I'm planning to get a 1 TB external hard drive for my Wii U and I wanted to know what the best brand would be. Price, reliability, compatibility, etc.
Edited by LuridShadowX, 27 March 2013 - 08:17 AM.
What brand of external hard drive would be best for the Wii U?
Started by TotalSynthesisX, Mar 26 2013 03:53 PM
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Posted 26 March 2013 - 03:53 PM
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Posted 26 March 2013 - 04:57 PM
Just fyi I'm using my Seagate 1tb expansion portable hard drive, which I had been using for Wii game backups before I bought my Wii U.
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Posted 28 March 2013 - 04:00 AM
Seagate is the best option. They have a five year limited warranty on there external HDD, assuming they haven't changed that of course.
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Posted 28 March 2013 - 04:02 AM
i have the vertibum version 500gb but gonna see if the y usb cable cable with it
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 08:25 AM
i have the vertibum version 500gb but gonna see if the y usb cable cable with it
I presume you mean Verbatim.
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 09:42 AM
I say go for Toshiba, they are cheaper than the other brands but still a quality company. I have a 500GB Toshiba and works perfectly with a Y cable and doesn't need a seperate power source. Wii U powers it itself.
Nintendo even recommend Toshiba in their compatibility list on their website, good luck.
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 07:55 PM
My Hitachi one has worked flawlessly since the day I got it, even using a y cable.
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Posted 04 April 2013 - 02:53 AM
I say go for Toshiba, they are cheaper than the other brands but still a quality company. I have a 500GB Toshiba and works perfectly with a Y cable and doesn't need a seperate power source. Wii U powers it itself.
Nintendo even recommend Toshiba in their compatibility list on their website, good luck.
Not when it comes to hard drives. Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor and LaCie are all far better.
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Posted 04 April 2013 - 03:17 AM
I presume you mean Verbatim.
yeah
it all depends though
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 07:03 PM
Not when it comes to hard drives. Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor and LaCie are all far better.
This, if your going to buy a brand new one stick with one of these brands, although I'm not a huge Maxtor fan as I've had 2 of them fail, my experience with the others have been positive.
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 07:06 PM
I'd recommend the Toshiba branded external hard-drives, I haven't had a problem with them before.
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 07:08 PM
Use a Seagate. I heard Western Digital is good too but I never owned one.
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Posted 08 April 2013 - 10:50 AM
This, if your going to buy a brand new one stick with one of these brands, although I'm not a huge Maxtor fan as I've had 2 of them fail, my experience with the others have been positive.
They are by no means perfect. No brands are but overall they are the best and most reliable brands. Certainly Seagate, LaCie and Western Digital are all quality brands and I've had no bad experiences myself with Maxtor hard drives either.
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