I'm in the process of choosing a hard drive for my new build and saw a good deal via Buy.com for a Cavalry Pre-formatted 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - CADB001U32 for $219.99 after $20 MIR.
CAn anyone comment on the reliability of the Calvary drives and specifically this model.
Thx

Due to the long awkward  silence.....

No, at least,I've never  heard of it...

Sorry, never heard of it either. I wouldn't risk it. But then that's just me, I just got burnt by an I/O Magic external drive that died after a couple of hours of use. From now on I stick with WD or Seagate or LaCie.

Never Heard of them. I've also seen the EXCELSTOR brand. I guess new companies are getting into the HDD market.

Sounds like its a "no-go" for the Calvary model.  Then it comes down to Lacie, WD adn Seagate.  Which mfg would you guys recommend in the 500GB or 750GB sizes?
Thanks!

Well, if they're all good, i.e. the drive won't stop working, and speed is limited by USB anyway, you might as well go with the best price or longest warranty. Shop around.

I've got a 500GB external Calvary drive and like it. It came with a WD drive inside. At $219 for a 1TB I'd say go for it ... it sounds like a solid deal.
 
External drives usually come with a shorter warranty than internal though so a lot of people get the external case and buy the internal drive separately to get a longer warranty.
 
I don't leave my drive running all the time so it's not that much of an issue to me.

 
I was going to say that just because the enclosure said Cavalry doesn't mean the drive inside is made by them. But obviously Asguard2 put that to bed.
 
Asguard2, is the drive in the Cavalry a Cavalier?  

Calvary?? Never heard of it.
 
WD Caviar? Those are ok, I still prefer Maxtor for no good reason.

 
I think you mean Caviar and no it's just a standard SATA WD.

EGADs...you prefer maxtor?..lol.
 
Sorry...I just despise maxtor. IMO worst brand....Atleast worst of the big boys. For WD I've had half of my drives die...For Seagate none of my drives have died yet. For Maxtor ALL my drives have died. For WD I've had around 4 drives, seagate 4 drives, and Maxtor 5 drives.
 
::thumbs down:: down with maxtor.
 
But seagate did buy them...probably just for the name. I bet they'll be releasing seagate drives with the maxtor name...But there are still lots of cruddy maxtor drives out in circulation.

Yeah, I was spacing, just a joke anyway.

Great Drives !  I have 3 of them and SATA or USB interfaces work great. They use Western Digital drives.

I'm not sure why you're reviving this thread after 9 months. Anyway, Cavalry and Caviar are different things. WD Caviar are excellent drives. "Cavalry" is a less known brand and I suspect it's intentionally named like that hoping for confusion. I have no idea if they're good or not but I wouldn't try them myself. There's a "factory outlet" store close to my place that sells them, for about 1/3 of the price of a Caviar drive of the same size.
 

Not sure why this thread was revived either, but eh.
 
One of the older Calvary's used Maxtor drives. A Hard drive production operation is very expensive to start up. 99% that Calvary does not make the drive, but buys them sticks them in a case (hence why they only sale external drives) and paint their name on it.