 |  |  |  |  |
external hd
| |||||||||
|
external hd
| | |||||||
 |
 |
| | Thread Tools |
23rd December 2005, 14:43
| #1 |
|
Posts: n/a
|  external hd I was thinking of getting meself an external harddisk. Unfortunately I don't know what to get. What would be best? Getting a real external hd or making one myself with a harddisk enclosure thingie and an internal hd... |
|
23rd December 2005, 14:52
| #2 |
| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 79,021
 | getting an external exclosure gives you the advantage of swapping out the HDD when you want, and upgrading the unit. all-in-one products are more "streamlined" but the difference is almost none existant. I had the chance to compare a Maxtor One Touch II versus a much cheaper, but same capacity drive from Medion. Performance was identical.
__________________  |
|
|
23rd December 2005, 14:58
| #3 |
|
Posts: n/a
| external enclosure and internal hd then. Tips on the type/model of enclosure... Tips on the hd to use |
|
23rd December 2005, 15:02
| #4 |
| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 79,021
| go for exclosure with Firewire support; and SATA HHD connection HDD usage, 7200RPM 2/8Mb cache SATA
__________________ |
|
|
|
24th December 2005, 15:43
| #5 |
| Member Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,543
 | maxtor enclosures are pretty good, they have a full metal body which protects your drive a bit better then plastic. Ofcourse, if you drop your drive when it's spinning, it's dead anyway. They are also heavier (duh) and cost more. |
|
|
|
25th December 2005, 12:29
| #6 |
|
Posts: n/a
| got an icy box here, and have no complains (yet  ) |
|
10th January 2006, 07:22
| #7 | |
|
Posts: n/a
| Quote:
| |
|
10th January 2006, 08:43
| #8 |
|
Posts: n/a
| usb is fast enough, the hd is the bottleneck. Unless you have one of 10.000rpm maybe.  Only problem with an external hd that uses usb is that you lose an usb slot for some other external hardware thingie like a mouse or keyboard or ... |
|
10th January 2006, 08:53
| #9 | |
|
Posts: n/a
| Quote:
 | |
|
10th January 2006, 09:01
| #10 |
|
Posts: n/a
| Wireless keyb+mouse: -1 usb port printer/scanner/copier: -1 usb port HD: -1 usb port webcam: -1 usb port = 2 usb ports left. ... yeah you are right, more than enough but then again: The problem of samoyed was that he got no firewire and since firewire is on modern computers that means he got an old one and the old ones don't have 6+ usb ports |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| ICY DOCK MB561US-4S-1 Quad Bay External Enclosure Review | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 22nd April 2010 14:43 |
| Nvidia: External Graphics Accelerators for Notebooks Is a Big Opportunity | jmke | WebNews | 14 | 9th February 2010 18:59 |
| External R600 and Crossfire cards are on the way | jmke | WebNews | 2 | 14th February 2007 00:15 |
| 9 External Enclosures for 3.5-Inch Hard Disk Drives | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 29th August 2006 22:10 |
| Mapower KC-Series External Enclosure | Sidney | WebNews | 0 | 12th March 2005 21:39 |
| Seagate, NetCell Tout External Serial ATA HDDs. | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 7th March 2005 15:00 |
| External Audio Roundup: Thinking Outside the Box | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 24th September 2004 08:28 |
| Thermaltake SilverRiver External Enclosure | Sidney | WebNews | 0 | 29th August 2004 06:54 |
| 1 TeraByte external hard drive becomes reality | jmke | WebNews | 0 | 8th April 2004 12:04 |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
