• Hardware

  • Looking for a small external HDD, new or used

Looking for an external slim HDD of 80 GB, or 160 GB.

New would be good, or if you want to sell a used one, that's fine. (Now's your chance to upgrade to a bigger one!)

I want to stash some stuff on it and put it away, that's why I want a small one.

I'm trying to find one in the market, but no one has less then 500 or 320 GB. I want cheap.

Anyone?
Bassem, I recommend you go no less than those drives you specified...this is because the hard drive platters themselves have already exceeded 80GB and 160GB and there is simply not enough demand for them anymore, thus their prices are usually in the single digit dollar difference from the next step (320 and 500)...You're killing speed and potential for more capacity, for the same price, by buying an 80GB or 160GB hard drive. And if you're buying used, that's a no-no. Hard drives are fragile. There failure rates increase exponentially with each year of use. Usually after 5 years, the hard drive may no longer be deemed reliable. And an 80GB or 160GB hard drive is bound to be at least 2 years old. Just my 2 cents.