[P1] External hard Drive

[Brian Olesky]

>> 
>> I guess it's time to break down and buy an external hard drive. Someone I
>> respect suggested a 120 gig model from Transinternational.
>> 
>> It'll run me between $185 and $199 according to the site.
>> 
 I think
> you can do better price wise by building your own. You can get an external
> case for $25-$40 and a HD for $80 to $100. If your needs aren't immediate
> follow the action on www.dealmac.com in the storage section and buy on the
> good deals that come up there regularly. They recently had triumph firewire
> case for $34 and a 120 GB maxtor drive for $60.
> 
I'm not very handy (a huge understatement), and I'm assuming something that
costs nearly $200 assembled, and only about $95 when bought in separate
parts, must require some skills to put together. Or is it as easy as
ordering the two components, sticking one into the other, and you're good to
go?