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| Posted by | Wendy Collins |
| Posted on | 29/06/08 15:13 |
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Test machine
For this review we will be using a computer with the following configuration:
Hardware:
- Motherboard: ASUSTeK P5K (Intel P35 chipset)
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- RAM: 4 GB OCZ Platinum dual channel kit DDR2 800
- GFX: BFG nVidia 8800GTS (640 Megabytes GDDR3 HDCP compliant)
- Sound: Onboard Realtek ALC882 HD audio controller
- Hard disk: 2X 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (SATA 2)
- Case: ThermalTake Armor (silver)
- PSU: Enermax Liberty 620W
- Display: Samsung Syncmaster 245B 24” widescreen LCD (HDCP compliant)
- Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) with SP1
System setup:
The Verbatim 47510 drive was connected to one of the motherboard’s USB2 connectors and was immediately found by the operating system and assigned as (drive P).
As we can see, the drive has a capacity of 500GB and a formatted capacity of around 466GB (FAT32). 115 MB was already used to store the supplied backup software (Nero BackitUp Essentials 2).
From HD Tune Pro3, we were able to find out the drive fitted in the casing was in fact a Western Digital WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0.
Installed software:
For conducting our various tests, we will be using the following applications.
Our review PC has Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit installed with Service Pack 1.
Nero BackitUp Essentials 2
Main install screen
Admin tools
Backup screen
Restore screen
Jobs screen
Nero BackitUp Essentials should provide enough flexibility to manage your backup and restore requirements and is a nice inclusion.
Move to the next page for some benchmarks....
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Posted by d-man (guest) on Wednesday 02 July 2008 00:57
I've been looking for a 500 GB external hard drive for some time now, but every one of them has complaints from users that they burn out.
They may work great in the beginning, but a few weeks/months down the road and they fry.
What makes this one any different?
I've seen posts saying the best bet is to separately buy an internal hard drive and an external case with fan and then to just put the internal drive into the case yourself.
I'm a novice when it comes to hardware, so I don't know - is putting an internal drive into an external case yourself a simple plug in type of thing or is it more complex?
Any help is appreciated!
They may work great in the beginning, but a few weeks/months down the road and they fry.
What makes this one any different?
I've seen posts saying the best bet is to separately buy an internal hard drive and an external case with fan and then to just put the internal drive into the case yourself.
I'm a novice when it comes to hardware, so I don't know - is putting an internal drive into an external case yourself a simple plug in type of thing or is it more complex?
Any help is appreciated!
Posted by Jaque (guest) on Friday 11 July 2008 03:38
Most cheapo external drives without a fan use the case as a heat sink. The drives are mounted without the use of thermal grease which would help the thermal transfer efficiency. I use my external drives on a demand basis, that is when I am done transferring data I turn the drive off. I have a mix of home made, Maxtor, Seagate, I/O Magic external drives that are from 1 to 3 years old and have not had any failures. I have, however, had hard drives that are permanantly installed fail, and that was at the 5 year mark. It is advisable to run a SMART drive monitoring program that reports drive condition, so that you might be able rescue data from a drive that is showing signs of sickness
Posted by mindburst (guest) on Monday 04 August 2008 02:12
If anyone is wondering what brand of harddrive sits inside the case its a Hitachi, long story short, Verbatim is owned by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. which has a partnership with Hitachi for selling harddrives, the harddrive has a mitsubishi or verbatim label on it, but the hardware itself is made by Hitachi 
Posted by PCTECHIE (guest) on Wednesday 06 August 2008 21:48
If the HDD is a Hitachi (Which is quite good) then why when i open the enclosure and remove the drive does it say "Western Digital" (which is much better) on the label?
The drive that i found in my enclosure is a Western Digital Caviar 500GB HDD. Why they called it Caviar i'm not sure but I have several Western Digital HDD's and none have given me problems. One of them is a 5 year old 80GB IDE HDD and they run like dreams. There is one question though. Why when i put the 500GB in the pc my HDD monitoring apps pick up its temperature but, when i put it in an enclosure the apps dont? Does the S.M.A.R.T work externally or only internally
The drive that i found in my enclosure is a Western Digital Caviar 500GB HDD. Why they called it Caviar i'm not sure but I have several Western Digital HDD's and none have given me problems. One of them is a 5 year old 80GB IDE HDD and they run like dreams. There is one question though. Why when i put the 500GB in the pc my HDD monitoring apps pick up its temperature but, when i put it in an enclosure the apps dont? Does the S.M.A.R.T work externally or only internally
Posted by Dee-27 on Thursday 21 August 2008 20:10
The drive inside the "review drive" was a Western Digital.
Also i think S.M.A.R.T only works on the native drive interface (in this case SATA) and the drive is connected via USB.
Also i think S.M.A.R.T only works on the native drive interface (in this case SATA) and the drive is connected via USB.
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