External HDD vs. HDD Casing

[techno_adi]

Hi People,
I need to buy HDD.

What should I go for: an External HDD (Western Digital 400-500 GB) or an Internal HDD(Which Brand?) + External Casing(Brand? Price?)
Which is the "Best Buy"? Any Performance differences / points that help me decide from either of them?

Also finally any pointers to the issue no. where each of these were tested? ( I do not recall External Casing being tested till now, though)

Thanks for help

[Batistabomb]

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66140

[techno_adi]

Thanks for the link, but that doesnt do much help.
I couldn't find the price for External Casing for HDDs over there.
Also my original question of going for External HDD or to go for Internal + External Casing does not solve it?

Any further help would be appreciated. Thanks

[esumitkumar]

adi..internal + casing will be cheap n best..i just bought 2.5 " laptop HDD seagate 80 GB + casing @2750/-

but take 2.5" laptop disk only ..very easy to carry + light weight

[ThinkFree]

You would get an internal one+casing cheaper than an external one. So go for internal one with casing

[Cool G5]

Yes.Go for internal+casing.u will get it cheap.

[Ankur Gupta]

But I recommend getting a good casing if you go with internal HDD+casing as cheaper one's adapters die out rather quickly and heating is also an issue....

[ax3]

do whot @esumitkumar suggests ....... cheaper way .... u need 2 save money 2 dont u & save money 2 add more hardware in future .......

lighter hdd = laptop hdd .........

[adit_sen]

just bought hdd (250gb) (Rs 2100) and external casing (from ebay Rs.200) two months back....