Recommend New External Hard Drive

pavb2

Hi all

Some of my music is on an external HDD but it freezes now and then so before it fails I want to buy a new external hard drive 500 gb - 1 TB should be OK. I use iTunes so some music is in the cloud but the stuff on the hard drive is quite a lot of CD’s from years ago.

So any recommendations

smuggler.ie

USB3 enclosure and SATA SSD - no moving parts, fast, not to expensive these days. All this under €100 if its just for music

pavb2

Is this one any good I’m in UK next week so can collect

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MRLY3CD/?coliid=I3UFI3EUKMWCV5&colid=2OPXVFY8SXUE2&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

smuggler.ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118415697#Comment_118415697

I have no idea what that is TBH. Some sort of dumy USB tumb drive?. No reviews, inconsistent description, suspicious low price for SSD

By shape it resembles M.2 drive enclosure, but then price is too low if its with actual M.2 drive included. 100MB/S(Max Speed) is not speed for M.2 or USB C

I would void.

What i was suggesting was:

enclosure of this type(have it works OK, cheaper option available) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External-Housing-Laptop/dp/B07D2BHVBD

SATA SSD drive, i would stick with known brands like Samsung, WD, Crucial, SanDisk. - https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=1tb+sata+ssd&rh=n%3A13856351031%2Cp_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A13941339031&dc&adgrpid=60013221578&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInr-V6qCY9QIVhO_tCh22pwAaEAAYASAAEgKemfD_BwE&hvadid=291308731907&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007850&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15755334389862600829&hvtargid=kwd-297069446085&hydadcr=2217_1751526&qid=1641304807&rnid=13941329031&tag=googiehydra-21&ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_two_browse-bin_5

As far i can see there is no import charge and delivery quite swift

M.2 drive would be overkill for music(other) storage, also, devices like TV, soundbar, etc. might not be able to provide enough power to it if plugged directly, where SATA works fine.

If you want to save money, you can go for HDD (~40 per 1TB), but that being external storage is suseptable for acidental impact that might harm moving parts in it.