Best Hard Drive + Enclosure?

[Devcon]

I'm looking to get a new hard drive and a USB2/Firewire Enclosure to make it external (since I'm on a laptop). Right now I'm looking at this combo:

eWaggle Combo

I'm looking for the best drive/enclosure I can get for under 200$, but I don't really know anything about the subject. Hard drive size should be 80+ gigs @ 7200RPM. Anyone know of some good brand names and/or sites for this kind of thing?

Thanks in Advance

 

[Devcon]

Also, should I go 5.25" or 3.5" on the enclosure? Do they make 250GB drives that fit in the 3.5"?

 

[NumbaJuan]

Newegg has a good selection. this one does support 250GB drives.

 

[Devcon]

That's actually the same one that is on eWaggle. The one on eWaggle includes an 80GB hardrive for only 150$. So is it safe to say that the eWaggle deal is the best I will find.

 

[Devcon]

I only have a 4 Pin Firewire connection, so would I need to get a smaller enclosure than 3.5 or 5.25 in.?

 

[Devcon]

Now I'm looking at this one too, but I'm not sure if it supports drives smaller than 200GB.

http://www.compucable.com/firewire/embed.asp?stuff=se_fx_usb2_body.html#fxu2eb525

I also found a CoolMax that looks decent on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=17-146-010

I can't decide... Any help?

 

[MikeMike]

no reseller rating on Ewaggle.

trust newegg, even if it is more exsspensive, newegg with RMA bout ne thing

 

[Devcon]

Any ideas on what enclosure to get though? Initially I'm going to buy this HD with it: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=22-144-122

I don't see a fan on the FireXpress enclosure, nor do I know if it supports HD's under 160GB. I decided against the CoolMax cause Newegg doesn't have the USB2/Firewire combo in stock.

 

[rchang713]

I bought a acomdata firewire + USB2 drive at CompUSA a few months ago for ~69.99 after MIR. The drive was 40 gigs and 5400RPM, but I just took out that drive and bought a 120gig WD I found in the hot deals forum for $40. Total price was 110 for the whole set up, and I have an extra 40 gig I'm using to store some of my MP3s. If you're not in a rush you're better off buying an enclosure at newegg and scanning the hotdeals forum for a HD deal.

 

[Corporate Thug]

for the hard drive i recommend WD special editions or the 8mb cache maxtors

 

[Devcon]

I just bought the ME-320 combo enclosure with an 80 gig WD Special Edition HD... The HD was only 95$ so that wasn't bad. In the future, I will definately check out the hot deals forum for cheaper big hard drives.

Thanks for the info