External hard drives.

[Pcp3t3]

I'm looking to purchase an external hard drive, and my budget is $50. I'm looking to store at least 50GB immediately after purchase, and would like to know my options. What items are available to a person with my budget?

 

[borg69unimatrix]

I'd save up about $40 more (or less) and get a 1 TB external. You can never have too much space to store data.

 

[GamerBear]

Western Digital are the best. I have a 1TB that I've been using for several years now. I agree save up a little more and you can get a WD for like $70 or 80. Also have a really old gray external that is a WD and its been dropped before and still working.

 

[maxpowr9]

I know at Best Buy it has 2TB harddrives for $120. Sure Amazon is even cheaper.

 

[Pcp3t3]

My budget is $50. I don't have the money for anything pricier, and don't know if i'll be able to save for that.

 

[darden]

you could go with something like http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-64GB-DTSE9H/dp/B009OU5O0S for about $30

this is also a great drive at $52 -- http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B0012GK3MQ

for an extra couple bucks, though, you could double the size and get this 500gb drive for $59 -- http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra-Portable-External-Backup/dp/B00EAS8AA0

 

[GoneTo]

I opted to use Backblaze for all my backups... backs up on its own and it's like $4 a month or something? I forget

 

[OPHELIA_HARDIN]

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-external-desktop-hard-drive/