Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive : Queer Pop Culture

Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive

Pop Culture Lists

QPC / Electronics / Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive

Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive

Binding: Electronics

$169.99

Features:

Designed to run cool and quiet
Unique interlocking design for stacking multiple drives
Perfect for storing movies and pictures of family and friends, computer games, your favorite music -- data of any and all kinds
Capable of storing 40 2-hour DVD quality movies, or 160 hours of VHS quality video, or 108 days of MP3 audio, or 40,000 high resolution digital photos

Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive

Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

Great Drive. Forget the software:

I purchased the drive for backups and general data storage. On a Windows XP both Fire Wire and USB work great. Fire Wire is only a bit faster than USB but when doing background backups the Fire Wire card is much better as its not as CPU intensive as USB.

The on off switch is great as I don't have to power the drive when not needed. Make sure you turn off the auto play. The drive is as quiet as most drives I have used and doesn't even get warm.

The one button backup only works with the included... more info

Very satisfied with this drive:

This is my first Seagate product, but I don't think it'll be my last. I was shopping for an external hard drive primarily for backup purposes, but also just thought that it would be a handy gadget to have. I've had good luck with Maxtor in the past, but the Seagate just looked like a better deal, and I'd heard that the Maxtor externals can get a little hot. The Ximeta Netdisk is a cool concept, being a NAS device (accessed over the network rather than by USB/Firewire), but it requires drivers which I don't... more info

Cool & Quiet - Great with the Mac!:

Forget LaCie (have had >6 arrive DOA); Maxtor is loud, hot and heavy (had one arrive with loose parts rattling around inside) - the champ is this Seagate! Runs cool and quiet, no REALLY quiet. We buy dozens of drives (major movie studio) and these are the best we've found, short of building our own.
Pros: Lightweight, quiet, cool, instant setup (Macintosh). External power supply uses standard line cord (not a funky appliance cord) so if it gets lost, we have another (or 100) hanging around. Ships with... more info

Accessories: