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<blockquote data-quote="Justintoxicated" data-source="post: 5143303" data-attributes="member: 561240">For transfering data USB 2.0 is mjuch slower than SATA or Esata.&nbsp; It takes about 6 or so hours to backup my external 1T drive via USB, and only about 1-2 through esata.&nbsp; I dont remember the exact numbers but it was several time faster and that was using a 5400 RPM drive.&nbsp; USB theoretical maximum speed is no where nears its sustained transfer speeds.&nbsp; For my Compact flash 266x card its about twice as fast using firewire over USB2.0,&nbsp;&nbsp; ESATA is even faster.USB should be plenty fast for playing music, but my point is, so is a slower 4300 or 5400rpm hard drive would be fast enough as well.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA</a>&nbsp; Theres a chart on that page, however USB is slower when it is not peaking.&nbsp; Here is a sustained data transfer speed for USB 2.0<a href="http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html" target="_blank">http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html</a>Notice it is only around 18 meg/sec when sustained which is slow as shit.&nbsp; USB 2.0 is way overhyped it is actualy quite slow.&nbsp; Even firewire is twice as fast in actual use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justintoxicated, post: 5143303, member: 561240"] For transfering data USB 2.0 is mjuch slower than SATA or Esata. It takes about 6 or so hours to backup my external 1T drive via USB, and only about 1-2 through esata. I dont remember the exact numbers but it was several time faster and that was using a 5400 RPM drive. USB theoretical maximum speed is no where nears its sustained transfer speeds. For my Compact flash 266x card its about twice as fast using firewire over USB2.0, ESATA is even faster. USB should be plenty fast for playing music, but my point is, so is a slower 4300 or 5400rpm hard drive would be fast enough as well. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA[/URL] Theres a chart on that page, however USB is slower when it is not peaking. Here is a sustained data transfer speed for USB 2.0 [URL="http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html"]http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html[/URL] Notice it is only around 18 meg/sec when sustained which is slow as shit. USB 2.0 is way overhyped it is actualy quite slow. Even firewire is twice as fast in actual use. [/QUOTE]

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