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Thread ID: 103210 2009-09-15 10:48:00 External Hard Drive JMoore (9352) Press F1
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810589 2009-09-17 06:21:00 Hi there,

I purchased a 1TB WD Caviar Green external hdd a few months ago and I thought it was quality was decent and the performance was great!!

I purchased the external hdd from eden computers in Mt Eden, Auckland and made the external hdd in front of me . It only took 5 minutes to attach the hdd together with case .

www . edencomputer . co . nz/

I use esata II and it is faster than USB 2 . 0 But the disadvantage is that I have to power up my USB first than attach the ESATA II cable to it .

Heres a comparison of transferring 25GB of music when I use USB 2 . 0 and ESATA II .

USB 2 . 0 - SPEED - APPROX 20MB/S TOOK 40 - 50 MINS
E-SATA II - SPEED APPROX 40MB/S TOOK AROUND 10-15MINS

I was a bit disappointed with the speed considering that the E-SATA II boasts 300MB/S but I think you need a powerful desktop . I own a laptop so I think speed will vary .

Hope this helps
vims213 (15007)
810590 2009-09-18 07:56:00 Thanks for all the feedback, I opted for this in the end:

www.pcmaster.co.nz

Gave them a call and they said it had a WD SATA2 inside. It seemed a very reasonable price so hopefully will do the job. Not sure that it's eSATA capable however...
JMoore (9352)
810591 2009-09-18 09:22:00 Good choice:thumbs: Blam (54)
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