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External vs. Internal HD's

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Stu55

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What are the pros and cons of each internal and external hd's? External's pros for me are; backup files over to it, file storage, and if I need a file from someone I can bring it over to their house (I have dial-up...) I have a 120GB in my computer right now, I have a SATA computer too fyi. I am leaning towards the external HD, can someone point me to one, I am thinking about getting this Seagate 300GB ATA/100 HERE and then getting an external enclosure for it, can someone give me a link to where the external enclosures are on outpost as well?
Thanks
 
Many external enclosures are limited by the connection speed. USB is nowhere near as fast
as an IDE or SATA for instance.

Which is why I opted for an external enclosure with SATA connection. They aren't easy to
find anymore though.

P. S . - external enclosures at Outpost = * clicky *

As you can see the choices for external SATA enclosures is limited. None of which have
the rear panel SATA plate.
 
Speed isnt that important to me, I think I'm going w/ that Seagate 300GB ATA/100 and I'll find an external enclosure. Thanks for the response.
 
Putting std 3.5 drive in external enclosures, especially if you move them alot will shorten their life by quite a bit. They tend to overheat in enclosures with poor cooling solutions and they are jostled more which can be very bad for teh drive.
 
Hmmm, maybe I should get a SATA HD for my computer then later on for christmas I could get a small HD external enclosure...decisions, decisions.
 
well.. you could get a laptop drive case and a 80gb or so laptop drive..(if you don't need a huge drive) They will be a lot more durable and you can run the power off usb instead of carry a power adapter everywhere, as well as being a lot smaller. Just a thought.
 
just get one of those external drives by maxtor or any other major manufacturer, they have the 250GB on sale quite often for ~$125 or so. This way you can be 100% sure everything is running in spec and that the external bridge chipset is designed to work in the drive and you get a full warranty just in case.
 
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