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Acomdata HD320FE5-72 E5 320 GB FireWire400 External Hard Drive | 
| Brand: Acomdata
Category: CE
List Price: $167.04
Buy New: $110.29
You Save: $56.75 (34%)
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 23637
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 5 x 9 x 2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: HD320FE5-72
Model: HD320FE5-72
UPC: 708769030060
EAN: 0708769030060
ASIN: B0009U7YK0
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| 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 |
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Product Description
AcomData E5 External Hard Drives combine high-performance data storage with the stark beauty and efficiency of aluminum alloy enclosures.Featuring blazing data transfers as fast as 480 Mbps, plug-and-play setup, hot-pluggable convenience, and fanless near-silent operation, these ultra-compact drives can stand horizontally or vertically - and they're stackable.Whether you have one drive or a whole stack of them, you'll need only the smallest patch of desktop real estate to store mountains of data.Pre-formatted for both Mac and PC, AcomData drives are ideal for storing digital video, photos and music collections, graphics; desktop publishing; data backup, and other demanding applications.s.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Piece of junk dies in 18 months. August 17, 2008
R. Christenson (Pine, CO USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Excellent drive on a superior bus May 31, 2008
David B. Andrews (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
Not reliable! May 28, 2008
meh
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
 Reliable External Drive May 2, 2008
RaucousDog (Philadelphia PA, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Reliable for your data March 19, 2008
Z. Yu
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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