External Hard Drives

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

I'm looking into external/portable hard-drives, but am having some trouble choosing one. Anybody have any advice on what to look for and what to stay away from? What does every1 here have for an external drive?

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[creater 10+ year member]

cnet reviews should help u with this a lil

 

[puppie_chow 10+ year member]

Just head over to NewEgg, browse through the external HDDs and sort by reviews. Read. Choose.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

which transfers faster - usb 2.0 or firewire?

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

External HD's are for suckers, just buy an internal one and a case. As for speed, read this.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

External HD's are for suckers, just buy an internal one and a case. As for speed, read this.

I have firewire/usb 2.0 on my comp. Looking at this, for example...

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAXTOR-DIAMONDMAX-200GB-SATA-150-8MB-7200RPM-NEW_W0QQitemZ5238879376QQcategoryZ64459QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

how would i connect this internal HD to my computer without having to crack open my PC case...

 

[puppie_chow 10+ year member]

The case is for the internal HDD, which will be used externally once cased, if that makes sense...

http://cgi.ebay.com/HD251-2-5-USB-2-0-External-HDD-Case-One-Touch-Back-up_W0QQitemZ5237723111QQcategoryZ41911QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

The case is for the internal HDD, which will be used externally once cased, if that makes sense...
http://cgi.ebay.com/HD251-2-5-USB-2-0-External-HDD-Case-One-Touch-Back-up_W0QQitemZ5237723111QQcategoryZ41911QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

ah, ok makes complete sense, and clears all my confusion up... thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

The following are maximum theoretical speeds:
USB 1.1 = 1.5 MB/s

USB 2.0 = 60 MB/s

Firewire = 50 MB/s

Time to transfer 1 GB:

USB 1.1 = 11 minutes, 23 seconds

USB 2.0 = 17.1 seconds

Firewire = 20.5 seconds

Time to transfer 10 GB:

USB 1.1 = 1 hour, 53 minutes, 47 seconds

USB 2.0 = 2 minutes, 51 seconds

Firewire = 3 minutes, 25 seconds

Time to transfer 100 GB:

USB 1.1 = 19 hours

USB 2.0 = 28 minutes, 27 seconds

Firewire = 34 minutes, 8 seconds

theres a VS review on this somewhere. Proves USB 2.0 is actually slower than firewire 400. I'll find it.

Based on actual numbers, you would be correct. But in this case, USB loses again.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles/usb20vsfirewire/