Acomdata HD320FE5-72 E5 320 GB FireWire400 External Hard Drive

List Price: $180.00 Discount Price: $88.04

Features:

• FireWire 400 external hard drive with 320 GB capacity for Mac and PC
• 8 MB cache buffer; 7,200 RPM spin speed for fast read/write; up to 400 Mbps transfer rate
• Engineered to dissipate heat efficiently without fan; stacks horizontally or vertically
• Includes stand, FireWire cable, AC adaptor and power cord, user's guide, and warranty registration card
• 1-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews:

Reliable for your data [Posted on 2008-03-19]
I bought two acomdata 160GB external HD, which looks exactly like this 320GB one. The quality is very good, very reliable, never feel hot whenever I touch the shell. One is very quiet, another has clear sound but still ok. I never opened the box to see which company's hard disk is inside it, but my two years use already comfort me this is a good product that can be relied on.

Reliable External Drive [Posted on 2008-05-02]
I am a video editor, so I need my firewire drive to be fast and reliable. The Acomdata HD320FE5-72 E5 320 GB FireWire400 External Hard Drive is just that. I have approximately three hours of video, render files, images and motion graphic elements on the drive and I have tons of room left over. In fact, I have stored all my media on the external drive and Final Cut Pro is referencing them through firewire. I have made DVDs using DVD Studio Pro, also referencing the files on the external drive. My laptop has one firewire port so I had to hook up the capture deck to the external drive. In order to get it to work I had to power up the laptop and the deck BEFORE turning on the drive. Otherwise, FCP did not recognize the deck.

I have three of these drives, two for work and one for home. I recommend them highly.

Not reliable! [Posted on 2008-05-28]
I bought one of these to keep on hand for emergency back-up and it crashed after only 2 years! I called their tech support and they said there wan't anything they could do for me. Apparently it's a problem with the ventilation, as the drive does run hot and the casing doesn't allow it to cool.

At any rate, if you want to archive your data for long-term storage, this obviously is NOT a viable option.

Excellent drive on a superior bus [Posted on 2008-05-31]
I purchased this device to work off of my iMac. The primary function is backup, of the entire machine. Previously, I had placed a USB 2.0 drive on it, which ended up being way slower than I would have expected. After doing some research, I came to the conclusion that I needed to try again, this time with a firewire drive. Not only is the performance better, but it manages cross platform functionality on the fly. Acomdata had some mixed reviews, and while I won't deny those who thought less of them, I will say that my experience has been fine. The drive is priced really well, and made it a better investment on price-per-Gigabyte then even the 500GB options. The case is never hot, and I have had zero issues in setting it up. I recommend this product highly!

Piece of junk dies in 18 months. [Posted on 2008-08-17]
It works fine for about 18 months. Then dies. All data lost forever. I searched the web and discovered others had the same experience with this piece of junk.

Click here for more details and discount information...