gamehead200 Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 So I was looking through my Future Shop Boxing Week flyer and noticed a few things of interest. One item that caught my attention was an external laptop drive, Comstar 80GB drive, on sale for $89.99 plus tax (Click here to see!). When I hear of names like Comstar or something else a little more uncommon, I feel a little hesitant at first. I took a chance and went out to buy it this afternoon. To my surprise, there was a Samsung MP0804H drive in the enclosure, which after several searches seemed to be a great drive. So if anyone else in Canada is looking to buy a portable drive for music, software, pr0n, or whatever, head on over to your nearest Future Shop and buy this baby. I feel like this is a steal, since the drive alone on other sites is around $100 CAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Whoa... nice find gamehead! The Samsung drives aren't bad, and for $90, it's a pretty good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I feel like this is a steal, since the drive alone on other sites is around $100 CAD.Those housings are not that expensive, around 15 CAD.The 2.5" drives seem to be okay. The 3.5" drives have problems with there power regulators on the print, they burn out or shortcut your PSU.What I like about the 2.5" external housing is that you don’t need an extra power supply like the 3.5" housings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Whoa... nice find gamehead! The Samsung drives aren't bad, and for $90, it's a pretty good price.Yeah, it's a great drive! 10GB transfers in about 10-15 minutes @ 5400RPM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Whoa... nice find gamehead! The Samsung drives aren't bad, and for $90, it's a pretty good price.Yeah, it's a great drive! 10GB transfers in about 10-15 minutes @ 5400RPM!Did you connect that on a USB2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Whoa... nice find gamehead! The Samsung drives aren't bad, and for $90, it's a pretty good price.Yeah, it's a great drive! 10GB transfers in about 10-15 minutes @ 5400RPM!Did you connect that on a USB2?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) That´s not to fast, I do that almost on my network, those 10GB in 15 minutes. It should go faster then 16MB/s, I used Toshiba on USB2 and got max. 28MB/s, Avg. 25/26MB/s... Edited January 2, 2007 by puntoMX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 That´s not to fast, I do that almost on my network, those 10GB in 15 minutes. It should go faster then 16MB/s, I used Toshiba on USB2 and got max. 28MB/s, Avg. 25/26MB/s...Was it a 5400RPM drive or 7200RPM? If it was 5400RPM, then I obviously miscalculated. However, I have been having problems with my USB ports recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 No, they are 5400rpm 100GB drives.I noticed then some USB ports on the frond of a case, mostly the cheaper cases, are just USB1.1 compatible so what I do is to tell my customers to use the ports on the back. Normally it should be the same but my experiences are different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 No, they are 5400rpm 100GB drives.I noticed then some USB ports on the frond of a case, mostly the cheaper cases, are just USB1.1 compatible so what I do is to tell my customers to use the ports on the back. Normally it should be the same but my experiences are different...Could be the hub I have. I know I'm using a USB2.0 port for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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