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| Thread ID: 135536 | 2013-11-14 22:39:00 | Cheap HDDs | linw (53) | Press F1 |
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| 1359875 | 2013-11-14 22:39:00 | JB HiFi have 2.5GB Seagate externals for $109. Would be the cheapest way to buy large drives for internal installations wouldn't it? And you get a free case as well!! Good for attaching drives for testing. | linw (53) | ||
| 1359876 | 2013-11-14 22:48:00 | Looks like a Typo :p 2.5GB HDD's ??? That aside, it depends, some manufactures hard connect the internal drives to the external case circuit board, so they cant be changed anyway. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1359877 | 2013-11-14 23:04:00 | Are you referring to this external HDD (www.jbhifi.co.nz)? It's 2.5" 1TB HDD. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1359878 | 2013-11-14 23:07:00 | Seagate 2.5 Inch Slim Expansion 1TB Hard Drive and it's not a "case" that you can 'plug and play' other hdd's - it's basicly o "one piece" external edit *you beat me while I was s-l-o-w-l-y one finger typing Bk :) * |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1359879 | 2013-11-14 23:34:00 | A monumental saving of $4.85! And they're only 1TB, so don't really qualify as large drives. A 3.5" 1TB drive should be under $100 normally anyway ($85 at Playtech atm for example). Then you have to hassle of having to pull the drives out of their caddies, and probably break the caddy in the process... sorry, not sure what the thought process behind this idea is, but it doesn't stack up. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1359880 | 2013-11-14 23:54:00 | Oooops, sorry guys, I need reading comprehension lessons. (Creeps away, with red face). |
linw (53) | ||
| 1359881 | 2013-11-15 03:24:00 | Kind of unrelated, will a external HDD be bottlenecked by rpm (lets say 5400rpm) before usb? Or does a 5400 rpm drive always result in a lower read/write speed. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1359882 | 2013-11-15 03:49:00 | A slower RPM always results in lower read/write speeds (assuming they are both as efficient) unless both a high rpm and low rpm drive are maxing out the USB bus/controllers specs. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1359883 | 2013-11-15 07:20:00 | Kind of unrelated, will a external HDD be bottlenecked by rpm (lets say 5400rpm) before usb? Or does a 5400 rpm drive always result in a lower read/write speed. USB2.0 will be the bottleneck long before any a decent modern drive, even a 5400rpm one. For example, a WD Blue 2.5" 5400rpm drive can exceed 100MB/sec in sequential transfers. USB 2.0 will top out at around 35MB/sec. USB 3.0, however, can supports upwards of 300MB/sec, so the drive will become the bottleneck. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1359884 | 2013-11-15 21:38:00 | Cool, thanks. | icow (15313) | ||
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