LG eSATA and USB 320Gb going for 89 bucks at computeralliance. Shipping should be 15 bucks or picked up at Mt Gravatt in Brisbane.
when using eSATA, its powered using usb.
Cheapest on staticeice, next similar product is at 113.
http://www.computeralliance.com.au/parts.aspx?qryPart=10378
Don't know if this is a super bargain or not but, will try posting this up.
This is my first bargain, so bear with me..
Same, was about to buy it at $99 as well but wanted to do some more research on eSata. This just makes it all so easier to buy now :)
Got order confirmation for mine today @ $89 so still looks like they have them in stock. Picked up 2x E-SATA brackets from eBay for $5.50 delivered, all up $109.50 delivered, very happy with the purchase. Can't wait for it to arrive.. even though I don't have anything to put on it and don't really need one.. =/
I have received the hard drive last week. As this hard drive comes with ESATA cable, I dont know how to connect the drive using that cable to my laptop. It seems that I dont have the ESATA slot in the laptop where I can connect the cable.
Could any of you please guide me what should I buy to connect the hard drive with ESATA cable.
I have bought the ESATA bracket from Ebay as I thought this is the connector but seems like I was wrong.
Any help much appreciated…
wow, its gone even cheaper:P
And the red casing in the display looks sexy too. :)
When I went to buy the parts to build my Home Server. I bought on of these for sister she says its great.
Computer Alliance Rocks!
oh damn you got me :(
always wanted some portable storage… self powered esata for about 100 = win
Damn this is tempting! Hope they still have stock..
Hi stalker878.
Please always make room to include the price in the deal title as per the deal posting guidelines.
EG. Things to mention include (1) merchant (2) price (3) product name (4) any expiry date and (5) location if it is specific to an area. Please also include a short summary.
A very good find BTW and thanks for sharing it with we fellow OzBargainers.
Computer Alliance isn't far from me and I've shopped there before.
I'm finding it hard not to get one of these even though I don't need it!!!
Live Long and Prosper,
Jean-Luc.
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I'm having the same dilemma. I already have a couple 400GB drives for various uses, but eSATA connection might be handy cause my laptop has it. They will only get cheaper over time.
Added merchant, price and location + "HDD" to the title.
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bought one today, plugged it in, and…nothing. led light wasn't on. computer doesn't recognise it.
unless i got a faulty one. plugged it with both the short usb cable and the y usb cable.
going to go back tomorrow and see if I can a replacement.
Have you plugged in the DC power cable in the first port?
Absolute bargain, I literally had this in my shopping cart today from the same website at $99 and was about to buy it. Now it's dropped to $89 I have no choice.
I've been doing some research for a few hours and only found one review - http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=339284 (need to register and login to view photos) - Basically it gets 45MB/s average in ESATA mode and 26MB/s in USB.
Here's LG's official page for it - http://ie.lge.com/products/model/detail/externalharddrive_xd… (high res photos available)
I was going to wait over the weekend to order it but this does it for me.
If anyone wants a cheap ESATA-SATA bracket you can get them from GoComp for $4.40 (http://www.gocomp.com.au/index.php?cpath=productinfo&pid=II0…) with stock arriving on Monday/Tuesday.