What is a good external backup drive that won't empty my wallet

I need to get an external backup drive for my PC, but do not know how to do in this regard. I've seen most are very Exspensive. Someone told me to get Seagate? Is - this right or which is a good thing?

... Someone told me to get Seagate?

Seagate is trustworthy and has been for a long time. I also like WD (Western Digital).

... I've seen most are very Exspensive...

The 'expensive' is subjective. The external drives that I've seen recently are <70 bucks="" per=""> terabyte. You can pay more for the bells and whistles of an external box which was dazzled, and you might get a player with a better fault tolerance.
To say that males 70 from the perspective of my point of view, thirty years ago I paid $ 1,800 for a 160MB HARD internal disk.

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