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bulby_g
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 Posted - 2008/01/31 : 10:51:42
Need to get one of these to keep all my porn films WAV files on as they take too much of a chunk out my storage space.
Looking at these:-
25Western Digital Elements 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive Retail
Found in: Hard Drives»External Desktop Drives
QuickFind Code: 128465 | Mfr part #: WDE1U5000U
(14 reviews) Western Digital 202 £57.60
ex vat
£67.68
inc vat
12Western Digital 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive 16MB Cache Retail Mybook II
Found in: Hard Drives»External Desktop Drives
QuickFind Code: 136212 | Mfr part #: WDH1U5000E
(14 reviews) Western Digital 241 £63.68
ex vat
£74.83
inc vat
A good enough choice? Would the 16MB Cache make a huge difference to speed if I'm just using it for video and music?
Cheaper somewhere else?
Cheers.
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dj_deano
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 11:26:07
Your better getting one with an ethernet/firewire output instead of USB. Much more reliable and a lot faster than USB 2.
That price isnt too bad though.
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whispering
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 11:51:08
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Originally posted by dj_deano:
Your better getting one with an ethernet/firewire output instead of USB. Much more reliable and a lot faster than USB 2.
That price isnt too bad though.
USB 2.0 is fast enough. I doubt hes moving 10's of gig's of stuff in a daily basis. ...and USB 2.0 is more reliable, plug it in -> it works. Where as in an ethernet one you need to configure permissions and other crap.
I bought a Seagate 320GB (7200-RPM, 16-MB cache, USB 2.0) hard drive. It has worked well, the only downside with it, is that it goes to "sleep mode" when i dont use it, so after that it takes like 2-3 seconds to "wake up" again. (well, that isnt really the annoying thing, the annoying thing is that it wakes up everytime you open my computer or trash can.)
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bulby_g
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 12:04:19
Safe.
So is getting the 16mb cache worth it?
Really if it's not going to make accessing video and music a pain then I'd rather take the cheapest option. Most I'll be putting over is 1-2gb at a time and I'm not too bothered if this is super fast.
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whispering
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 12:10:34
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Originally posted by bulby_g:
Safe.
So is getting the 16mb cache worth it?
Really if it's not going to make accessing video and music a pain then I'd rather take the cheapest option. Most I'll be putting over is 1-2gb at a time and I'm not too bothered if this is super fast.
TBH, i didnt see much diffrence moving files to the HDD compared to moving files to another computer through ethernet. I have no idea what the cache does, so cant say having it is a good thing or not. The seller told me that the one i have should also be fast enough to play HD video, but wouldnt guarantee it.
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Samination
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 13:23:17
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Originally posted by dj_deano:
Your better getting one with an ethernet/firewire output instead of USB. Much more reliable and a lot faster than USB 2.
That price isnt too bad though.
just like there's a difference between USB 1.0/1.1 and 2.0, there's different Firewire versions, and FW that I think most PC's support are just slighlty faster than USB 2.0
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clarke101
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 13:30:53
I find USB plenty fast enough for playback. (We use two usb drives as a file server)
Transfer is a bit of a pain and the drives are virtually unusable for playback while transferring data
Id get the cache just to safe
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bulby_g
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Posted - 2008/01/31 : 14:02:45
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Originally posted by clarke101:
I find USB plenty fast enough for playback. (We use two usb drives as a file server)
Transfer is a bit of a pain and the drives are virtually unusable for playback while transferring data
Id get the cache just to safe
OK, nice one.
Thanks all. :)
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