500GB external HD--> Lacie OR enclosure with Seagate?

[mutated]

I need 500GB external HD for backup so should I get a Lacie drive OR enclosure + a Seagate 500 GB HD?

Lacie has 1 year guarantee so if it goes bad after a year I will have to buy a new HD...with Seagate I have 60months guarantee.

Is there downside to enclosure like this one compared to a Lacie drive?

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=311712&cks=PRL

I read by doing the search function that there is problem identifying 200GB+ HD. Is that enclosure fault or the OS/MOBOs fault?

 

[mutated]

Maybe I should just go with Lacie :-O

 

[imported_rod]

Personally, I'd go with a DIY set-up (Seagate + Enclosure), but I don't know why. That's just what I'd do.

RoD

 

[Don66]

Originally posted by: rod
Personally, I'd go with a DIY set-up (Seagate + Enclosure), but I don't know why. That's just what I'd do.

RoD

 

[mutated]

One final bump and I will go with the enclosure tomorrow unless someone gives me a good reason not to

 

[jlbenedict]

DIY

Enclosure + Seagate

 

[SparkyJJO]

I'd go for getting the seagate + enclosure, besides that way you can decide what style of enclosure you like (mine has LED bubble lights on the sides, blue for power and orange for activity, it looks cool )

 

[mutated]

Which enclosure do you reccomend? I heard some crap ones can mess up your HD. Any decent ones?

 

[BlueWeasel]

The Bytec and AMS encloses at Newegg are pretty good and get high reviews. I don't think an enclosure could really mess up a HD by itself...most of the problem with cheap enclosures is the onboard controller chip is crap and you'll get poor transfers or the enclosure just won't work at all.

I've got an ADS enclosure I picked up from CC a couple years ago and it works just fine.

 

[keross1ve]

I'd like to know too. I'm thinking of doing the same thing.