

I called there at 6.30pm and there were none left. Asked a staff member & she said only the 1000gb ones were left @ €69.00.:(

paddyp

LFC Murphy wrote: »

Good few left in Claremorris this evening.

Just one question, what's the blue interface called. Want to see if I can get it with a mini usb correction.

Thanks for the bargain op

Normal usb b connector will fit but not sure what you mean about a mini usb connection you cant have usb b to mini usb b

VINNIEB

There are a few left in Tullamore.

Another one added to the collection, now i can back up my back up of my backup.:eek:

LFC Murphy

This is the connection I was on about. What's its name

daytob

none of the 500gbs left in celbridge and the maynooth one was not open. despite a big fking sign saying business as usual, you had to literally get up to the front door and then a painter said " come back 2moro"

Pyridine

Kristopherus wrote: »

I called there at 6.30pm and there were none left. Asked a staff member & she said only the 1000gb ones were left @ €69.00.:(

69€ for a terrabyte, if it's 2.5 inch usb powered, isn't half bad in fairness.

Saint_Mel

VINNIEB wrote: »

There are a few left in Tullamore.

Where abouts in the shop are they? I'm over in Tullamore tomorrow

Kristopherus

Pyridine wrote: »

69€ for a terrabyte, if it's 2.5 inch usb powered, isn't half bad in fairness.

I agree with you !!! What had me chasing the 500gb one was that it was to go with the Ferguson Ariva 120 Combo box I have on the way from Poland. It can accommodate 750gb max usb pvr, so the 500gb ones were a steal for 35 yoyos and would have done the job fine..

VINNIEB

Saint_Mel wrote: »

Where abouts in the shop are they? I'm over in Tullamore tomorrow

They are in a glass case near the last checkout

paddyp

LFC Murphy wrote: »

This is the connection I was on about. What's its name

Its usb 3 b type connector or usb superspeed b type connector. But as I said the standard old USB B connector will fit as the usb 3.0 connector is the same with a bit stuck on the side.

http://www.eetimes.com/design/communications-design/4201115/SuperSpeed-USB-USB-3-0--More-than-just-a-speed-increase-item-1

Prefect_1998

2 left in aldi in Wexford yesterday, the one past the Talbot hotel, got one myself

Amalgam

Who actually manufactures the internal Hard Drive? Just curious.

Right-click drive under Explorer/Properties/hardware (Windows XP), should be roughly the same with Vista and Windows 7.

LFC Murphy

paddyp wrote: »

Its usb 3 b type connector or usb superspeed b type connector. But as I said the standard old USB B connector will fit as the usb 3.0 connector is the same with a bit stuck on the side.

http://www.eetimes.com/design/communications-design/4201115/SuperSpeed-USB-USB-3-0--More-than-just-a-speed-increase-item-1

Thanks...

paddyp

Amalgam wrote: »

Who actually manufactures the internal Hard Drive? Just curious.

Right-click drive under Explorer/Properties/hardware (Windows XP), should be roughly the same with Vista and Windows 7.

Gparted tells me its this seagate drive

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=04d26c9cf9c2d110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD#tTabContentSpecifications

Other people seem to have got hitachi drives.

laros

None left in Tullamore... Checked this evening

unkel

paddyp wrote: »

Other people seem to have got hitachi drives.

I wouldn't be too happy with a Hitachi drive. I've seen ones fail several times in recent years...

paddyp

unkel wrote: »

I wouldn't be too happy with a Hitachi drive. I've seen ones fail several times in recent years...

I haven't seen them fail at a higher rate than any other drive, since the early deskstar drives post IBM. I've replaced lots of maxtors, seagates, hitachis not so many samsungs mostly laptop drives. The high temperatures in laptops especially desktop replacements pretty much guarantee a shortened life.

n97 mini

unkel wrote: »

I wouldn't be too happy with a Hitachi drive. I've seen ones fail several times in recent years...

You used to see them fail because there were so many of them out there. For a while they had the OEM market to themselves.

theres 7 left in Castlebar :eek:
heres a pic just to show u im not lying

Kristopherus

Deleted User wrote: »

theres 7 left in Castlebar :eek:
heres a pic just to show u im not lying

Thanks for that. Got 1 this morning. There are now 4 left.

NEW WAVE

1 still left by checkout display in Navan store.

Access

NEW WAVE wrote: »

1 still left by checkout display in Navan store.

and 4 left in Kells co. meath