buying an external drive

[bystander]

Initially I was thinking of buying a hard drive and enclosure and putting it together:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136314
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817392019

Already assembled external drives are slightly cheaper though:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136301
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136388

Also I have a concern over the non-Y USB cable. Im thinking power would be more stable with a Y-cable.

Any recommendations?

 

[Old Hippie]

Do yourself a favor and get the seperate components so you can remove the drive for troubleshooting without voiding the warranty.

The use of the "Y" cable is dependent upon the specific USB port and HD combo.

With that drive it'll probably work with a single USB cable but if not, there's plenty of places to but them.

 

[toronado455]

Initially I was thinking of buying a hard drive and enclosure and putting it together

I was thinking about these same two options (self-assembly vs. pre-made) for an external. I've decided to replace the internal hard drives in my system with new ones and use the old ones as backups in external enclosures.

 

[bystander]

I've decided to replace the internal hard drives in my system with new ones and use the old ones as backups in external enclosures.

I would do the same except my internal drive is small (80GB) and I want a 2.5in external drive anyways.