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external hard drive advice
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| gazsmith666 |
hi guys,
wondering if anyone can give us some advice, i want to purchase an external hard drive, but not sure which one, i have narrowed it down to 2, but not sure which to get, the two are
hard drive 1
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hard drive 2
is the extra 50 gig worth losing some rpm over, and if so, how much of a decrease in speed will i see?
any help apreciated
gaz |
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| alanzo |
| I would go with the 7200 RPM one.. transfering data is noticably faster with 7200 vs 5400.. what do you want to store on it? |
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| gazsmith666 |
| all my music mostly, its to back it all up, and when i move overseas, then i can just take it with me, though i will be transfereing a lot at the start, after that, it is more of a storage option |
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| alanzo |
| hrmm.. well if it's just for storage then I would go with the 5400RPM - 7200RPM is good for quick access (like playing a video game or something) but if your just going to be storing music/movies then 5400RPM will do you just as good.. |
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| gazsmith666 |
| quote: | Originally posted by alanzo
hrmm.. well if it's just for storage then I would go with the 5400RPM - 7200RPM is good for quick access (like playing a video game or something) but if your just going to be storing music/movies then 5400RPM will do you just as good.. |
i think i am going to go with the 300gig one, it frees up a lot of my internal space for playing games and stuff, and if i do transfer data, its just temporarily to be burned
cheers |
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| Tudo Beleza |
| why not just buy a normal hard drive and put it in a external enclosure kit, much cheaper i thik? |
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